Education
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Leading Humanely Through Change: 3 Keys to Transition and Thrive
Processing change can be difficult in the best of times, but the last few years have presented enormous challenges and substantial change in many aspects of our personal and professional lives. With so much change happening outside of people’s control, what can leaders do to help their teams, organizations, and communities to feel supported and…
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Penn State Abington Receives Grant from National Bookstore Chain for Purchase of Nonpaper-Based Books
Penn State Abington has benefited from grants to bolster its digital textbook resources from a company for which support for non-print reading material may seem counterintuitive: Barnes & Nobel. More specifically, however, the funding came from Barnes & Noble College, the retailer’s branch serving college bookstores across the nation. The Barnes & Nobel initiative under…
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9-Year-Old Boy from Bensalem Graduates High School, Looks Forward to Starting College
A boy from Bucks County has made history by graduating from high school at an extremely young age, and now he is looking at colleges. Staff reporters at CBS3 Philadelphia wrote about the recent graduate. David Balogun, a nine-year-old from Bensalem, recently received his diploma from Harrisburg’s Reach Cyber Charter School after taking classes remotely.…
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Immaculata Receives $40,000 Grant for ‘It’s On Us’ Pa. Initiative
Immaculata University in Malvern was among 39 institutions of higher education and postsecondary schools in Pennsylvania to be awarded a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) for the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign. Former Governor Tom Wolf established It’s On Us PA, the nation’s first statewide campaign to combat campus sexual assault and violence, nearly…
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Abington Friends School Ramps up Lesson Plan to Define Speed for Young Students
Speed is a curious measurement. At first blush, it appears simple: Things can go fast or slow. But when it comes down to it, what is speed itself? When two balls race down an incline, why does one reach the bottom first? And more important, how is this concept explained five-year-olds? The Specifics of Speed…
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Gwynedd Mercy University Hosting Summer 2023 Programs
Gwynedd Mercy University, will be hosting summer programs for high school-aged students looking to explore their passions and experience what it’s like to be a college student. Programs will be led by GMercyU faculty with the assistance of current students. Attendees will utilize GMercyU’s state-of-the-art labs and facilities in Gwynedd Valley. The programs will run…
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Holy Family University Awarded ‘It’s On Us’ PA Grant from the Governor’s Office
For the sixth consecutive year, Holy Family University has been awarded the It’s On Us PA grant. The Pennsylvania Governor’s Office announced on Jan. 10 that Holy Family University is among the 39 Pennsylvania institutions of higher education that will receive grants to combat sexual violence on campus. The University will be awarded $40,000 that…
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See Which Five Montco Elementary Schools Came Out on Top as Best in Pa. for 2023
Montgomery County is home to highly-ranked elementary schools. Niche recently released a list of the best public schools in the state for 2023. Here are the schools that made the list: #2 The Souderton Charter School Collaborative The Souderton Charter School Collaborative has 235 students in grades K–8. It also ranked first in best charter…
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Neumann University’s Online Bachelor’s Degree Ranked among Country’s Best
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Neumann University’s online bachelor’s degree among the best in the country. In rankings released on Jan. 24, the magazine named Neumann’s program as No. 113 nationwide and No. 4 in Pennsylvania. U.S. News assessed online degree programs by weighing how those programs are being delivered and their effectiveness…
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WCU, Cheyney Record Slight Increases in Typical Overall Costs
While expenses fell or remained the same at the majority of Pennsylvania state system universities due to the State System of Higher Education yearly tuition freeze, both Chester County-based schools saw slight increases in overall costs, writes Bill Schackner for the Pittsburgh Tribune. The fourth straight annual tuition freeze is a response to plummeting enrollment…
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Valley Forge Military Academy & College Welcomes New Plebe Classes
Valley Forge Military Academy & College (VFMAC) welcomes the latest classes of plebes to both the Academy and the College to begin the spring semester. The entrance of the winter college plebe class is the first midyear college class since 2020. There is a total of 23 plebes — four in the college and 19…
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Two Salus University Courses of Study Celebrate 30 Years of Career Relevance
Salus University’s Orientation and Mobility (O&M) and Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) programs celebrated their 30th anniversaries. One constant has been a hallmark over three decades: how related they are to their optometric colleagues at the university’s of Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO). Fabiana Perla, director of the Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) department, characterized…
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Local Teen Receives Patent, Several Awards for Creative Spotted Lanternfly Trap
Fourteen-year-old Rachel Bergey from Harleysville has received several awards, and now a patent, for her innovative spotted lanternfly trap made from foil and plastic, writes Thomas Drayton for FOX 29 News. Bergey, who has been home-schooled since the fourth grade, started to notice how much trouble the presence of spotted lanternflies was causing over a…
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Abington Friends School Holds Two Open Houses; Attendees Invited to See Stellar Education in Action
Abington Friends School (AFS) is inviting prospective students and their families to two upcoming open house events at its 575 Washington Lane, Jenkintown, campus, which covers 50 acres. AFS tailors its educational programming for enrollees as young as age three, up through those in Grade 12. Dates, Times, Itinerary The admissions open houses are: Whether…
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Wall Street Journal: Wharton Professor Embraces ChatGPT as Teaching Tool
While many educators are still trying to decide if they should ban ChatGPT or build on it, Ethan Mollick, a professor at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, has already found a way to use it as a teaching tool, writes Douglas Belkin for The Wall Street Journal. ChatGPT uses machine-learning algorithms to produce…
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Manor College Recognizes Sophomore With Its Highest Honor; Dental Hygiene Student Cited as ‘Quietly Powerful’
Sophomore Neysha Medina was the recipient of the 2023 Manor College Mother Josaphat Medal. Medina is presently enrolled in the college’s dental hygiene coursework, an academic goal she undertook after graduating Constitution High School in Center City Philadelphia. The Mother Josaphat Medal is a student award presented to a Manor College student who exhibits a…
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WCU Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students to Earn ‘Cloaks of Compassion’
A formal White Coat Ceremony, as a rite of passage marking the end of coursework and the beginning of hands-on clinical work with patients, will be held on Friday, Jan. 27, 2-4 PM, for WCU speech-language pathology graduate students in West Chester University’s new Sciences & Engineering Center and The Commons, Room 108, located on…
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Pennsylvania Auditor General Claims Montco School Districts Raised Property Taxes in Annual ‘Shell Game’
Pa. Auditor General Timothy DeFoor released a statewide school-district audit that uncovered a legal (but suspect) practice. The study revealed 12 districts statewide raising local property taxes while holding millions of dollars in their general funds. DeFoor explained: “These districts have found a way to use the law to their advantage so they could always…
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