• Immaculata to Host Info Session on University’s Accelerated, Second-Degree B.S.N. on March 6

    Immaculata to Host Info Session on University’s Accelerated, Second-Degree B.S.N. on March 6

    Immaculata University will hold an online information session on Saturday, March 6 at 10 AM for college graduates interested in earning a second bachelor’s degree in nursing. Nursing faculty members will present information about the program, and attendees will have opportunities to talk with admissions and financial aid staff and take a virtual tour of…

  • Malvern Bank Partners With Woodlynde School to Create an Innovative, New Campus

    Malvern Bank Partners With Woodlynde School to Create an Innovative, New Campus

    A major campus upgrade at the Woodlynde college prep school in Strafford is just the kind of project Malvern Bank likes to put its financial expertise behind. The Woodlynde School is dedicated to empowering K-12 students with learning differences to become strategic thinkers and self-advocates in a challenging and supportive college prep environment. Helping private…

  • Why the CEO of a  Jenkintown-based Medical Marijuana Company is Opening Her Own Dispensary in West Virginia

    Why the CEO of a Jenkintown-based Medical Marijuana Company is Opening Her Own Dispensary in West Virginia

    Chris Visco, the co-founder and CEO of Jenkintown-based TerraVida Holistic Centers, is striking out on her own and opening a dispensary in West Virginia, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Visco, who runs Pennsylvania’s largest woman-owned medical cannabis company, will be the sole owner of the West Virginia Kindness dispensary. She chose West…

  • Discover How to Advance Your Career at Penn State Great Valley’s Virtual Admission Events This Month

    Discover How to Advance Your Career at Penn State Great Valley’s Virtual Admission Events This Month

    Due to COVID-19, Penn State Great Valley’s admissions and recruitment events have gone virtual. PSGV offers a variety of events for you to spend time with faculty, alumni, and staff to learn how you can become part of an enduring tradition of academic excellence and personal achievement. These admission events will help you discover how…

  • Immaculata Student’s Wisdom, Fortitude, Christian Service Garners Her Prestigious Saint Catherine Medal

    Immaculata Student’s Wisdom, Fortitude, Christian Service Garners Her Prestigious Saint Catherine Medal

    Immaculata University student Lynn Krieger, a York native, has been awarded the prestigious Saint Catherine of Alexandria Medal for 2020-2021. The Medal was presented during a welcome back Mass for the spring semester, celebrated by Archbishop Nelson Pérez, at the university. Kappa Gamma Pi, a national honor society for graduates of Catholic colleges, sponsors this…

  • Meridian Bank Named Top Mortgage Lender

    Meridian Bank Named Top Mortgage Lender

    Meridian Bank has been named one of the Top 10 Mortgage Lenders in the U.S., according to a poll conducted by Secure Insight, a risk management company based in Parsippany, N.J., that serves the mortgage industry. Secure Insight polled more than 70,000 registered settlement professionals across the country, including settlement attorneys, title agents, and escrow…

  • Penn State Great Valley Alum Creates Cybersecurity Units, Awarded Legion of Merit

    Penn State Great Valley Alum Creates Cybersecurity Units, Awarded Legion of Merit

    Penn State Great Valley alumnus Col. Jeffery Lipson has an impressive résumé, writes Christy Selagy for Penn State News. The former U.S. Marine Corps communications officer – who worked in the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, U.S. Cyber Command, and the National Security Agency – was once the CIO of Baker Tilly and is now…

  • Spend Your Lunch Break Learning Something New with PSGV’s Free NoonTimeU Webinar Series

    Spend Your Lunch Break Learning Something New with PSGV’s Free NoonTimeU Webinar Series

    Taking breaks is important. Step away from your daily routine, spend your lunch break with Penn State Great Valley’s free lunchtime learning events, and learn something new from experts. The NoonTimeU webinar series covers an array of topics to help with your personal and professional development. The Anxiety Project: An Artist’s Look at Mental Health…

  • Vanguard Plans to Press Companies on Racial, Gender Diversity of Their Boards Next Year

    Vanguard Plans to Press Companies on Racial, Gender Diversity of Their Boards Next Year

    Vanguard plans to vote against directors who do not press for greater racial and gender diversity on their company’s boards, writes Saijel Kishan for Bloomberg. The investment management giant acknowledged that corporations are currently in the early stages of developing their strategies for boardroom diversity and that regional differences and regulations should be considered. “But…

  • Schedule a Virtual Meeting with a Program Manager at Penn State Great Valley

    Schedule a Virtual Meeting with a Program Manager at Penn State Great Valley

    The job market will be more competitive in 2021 than in 2020. Now is the time to achieve your professional goals with a graduate certificate or degree. Even when the world around you slows down, keeping your life and career moving forward gives you an advantage. Penn State Great Valley wants to help you attain…

  • Serenity of Malvern Belies the Tragedy That Occurred There Nearly Two Centuries Ago

    Serenity of Malvern Belies the Tragedy That Occurred There Nearly Two Centuries Ago

    In 1832, 57 Irish immigrants who had arrived in Philadelphia just weeks earlier were brutally murdered while working on the railroad at Duffy’s Cut in Malvern, writes Virginia Lindak for Hidden City. Their murder went ignored and unreported. Dr. William Watson, a professor of history at Immaculata University, helped uncover what had happened when he…

  • Meridian Bank’s Culture of Talent Development Makes It a 2020 Best Community Bank to Work For

    Meridian Bank’s Culture of Talent Development Makes It a 2020 Best Community Bank to Work For

    Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), has named Meridian Bank as one of its 2020 Best Community Banks to Work For. The honor is a testament to the bank’s efforts to create an exceptional work experience for employees. “Community banks have always valued relationships and trust,…

  • Penn State Great Valley Residency Creates Valuable Experience for Finance Student

    Penn State Great Valley Residency Creates Valuable Experience for Finance Student

    As an undergraduate biochemistry student headed toward a career in pharmacy, Angela Gray never considered a job in accounting or finance. She enrolled in an accounting course only to satisfy a prerequisite for her chosen doctor of pharmacy program. Much to her surprise, she loved numbers even more than molecules, and even considered changing her…

  • Penn State Great Valley to Host Faculty Research Showcase on Wednesday

    Penn State Great Valley to Host Faculty Research Showcase on Wednesday

    Penn State Great Valley will host a virtual research presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 12 PM. Presented as part of the “Celebrating Research at Penn State Great Valley” series, the event will feature Sang Mook Lee and Minyoung (Min) Cheong, the recipients of the 2019 and 2020 Penn State Great Valley Early Career Research Awards, respectively. “Gender Diversity in…

  • Qlik Supports Malvern Nonprofit That Offers Transformative Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Services

    Qlik Supports Malvern Nonprofit That Offers Transformative Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Services

    By Kristen de Marco Mental health, as much as physical health, matters in treating the whole person, especially in these challenging times. For the past few years, Qlik, through Qlik.org, has been supporting my organization, Gateway HorseWorks, located in Malvern, through various means, including financial and software grants, to further our work incorporating horses for…

  • Construction Tech Company’s Loan Exemplifies the Streamlined Service Offered by Meridian Bank’s Equipment Finance Subsidiary

    Construction Tech Company’s Loan Exemplifies the Streamlined Service Offered by Meridian Bank’s Equipment Finance Subsidiary

    A loan recently acquired by a state-of-the-art construction technology company exemplifies the type of quick, streamlined service that Meridian Bank’s new equipment finance subsidiary offers its customers. When Bill Zandi, co-founder of Robotic Imaging Group in Philadelphia, needed a piece of equipment for his company’s LiDAR technology, he was referred to Meridian Equipment Finance LLC…

  • Meridian Bank’s ‘High-Performance Culture’ Helps It Earn ‘Sm-All Star’ Status

    Meridian Bank’s ‘High-Performance Culture’ Helps It Earn ‘Sm-All Star’ Status

    Meridian Bank has earned a spot on Piper Sandler’s annual list of top-performing U.S. small-cap banks and thrifts, also known as the “Sm-All Stars.” Piper Sandler, a leading middle-market investment bank and institutional securities firm, publishes this list annually in order to “uncover the next crop of stellar mid-cap banks before they are discovered by…

  • Penn State Great Valley to Host Virtual Open House, Panel Discussion Tonight

    Penn State Great Valley to Host Virtual Open House, Panel Discussion Tonight

    The Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies will host a virtual open house and panel discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 30 from 6-7 PM. Panelists will share how graduate degrees or professional certificates from Penn State Great Valley helped change their career paths, the value hiring managers see in advanced education, and how an advanced…