In the Media

This community brief promotes the opening of the Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, a new pro bono community clinic run by the Institute for Speech-Language Pathology.

The Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's R+ initiative, which partners with Widener's Small Business Development Center to help Latino-owned businesses recover from the pandemic, received a $35,000 grant from Santander Bank.

The Community Engaged Teacher Education program led by Professor Nadine McHenry and the Widener Observatory directed by Professor Harry Augensen hosted community members and education students for a Stargazing and S'mores night.

Kathy Wu, assistant professor and director of the dual PsyD/MBA program, shares her personal and professional background and her strategies and vision for resolving burnout. 

Dawn Gulick, professor of physical therapy and developer of the mobile app iOrtho+, writes about the relationship between nutrition and orthopedics in this blog post and credits research contributed by students in the graduate physical therapy program.

Football Head Coach Mike Barainyak talks on this podcast about the upcoming season, challenges in the past year from COVID-19, and emerging leaders on the field including Ryan Stecklein, Mario Scotese, James Gillespie and Anthony Jordan.

Larry Hamermesh, emeritus professor at Delaware Law School, commented on a public campaign led by Al Sharpton and paid for by Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware to promote diversifying the Delaware Court of Chancery. 

Kerri Crowne Brannen, associate professor of business management, is a guest on this podcast discussing how her approach to teaching has changed during the pandemic to keep up with students' expectations and her career goals.

The article notes that Widener University is among local colleges and universities that require all staff and students to be vaccinated.

Professor J. Wesley Leckrone weighs in on the reason that a number of Pennsylvania residents were arrested for their roles in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.

In this Q&A, Anthony Wheeler, dean of the School of Business Administration, shares his expertise on the topic of burnout along with guidance for both employees and employers on how to identify and reverse it. 

This early morning news segment noted that Widener University is welcoming approximately 600 freshman and 140 transfer students for move-in day on Wednesday.

Erin Wolff, a dual Clinical Psychology and MBA in Healthcare Management student, was selected as the Student Spotlight Award winner for August 2021 by the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

John Downey, dean of students, was joined by resident assistants and members of the Honors Mentor Program as they welcomed incoming students and their families to campus during yesterday's move-in day.

Additional coverage of move-in day was featured on 6ABC and CBS3.

Christian Nascimento, a Widener graduate and current member of the Board of Trustees, is running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rachael Gibson, a human sexuality studies doctoral graduate, shares how getting her Chihuahua mix Lola during the pandemic helped her cope with the stress and anxiety brought on by quarantine.

Widener Law School graduate Judge S. James Sarbanes was named to the Maryland Court of Appeals as circuit administrative judge for the First Judicial Circuit.

Nursing graduate Gabrielle Smyser shares her inspiration for becoming a nurse and her experience working on a COVID-19 unit and administering vaccines during her senior year.

Scott B. Cooper, a Widener Law Commonwealth graduate and partner at Schmidt Kramer PC, was appointed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on the state's Judicial Conduct Board.

Delaware Law School Dean Rodney Smolla is representing Dominion Voting Systems in a lawsuit filed against Newsmax Media Inc., which claims that the network promoted false narratives about vote tampering in the 2020 presidential election.

See also: Law360