Education
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Widener Engineering Professor Awarded Nearly $200,000 from National Science Foundation
Dr. Ali Hamza, PhD, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Widener University, has been awarded approximately $200,000 in grant funding from the prestigious Engineering Research Initiation program from the National Science Foundation, or NSF. The grant will support Hamza’s research, which aims to revolutionize cognitive sensing technologies for radar and wireless communication systems. By enhancing…
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Thomas Jefferson University Removes ‘Interim’ Tag, Makes Susan Aldridge School’s First Woman President
Thomas Jefferson University has promoted Susan C. Aldridge as the university’s permanent president 10 months after she began her tenure in an interim role, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In doing so, Aldridge has made history as the university’s first woman president just in time to celebrate its bicentennial. She replaces former president…
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Philadelphia School District Planning To Pilot Year-Round Classes At 20 Schools This Fall
Philadelphia School District Superintendent Tony Watlington and Mayor Cherelle Parker are taking the next steps in the vision of having year-round schooling, writes Mike DeNardo for KYW Newsradio. Watlington announced during the recent school budget hearings in City Council that 20 schools are being selected for a pilot of year-round classes starting this fall. The…
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Community Turns Out for Holy Family University’s 2nd Annual Collegiate Recovery Event and Resource Fair
Hundreds of community members turned out for a day of discussions and resources centered on substance use disorder at Holy Family University’s 2nd Annual Collegiate Recovery event on May 4 on the University’s Philadelphia campus. “We know that substance use disorder and mental health challenges affect families and communities nationwide,” said University President Anne Prisco…
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Widener Student Research Survey Grows from Chester Roots to International Partnerships
Widener student research is a vital hands-on experience and faculty are always finding new and creative ways to get students involved, writes Nicole Carera, Widener University assistant director of Communications. Faculty in the School of Business Administration found an opportunity with the Philadelphia Union to have students interacting directly with fans. Led by Brian Larson,…
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Harcum College Employee Spotlight: Rhonda Gaines
There’s a fresh face heading up Career & Transfer Services at Harcum College. Rhonda Gaines may be new to the community of Harcum students, faculty, and staff, but she is a career professional with abundant experience in the career education field with diverse interests and talents, who is also a published memoirist. She holds a…
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Harcum College Alumni Spotlight: Dawn Colket
Dawn Colket ’93, a Veterinary Nursing graduate, has been serving as a Surgical Technician at Hickory Veterinary Hospital since January 1994. This year, she celebrates 30 years of employment. Growing up with animals, Colket always had a passion for their care. Her career at Hickory Veterinary Hospital began under the guidance of Dr. Nadine Hackman,…
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Philadelphia School District Headquarters Renamed After Longest-Serving and First Black Woman Superintendent
The Philadelphia School District has renamed its headquarters in honor of Constance Clayton, the trailblazing former Superintendent, writes Mike DeNardo for KYW Newsradio. Since it opened, the school headquarters in Spring Garden had only been named by its address, 440 North Broad Street. The Philadelphia Board of Education voted unanimously to rename the building the…
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Harcum College Cub Heads to Julliard
Children of Harcum College employees are often referred to as Harcum Cubs, a nod to the College’s mascot, Hatcher the Bear. Aidan Peterson, son of Amy Shumoski, Digital Communications Manager at Harcum, is a Cub unlike any other. Shumoski joined Harcum in 2008, when Peterson was just two years old. In 2011, when he expressed…
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Eastern University Business Students Take 2024 Drexel Fraud & Internal Control Case Competition By Storm
This past February, Eastern University’s College of Business and Leadership sent four teams of students to compete in the Drexel University Fraud and Internal Control Case Competition, hosted by Drexel LeBow’s Department of Accounting. This year, Eastern student teams took home first, third, and fourth place despite intense competition from much larger schools such as Drexel…
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Montgomery County Community College Receives Substantial Donation To Boost Nursing Program
Montgomery County Community College recently received what the school is calling “a transformative donation” to bolster its nursing program, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. While the amount is being kept confidential, the gift was donated by Stuart Fine, the former CEO of Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, and his wife, Sandra Fine.…
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Mastery Charter Schools Raising Teacher Starting Salaries to $60,000
Mastery Charter Schools, the largest charter school network in the Philadelphia area, announced it is raising the starting salary of its teachers from $55,000 to $60,000, writes Mike DeNardo for KYW Newsradio. This effort is part of its strategy to stay competitive amid the nationwide teacher shortage. “We know teachers need to be paid more,”…
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Harcum College Will Have AICUP President as Commencement Speaker
The Harcum College Class of 2024 will celebrate their achievements at the college’s 108th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 11:00 AM. This year’s Commencement Speaker is Thomas P. Foley, J.D., President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP), which represents 89 independent, non-profit colleges and universities across the state.…
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Eastern University Professor Pete Enns Featured as Scholarly Expert in Netflix MiniSeries Depicting Story of Moses
Eastern University’s Dr. Pete Enns, Professor of Biblical Studies, is featured in the new Netflix documentary mini-series, Testament: The Story of Moses. The mini-series depicts the powerful biblical redemption story of Moses, showing the journey of his life and eventual recognition as a prophet. The three-episode series explores Moses’s life from his exile as an outcast and murderer…
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Widener Disaster Drill Gives Real Life Experience to Nursing Students
It was a nightmare scenario Widener University hopes never comes. A tornado touched down on campus and now a large crowd of students who had been attending a job fair moments before in Latham Hall were on the floor sheltering in place as the storm raged outside. Some in the crowd were injured and in…
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How High Schoolers in Pennridge School District Are Teaching Younger Students to Combat Bullying
High school students in Bucks County are stepping up as role models through the Pennridge School District’s anti-bullying program, which empowers them to teach younger students about being upstanders, writes Nick Iadonisi for 6 ABC Philadelphia. The initiative, run by NOVA, a crime victim support agency, involves high school students facilitating the “ENCOURAGE Upstanders”…
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Get to Know WilmU at Open House on Wednesday
Learn about Wilmington University’s personalized academics in a caring community at an Open House on Wednesday, May 1 from 11 AM-7 PM. Prospective students can attend either online or in person at the Pratt Student Center on WilmU’s New Castle Campus, located at 320 North Dupont Highway. In addition to having the application fee waived…
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How This Philadelphia Educator Became One of the City’s Top Principals
While in college, Torrence Rothmiller believed his dream job was working in sports journalism as a radio producer at WIP. He earned that very job a few years after graduating college; however, he came to learn that it was actually the stopgap position as a teacher that he earned immediately after graduating from Temple University…
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