Education
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State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Skippack Turns To Radical Listening In Hopes of Transforming Prison Culture
Just Listening program has expanded to State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Skippack Township in an attempt to transform prison culture through radical listening, writes Samantha Melamed for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Just Listening brings the act of careful, attentive, and empathic listening to people who are experiencing various hardships, such as hunger or homelessness. In 2017,…
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Local Teachers Use Impeachment Process as Teaching Moment
Bill Hawthorne, who teaches honors civics and AP government at Pottsgrove High School, is teaching his students about the impeachment process using the ongoing hearings, write Ellie Silverman, Maddie Hanna, and Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Hawthorne originally planned to teach a section on mass media in the spring, but he decided to…
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Penn State Abington’s Food Pantry Adds Fresh Produce Thanks To Philabundance Partnership
Penn State Abington has added weekly fresh produce distribution to its LionShare food pantry thanks to a new partnership with Philabundance, the region’s largest hunger relief organization, according to a staff report from the Penn State News. The program officially took off last week, with the delivery of 1,000 pounds of various fruits and vegetables,…
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Annual Lion Cage Pitch Competition at Penn State Great Valley Provides Pathway for Entrepreneurs
Penn State Great Valley will host the third annual Lion Cage pitch competition from 10 AM-4 PM on Saturday, Nov. 16. Lion Cage gives budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their products or ideas to a panel of judges, all of whom are startups and business experts. Each participant has five minutes to present their…
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Fort Washington Private School Unveils New $1.5M Library and Learning Commons for Youngest Learners
Germantown Academy in Fort Washington recently introduced its new library and learning commons specifically designed for its youngest learners, writes Kristen A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Pre K-12 prep school has invested $1.5 million into the space to create an academic hub where students can read, learn, and grow. “It is a space…
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Pottstown Needs $62M Over 8 Years To Sustain and Expand Its Current Revitalization
Urban Land Institute, the nationally recognized think tank, has found that Pottstown needs upwards of $62 million over the next eight years to sustain and expand its revitalization, writes Evan Brandt for The Pottstown Mercury. During the Oct. 25 presentation, the think tank introduced its report to 95 stakeholders who were interviewed to help the…
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Manor College Has Contributed More Than $20M to Pennsylvania’s Economy in 2018
The new report from the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania has found that Manor College in Jenkintown has contributed $20.4 million and 291 jobs to the Keystone State last year. The study also calculated that the school’s tax revenues, including sales, property, personal, and corporate income taxes, were $960,000 for the same…
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Palestra Holds Special Significance for Avid Penn Men’s Basketball Fan from Dresher
For Justin Windheim, who grew up in Dresher and whose family members have been avid Penn men’s basketball fans for many generations, the Palestra holds an added special meaning, writes Jackson Joffe for The Daily Pennsylvanian. The historic arena is where his father proposed to his mother. “My parents – and my grandparents too –…
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Haverford Middle School Teacher Teams Up With Shark Tank Winner to Create Distracted Driving App
A technology teacher at Haverford Middle School has partnered with a former “Shark Tank” winner to create an app that will help prevent distracted driving, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nate Wagner and Ryan Frankel designed This App Saves Lives (TASL). It launches Nov. 12. Using the app, you accrue one TASL reward…
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Gross McCleaf Gallery Exhibiting Stunning Works By Bala Cynwyd Artist
Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia is currently exhibiting some stunning works by abstract artist Val Rossman, a Bala Cynwyd native who has been teaching at Woodmere Art Museum for four years, writes Len Lear for the Chestnut Hill Local. Rossman’s paintings are spatially complex and visually exciting, offering a vocabulary of geometric shapes, patterns, and…
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Abington High School Senior In Desperate Need of Bone Marrow Donor
Juwan Adams, a 17-year-old Abington High School student fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is in desperate need of a compatible bone marrow donor, writes Joyce Evans for the FOX29 Philadelphia. The popular and accomplished senior who was recently inducted into the National Honor Society was first diagnosed with the blood cancer when he was 13, but managed…
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Penn State Great Valley Prof Helps U.S. Army Build Unified Teams as It Undergoes Reorganization
The research conducted by Penn State Great Valley faculty has an extensive reach, not only in Greater Philadelphia and in terms of academics, but also across the country and throughout industry and the military. Kathryn Jablokow, associate chief academic officer and professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering, recently expanded her work with the U.S.…
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Here’s What’s Coming to the New Upper Darby Community College Campus at Prendie
In September 2019, Delaware County Community College agreed to buy the former Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School to create a new Upper Darby full-service campus. The Prendergast building at Garrett Road and Lansdowne Avenue will provide 30 classrooms with chemistry and biology labs, according to a release from the college. The campus will offer a…
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Manor College Hosts Ukrainian Dialogue
Last month, Manor College hosted the Ukrainian Dialogue with speakers U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, a member of the Ukrainian Caucus, and Myroslava Gongadze, Chief of the Ukrainian Service at Voice of America. Dean and Gongadze spoke to a full house on the subject of “Emerging Women in Politics in, of, and for Ukraine,” both relying…
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Penn State Man Helped Create Nittany Lion Shrine and Led WWII Engineers to Allied Victories
Col. David Pergrin, formerly of Delaware County, helped create the Nittany Lion Shrine and led one of the most decorated U.S. Army engineering units of World War II, reported news.psu.edu. Pergrin played for the Nittany Lions at Penn State. He headed the committee that commissioned Penn State’s stone sculpture of a Pennsylvania mountain lion, the…
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Harcum College to Host Day of Workshops for Prospective Students to Explore Art, Design Majors
A day-long, immersive event for prospective students called the “Art & Design Experience” will offer hands-on workshops in all the Art & Design degree programs at Harcum College. It will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10 AM-2 PM at the new Art & Design Center located at 270 South Bryn Mawr Avenue. The…
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Learn More About Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program At MCCC’s Informational Breakfast
Montgomery County Community College will hold an Educational Improvement Tax Credit informational breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 7 in East House on its Central Campus in Blue Bell. This free event is an ideal opportunity for businesses and corporations to learn more about how they can use Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to help students…
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MONTCO Careers – Manor College
Located in Jenkintown, Manor College is a Catholic institution of higher learning founded by the Byzantine Ukrainian Sisters of Saint Basil the Great, offering transfer and career-oriented programs to traditional age and adult students. Admissions Counselor This position plans and executes fall and spring travel schedules; manages all aspects of recruiting efforts for specified territories; conducts interviews,…
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