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Coach Named for New Men’s, Women’s Outdoor Track and Field

November 19, 2018
Track and field will become the 11th men’s sport and 12th women’s sport at WilmU to compete in the NCAA Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. Christian Stamm, a successful high school coach, will seek to duplicate that success at the collegiate level as he takes over the newly-minted Wilmington University men’s and women’s outdoor track and field programs, which will begin…
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Five Minutes at a Time

July 24, 2018
Surviving unspeakable loss has made Dr. Angela Herman a better teacher, mentor and human being. When Dr. Angela Herman joined the Wilmington University faculty full-time in 2015, she was asked to transform the former Allied Health program into an innovative and…
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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…
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A Healthy Family Business

July 18, 2018
After an overnight move from Pennsylvania to Charlotte, alumna Caitlyn Eckles formed what is now a thriving franchising enterprise.  Caitlyn “Kat” Eckles is into — way into — healthy eating, and her favorite juice drink, a half-banana, half-avocado mixture, is “The Intense One.” Which seems appropriate, since “intense” seems the perfect adjective for Eckles’ general approach to…
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The Future of Paramedic Education

July 18, 2018
A DBA alumnus is helping to inspire change that could save lives. Dr. Christopher Boyer admits that public service is in his genes.  Many of his relatives are firefighters, so it just seemed natural for him to follow the tradition and become a first responder. In 2003, he…
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University Celebrates ‘Fabulous Faculty’

July 18, 2018
Intense workshops, faculty awards and promotions and student testimonials were all part of Wilmington University’s Spring Faculty Development Day on March 10. Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Jim Wilson discusses the day with participants. Themed “Celebrating…
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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 the past 10 years, DIS 095, WilmU’s Blackboard training course, had been completed by thousands of students and served as…
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Be the Change

July 18, 2018
Judy Hutt is passionate about helping others. She works with women in prison to develop the life skills they need to become productive members of society. Hutt, who earned a master’s in Administration and Human Services at WilmU, was selected by Ashley Biden, executive…
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Design Students Get Real-World Experience

July 18, 2018
Designing the cover of the Delaware Business Times 2018 Book of Lists gave three Wilmington University Media Design students an intimate look at the world of publishing, from pitching ideas to a client to final publication. The project began in February, when DBT contacted…
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Why Trauma-Informed Approaches Matter

July 17, 2018
What’s causing some lifespans to be shortened by up to 20 years?  An insidious virus? A drug-resistant strain of bacteria? Would you be surprised to learn that the cause is toxic stress? Marilyn Siebold, Dr. Debra Berke and Kim Newell discuss how best to “train” trainers for the Trauma-Informed Approach Initiative. (Photo by Susan Gregg) We all experience stress in our daily lives. Some…
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