Tag: Haverford College

People farmingAgriculture

Bethel AME Church of Ardmore Create Community Garden and Farming Program To Provide Easier Access to Nutritious Food

For six years, the Bethel AME Church of Ardmore has been helping feed its congregation and the neighborhood with produce from its community garden, reports…

The Haverford College campusEducation

Haverford College Hopes to Fuel New Campus Projects With  $1B Endowment

Haverford College will be shifting into high gear in fundraising over the next several years as it works on procuring an ambitious $1 billion endowment…

Students at Swarthmore College walking the groundsEducation

3 Delaware County Schools Have Tightened Up on Who Gets In

The University of Pennsylvania is one of the hardest colleges to get into in the region based on local college acceptance rates, according to an…

Jill MarstellerMontgomery County

Bucks County Leadership: Jill Marsteller, Founder and CEO, CALICO International, LLC

Jill Marsteller, former Ursinus College president and founder and CEO of CALICO (Creative Advisors Looking to Improve Charitable Organizations) grew up in rural New Jersey…

Stacey RobertsonEducation

Bucks County Leadership: Dr. Stacey Robertson, President, Widener University

Stacey Robertson, president of Widener University, spoke to BUCKSCO Today about her childhood in Scottsdale, Arizona, and San Jose, California, where she played as many…

Bucks County Community CollegeHealthcare

Local Colleges Return to In-Person on Campus, Most With Vaccinations

Several local universities are starting to enact vaccination policies for students and staff, before they can be on campus in the fall, writes Pete Bannan…

A map at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia shows the forced migration of members of the Lenape Nation.Government & Politics

The Lenape Lived in Pennsylvania. Now They Want to Come Home

For thousands of years, the Lenape occupied territory in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, parts of New York and the coast of Delaware, writes Kenny Cooper…