As an anchor institution in Philadelphia and Newtown, °µÍø½ûÇø will march in the 2023 Newtown Holiday Parade. This famed annual event brings the community out in force to watch more than 60 organizations and1,800 parade participants.
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Dr. Bernice Purcell '85, DBA, Director of University Assessment at °µÍø½ûÇø, has been elected President of the Board of Directors of the Delta Mu Delta (DMD) Honor Society in Business. Delta Mu Delta (www.deltamudelta.org) is an international business honor society that recognizes academic distinction of students at select colleges and universities by acknowledging the achievement of its individual members who support and strengthen the communities they serve. The society was founded in 1913 and incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1952.
Former °µÍø½ûÇø Board of Trustee Member Carolyn Padovano Ph.D., RN, FAAN, was among 253 nursing leaders inducted into The American Academy of Nursing’s 2023 Class of Fellows during the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference October 5-7, 2023, in Washington, D.C . The inductees were recognized for their substantial, sustained, and outstanding impact on health and health care. The newest Fellows represent the Academy’s largest induction class and hail from 40 states, the District of Columbia, and 13 countries. With these newest honorees, the Academy is now comprised of more than 3,000 leaders who are experts in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia that champion health and wellness, locally and globally.
Dr. Roger Gee, a professor in the °µÍø½ûÇø School of Education and director of the University’s Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Program, recalls seeing a picture in the paper several months ago of a school in Italy welcoming two sisters from Ukraine. The girls were wide-eyed and holding hands, walking through a hallway lined with Italian students who were welcoming them with applause.
United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and °µÍø½ûÇø nursing alumna Barbara McCormick-Mejias '03, M'07, DNP, RN, CEN, readily admits that the only time she ever truly read a textbook from cover to cover was when she was deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Though she had been working as a nurse since 1993 and commissioned in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Nurse Corp in 1994, she was, at that time, enrolled in the RN-to-BSN Nursing Program at °µÍø½ûÇø.
°µÍø½ûÇø biology and chemistry students are taking advantage of new interactive software and three-dimensional replicas of the human body’s muscular and skeletal systems as part of recent upgrades to the University’s biology and chemistry labs.
°µÍø½ûÇø President Dr. Anne Prisco, herself a first-generation college student, joined in a gathering on November 8 as part of the campus’ National First-Generation College Celebration, offering congratulations and encouragement to her fellow first-gens. Sponsored by the Academic Affairs and Student Life departments, first-generation students came together to enjoy food, music and prizes and to recognize their shared achievements and unique journeys.
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