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Reigniting an Old Flame

October 16, 2024
Imagine two teenagers — one a GI, the other the daughter of a career military man — falling in love on an Army base in Germany in the 1970s. They are parted when the girl’s father is transferred back to the United States. Forty-five years later, they re-connect via the internet. After all these years, they are still in love. Sounds like a romance novel, right? Actually, it’s the true…
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ACADEMIC NEWS

Taking Spiritually Integrated Services to the Community

December 16, 2021
Dr. Melissa Lemons is expanding approaches to behavioral health in the community, helping to lead continuing education for spiritually integrated psychotherapy (SIP). Dr. Lemons, an assistant professor in WilmU’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Clinical Mental…
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A Second Chance

November 9, 2021
Having survived pancreatic cancer, Dr. Matthew Wilson believes he was given a second chance at life. When he’s not serving the University as associate professor and chair of First Year Experience, English as a Second Language, and Humanities, he advocates on behalf of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Research Network (PanCAN). According to the nonprofit, more than 60,000 Americans could be diagnosed…
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LIFE@WILMUMAGAZINE

Rethinking What It Takes to Teach

November 9, 2021
An assistant professor from Wilmington University’s College of Education is leading a team ofDelaware teachers and school officials as part of a national effort to examine the entry requirements for education degrees and the teaching profession. Early this year, the…
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The Power of Accounting: Dennis Clark

November 9, 2021
Dennis Clark | College of Business since 1988 Crunching numbers for Delmarva Power, where he managed the supply chain that kept the regional utility up and running, led Dennis Clark to teach accounting, auditing, and principles of management courses at the New Castle campus.
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The Music Manager: Joseph Euculano

November 9, 2021
Joseph Euculano | College of Business since 1985 How did a music teacher end up explaining economics to generations of first-year students? In a word: entrepreneurship. As the owner of Instrumental Music Programs, among other small businesses, Joe Euculano provided educational and instructional services to parochial elementary schools throughout Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania from…
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MAGAZINE

Point of View: Karen MacMurray

November 9, 2021
Karen MacMurra | College of Arts & Sciences from 1986 to 2020 As the child of a career officer in the U.S. Navy, Karen MacMurray grew up in a lot of places. After graduating from Indiana University, she taught art in Smithville, Indiana’s public schools, then art and…
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Human Resource: William Post

November 9, 2021
I’ve never worked at just one job in my entire life. That’s just who I am.” Bill Post was a counselor for the Delaware Department of Corrections for 28 years. He’s also worked with private nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment centers, group homes for autistic…
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Soul of a Teacher: Manubhai (Mike) Karia

November 9, 2021
Manubhai (Mike) Karia | College of Business since 1980 Fifty-one years ago, Mike Karia’s flight from India landed at Kennedy Airport on the day after a snowstorm. “I was coming from a place where it was 95 or 100 degrees every day,” he recalls. “There was snow in the Himalayas, but now I was walking on snow.” He survived the winter and a long job search to find accounting work in New…
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