Education
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Chestnut Hill College’s Harry Potter Academic Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Scholarship
Chestnut Hill College’s Annual Harry Potter Academic Conference will mark its tenth anniversary this year, taking place October 15-16. The festival will feature a series of live discussions (attendees and presenters are asked to wear masks) with academic scholars on the topic of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World. The content will be streamed on…
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Jenkintown’s Manor College to Host Next Installment of Ukraine Dialogue Series
Manor College is pleased to host the next Ukraine Dialogue series, 30 Years of Ukrainian Independence – Linguistic, Financial, and Religious Implications. The panel for the event includes Ambassador Oksana Marakova, Minister Natalie Jaresko, and U.S. Congressman Joe Hoeffel. Maragova started as the First Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine and became the government’s entitled…
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Chestnut Hill College Kicks Off Humanities & Wellness Week with Series of Seminars
The faculty in the Center for Integrated Humanities at Chestnut Hill College believe any true discussion of holistic wellness originates in an understanding of our humanity and humanistic tradition. “Wellness week was originally designed to highlight our new Health Humanities minor, which is a course of study where students learn how humanities-based skills such as…
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DeSales MBA Among First in Pennsylvania to Offer Cyber Security Concentration
DeSales University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is helping pave the way for cyber security professionals to pursue a graduate business degree. The program is among the first in Pennsylvania to offer a new concentration in this field. The degree is aimed toward cyber security professionals who are interested in getting an MBA to…
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Truist Financial Donates $1,000 to Manor College ‘Bird Feed’
Manor College’s food pantry, known as the Bird Feed, received a generous $1,000 donation from Truist Financial recently. The food pantry is located on the second floor of Mother of Perpetual Help Hall on the Jenkintown campus, is meant to meet the immediate needs of Manor College’s students and their families. The donations will go…
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Go Team! Three Bucks County School Districts Rank Among Pennsylvania’s Best for Athletes
Bucks County is home to three of the 50 best school districts for athletes in Pennsylvania for 2022, according to a recently published ranking by Niche. To determine the 2022 Best School Districts for Athletes in Pennsylvania, Niche analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as millions of reviews from students and…
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Honey Brook Resident Receives Presidential Scholarship from Immaculata
Immaculata University has announced that freshman Marie Wadlinger, a Honey Brook resident and graduate of Twin Valley High School, has earned the Presidential Scholarship. The amount of the Presidential Scholarship is equal to annual full-time undergraduate tuition and is awarded to a select number of students with a record of academic excellence. Students are evaluated…
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Perkiomen School Is Excited to Host Open House Events This Fall, Beginning Friday, October 8
Perkiomen School invites prospective families to learn more about its day and boarding experiences for students in grades 6-12 and post-graduates. The independent school, located in Pennsburg, PA, will be hosting both in-person and virtual events throughout the fall and winter. At this school, students uncover possibilities. The supportive environment enables them to discover what…
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Children’s Village, Former Doylestown Hospital Education Building, Became a Local Firefighters’ School
A 2020 tornado that tore through Children’s Village, the onsite education building at Doylestown Hospital, rendered it unusable. But it temporarily gained a second life, still associated with learning, this summer. The building became the site of several firefighter training sessions, providing an unbeatable setting for practicing life-saving tactics. After the tornado, the ravaged building…
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New Jamison Elementary Autism Spectrum Disorder Playground: Students Surprise Staff with Their Inventive Fun
Jamison Elementary School welcomed children back for the 2021-2022 schoolyear with a playground specially designed for youngsters with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). FOX29 Philadelphia’s Bob Kelly got to experience the fun firsthand. The playground memorializes Renee Ford, a Jamison special needs instructor. She lost her life to breast cancer in early 2021. Her husband was…
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Meet the Director: Dr. Karen Kent, DeSales MBA Program
In Montgomery County and the surrounding areas, The DeSales University and its MBA program has been at the forefront of graduate education for years, thanks in part to the director of the program, Dr. Karen Kent. Dr. Kent joined DeSales MBA in July of 2019 as Director of the MBA Program. She came to MBA…
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Valley Forge Military Academy and College Breaks Ground on New Football/Track Complex
Valley Forge Military Academy and College (VMFAC) officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a new athletic complex this week. The complex includes a new synthetic turf field and accompanying track and field resources. Colonel Stuart B. Helgeson, President of Valley Forge, led the effort. “The goal is always to innovate and lead by example, and that…
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For Journalists at the Bucks County Community College ‘Centurion,’ COVID Was No ‘Stop-the-Presses’ Moment
The student staff of the Bucks County Community College Centurion, the campus newspaper, recently received an Organization of the Year nod from the school. The publication itself covered the award through Judith Russo. The celebration of The Centurion resulted from its staff commitment in navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite health-safety cautions that upended everything from…
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WCU Profs Believe DNA Discussion Project Can Further Race Relations
Bessie Lawton and Anita Foeman, professors of communication and media at West Chester University, are helping to facilitate conversations on race using the DNA testing that is part of the school’s DNA Discussion Project, writes Aparna Nathan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The initiative studies student responses to the results of DNA-based ancestry tests and how…
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Pennsylvania Earns an ‘A’ for Being Among the Best States for Teachers
Pennsylvania is one of the five best states for teachers, according to 2021 ranking recently released by WalletHub. To determine which states provide educators with the best opportunities and teaching environments, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 24 main indicators. Criteria included pupil-teacher ratios, average starting salaries, and teachers’…
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U.S. Department of Education Recognizes Three Bucks County School as 2021 Blue Ribbon Honorees
Three Bucks County Schools received national recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. Kate Fishman, Bensalem Patch, covered their achievement as 2021 Blue Ribbon Schools. The federal government launched the Blue Ribbon Schools Program almost 40 years ago. It celebrates high performance and achievement in education, determined primarily by test score data and students’ ability…
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Bryn Mawr Couple Honored as Penn State’s Philanthropists of the Year
Penn State has named Bryn Mawr couple Gene and Roz Chaiken as its 2021 Philanthropists of the Year, according to Penn State News. These longtime benefactors of the university have demonstrated exceptional generosity in the promotion and support of Penn State. Gene Chaiken is a 1962 graduate, with a degree in business administration, and the…
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Pennsylvania State Police Use Helicopter to Deliver Backpacks to Croydon’s Keystone Elementary School
Students at Keystone Elementary School found out recently that Santa’s not the only person who flies around with presents. First graders at the Croydon school each received a backpack that was delivered from above. Alicia Vitarelli picked up the details for 6abc. A Pennsylvania State Police chopper hovered over the campus this week. From an…
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