Education
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National Publication Elects MCCC to 2022 Best Student Voting Honor Roll
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) continues to receive accolades for its efforts to support civic duty among students. The college was recently included in the Washington Monthly 2022 Best Colleges for Student Voting Honor Roll. According to the report, in order to be included in this year’s honor roll “…universities had to submit 2020 and…
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Big Educational Value in Small Timeframe: DeSales MBA Offers One-Credit Courses
The DeSales University Master of Business Administration (MBA) program offers a series of one-credit courses available to college graduates interested in considering an MBA or just interested in updating their business acumen. Each one-credit course explores a topic related to business management and consists of 14 class hours scheduled over two weekends in both live and synchronous…
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Valley Forge Military College Cadets Honor Victims of 9/11
Valley Forge Military College Cadets honored those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack and those servicemen and women who gave their lives after that day to preserve and protect the freedoms all Americans hold dear. The ROTC completed a two-mile run wearing full gear and then conducted a stair climb of 2,200 steps…
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Ambler Dad Gets Caught in the Net of the Georgetown University Tennis Coach Bribery Scandal
The Georgetown University bribery scandal that sent a faculty tennis coach to prison for pocketing more than $3 million has landed Robert Repella, an Ambler dad, on probation. An Associated Press Boston report served up the particulars. Repella, a former pharmaceutical executive, pleaded guilty to bribing Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst. According to testimony,…
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Spurred by Boyfriend’s Death, Manor College Grad Embarks on a Life in Law
Sheresa Palmer lives by the saying, “God only gives his battles to his toughest soldiers.” She continued, “People look at me and say that you smile so much, you wouldn’t know you went through anything. “But I’m not afraid to tell my story. “And here’s somebody else out there that has their own story and…
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Gwynedd Mercy University to Prospective Enrollees: Remember the ABCs, Ask before Committing
As discussed in Part 1 of Gwynedd Mercy University’s recommendations for students visiting a college or university for the first time, the process may seem overwhelming. In Part 2, Aimee Huffstetler, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment, Gwynedd Mercy University, provides a list of topic-specific questions that will help students and their families when visiting colleges.…
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U.S. News Again Names Neumann in Ranking for Social Mobility
U.S. News & World Report has again ranked Neumann University among the Best Regional Universities in the North for social mobility in its Best Colleges 2023 issue. Neumann was also ranked among the best for social mobility in 2021 and 2022, the first years that the magazine included rankings for this category. The ranking identifies…
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TikTok Comment from Kid Culinarian to Ardmore Mom Resurfaces for Back to School 2022
Most parents video their children’s first day of school. But few of them go viral, as an upload of an Ardmore son returning home from his first exposure to formal education did. Rodrigo Torrejón educated The Philadelphia Inquirer readers on the clip’s subject: the new student’s gripe about a “terrible sandwich” from mom. The TikTok…
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Holy Family University Faculty Member Heads Doctorate Program in Counseling Psychology, Informed by Personal Grief Journey
Experience, it is said, is the best teacher. That truism is especially evident at the Holy Family University Newtown campus, where Dr. Diane Menago, Licensed Psychologist, heads the PsyD Program. In short, she’s training the next generation of counseling psychologists, giving them not only the book knowledge but also her personal insight into a difficult…
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Project Runway Star Joins Faculty at Harcum College
Harcum College welcomed Philadelphia-based fashion designer and Haitian native Prajjé Oscar Jean-Baptiste, a Project Runway season 19 contestant, to the adjunct faculty ranks this year. He taught his first class on the first day of the new academic year on August 29 on the garden floor terrace of the campus Art & Design Center. Jean-Baptiste…
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LaSalle College High School Alums Finally Connect on the Sidelines for the Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills’ defensive coach John Butler is a graduate of Wyndmoor’s LaSalle College High School. His team colleague, Head Coach Sean McDermott, is also a LaSalle alum; however, during their respective secondary-school careers, their paths never crossed. Mark Gaughan explained their separate orbits in The Buffalo News. The shared educational experience was thought to have…
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‘The Life You’ve Built Is Worth Protecting’: Immaculata University Professor On National Preparedness Month
Are Americans experiencing “disaster fatigue?” The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s latest National Household Survey reported that more than half of households have personally experienced, or that their family experienced, a disaster in 2021. With the deaths of one million Americans and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our personal health and livelihood, one would…
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Netflix Looks at NBA Gambling Scandal Involving 2 Former Cardinal O’Hara Students
Two former Cardinal O’Hara students, Tim Donaghy and Jimmy Battista, who would later become the subjects of a federal investigation into an NBA gambling plot are the subject of a Netflix sports documentary, writes Stephan Gibbs for Spiky TV. Donaghy, an NBA referee, placed bets on basketball games he officiated, changing the point spread with…
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STEM Chair Among Church Farm School’s New Faculty Members for 2022-2023 School Year
Church Farm School, a boarding and day school in Exton for boys in grades 9-12, has welcomed some new faculty members for the 2022-2023 school year. Debbie Witmer, STEM Chair Witmer will lead a comprehensive, interdisciplinary design of the STEM curriculum, with a specific focus on augmenting opportunities for Engineering, Computer Programming, and Sustainability and…
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Gwynedd Mercy University AVP of Enrollment to Rising Juniors and Seniors: Ask Me Anything!
The high-school class 2023 has just embarked on its last secondary-school academic year, and likewise, the class of 2024 has begun steps toward a more distant but just as compelling milestone in two years. As senior and junior students across the region seek to solidify their what-next academic plans, Gwynedd Mercy University Assistant Vice President…
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MONTCO Careers — Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery County Community College invites applications for the part-time High School & Educational Partnerships Enrollment Coach position at its Pottstown campus. The part-time High School & Educational Partnerships Enrollment Coach is responsible for: Qualifications Essential Knowledge and Skills The role requires: Child abuse and Pa. State Police clearances, as well as FBI fingerprints, are required…
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Philadelphia Magazine: Nine Montgomery County Schools Offer Honors-Level Scholastics
Nine Montco high schools are among the 40 top-rated learning institutions in Phila. and its suburbs, according to a new ranking by Philadelphia Magazine. To determine the top-performing city and suburban public high schools, the publication’s editors used the latest available data from the Pa. Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics.…
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Students! Families! Ten-Hut! MCCC Uses Boot Camp Event to Promote Dual Enrollment
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) hosted Early College Boot Camp at its campuses in Blue Bell and Pottstown recently for high-school students and families eager to learn how to get a head start on a college education. Students and their families — as well as guidance counselors, faculty and other school administrators — were invited…
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