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Starting Early

July 23, 2018
Incoming WilmU freshman Alexis Webb got a head start on college. In fact, she completed a semester’s worth of classes before joining most of her fellow incoming classmates this fall.   Alexis Webb | Photo by Paul Patton Webb, a recent Caesar Rodney High School graduate, participated in the Early College Credit program throughout her senior year, simultaneously juggling high school and college…
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Blackboard: Phoning It In

July 18, 2018
WilmU’s Online and Educational Technology staff redesigned an e-learning course to be more efficient and convenient for new students.  Blackboard is the online learning platform used in all of WilmU’s online and hybrid courses, and to support face-to-face courses. For…
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Journey to Joy

July 17, 2018
Dr. Regina Allen-Sharpe says she’s in the “dream development” business. “Everyone comes to college with a dream,” she says. “I like to think I play some small part in making that dream come to fruition.” Named assistant vice president of Student Affairs in…
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First to the Bench

July 17, 2018
Student Veda Wooley will be attending the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law this fall as the first Wilmington University alum to be admitted. At 4, Wooley knew she wanted to be a lawyer. While her peers were preparing for kindergarten, she got a backrow seat viewing college courses while her parents taught at WilmU and Widener University School of Law.  She remembers sitting in on a…
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Rollin’ On The River

March 29, 2018
Yvette Buckner-Rouse started a new business five minutes after graduating. Now she’s calling the shots at Wilmington’s burgeoning Riverfront. It took Yvette Buckner-Rouse all of five minutes to walk from the stage at commencement to the opening day of her new…
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Goats: Who Would Have Thought?

March 28, 2018
Green Grazer Goats business owner and WilmU student Kalyn Butts won more than $22,000 in cash and prizes in a local Shark Tank-style competition. WilmU student Kalyn Butts and partner Kevin Connor manage goats for their award-winningbusiness, Green Grazer Goats. Green Grazer…
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Brittany Lewis: Building a Legacy that Honors African-Americans’ Past, Present and Future

March 28, 2018
WilmU alumna Brittany Lewis is an activist and educator who is making her voice heard. Whether it’s in boardrooms, college campuses or on social media, she captivates audiences and makes them think. Brittany Lewis Miss Black America On August 22, 2017, she used that voice to speak against domestic violence, a plea so passionate that she won over judges of the Miss Black America pageant and took…
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University’s AD Moves to New Post

March 26, 2018
When Dr. Linda Van Drie-Andrzjewski started working for the Wilmington University in Student Affairs in 2001, the director of athletics title didn’t exist. Caldwell University AD and Director’s Council Chair Mark Corino with Dr. Van Drie-Andrzjewski Ten years later, when…
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The NextFab Partnership

March 26, 2018
Wilmington University students now have access to laser-cutters, 3D printers and electronics and software-training labs, thanks to the College of Technology’s partnership with NextFab, a collaborative makerspace network that opened a location in Wilmington’s Creative…
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Need a Beer?

March 25, 2018
Throughout time, cities were built and destroyed, kingdoms rose and fell, but one thing is certain: They had plenty of beer along the way. Some scholars say beer has been around for 7,000 years, a concoction that arrived soon after barley was sown into the ground. WilmU adjunct Matt Barth, who teaches College of Arts & Sciences’ The Craft of Beer (CUL 303), knows that while it’s been…
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