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Family support encourages educational comeback
When Wanda Ivette Cruz 鈥22, MSW 鈥23 graduated in 1994 from high school in Philadelphia, she had her eye on going to community college. Then she got pregnant as a teenager, waylaying those plans.鈥淚 had to make a very tough decision鈥攑ut a roof...
Math and philosophy major sees future in national cybersecurity
PHOTO: Michael Carrion, center, toured SNO Lab, a physics laboratory that specializes in researching dark matter and neutrinos, while chairing the international conference 鈥淐osmology between Deleuze and Science鈥 in Sudbury, Canada.Michael Carrion ...
Theatre program founder proud of achievements, hungry for more
Nathan Thomas, Ph.D., knew he wanted to teach theater to college students as early as the fourth grade. And at the mere age of 7 when he and his brother convinced their mother to drop them off to see 鈥淲illy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,鈥 Gene...
Alum helping to shape the future of higher education in Pennsylvania
午夜福利精品福利 alumnus Brandon Danz, Ph.D., is making significant strides in the world of higher education. Recently nominated by Governor Josh Shapiro and unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate, Dr. Danz now serves on the Pen...