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MCCC To Host Conference For Parents and Guardians of Special Needs Students Transitioning to Adult Life
Montgomery County Community College will host a Bridging to the Future Conference for parents and guardians of students with special needs who are transitioning from high school into adult life. The conference will take place on April 18 in Parkhouse Hall in Blue Bell. The attendance cost is $35. The event is sponsored by MCCC’s…
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Penn State Great Valley’s John Sosik One of PSU’s 10 Distinguished Professors for 2020
Penn State’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named John J. Sosik, professor of management and organization at Penn State Great Valley, as one of the university’s 10 distinguished professors for 2020. The distinguished professor title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the university. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited…
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MONTCO Careers – Saint Joseph’s University
Founded in 1851, Saint Joseph’s University, the seventh oldest Jesuit university in the United States, and a university focused on supporting and challenging all aspects of its over 9,200 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and helping them to grow mentally, spiritually, personally, and creatively. Marketing Coordinator This position assists in the implementation of marketing activities…
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Philadelphia Magazine: Former Research Campus in Lower Gwynedd Getting New Lease On Life as Spring House Innovation Park
MRA Group is turning the former R&D facility of chemical manufacturer Rohm and Haas in Lower Gwynedd Township into Spring House Innovation Park, an energy-efficient innovation hub, writes Queen Muse for the Philadelphia Magazine. The real estate development firm purchased the then-vacant campus three years ago and has since spent almost $50 million to refurbish…
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Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale Talks Creating Manufacturing Jobs With Comcast Newsmakers
Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale visited Comcast Newsmakers to talk about the factors that have made Montgomery County the number one county for manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania. “Manufacturing is a key component to the economy in Montgomery County,” said Gale. There are more than 46,000 jobs in manufacturing and over 1,200 manufacturing job location sites…
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Fort Washington Manufacturing Facility Adds Additional Shift To Fill Huge Order From China For Disinfectant Equipment
The manufacturing leg of Halosil International has had to add a shift at its Fort Washington facility to fill an order for 150 disinfectant machines it is sending to China, writes Ira Porter for the Delaware Online. The machines will help China’s health care facilities battle the coronavirus which has so far killed 910 people,…
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Inovio Testing Unique Immunotherapy Approach To Develop Coronavirus Vaccine
Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals has received a $9 million grant from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to use its DNA medicine platform to develop a vaccine for the new strain of a coronavirus, writes Sophie Burkholder for the Philadelphia Magazine. The company believes that DNA medicine could provide a solution not just for coronavirus,…
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Sharing Photos & Videos on LinkedIn
As the old English adage goes … a picture is worth a thousand words (even though this has been “plagiarized and paraphrased” many times. According to research from Hubspot, visual images are 32% of the most important form of content by marketers and mobile viewing of video has increased by 10 million viewing minutes daily…
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HealthSpark Foundation Invites Public to Attend Meeting on Its Safety Net Initiative on Tuesday
The HealthSpark Foundation invites the public to join it on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 8 AM-12:30 PM at Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference Center in Blue Bell, as it hosts the fifth Community of Practice meeting as part of its 10-year Safety Net Resiliency Initiative. HealthSpark, a private foundation based in Colmar with a mission…
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Merck To Establish a Center City Outpost at WeWork Coworking Location
Merck, the pharmaceutical giant with over 10,000 employees in Montgomery County, is opening a Center City outpost at a WeWork coworking location, writes Jacob Adelman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. WeWork and Merck held a ceremony to mark the opening of the space earlier this week. Among those present were WeWork executive chairman Marcelo Claure, elected…
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Trump Store To Open In Willow Grove
Willow Grove will soon have its own Trump Store that will carry all things related to President Donald Trump, writes Doug Gross for the Patch. Michael and Monica Domanico of Chalfont, who are big Trump supporters, have already opened a store in Bensalem, and are planning to open an expansion at Willow Grove Mall as…
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Pottstown NAACP Chapter President Makes Surprising Discoveries About His Family, Including History Of White Abolitionist
Pottstown NAACP Chapter President Johnny Corson has made some surprising discoveries about his family over the years, writes Evan Brandt for The Times Herald. Corson was born 56 years ago as the child of a black man and a white woman. His biological mother, Betsy Corson, gave her newborn baby her name before giving him…
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Local State Senator Wants To Tackle Affordable Housing Crisis in Pennsylvania With ‘New Deal for Housing’
State Senator Vincent Hughes, whose district includes part of Montgomery County, wants to tackle the affordable housing crisis in Pennsylvania with a plan he calls the New Deal for Housing, writes Cody Carlson for WENY News. The proposal is a multi-year policy that aims to provide better housing opportunities for low-income families as well as…
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Montco Home to 25 of the 100 Best High Schools in Pennsylvania for 2020
A quarter of the high schools on the list of the 100 best schools in Pennsylvania for 2020 are in Montgomery County, according to a new ranking released by Niche.com. To determine the rankings for its list of the 2020 Best Schools in Pennsylvania, Niche.com used a rigorous analysis of academic and student life data…
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Citadel Country Spirit USA Announces GMC Sierra Stage Lineup and Aug. 28-30 Schedule
Citadel Country Spirit USA, a three-day country music festival held at Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show Grounds in Glenmoore, has announced the GMC Sierra Stage lineup and schedule. Brantley Gilbert headlines the festival on Friday, Aug. 28. Justin Moore, Rodney Atkins, Lindsay Ell, and another entertainer yet to be announced will perform. Dierks Bentley headlines on…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: 8.5-Bathroom Colonial with Elevator in Ambler
A custom colonial with six bedrooms and eight and a half bathrooms is available for sale in Ambler. Situated on a beautiful two acres, the home impresses from the get-go with its elegant flagstone covered front porch and breathtaking two-story foyer with sweeping double staircase and balcony. The many highlights include the stunning gourmet chef’s…
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A Match Made at Montgomery County Community College
By Diane VanDyke Sometimes love starts with a simple smile and some laughter. Montgomery County Community College alumni Rebecca (Becca) Martin and Nick Vergara, both of Quakertown, first met when Martin was taking an Introduction to Audio class. Vergara briefly stopped in to ask the professor a question before class and made a comment to…
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MONTCO Careers – Arcadia University
Located in Glenside, Arcadia University is a top-ranked private university and national leader in study abroad and international education, with approximately 3,900 undergraduate and graduate students attending each year. Human Resources Generalist This position provides backup for payroll processing and maintains a working knowledge of university payroll processes and applicable laws and regulations; analyzes and maintains function…
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