• Temple Health Transforming Chestnut Hill Hospital Two Years After Acquisition

    Temple Health Transforming Chestnut Hill Hospital Two Years After Acquisition

    It has been two years since Temple University Health System took over Chestnut Hill Hospital and the efforts has left to a strong turnaround, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Temple Hospital CEO Abhi Rastogi noted that when it was acquired, the Northwest Philadelphia hospital was experiencing a failing infrastructure, low volumes, and…

  • Philly Neighborhood Sees Steady Foot Traffic for Small Business Saturday

    Philly Neighborhood Sees Steady Foot Traffic for Small Business Saturday

    Small Business Saturday just passed, and the Chestnut Hill business community saw some solid foot traffic that day, writes Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza for WHYY. Hundreds of shoppers popped in and out of the stores that make Chestnut Hill and Germantown Avenue so vibrant. One of those shops is Multiverse, a book store that sells fantasy magical…

  • Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Student Business Venture Wins Teamwork Award at Global Competition

    Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Student Business Venture Wins Teamwork Award at Global Competition

    Three Springside Chestnut Hill Academy seniors won the teamwork award at TYE Globals, a global entrepreneurship competition, with their RENTR business venture, according to a staff report from SCH.org. RENTR is a marketplace where the DIY community can browse rentable tools. The platform is starting with Chestnut Hill’s ZIP Code 19118 and will be adding…

  • Comcast President Puts His Chestnut Hill Estate For Sale For $8.495 Million

    Comcast President Puts His Chestnut Hill Estate For Sale For $8.495 Million

    Comcast President Michael Cavanagh has listed his 13,000-square-foot Chestnut Hill estate on the market for $8.495 million, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Cavanagh and his wife, Emily, purchased the four-acre home in 2016 for $4.32 million, property records show. His estate comes with an adjacent property that can be used to build…

  • Bucks County Leadership: Jared Utz, Regional President, Mid Penn Bank

    Bucks County Leadership: Jared Utz, Regional President, Mid Penn Bank

    Jared Utz, Regional President, Southeastern Region of Mid Penn Bank, spoke to BUCKSCO Today about growing up in Philadelphia, near Fairmount Park. He was also drawn to sports, competing in cross country and tennis as well as teaching tennis as a high schooler.  Utz also worked for his father’s consumer finance company from a very…

  • Chestnut Hill College Students Gain Business Expertise From Vanguard’s Former CEO

    Chestnut Hill College Students Gain Business Expertise From Vanguard’s Former CEO

    Chestnut Hill College offers for its Business Students, both traditional (SUS) and nontraditional (Accelerated Adult Degree Program), the ability to participate in its Business Lecture Series.  Recently, Bill McNabb, former CEO, Vanguard, spoke to a packed room of business students and discussed financial literacy and the ABCs of investing. “He discussed leadership skills and the…

  • Chestnut Hill College Celebrates 35 New Doctors in Clinical Psychology in Official Hooding Ceremony

    Chestnut Hill College Celebrates 35 New Doctors in Clinical Psychology in Official Hooding Ceremony

    On Sunday, October 3rd, Chestnut Hill College formally celebrated the hooding of 35 students who had received their Doctors in Clinical Psychology in the years 2020 and 2021, with half of them attending the in-person ceremony. Two of the graduates; Paula Cortes-Daryanani and Janeé Stevenson even traveled a long distance from Hawaii and Texas respectively…

  • Chestnut Hill College Celebrates Special Golden Griffins Ceremony

    Chestnut Hill College Celebrates Special Golden Griffins Ceremony

    At Chestnut Hill College, their alumni are the heartbeat of our institution. Every year, it is the great pleasure of the College to celebrate and honor a very special group of alumni, their Golden Griffins. Golden Griffins are alumni who have graduated from the College 50 years ago or more, and each year, a new class is…

  • Chestnut Hill College Receives PSMLA Award For Excellence in World Languages

    Chestnut Hill College Receives PSMLA Award For Excellence in World Languages

    In celebration of a fervent commitment to the study of world languages, Chestnut Hill Chestnut is proud to be the recipient of the 2021 Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA) Merit Award. Given annually, the PSMLA Merit Award recognizes the dedication of individuals and institutions who have provided exceptional service in promoting and supporting the…

  • Chestnut Hill College’s Harry Potter Academic Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Scholarship

    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…

  • Chestnut Hill College Kicks Off Humanities & Wellness Week with Series of Seminars

    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…

  • First-Year Chestnut Hill College Student and Entrepreneur Launches Business While in High School

    First-Year Chestnut Hill College Student and Entrepreneur Launches Business While in High School

    As Safiyyah Witherspoon ’25, spent the summer preparing to be a freshman at Chestnut Hill College, she is also celebrating her first year as a small business owner. Witherspoon launched her line, Feegenics, a vegan, cruelty-free cosmetic line, in June 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and right as she completed her junior…