Gwynedd Valley
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Mary Van Brunt Named Next President of Spring Hill College
Gwynedd Mercy University is proud to announce that Mary Van Brunt has been named the next president of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala. Dr. Van Brunt has served as Gwynedd Mercy University’s Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs since 2018. She will assume her new role in January 2023. A search for a…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Hosts ‘Identify’ Concert
Gwynedd Mercy University’s world-renowned Voices of Gwynedd are hosting a Fall Cultural Event featuring Aryssa Leigh Burrs in “Identify” on October 21 at 8 p.m. “Identify” is a concert experience that utilizes art and music from a vast array of musical styles and collaborative interactions that create a space of ease and connection. Attendees are…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Tree Planting Remembers Indigenous Children
Gwynedd Mercy University held a tree planting to mark Orange Shirt Day, remembering Indigenous children who were mistreated by educators over the past century. An orange shirt has come to symbolize native populations who were stripped of their cultural identities in the name of educational assimilation. The specific article of colored clothing recalls six-year-old Phyllis…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Holding October and November Open Houses
It’s college search season. That means it’s also college visit season. Gwynedd Mercy University will be hosting two Open House events this fall: Saturday, October 15, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, November 12, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. At GMercyU’s Open House events, students and families will have the opportunity to talk to current…
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Gwynedd Mercy University to Prospective Enrollees: Remember the ABCs, Ask before Committing
As discussed in Part 1 of Gwynedd Mercy University’s recommendations for students visiting a college or university for the first time, the process may seem overwhelming. In Part 2, Aimee Huffstetler, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment, Gwynedd Mercy University, provides a list of topic-specific questions that will help students and their families when visiting colleges.…
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Gwynedd Mercy AVP of Enrollment to Rising Juniors and Seniors: Ask Me Anything!
The high-school class 2023 has just embarked on its last secondary-school academic year, and likewise, the class of 2024 has begun steps toward a more distant but just as compelling milestone. As senior and junior students across the region seek to solidify their what-next academic plans, Gwynedd Mercy University Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Aimee…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Hosts Prospective Students; Engages Them When ‘Something Happened at Assumption Hall’
Gwynedd Mercy University took the traditional college tour for potential attendees — “Here’s the library; there’s a mocked-up dorm room; enjoy a chicken sandwich in our cafeteria” — and turned it into something vastly more engaging at a recent on-campus event. Its faculty and leadership, including Aimee Huffstetler, MA, AVP for Enrollment, made the session…
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GMercyU Bolsters Public Health Professionals in Careers That Will Eclipse the Pandemic
Public health professionals remain deeply engaged on the COVID-19 front, especially as it stubbornly continues to spread. From national experts representing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to local health departments, counsel on how to beat the pandemic on micro and macro levels is a steady part of the news. When the pandemic…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Tallies Up Reasons to Fly with the Griffins
Education has been a part of the Sisters of Mercy — whose foundations serve as the core of Gwynedd Mercy University — long before there even was a Gwynedd Mercy University. Or even its forebear, Gwynedd Mercy College. Or even Sisters of Mercy. History What has evolved into the Sisters of Mercy started with a…
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Gwynedd Mercy Directs Largest Gift It’s Ever Received to New Healthcare-Career Training Center
The largest gift in the history of Gwynedd Mercy University will lead to the establishment of a unique approach to training local healthcare professionals. Ryan Mulligan reported on the largesse in the Philadelphia Business Journal. A $10 million gift from the Maguire Foundation will fund the construction of the Frances M. Maguire Healthcare Innovation Campus,…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Sells 150-Acre Property for $31.5 Million in Montgomery County
Gwynedd Mercy University has announced that an affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners, LLC purchased a 150-acre piece of property that sits adjacent to the University’s Main Campus on Sumneytown Pike for $31.5 million. Marking a significant step toward the university’s vision of becoming the Catholic University leader in professional and healthcare education, a portion of the…


































