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A Highly Credentialed Nurse and Student

April 10, 2024
MSN Leadership student Casey Green became the 85th nurse to  hold all five Emergency Nursing Certifications from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. She was also named section editor of the Journal of Emergency Nursing’s “Early Career Emergency Nurse Corner” and the College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences’ first Exceptional Nursing Student DAISY Award…
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The Spanish Immersion Pilot

April 10, 2024
Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of the population in the United States. No wonder businesses are looking for ways to tap this vibrant source of talent and energy.  At Wilmington University, the College of Business is leading the way for students who want to…
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Alumna Jessica Aliff Honored with DAISY Award

April 10, 2024
Jessica Aliff, who works on the ChristianaCare Medical Intensive Care Unit, was nominated for the Daisy Award for her dedication and caring attitude she provided to a patient — and his family — before his death. “Jess was probably the best nurse we could have…
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True Crime Lecture Series 

April 10, 2024
May 14: Special Agent Dan DeSimone (ret.) Dan DeSimone An FBI Undercover Operation as a Las Vegas Escort Manager An honorably discharged and decorated veteran of the United States Armed Forces, DeSimone served the military police domestically and internationally and the FBI as a special agent. He held various positions in six field and headquarters assignments, including chief of both…
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Delaware’s Principal of the Year

April 10, 2024
Wilmington University alumna Melissa Brady seemed predestined to be a teacher. After all, it was in her blood: her mother, two aunts, and her maternal grandfather all were educators.  Surprisingly, her mother, Denise Schwartz, who has a master’s in School Leadership…
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The First State-Run Animal Control Officers Academy

April 10, 2024
The CJI, in partnership with Delaware Animal Services, created thenation’sfirststate-run Animal Control Officers Academy. In October, a graduation ceremony celebrating the newly minted animal control officers was attended by luminaries such as State Sen.
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Teaching Students to Succeed

April 10, 2024
Veronica Finkelstein It is an oft-quoted maxim that if you give a person a fish, you feed that person for a day, but if you teach that person to fish, you feed that person for a lifetime. Nowhere is this maxim truer than in legal education. Given the wide array of practice areas, from divorce law to personal injury, to mergers and acquisitions, it would be impossible for any law school to teach…
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Alums Attend Law School

April 10, 2024
Kendall Parliament Kendall Parliament During her undergrad and graduate studies at WilmU, Kendall Parliament found her professors “personable and caring,” she says.  “I also feel like WilmU has given me wonderful experiences to launch my career into…
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Haley Downin: Officially Elite

April 10, 2024
Anyone connected with the Wilmington University softball program over the past four years has known that Haley Downin is elite. Now, it’s official. Last May, Downin received the NCAA Elite 90 Award, which honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative…
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Dell Scott: Runway Ready

April 10, 2024
Dell Scott designs glamorous fashions that have graced runways in New York, Paris, and Dubai. But her most important design is the plan for her life, an intricate tapestry that weaves her international formal wear and accessories brand with writing motivational books, working in her family’s accounting business, and her role as a wife and mother. “Nothing about my journey has been…
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