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 alumna and superintendent of Talbot County Schools on Maryland’s Mid Shore, this has meant using every ounce of experience…
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…
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 University soccer players are thankful that their plan was scrapped.
After a year or so, the couple decided to stay in…
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…
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 halls of Seaford (Delaware) Central Elementary School.
One of only three men among the 30-plus teachers and paraeducators at…
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…
Ford Celebrates a WilmU Alumnus
April 26, 2022
The Ford Motor Company recently announced winners of its “Freedom Unsung Teacher Heroes of COVID-19” Awards, honoring 25 U.S. educators who positively impacted students throughout the pandemic. According to a company press release, “Ford Freedom Unsung is an annual…
It’s been about a year since Abbey DeJuliis earned her Bachelor of Science in Middle Level Education (Grades 6–8), and she’s currently winding up her first-year teaching seventh grade English at Stanton Middle School in Wilmington. But it’s not the first year she’s spent in front of a classroom, and according to DeJuliis — a graduate of WilmU’s Year-Long Residency student teaching…