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COVID-19 Goodwill

November 3, 2020
It was the worst of times, and in some ways, the best of times. In late 2019, a virus that caused the coronavirus disease emerged in Wuhan, China, then spread to more than 200 countries and territories. On Feb. 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially named the new coronavirus COVID-19, and by March 11, 2020, deemed it a pandemic. Businesses shuttered, schools and churches closed, local…
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Excellence — Regardless of Modality

October 29, 2020
Dr. Lucia Nemeth was recently named Wilmington University’s director of Educational Effectiveness and is working with a dedicated team to ensure that students receive a high-quality learning experience as online learning enrollment grows and expands. “Wilmington…
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A Need to Meet the Need

October 29, 2020
Dr. Barbara Sartell sees the patient, not just the problem. The idea that it is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has, is credited often to Sir William Osler (1849–1919), one of the founding physicians of…
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What Happens in Vegas...Doesn’t Necessarily Stay in Vegas. At least not in this case.

October 29, 2020
You can bet that Wilmington University’s Las Vegas Wildcat Mixer held on March 10, 2020, at the Border Grill in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino hit the jackpot. The venue could not have been more exciting. Founded by superstar chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger — both revered by Food Network fans — Border Grill is considered a Vegas hot spot. Special Events Manager Brandi…
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A Gentle Giant: Michael Haddix

October 29, 2020
A master’s from WilmU influenced this former Philadelphia Eagle’s lifetime work. Now the ex-fullback is fully invested in his community. When Michael Haddix was 9 years old, he suffered a child’s worst nightmare: His parents, as well as an aunt, were killed when their…
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A Home Run for Mentors and Student-Athletes

October 29, 2020
Wilmington University Mathematics Chair Diane Bansbach has a relatively new screen-saver on her computer: a picture of her with nine international members of the men’s soccer team, taken the day after Thanksgiving last year at her house.  “I invited the international…
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Lorne Bickley: A Lasting Legacy

October 29, 2020
Lorne Bickley is now back in his native England, but he leaves behind a legacy at Wilmington University that will be hard to match — both on the soccer field and in the classroom. Bickley was named the 2019 D2CCA Ron Lenz National Player of the Year after leading the nation with 26 goals and 55 points, both Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and WilmU records. He is the first Wildcat to earn…
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From Concern to Collaboration

October 28, 2020
WilmU’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences brings together expertise from three WilmU colleges to create the new graduate certificate in Trauma and Resilience. Early exposure to abuse, neglect, or family dysfunction has a lasting impact on a child’s physical…
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The Year of the Nurse

October 28, 2020
When the World Health Organization declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, alumnae Dr. Candace Sandal and Dr. Bernadette Thomas had an idea. Anyone whose health care journey was championed by a nurse will celebrate the World Health Organization’s…
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Insight for Incyte

October 28, 2020
A WilmU ESL team proves ‘flexible and nimble’ in developing training for employees of the global corporation. At this writing, the 2020 football season was in danger of being cancelled because of the coronavirus. If so, Danielle Bergez will hardly notice. The Wilmington University adjunct professor and adjunct program coordinator for TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and…
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