News & Events
New Widener coffee involves students, faculty and alumni from cultivation to cup.
Widener Chapter of Engineers Without Borders brings electricity to village in Panama.
Justin Gordon and Tyler Romasco are using a micro-computer to help children with autism become more effective learners.
- Thursday, June 13, 2013
Widener Granted $38,000 to Aid Adult Women Returning to School
Widener has received a $38,000 grant from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation to provide scholarships in the 2013-14 academic year for mature women students.
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
HUD Report Offers Widener as Case Study in Civic Engagement
Widener University's civic engagement efforts in the city of Chester have been recognized by publications such as Newsweek and Washington Monthly, but now the federal government is using Widener as a case study on the positive impact colleges and universities can have in stabilizing and improving the nation's struggling communities.
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Charter School Receives $20,000 Grant for Mobile Technology
The Widener Partnership Charter School is going mobile thanks to a $20,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation for the school's Developing 21st Century Learners through Mobile Technology Project.
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
President Harris Honored for Civic Engagement in Chester
Penn State University honored Widener University President James T. Harris III on June 1 with the Distinguished Alumni Award for his support of higher education and his role in bridging Widener with the city of Chester.
- Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Widener Receives $66,000 from W. W. Smith for Student Scholarships
Widener University will receive $66,000 from the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust to be used for student scholarships during the 2013-14 academic year, the university announced.
- Monday, June 10, 2013
Widener Professors Help Launch Specialized Money Management Guide for People with Disabilities
Three Widener University School of Business Administration faculty members have partnered with the Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation to develop a highly specialized guide to money management for people with disabilities.
- Friday, May 31, 2013
Greenberg Named Associate Provost for Graduate Studies
Dr. Penelope Sue Greenberg of Pedricktown, N.J., has been appointed to the position of associate provost for graduate studies at Widener. Greenberg will take on this role while continuing to serve as associate dean in the School of Business Administration.
- Thursday, May 30, 2013
Widener Small Business Development Center is SBA's 2013 SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award Winner
The Widener University Small Business Development Center has been awarded the Small Business Administration's 2013 SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award for not only Eastern Pennsylvania, but the entire Mid-Atlantic Region.
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Widener Agreement with Bishop Shanahan High School Advances STEM Opportunities
Bishop Shanahan High School students aspiring to be engineers can now get a jump start on their college education thanks to an agreement the Downingtown, Pa.-based Catholic school signed on Wednesday with Widener University.
- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Widener University Awards Diplomas to Nearly 900 Graduates
Widener University commencement speaker Rula Al-Saffar urged nearly 900 students graduating from Widener on Saturday to "knock on the doors of life until your hands bleed and you get what you want. I want dignity and freedom."
- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Widener Announces Four-Way Tie for Class of 2013 Valedictorian
Four members of the Widener University Class of 2013 have been named valedictorian after each earning a 4.0 grade point average. Sharing the honor are Michelle Callaghan, Edwin Dauber, Emma Ricciardi, and Erin Sylvester.
- Friday, May 17, 2013
Widener ROTC Commissions 10 Cadets From Three Area Universities
Widener University's Dauntless Battalion commissioned 10 cadets as second lieutenants of the U.S. Army on Thursday, May 16.
- Monday, May 13, 2013
Soccer for Success Tackles Gardening at Stetser Elementary School
Students at Stetser Elementary School in Chester on Thursday traded in soccer balls and corner kicks for leaf compost and peat moss to construct four raised bed gardens as part of the Chester Upland Soccer for Success program.
- Friday, May 10, 2013
Sales Education Foundation names Widener University on top university sales program list
The Sales Education Foundation (SEF) released its annual list of Top University Sales Programs, highlighting Widener University as one of the best locations for preparing sales professionals.
- Friday, May 10, 2013
Vote for Widener in the NCAA Division III Special Olympics Spotlight Poll
The Department of Athletics encourages all to vote for Widener in this month's NCAA Division III Special Olympics Poll. The poll, which runs through May 25 at 10 p.m., can be found at www.ncaa.org/D3SpecialOlympics.
- Friday, May 10, 2013
Widener Sophomore Named to Board of Character Education Partnership
When Janelle Rouse decided switch majors and transfer to another college, she looked for a school that offered her new major and encouraged service and civic engagement. What she didn't expect when she transferred Widener University in Chester, Pa. was the leadership opportunities she would have. The sophomore special education from Washington, D.C. was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Character Education Partnership, a national organization committed to developing civic virtue and moral character in America's youth.
- Friday, May 3, 2013
Widener Honors Faculty for Teaching Innovation, Research and Civic Engagement
Widener University on Thursday honored the top faculty in the areas of teaching innovation, research, and civic engagement at its annual Faculty Awards Banquet. Dr. Shirlee Drayton-Brooks, professor in the School of Nursing; Dr. Kenneth Goldberg, associate professor in the School of Human Service Professions; and Dr. Michael Rosko, professor in the School of Business Administration, garnered top honors at the event coordinated by the Office of Teaching, Learning and Assessment.
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Engineers Without Borders Celebrates Completion of Project SEED
Five years ago, the Widener chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) set out on a mission to bring electricity to a small village in Panama. This March, the students completed that mission.
- Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Widener and Montgomery County Community College Sign Transfer Agreement
Widener University and Montgomery County Community College entered into a dual admissions transfer agreement on April 29 during an official signing event at MCCC's campus in Blue Bell, Pa.
- Friday, April 26, 2013
Junior Melvin Holmes Named Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact
Campus Compact has honored 181 students from 36 states as 2013 Newman Civic Fellows. Among the honorees is Widener University junior Melvin Holmes of Yeadon, Pa. The Newman Civic Fellow Awards recognize inspiring college student leaders who have worked to find solutions for challenges facing their communities.
- Thursday, April 25, 2013
Dyson Named Director of the Center for Human Sexuality Studies and Associate Dean of Human Service Professions
Dr. Donald A. Dyson of Collingswood, N.J., has been named director of the Center for Human Sexuality Studies and associate dean for the School of Human Service Professions at Widener University.
- Monday, April 22, 2013
Widener-PMC Alumni Association Presents 2013 Awards
The Widener University-Pennsylvania Military College Alumni Association recognized three alumni, a student and a faculty member during the annual awards ceremony April 13 during Alumni Volunteer and Excellence Weekend.
- Thursday, April 18, 2013
Founders Hall Certified as Widener's First Green Building
Founders Hall at Widener University is now certified "green" by the U.S. Green Building Council and becomes the first building at Widener, and the first in the city of Chester, to receive that official recognition.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2013
New Widener Coffee Involves Students, Faculty and Alumni from Cultivation to Cup
Look out Starbucks, Widener University is brewing up a bold plan to support sustainable agricultural practices with the launch its very own earth-friendly coffee, WU Brew, on Earth Day, April 22.
- Thursday, April 11, 2013
Sex Ed--for Seniors?
After working for 30 years as director of staff development for a hospital in Connecticut, Jane Fleishman decided that she had one more career in her. Fleishman, 58, a doctoral student in Widener's Center for Human Sexuality Studies, became interested in the issues of sexuality and aging after a friend introduced her to Dr. Laura Singer-Magdoff, a 95-year-old practicing psychotherapist. Fleishman soon began presenting sexuality education lessons for the gray-haired set in Singer-Magdoff's weekly discussion group at her assisted living community in the Bronx, N.Y.
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