MAGAZINESPORTS

Advocating For Student-Athletics

October 16, 2023
Scott Borgmann Jr. Sophomore pitcher represents CACC on national committee. These are exciting and transformative times in college athletics. Such issues as the transfer portal, name, image and likeness (NIL), and gender equity are changing the landscape of NCAA sports while empowering student-athletes. And sophomore Scott Borgmann Jr., a promising pitcher on the Wilmington University baseball…
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ALUMNI NEWSMAGAZINE

Dr. Abi Bakare: A Leader at the Mint

October 16, 2023
Dr. Abi Bakare The next time you count the change in your pocket, think of the people who earn their living literally making money. Dr. Abiodun (Abi) Bakare, chief learning officer at the U.S. Mint, is responsible for helping 1,600 government employees do their jobs better…
ACADEMIC NEWSMAGAZINE

The Wilmington University School of Law’s Inaugural Class

October 16, 2023
President Dr. LaVerne Harmon (front row, far left), Board of Trustees Chairman Judge Joseph Farnan Jr.(back row, far left), and Dean Phillip Closius (back row, far right) welcome the law school’s inaugural class. Wilmington University School of Law welcomed its inaugural class in August during festive and robust student and faculty orientations. Wilmington University President Dr. LaVerne Harmon…
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MAGAZINE

The Modern Law Library... and AI

October 16, 2023
Harvey Morrell “Libraries in the future are going to be mostly digital,” former SUNY-Buffalo Law Library Director Jim Milles said in 2005. What do you see when someone says “law library”? I suspect most people picture a large room full of law books, with…
ACADEMIC NEWSMAGAZINE

A Recipe for Career Success

October 16, 2023
Kim Gattuso and Heather Karns Building a law school’s professional development office from scratch is akin to making a complicated dessert. Both require several individual components combined in specific ratios to produce the desired result. Adding Wilmington University…
ACADEMIC NEWSMAGAZINE

Non-Traditional Law Students

October 16, 2023
Jeffrey Zavrotny Over the past five years, more than 20% of all applicants to law school were 29 or older. Additionally, about half of all law school applicants over the same period were at least two years out of college when they applied to law school. So, the perception that all law students are young 20-somethings heading right to law school from college is inaccurate. A significant percentage…
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EVENTSMAGAZINE

The True Crime Lecture Series

October 16, 2023
The Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas Since its inception in October of 2019, the Criminal Justice Institute’s True Crime Lecture Series has welcomed 20 internationally renowned speakers and authors and entertained nearly 4,000 fans. Fortified by their combined…
MAGAZINE

Managing a Media Firestorm

October 16, 2023
Julie Parker Julie Parker, a nationally regarded police and crisis communications expert, brings her considerable knowledge to the CJI from Nov. 29–Dec. 1, 2023, at WilmU’s Brandywine campus. Parker will teach the course, “Managing a Media Firestorm: Crisis…
ALUMNI NEWSMAGAZINE

From Dreamer to Restaurateur

October 16, 2023
Tomeka Crawford For 20 years, Tomeka Crawford worked in banking, while dreaming of opening her own restaurant. “I knew that I needed an education if I was going to realize my dream,” she recalls. That was a tall order for the Kent County woman, who already was working full time and raising a family. Then she discovered Wilmington University, which offered her the opportunity to take classes…
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