Education
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Former Trustee and Two Alumni Receive Highest Honors from Harcum College
Harcum College recently honored a trustee emeritus and two alumni representing different generations during the President’s Dinner at the Bryn Mawr Campus. Harcum College President Jon Jay DeTemple and his wife Margi Tucker DeTemple hosted 160 guests for cocktails and dinner, followed by an awards ceremony, in Klein Hall. Believing in the value of scholarships…
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Education Nonprofit ‘Destined for a Dream’ Shows Its Grit: ‘We’re Not a Sob Story; We’re a Success Story’
Erica Waller-Hill, CEO of the education-advocacy nonprofit Destined for a Dream in Bristol, knows all about overcoming obstacles in pursuit of long-term goals. Ashley R. Williams chronicled her ongoing passion and optimism for the Bucks County Courier Times. Waller-Hill has aided numerous students through her educational outreach. She champions 5–22-year-old learners in any district, boosting…
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Center Valley’s DeSales U Announces Veterans Scholarship
As part of its mission, DeSales University believes in education for all, including those who have served and are serving our country. The Office of Veterans and Military Services offers services to veterans or active-duty military members, including assistance with applying for VA Educational Benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and accessing aid through the Yellow…
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Bucks County STEM Nonprofit, Founded by High School Pair, Gains Board of Directors to Further Its Goals
Girls Code the World, an educational nonprofit founded by two Bucks County high-schoolers, is stepping up its game. The program — advocating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for female students — is establishing a Board of Directors and strengthening its ability to access funding sources. John Fey discovered the developments for the Yardley Patch. Girls…
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Giant Grocery Store Sends Giant Donation to Abington School District, Aiding Hungry Children
The Roslyn-area Giant grocery store #2350 in Montgomery County has donated over $9,000 to the Feeding School Kids program at Abington schools, reports Jon Campisi for the Abington Patch. The initiative was launched in 2021 to address the need of childhood hunger in areas in which Giant stores operate. It has raised over $3.3 million…
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Penn State Great Valley Honors Retiring Chancellor by Creating Endowment Fund for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs
Penn State Great Valley School recently held a Launchbox Showcase where its advisory board announced the creation of the James A. Nemes Endowment in honor of the chancellor who is retiring this summer. As a part of the Invent Penn State program, the Great Valley Launchbox is one of 21 Launchbox and Innovation Hubs that help…
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College Credit Consortium: Bucks County Community College Pairs with DeSales for Continuing Ed Initiative
A dual-admission arrangement between Bucks County Community College and DeSales University is good news for the area’s continuing ed students. Janelle Hill schooled her readers on the program’s particulars in The DeSales Fund. Students at Bucks County Community College can continue their educations at DeSales University, elevating a two-year associates degree to a four-year bachelor’s…
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Mom of Trans Student from Central Bucks High School – East Makes Anti-Book Banning Plea to Congress
A Congressional hearing yesterday morning brought Mindy Freeman, mother of a transgender student at Central Bucks High School – East, to Washington D.C. There, she testified against the growing trend of book banning. On the Oversight Committee’s YouTube livestream, Freeman told Lily’s story. She described her now 15-year-old as being into expected “kids stuff” for…
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Stop the Presses! ‘The Centurion,’ Bucks County Community College Newspaper, Wins State Honors
The Centurion marched over other competitors in the 2022 Keystone Media Awards to keep its status as one of the most-honored student newspapers in the state. The Bucks County Community College periodical has amassed 150 official honors to its name over the years, a number that increased by 15 this year. The 2022 wins include…
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Holy Family University Welcomes Its Sixth President, Anne M. Prisco, Ph.D.
The Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and students of Holy Family University are pleased to announce the Inauguration of President Anne M. Prisco, Ph.D. as the University’s sixth President. President Prisco will be formally installed in office on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Holy Family University’s Northeast Philadelphia Campus. Dr. Anne Prisco began her tenure…
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Bucks County Free Library Champions Books for Neurodiverse Young Readers
Caitlin Lore, a local novelist and educator, has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Those credentials make her something of an authority on reading lists appropriate for that audience. A subset of that subset, however, benefits especially from exposure to fictional characters who look, sound, and act like them: the neurodiverse preteen.…
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Washington Post: Public Colleges in Pa. Scramble to Recruit Students Amid Enrollment Drops
The number of enrollments in public colleges has plunged nationwide, putting Pa. State System of Higher Education schools into a position of scrambling to attract more students. Nick Anderson and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel opened the book on the development for The Washington Post. Pa. State System of Higher Education has enrolled 219,113 students in fall 2021,…
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Pennsburg’s Perkiomen School Announces Exciting Partnership with Leighton School of Shanghai, China
Perkiomen School’s Head of School Mark A. Devey has announced a partnership between Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, Pa., and Leighton School, Shanghai, China. Leighton School officially opens its doors to its first group of students in the fall of 2022, becoming the flagship campus of American high schools built by Ligao Education Group in Shanghai. Graduates…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College, Along With 15 National Colleges, to Confer Honorary Degrees on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Manor College announced today that it will be conferring an honorary degree on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at its upcoming May, 2022 Commencement ceremony. It is the first honorary degree that Manor College has granted in its 75 year history. And in what appears to be a globally unprecedented move, Manor College and 15 other…
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Holy Ghost Prep Robotics Team, The Firebirds, Soar from Bensalem to World Championships
Brandon Petcaugh, chair of the computer science and engineering department at Holy Ghost Prep (HGP) in Bensalem, isn’t teaching students robotics for some sci-fi purpose of taking over the world at large. He is, however, helping them build skills to successfully take over the world of tech, should their future career paths unfold in that…
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Bright Idea to Adopt Year-Long Daylight Saving Time Was Tried Before, With Dangerous Results
With the U.S. Senate passage of the Sunshine Protection Act, efforts may again be underway to permanently orient the U.S. to Daylight Saving Time. But JD Mullane, in the Bucks County Courier Times, recalls the idea’s prior attempt. The Nixon Administration nationalized Daylight Saving Time in Jan. 1974 as an energy-saving initiative. Any household budget…
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Local Couple Applies Their Lessons from Jenkintown’s Manor College From Classroom to Clinic
The average morning in the Dixon family’s Philadelphia home is loud and hectic. Steven and Autumn Dixon wake up at 5 a.m. and prepare for their jobs at the Women’s Animal Center in Bensalem. The cats – Juniper, Trouble, Sparkle, Moose and Squirrel – all get fed first. Then, their dogs – Mellow, Oscar and…
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Take DeSales University’s New One-Credit Course, Introduction to Consulting, and Challenge Yourself
This course provides an overview of the consulting profession. The primary objective of this course is to provide you with an opportunity to become familiar with the consulting business, the types of career paths, the challenges of starting and growing a consulting business, and the typical phases of a consulting project. These phases include: selling…
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