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And the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Goes To...

April 25, 2023
The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to alumni who lead with compassion and positively impact their fields. It reflects the excellence of the University and those who have created a legacy others may strive to achieve. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor conferred by the Wilmington University Alumni Association. For the first time, three alumni were chosen for the honor.  Here…
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WilmU Worked for Kasey … and It’s Still Working!

February 1, 2023
Kasey Trill, who earned her bachelor’s degree in Nursing and master’s degree as a Nurse Educator from WilmU, is a current student in the University’s doctoral program in Higher Education Leadership.  Trill has a passion for nursing instruction. In addition to her…
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Top Tech Award for Master’s Grad

October 28, 2022
Two months before receiving her master’s degree from Wilmington University in May, Nitika Tanuboddi added a significant achievement to her résumé: the Graduate Student Research Award from Epsilon Pi Tau (EPT) Honor Society, the leading international honor society for technology. Tanuboddi was one of 11 regional winners in the William Everett Warner Awards Program, named after the…
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Mark Sprague: Piloting an Airport’s Future

October 28, 2022
Wilmington University alumnus Mark Sprague grew up in a decidedly nautical environment. His hometown of Tuckerton, New Jersey, sits on Great Bay, 6 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The borough of about 3,300 boasts a working maritime museum and village. Tuckerton Creek flows…
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Aaron Lewis: A Love for Baseball and the Badge

October 28, 2022
Aaron Lewis enjoys both his jobs — a full-time career as a Wilmington Police officer, and a part-time role as head coach of Delaware Military Academy baseball. But one’s a profession, the other is a calling, and that becomes obvious when he discusses them. A master…
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National Honors for Two Alumnae

October 28, 2022
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest recognition that K–12 STEM teachers can receive. They are given to teachers from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories as a group (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). For the year 2020…
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2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Winners

October 6, 2022
The Results Are In! The Wilmington University Alumni Association announces its 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award winners and honorable mentions. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor conferred by the Wilmington University Alumni Association. The award is given to…
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Stages of Achievement

July 7, 2022
College of Education grad pursues career in dance   Richy Romero’s made some noteworthy changes over the past year.  In the First State Ballet Theatre production of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” at the Grand Opera House this spring, he danced the role of Von…
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Seven Degrees of Dissertation

May 31, 2022
Story and photo courtesy of the Cape Gazette, by Ellen Driscoll Cape Henlopen School District leaders earning their doctoral degrees from Wilmington University are (l-r) Lewes Elementary Principal Kim Corbidge, Beacon Middle Assistant Principal Kathleen Sheehan, Cape High Principal Nikki Miller, Mariner Middle Assistant Principal Emily Lehne, Assistant Superintendent Jenny Nauman, Sussex…
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