Education
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Vote for Your Favorite Student Video in the ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?’ Contest
Now is the time to cast your vote for the Viewer’s Choice Award in the 2020 What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? contest produced by the Manufacturing Alliance of Chester and Delaware Counties. Voting ends at 11:59 PM on Feb. 14. The contest is designed to inform and excite students, as well as their parents and…
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MCCC to Host Exhibition of Works by High School Students in Berks, Chester, Montgomery Counties
Montgomery County Community College will host the 7th Tri-County High School Exhibition from Feb. 18 through March 20 at North Hall Art Gallery at its West Campus in Pottstown. The opening reception will be held on Feb. 18 from 5-7 PM. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the community. The…
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Delaware’s Lerner College of Business & Economics Shares Five Reasons to Become a Mentor/Mentee
Editor’s Note: In honor of January being National Mentoring Month, Sarah Baker Andrus, Assistant Director of the Lerner Career Services Center at the University of Delaware, shared her top five reasons to become a mentor or mentee. By Sarah Baker Andrus Much has been said and written about the importance of mentors for a successful…
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Five Montgomery County Schools among Philadelphia-Area High Schools That Send Most Students to Elite Universities
Five Montgomery County schools are among the high schools in the Philadelphia area that place the most graduates at Harvard, Princeton, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To compile the ranking and determine which high schools and preparatory schools sent the most students, matriculation data aggregator PolarisList pulled…
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Make Time for Your Children’s Teeth During National Children’s Dental Health Month
By Gale Martin and Jean Byrnes-Ziegler February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. It’s the perfect time to consider that preventative oral care and healthy dental habits can benefit children for the rest of their lives. Did you know that children’s oral health can impact their self-esteem, school performance, and general overall well-being? Problems in…
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Brother of Haverford College Student Who Died In Camping Accident Keeps His Memory Alive on Lacrosse Field
John Geppert, brother of Haverford College student Geoff Geppert, who died in a camping accident, is keeping his memory alive on the lacrosse field, writes Emily Giambalvo for The Washington Post. So John started playing sports at an early age so he could follow in the footsteps of Geoff who was seven years older. When…
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University of Delaware’s Blue Hen Investment Club Beats the S&P 500 … Again
By Dena Hillison Despite an incredibly volatile time in the financial markets last year, the University of Delaware’s Blue Hen Investment Club (BHIC) was able to beat the S&P 500 Index for the first time in the group’s 20-year history. Then, in 2019, it did it again. At the close of 2019, the S&P 500…
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Glenside Native, Lafayette College President Lip-Syncs Hamilton Songs in Full Garb to Raise Money for Student Financial Aid
Alison R. Byerly, a Glenside native and Lafayette College president, is finding inventive ways to raise money for student financial aid, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. One year, Byerly dressed as college namesake Marquis de Lafayette, one of the fastest rapping characters in the mega-popular musical Hamilton, and lip-synced his songs. Another year…
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Valley Forge Military College Offers Rare Path to Becoming an Army Officer in Just Two Years
Having been designated by the Governor and Legislature as the Military College of Pennsylvania, Valley Forge Military College in Wayne boasts a number of differentiators that distinguish it from other schools. One is its Army ROTC Early Commissioning Program (ECP). The college offers ECP cadets the rare and prestigious opportunity to become a second lieutenant…
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Lower Merion School Officials Urge District to Delay Changes to Start Times for Students
Following backlash over the decision to start elementary school earlier each day to allow older students to sleep later, Lower Merion school officials are asking the district to delay the planned changes, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lower Merion is one of a growing number of districts that are considering pushing back start…
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Local Student Helps Start Organization at George Washington University to Raise Awareness About Foster and Adopted Children
Jenna Berman of Blue Bell is one of the students at George Washington University who are helping start an organization to raise awareness about being a foster or adopted child, writes Makena Roberts for The GW Hatchet. The goal of the GW Adopted and Fostered Student Association is both to spread awareness on the adoption…
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La Salle College High School Grad to Attend Super Bowl LIV as Member of Chiefs
Kyle Shurmur, a La Salle College High School graduate and undrafted free-agent rookie quarterback, will attend Super Bowl LIV in Miami as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, writes Joseph Santoliquito for the Philly Voice. Shurmur is the son of former Giants’ head coach and current Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur. The elder…
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Norristown Man Who Set Out To Make 10,000 Friends Is Getting Close to Reaching Third of His Goal
Rob Lawless, a Norristown native who set out to make 10,000 friends, is getting close to reaching a third of his goal, writes Caren Lissner for the Patch. Over the last three years, Lawless has met 3,164 people across the United States, with each of his encounters lasting an hour. Once he reaches his final…
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Local Expert in Positive Psychology to Connect Character Strengths, Well-Being in Lecture at Harcum
The awareness and application of personal character strengths valued across time and around the world can dramatically increase one’s well-being, sense of purpose, and overall happiness in work and personal life. That’s according to Positive Psychologist and Psychology Today blogger Elizabeth Elizardi, who will present an informative lecture at Harcum College on Thursday, Feb. 20…
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Learn More About Abington Friends School’s Dynamic Academic Program at Open House on Feb. 4
Abington Friends School – a vibrant, joyful, and ambitious Quaker school in Jenkintown that serves students from age 3 to grade 12 – will host an Admission Open House on Tuesday, Feb. 4 from 9-11 AM. Registration begins at 8:30 AM. This is a great opportunity to observe classes and see how students and teachers…
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Montgomery County Community College’s ‘Replication’ Magazine Earns Two Top National Awards
“Replication,” Montgomery County Community College’s art and literature magazine, has been recognized with two awards in the 2019 American Scholastic Press Association Annual Contest, Most Outstanding College Literary-Art Magazine and First Place with Special Merit. The magazine which features a collection of artwork, poetry, and prose created by students was one of just eight colleges…
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Philadelphia Area Superintendents Call for Charter Law Reform, Hope to Push Issue to Forefront of Gov. Wolf’s Budget Address Next Week
Nearly 30 superintendents from the Philadelphia area stood together earlier this week as they demanded changes to Pennsylvania’s charter law which is forcing their school districts to send increasingly larger shares of their budgets to charter schools, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer. They called on Governor Tom Wolf, who pledged changes to the…
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Venezuela Student Represents International Students at Penn State Abington Student Government Association
Erik Suarez, a Venezuela native, is the first Student Government Association senator representing the flourishing international community at Penn State Abington campus, writes Regina Broscius for the Penn State News. Suarez left his home country mired in an economic and humanitarian crisis as a teenager and finished high school in Peru. He enrolled at Penn…
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