ALUMNI NEWSMAGAZINE

And the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Goes To...

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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Top Tech Award for Master’s Grad

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

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

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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Tennis: A Season to Remember

Coach Troy Donato led the women’s tennis team’s stellar season as it became the third team in Wilmington University Athletics’ NCAA era to win a regional tournament. For the Wilmington University women’s tennis team, the 2021–22 season was one of unprecedented achievement. Made up of seven international players — two from Spain, two from England, and one each from Austria, South…
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Totally Connected

Job opportunities in the esports and gaming industries abound. That’s great news for WilmU students, who benefit from an exciting new partnership. A new collaboration between the College of Technology and a Delaware esports startup aims to introduce high school students to…
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A Graduate, A Father and a Sister

Steven Christian at father’s Calverton National Cemetery gravesite. A commitment to lifelong learning inspires a poignant moment for a proud military family When Gunnery Sgt. Steven Christian enrolled at Wilmington University to earn a Master of Science degree in…
ACADEMIC NEWSMAGAZINE

Spearheading Innovations in Nursing Education

From left: Dr. Aaron Sebach, dean of the College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences and Mobile Integrated Health Nurse Practitioner with TidalHealth; MSN NP student Meagan Prime; Salisbury Fire Department Paramedic Miranda Webster; and Chris Truitt, assistant chief of Emergency Medical Services. A group of Wilmington University family nurse practitioner students took part in an inventive…
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