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WCU’s Weekly Sustainability Research and Practice Seminars Show Breadth of Faculty Expertise
Each semester, West Chester University’s Office of Sustainability (OoS) organizes a number of events that promote environmental awareness and climate consciousness; encourage commuting alternatives; promote reduced consumption of resources, as well as reuse and recycling; and other “green” subjects. Among these are weekly Sustainability Research and Practice Seminars that feature WCU experts in various fields,…
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‘A Model to Make Them More Than Hospitals’: Canyon Atlantic Has Prescription to Revive Our Closed Hospitals
If the sale of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals goes through, Canyon Atlantic Partners has ambitious plans for Chester County’s two shuttered medical centers, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Earlier this week, a court ruling reinstated the hospital-turnaround company’s agreement to buy the two hospitals from Tower Health. “I can tell you Canyon…
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WCU Dance Team Earns Top Honors in Hip-Hop at College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship
The West Chester University Dance Team recently brought home gold as the Open Division Hip-Hop champions at the 2022 UCA & UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. The team won for the first time in program history at the elite competition produced by the Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association and held…
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Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester Celebrates the 200 Years Since Its Site Held Chickens, Not Chaucer
Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester, an iconic Chester County landmark, is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the structure that holds it. Bill Rettew covered the site’s storied reputation for the Daily Local News. After two centuries, the namesake barn still brims with life. Within its original walls are five floors containing roughly 300,000 books.…
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Honors College Freshman Crowned Miss WCU 2022
West Chester University Honors College student Julie Stinson, a business management major with a minor in dance performance, was crowned Miss WCU during the 23rd live competition held on Saturday. Allison Short, Miss WCU 2020, completed her final duty as she crowned Stinson, a freshman from Lancaster, as the 23rd titleholder. Stinson is prepared to…
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With Unmatched Infrastructure, This Former Bank in West Chester Ready for the Borough’s Next Great Restaurant
Pillar Real Estate Advisors has listed a unique property, the future location of a restaurant that will be in a class of its own, in downtown West Chester. Formerly the prestigious First National Bank of West Chester, this 14,000-square-foot space offers unmatched opportunity. It features multiple levels, the grandiose ceiling height in the main room, large brick…
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Largest Campaign in WCU’s History Surpasses $46 Million to Support an Even Greater Number of Students
As the spring semester begins, West Chester University has secured $46 million in its goal to raise $65 million by June 30, 2024 as part of 150Forward: The Campaign for West Chester University. As the largest comprehensive campaign in the university’s history, the efforts are designed to help an even greater number of WCU students…
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Miss WCU Scholarship Organization to Hold 23rd Live Competition Highlighting Leadership, Achievement
Miss West Chester University will host its 23rd live competition on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 PM in Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, located at 700 South High Street. Miss WCU is being coordinated this year by past Miss WCU recipients. Nine women currently studying at WCU will compete for $3,000-plus in scholarships through an…
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Level Up Your Project Management Skills, Prepare for the PMP Exam with WCU’s Eight-Week Workshop
Level up your project management skills by preparing for the PMP Exam with West Chester University’s Comprehensive Project Management Workshop that begins on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The eight-week workshop is aimed at novice and experienced project managers aspiring to become a professional and/or seek professional credentials in Project Management. It is designed to equip attendees…
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WCU Live! Performance Series Stages March Return
Tickets are now on sale for three March performances that are part of the WCU Live! Performing Arts Series and the President’s Speaker Series at West Chester University. All performances take place in the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, located in the Philips Memorial Building at 700 South High Street. More information is available online.…
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Lansdale’s Stove and Tap Owners Open New Dive Bar in West Chester — and It Has the Coolest Name
The latest project from Lansdale’s hospitality group Stove and Co. officially opened its doors on Thursday. Ryan Mulligan sauntered through the establishment’s backstory for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The opening of a West Chester dive bar named Good Bad and Ugly (although it delivers a more upscale experience) begs this question: Will the theme music…
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WCU’s Online MBA Remains a Top Program on Two Lists from U.S. News & World Report
In an increasingly crowded and competitive market, West Chester University’s online graduate programs continue to be ranked highly among more than 1,200 programs surveyed by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 best graduate programs. Only regionally accredited institutions whose programs are offered mostly or entirely online were evaluated. WCU’s online Master of Business…
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West Chester Chef Named a Semifinalist for the ‘Oscars of the Restaurant Industry’
Chef Anthony Andiario, who has been wowing diners with culinary creations at his eponymous restaurant in West Chester, is one of the semifinalists for the 2022 James Beard Awards. Laura Smythe savored the task of covering the honor in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The program, often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant industry,…
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Weekend Wanderer: As We Try to Escape Omicron, Is Anyone Else Leaping from Fantasy to Fantasy?
I think we can all agree the universe is a Hydra of suck right now – eliminate one problem, watch another sprout up in its place. I mean Hydra the mythical being here, not Hydra the villainous Marvel faction. Although really, both apply. My kids’ schools are a Whack-A-Mole of previously uncharted problems – substitute…
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Customers’ Reviews Push Local Cafe Onto OpenTables 100 Best in the Nation List
To create the list, OpenTable analyzed more than 10.5 million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners nationwide. The platform scanned comments, seeking praise for creative dishes, high-level hospitality, and one-of-a-kind dining experiences. The Original Spence Cafe in West Chester has found its place on the online reservation platform OpenTable’s list of the Top 100 Restaurants…
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New Cannabis Dispensary Opens in West Chester to “Better Serve Its Expanding Patient”
Verano Holdings, a multistate cannabis company, has expanded its Pennsylvania footprint with the opening of a Zen Leaf dispensary at 300 Oakland Road in West Chester. The dispensary is part of the state’s Chapter 20 Clinical Registrant Program. As such, it will collaborate with the Drexel University Medical Cannabis Research Center to conduct ongoing research…
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Celebrate WCU’s Sesquicentennial with More Programs in the Museum’s Live Zoom Lecture Series
When it opened in 1871, the West Chester Normal School was a single building that provided housing for both professors and students, as well as contained classrooms, labs, a library, and a dining hall — a complete residential educational institution under one roof. A number of colleges established in the 19th century featured a similar…
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Empathetic Downingtown Woman on Path to Serial Entrepreneurship After Her Recent Graduation from WCU
Downingtown resident Emma Wagner, who graduated from West Chester University last month and was one of the student speakers at winter commencement, is on her way to becoming a serial entrepreneur. Wagner, who was the spring 2021 entrepreneurship fellow at WCU’s Cottrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Center, knew she wanted to help other women stay connected as…
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