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Pa. student is helping preserve stories of WWII veterans, one friend at a time
Reading native Tyler Boland, always interested in history, has embarked on a project to speak with and document the history of World War II by interviewing as many surviving veterans of that war as he possibly can. “My mom was a history teacher,” Boland said. “I first started off with...
Church Farm School Names Christopher Kramaric Its Chief Advancement Officer
As Church Farm School's new Chief Advancement Officer, Christopher Kramaric will lead the school’s fundraising and stewardship activities and events, alumni and community relations, and marketing and communications. Church Farm School has named Coatesville native Christopher Kramaric its Chief Advancement Officer, effective July 1. Kramaric joins CFS from the...
Albright Professor wins CIC Grant for Science Education
Ian J. Rhile, Ph.D., professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry at Albright College has been selected to receive an Improving Science Pedagogy Grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). Rhile will use the grant for faculty training to increase the presence of active learning and high-structure science courses...
West Chester University’s GNA Forest Fest Wins a 2024 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence
At the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence (L-R): Tom Gilbert, President, Pennsylvania Environmental Council; Nur Ritter (with trophy), GNA Stewardship Manager; Jessica Shirley, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Brad Flamm (with plaque), WCU Director of Sustainability; and Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
West Chester University cooking program helps adults with intellectual, developmental disabilities
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (CBS) — A culinary program at West Chester University is giving adults with disabilities the ingredients to be self-confident and independent.The program, Ram Chefs, helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn how to garden and cook.Ram Chefs provides them with culinary instruction, nutrition education and food safety skills during the academic year at West Chester.Every Wednesday, 13 young adults with IDD from the community work with more than two dozen volunteers in the university's nutrition lab. The program's mission is to build self-confidence in young adults with the goal of cooking independence and employment in the...
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