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Coatesville native Vincent Edward Miles Jr. is a Public/Government Affairs Representative for the City of Coatesville.
As the City of Coatesville’s first-ever…
The Society of West Chester University has established two new awards that are now presented annually at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Brunch each January…
Several new members joined the West Chester Friends School board of trustees. In all, five new members were welcomed to the board.
Bobby Broderick graduated…
A new film that centers around a West Chester native civil rights icon is set to premier this fall. Rustin is about gay civil rights…
SEPTA is planning to implement its own answer to Uber and Lyft, an on-demand rideshare service that would cover areas in the Philadelphia suburbs…
It was the final men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader at Cheyney University’s Cope Hall, writes Mike Jensen for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Over…
Chester County has come a long way since British Quaker William Penn named the land after Chester, England in 1682. The Lenni Lenape called this…
Aqua Pennsylvania announced that it has invested $2 million in main replacement projects in West Chester Borough and East Bradford and Birmingham townships. This investment…
While expenses fell or remained the same at the majority of Pennsylvania state system universities due to the State System of Higher Education yearly tuition…
SEPTA and Chester County are studying the use of battery-driven rechargeable West Chester Metro trains as a cheaper way to connect West Chester Borough…
West Chester Borough Council has thrown its full support behind the proposal to restore SEPTA’s passenger rail service connecting the borough to Philadelphia, writes…
The State System of Higher Education is considering a big change on how it allocates hundreds of millions of dollars in its yearly state appropriation…
Coatesville High School senior Jaleah Bowman-Blanton is one of four recipients of the Mid Penn Bank Anna Woodside Scholarship. The annual scholarship rewards deserving…
You are invited to a Friends Family Reunion, a 200th Anniversary celebration of Friends Association on Sunday, June 12, at the Chester County History Center…
Four decades ago, Cheyney University’s basketball team played in the first NCAA Women’s Final Four. Today, the trailblazing program no longer exists, writes…
Cheyney University has launched a Workforce Enhancement Network in Cybersecurity program to provide students with mentorship and on-the-job training in one of the…
The Chester County Economic Development Council is releasing its top milestones for fiscal year 2020-2021, after the global pandemic stretched into a second year…
If you are interested in what fields will be seeing growth in the coming years, you should definitely keep an eye on positions in the…
Paula F. McCauley, Board Chairperson of The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC), an Audubon-based nonprofit, human services, community-based organization that provides…
Residents of the Ovations at Elk View, a 55-and-over community in Penn Township, were saved from a Christmas-morning disaster by Lon Taylor…
A retired grandmother will be receiving a bachelor’s degree in May from Cheyney University in social relations, with a concentration in criminal justice, writes…
Jim Alderman, a member of the Coatesville Area High School Sports Hall of Fame who coached Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Del., to a…
What will school look like in the fall?
The Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry will host a Back to School Webinar via Zoom…
The U.S. Department of Education has announced more than $12 billion in funding for institutions of higher education through the CARES Act.
Multiple colleges…
A partnership between Cheyney University and West Chester-based Advanced Alchemy Labs will bring a 10-acre hemp farm and a processing plant to the…
By David Bernard
Learning by doing is key to any educational experience. For five doctoral candidates in Wilmington University’s College of Education, the learning…
Fueled by the success of the reaffirmation of its accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Cheyney University is focusing on initiatives to…
Following the news that it will keep its accreditation, Cheyney University, in an effort to solidify its finances, has started looking into options for some…
Students and staff at Cheyney University have received some long-awaited good news from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, writes Susan Snyder for…
As the Chester County Economic Development Council enters its 60th-anniversary year, it has released its top economic development milestones for fiscal year 2018-2019…
The Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) is holding two events during the first week of November that you don’t want to miss!
Tech360…
Chester County Day, the longest-running historic home tour in the country, has so much to offer in the way of history, architecture, and interior…
Publisher’s note: The terrorist attack on New York City and Washington DC in 2001 is one of four tragic American events to happen on…
Cheyney University has ended a fiscal year with a balanced budget and a surplus for the first time in eight years, making significant progress toward…
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has approved a tuition freeze – for the first time in more than two decades – for its 14 universities…
Rhonda Davis, 60, a grandmother of 11, moved into the dorms at Cheyney University to complete her education and became the Class of 2019’s…
Cheyney University president Aaron Walton is on a mission to save the nation’s oldest historically black university, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today…
Daniel Greenstein, the new chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, says Cheyney University will overcome its challenges, writes John Micek for the…
George Lakey, a Cheyney University graduate and veteran of social activism, is in Pittsburgh for a book discussion and workshop, writes Bill O’Driscoll for…
Cheyney University president Aaron Walton presented a new plan to remedy the school’s financial issues and recruit top-tier students to the nation’s…
Gov. Tom Wolf and leaders of the state university system have agreed to give embattled Cheyney University more time for its transformation efforts, writes Susan…
Thanks to his public service and volunteering, former Kennett Square mayor Leon Spencer Jr. has become an inspiration to many in the borough and beyond…
Cheyney University’s accreditation has been extended, providing the institution with an additional year to execute its turnaround plan, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia…
The latest College Scorecard has been released by the U.S. Department of Education, and this in-depth look at the performance of almost every…
The importance of Cheyney and Lincoln universities was highlighted recently at the United Negro College Fund’s inaugural Philadelphia Leaders Luncheon, writes John Mitchell for…
Inaya Mander, a recent high school graduate from Montgomery County, picked Cheyney University out of the 39 historically black colleges or universities where she was…
Ruth Rovner, a retired teacher from the Community College of Philadelphia, is helping students at West Chester University, Cheyney University, and elsewhere by offering scholarships…
Cheyney University is planning to partner with Thomas Jefferson University and Starbucks as part of its new business model, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia…
The Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry will present State Rep. Harry Lewis, who will retire at the end of this session, with its…
Entrepreneurs just had 54 hours to take their greatest idea from concept to creation at an event led exclusively by volunteer community leaders.
The Dr…
Chester and Delaware County SCORE – which provides free professional business counseling to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits in Chester and Delaware counties – will host its…
Join the West Chester University Symphony Orchestra as it performs popular Broadway tunes from West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, and more during…
Cheyney University has withdrawn from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and dropped its NCAA Division II status as it restructures its athletic department, writes Wesley…
By Steve Edgcumbe
Coatesville native and singer-songwriter Danni Peace is welcoming in the new year with a new song.
“Awaken Love” will be available…
Lincoln and Cheyney universities are joining a growing list of colleges that are banning tobacco on campus, writes Sara Hoover for WHYY.
Currently, less than…
Cheyney University has been granted a one-year reprieve after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education decided to extend its accreditation on a probationary…
Cheyney University has asked the State System of Higher Education to forgo the usual search process and officially name its interim president, Aaron Walton, to…
Cheyney University is looking to the future with a firm focus on long-term sustainability, writes Gia Savage for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
The…
With the fate of America’s oldest historically black university on the line, Cheyney will receive $30 million in loan forgiveness if it can bridge…
A new business model has the potential to save Cheyney University — if a reaccreditation inspection doesn’t close the book on the new chapter of…
The Cheyney University community can rest a bit easier after the initial findings of a review of the 14 schools in the Pennsylvania State System…
Cheyney University alumni and other advocates recently gathered at the Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia to discuss the future of the nation’s oldest historically…
A man who helped lead the effort to redefine the future of Cheyney University will also execute that vision.
Local task force co-chair, longtime…
West Chester University’s College of Arts and Humanities embraces the transformative power of a liberal arts education and its ability to change lives. The…
Chester County publisher Squire Cheyney Books has released First Date Homicides, a murder mystery based on facts relating to the Christian genocide and terrorism that…
While West Chester University has seen its enrollment increase over the last six years, other state schools are experiencing the opposite.
Some even fear for…
As state universities struggle to retain enrolled students past their freshman year, West Chester University is holding steady with the highest retention rate in Pennsylvania…
There’s a new club on the campus of Cheyney University that’s serious about doing its homework, and these students of the college’s…
Chester County is a prime example of the rising turnover in the leadership ranks of historically black colleges and universities.
Both Lincoln University and Cheyney…
For 180 years, Cheyney University has endured adversity, and last week’s Founder’s Day Convocation and 180th anniversary was as much a rallying call…
Due to reduced funds and a drop in enrollments, Pennsylvania’s state colleges may soon have to face the possibility of merging or the closure…
Chester County offers its residents a wealth of opportunities, and one of them is the opportunity for wealth itself.
Eight local communities enjoy an average…
After garnering headlines in the New York Times and Washington Post, the first faculty strike in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s 34…
Your Connection is a quarterly newsletter for alumni and friends of Delaware County Community College.
As you will read in the Summer edition below, student…
Squire Cheyney Estate in Thornbury Township has been restored to its original eighteenth-century look by its new owners in close collaboration with the Preservation…
State universities throughout Pennsylvania may be dusting off and cracking open the book on union strikes this summer, now that faculty from the 14 state…
As part of Delaware County Community College’s commitment to providing access and quality education to Latino students, the College will hold a conference on…
Test your knowledge of the week’s Chester County stories and win a free VISTA Today coffee mug.
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From this summer, students enrolling in Delaware County Community College will in a way, receive two acceptance letters. This week the community college signed an…
Robert M. Dixon, a nuclear physicist, professor, and veteran administrator has been named the Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Cheyney University…
The nation’s oldest historically black university has been fighting to get out from under the thumb of institutional discrimination for decades, and a rally…
Brandywine Valley Water Garden Tour Raises $16,500 for the Chester County Food Bank
Chester County has once again shown its huge heart and inherent…
Confederate Battle Flag Losing Manufacturer’s Support
After being linked to last week’s church massacre in Charleston, S.C., which took 9 innocent lives…
Pointing to the impact cuts in education funding has on economically struggling school districts and Chester County’s two historically Black universities, State Senator Andy…
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