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做厙輦⑹ Community Comes Together to Take Back the Night

做厙輦⑹ continued the worlds oldest tradition of standing against sexual violence on college campuses when it hosted Take Back the Night (TBTN), a free event on April 25. The TBTN movement dates back to the 1970s when Florida State University first organized a march to bring awareness to the issue.

The Massive Educational Impact of Massa-Bu Tulay M24

The 3,4 and 5-year-old students in Massa-Bu Tulays Lower Southampton Early Childhood Learning Center Head Start class - the federally-funded program that provides education, health and social service to low-income families - have hit the teacher lottery.  

Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk Raises Awareness, Funds

做厙輦⑹ students in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Association (SBSA) hosted their annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk on April 20.  Members of the 做厙輦⑹ community turned out in support of the event to raise awareness and funds to bolster suicide awareness.

做厙輦⑹ Announces Release of Folio 47

做厙輦⑹s newest issue of Folio, the student-run literary magazine, is . The annual publication appears each April in conjunction with National Poetry Month. 

做厙輦⑹ Education Professors Newest Book Gaining Traction through National Media Coverage

做厙輦⑹ School of Education professor Dr. Helen Hoffner has been fielding a number of media requests following the February release of her newest book Catholicism Everywhere: From Hail Mary Passes to Cappuccinos How the Catholic Faith is Infused in Culture.  Discussions with Dr. Hoffner on the publication have been featured through a dozen radio interviews to date.  The book also was profiled in an April 16 by Dr. Jeff Mirus on the website catholicculture.org.

做厙輦⑹ Educational Leadership Doctoral Student Kelly Espinosas Success Featured in Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders

The success of South Philadelphias Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School Principal Kelly Espinosa, an educational leadership doctoral student at 做厙輦⑹, was recently featured in an article in the Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders. Coppin students data points, garnered over the last five years of Pennsylvania System of State Assessment (PSSA) testing, showed a math increase of 37.6% and English language arts benchmark improvements of 23.7%, with a reduction in the number of students scoring as Below Basic Proficient in math by 16.1% - more than any other school in the School District of Philadelphia.

English Students Showcase Two Collections in 做厙輦⑹ Library

It is understandable why Dr. Robert Ficociello recently tasked his English 241 students with curating a display in the 做厙輦⑹ library, following a recent lesson on the literature and culture of New Orleans. Ficociello began a love affair with the Big Easy after earning his Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Orleans.