Students interested in working with children or families might obtain a B.S. in Psychology with a new concentration in Children and Families. The program provides the opportunity to focus elective credits on courses that help prepare professionals for this rewarding field. For example, students will identify the roles commonly played by family members and assess the impact of these roles using…
Cynthia Brown: A Call to Serve
April 29, 2022
Cynthia Brown, RN, co-chairs the WilmU Alumni Association’s New Castle Chapter in order to encourage her fellow graduates to pursue opportunities, no matter their age or level of uncertainty. She knows from experience how interesting and unexpected that pursuit can be.
The…
Steering the massive ship of a school system through the heaving seas of the last few years, including the pandemic, has required a number of unique skills and abilities that only come from years of experience and training.
For Dr. Kelly Griffith, Wil-mington University…
Hall of Famers: 2011-12 Golf Team
April 29, 2022
From left: Dan Ott, John Perrine, Jerry Temple, PJ Tighe, Cameron Sprowls, Head Coach Harry Jennings, Assistant Coach Mark Hall, Andrew Baldo
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference has inducted the 2011-12 Wilmington University men’s golf team into the CACC Hall of Fame.
During a thrilling season that featured numerous team and individual honors, the 2011–12 group won both the Northeast…
Kim Huggins-Habbert: Setting a High Ceiling
April 29, 2022
Kim Huggins-Habbert has good memories of the days when her women’s volleyball team played at the Pratt Student Center. But she’s grateful that Wilmington University chose to invest in its state-of-the-art Athletics Complex in Newark, Delaware, which opened in 2012.
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Nick Papanicolas: Coaching ‘The Beautiful Game’
April 29, 2022
Nick Papanicolas
When Dimitrios and Maria Papanicolas arrived in the United States from Greece in 1968, their plan was to stay only a few years to help Dimitrios’ brothers with their new restaurant on Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington.
Hundreds of past and present Wilmington…
Safety Cadets: At Your Service
April 29, 2022
From left: Maddie McCarthy, Constable Adam Brams, Guidance Gunundu, Frank Lamanna, Destiny Bryant
Since 2019, Safety Cadets have been a constant presence on all WilmU campuses. And they’ve made a positive impression.
“The best job on campus.”
That’s how Tafadziswa “Taff” Bunu, a junior majoring in Business Analytics and Finance, describes the University’s Safety Cadet Program.
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The Importance of Cybersecurity
April 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and National Security Agency designated WilmU a National Center for Academic Excellence for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity. That’s critical, since our digital day-to-day lives depend on the ever-changing…
Filling the Teacher Pipeline
April 27, 2022
Student Titus Mims is a paraeducator at Seaford Central Elementary School.
WilmU’s College of Education has created innovative solutions to resolve the statewide teacher shortage.
WilmU Elementary Education major and paraeducator Titus Mims stands out as he walks the…
Read All About It!
April 27, 2022
The Wilmington University Library received the 2021 Award for Excellence in eLearning: Outstanding eLearning Support for Faculty or Students from the Instructional Technology Council (ITC), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. The organization represents nearly 200 institutions that offer distance education courses to students in the United States, Canada…