The environmental science and policy program debuted a new course in the Fall 2018 semester, Research in Environmental Science.
This course is taken by Environmental Science and Policy majors. Students are conducting publishable work on Brandywine Creek water quality, testing for endocrine disruptors as well as other general characteristics of water quality.
The students are using the science…
MBA students at Wilmington University helped an agricultural enterprise in the City of Wilmington to grow by providing an in-depth SWOT analysis to define a path to success.
Toni Bush, adjunct faculty, led the effort to partner with the Vertical Farming initiative of Urban…
WilmU Learning Center Honored with ITC Award
April 9, 2019
Wilmington University’s achievements in distance education were honored at the Instructional Technology Council (ITC) eLearning Conference.
The conference in Las Vegas also provided the setting for a student studying remotely to spend face time with a visiting WilmU…
WilmU on the Frontline of Thought in Education
April 9, 2019
The annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) is the nation’s largest and most prestigious conference for institutions of higher education offering education degrees.
Representing Wilmington University were Dr. Rob Rescigno, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Dr. John Gray, Dean of the College of Education, who were among several…
Shining a Light through Trauma-Informed Training
April 9, 2019
Faculty and students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences are giving social services staffers the tools and techniques they need to help clients through trauma-informed training workforce development.
Faculty and students in the College of Social and Behavioral…
Tyler Bendel was only 16 years old and facing the greatest challenge of his young life.
“I was going through Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer,” he recalls. “I did not have many friends, I could not go out anywhere, and I was left to lay in bed for what…
Military Mom Leads by Example
February 6, 2019
We could all learn something from following WilmU senior Brandi Niehoff, though most of us couldn’t keep up.
Entering the final semester of her Criminal Justice bachelor’s degree program, she leads by example wherever she goes.
Niehoff starts her day caring for her husband and two sons — an infant and preschooler. She makes sure the kids are dressed, fed, and dropped off at school or…
A Leader in Human Services
January 11, 2019
Dr. Allan Zaback, the recently named chair of Administration of Human Services at WilmU, is passionate about helping students reach their goals.
That includes translating skills learned in the real world to the academic world.
Dr. Zabak has more than 30 years of experience…
College of Business to Launch Student Accounting Chapter
January 11, 2019
Accountants (IMA) at Wilmington University is an initiative that will give students the opportunity to strengthen their accounting and business knowledge, plan their professional careers, and network with other students and accounting professionals.
The IMA also offers…
Wilmington University Welcomes Fulbright Visiting Scholar
January 11, 2019
WilmU, in partnership with the University of Delaware’s English Language Institute, welcomed Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Apiwan Nuangpolmak to campus on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
Dr. Apiwan Nuangpolmak
Her lecture, Enhancing Professional Communication Skills in the Lower Mekong: An ESP Approach, covered many areas of interest including TESOL in Southeast Asia, successful course design…