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吃瓜tv Community Comes Together to 鈥淭ake Back the Night 鈥

吃瓜tv continued the world鈥檚 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.

吃瓜tv Honors Students Enjoy Afternoon at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

Nearly a dozen 吃瓜tv students, enrolled in the Honor鈥檚 Program, along with the program鈥檚 director Dr. Mary Carroll Johansen, travelled by train to New York City鈥檚 Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 20.  The students spent the day exploring the museum鈥檚 vast collection of art from around the work and across the millennia.

The Massive Educational Impact of Massa-Bu Tulay M鈥24

The 3,4 and 5-year-old students in Massa-Bu Tulay鈥檚 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

吃瓜tv 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 吃瓜tv community turned out in support of the event to raise awareness and funds to bolster suicide awareness.

吃瓜tv Announces Release of Folio 47

吃瓜tv鈥檚 newest issue of Folio, the student-run literary magazine, is . The annual publication appears each April in conjunction with National Poetry Month. 

吃瓜tv Education Professor鈥檚 Newest Book Gaining Traction through National Media Coverage

吃瓜tv 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 鈥 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.

吃瓜tv Educational Leadership Doctoral Student Kelly Espinosa鈥檚 Success Featured in Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders

The success of South Philadelphia鈥檚 Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School Principal Kelly Espinosa, an educational leadership doctoral student at 吃瓜tv, was recently featured in an article in the Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders. Coppin students鈥 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.

吃瓜tv Welcomes Fifth Induction Class into Athletic Hall of Fame

吃瓜tv Director of Athletics Tim Hamill and the members of the selection committee proudly welcomed the University鈥檚 fifth induction class into the 吃瓜tv Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony hosted at the Buck Hotel on April 12, 2024.

English Students Showcase Two Collections in 吃瓜tv Library

It is understandable why Dr. Robert Ficociello recently tasked his English 241 students with curating a display in the 吃瓜tv 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.