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Ford Celebrates a WilmU Alumnus

April 26, 2022
The Ford Motor Company recently announced winners of its “Freedom Unsung Teacher Heroes of COVID-19” Awards, honoring 25 U.S. educators who positively impacted students throughout the pandemic. According to a company press release, “Ford Freedom Unsung is an annual award series that celebrates ordinary individuals doing extraordinary acts in the African American community.” Among the…
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WilmU’s Year-Long Residency: Making Students Into Teachers

April 26, 2022
It’s been about a year since Abbey DeJuliis earned her Bachelor of Science in Middle Level Education (Grades 6–8), and she’s currently winding up her first-year teaching seventh grade English at Stanton Middle School in Wilmington. But it’s not the first year she’s…
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WilmU Student Scores Sigma Beta Delta Scholarship

April 26, 2022
Justin Brooks, an undergraduate baseball student-athlete in Wilmington University’s Business Analytics program and a member of Sigma Beta Delta (SBD), was selected by SBD to receive a scholarship for the 2021/2022 academic year. This is the first time a WilmU student was…
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Dr. Danley Co-Authors Article in Pediatric Journal

April 26, 2022
Dr. Amy Danley Dr. Amy Danley, associate professor in the College of Business, was among co-authors of an article in the October issue of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She joined four physicians from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Dr. Kandi Wiens, co-director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education Program, in publishing “Burnout…
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Highlighting Positive Police Stories

April 26, 2022
As Wilmington University alumnus Rick Goodale stepped into his new job as public information officer (PIO) of the Gastonia, North Carolina, Police Department last summer, he was well aware of the challenges facing him. Goodale had just retired from the Mont-gomery County…
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Top Teacher

April 26, 2022
Alumna Jahsha Tabron was named Delaware’s 2022 Teacher of the Year.  “The most important thing any teacher can do is be a mirror to students,” says Tabron, a special education English teacher at Brandywine High School in Wilmington. “When you lead a classroom, you…
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All About Al

April 26, 2022
Ask around. Anyone who has worked with Al DiEmedio has glowing reviews and is sad to see him retire. DiEmedio joined then-Wilmington College in 2004 as an assistant professor and program coordinator and was promoted in July of 2006 to director in the College of Education (COE). On paper, his titles are straightforward. In reality, the passionate WilmU ambassador touched the hearts of countless…
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What's the 988?

November 11, 2021
Changing perceptions about mental health will take innovation, collaboration and passionate leaders like Wilmington University alumnus Carlos Mackall. It’s full steam ahead for alumnus Carlos Mackall. As vice president of the Northeast Region for RI International, a…
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Gone Too Soon

November 10, 2021
We honor the lives of these longtime colleagues. William “Bill” Quinn Bill Quinn Walt Disney said, “The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements but rather with the things we do for the people we love and esteem, and whose respect we need.” William “Bill” Quinn’s formidable accomplishments underscored his 27-year career at Wilmington University, but his…
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