DCCC’s Launches New DelVal Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program

Delaware County Community College’s Marple Campus launched its new DelVal bachelor’s degree completion program on January 19th, with the first students starting classes. The group will earn their DelVal counseling psychology bachelor’s degrees as part-time evening students over eight consecutive semesters.

The DelVal bachelor’s degrees classes are available to students at two convenient locations, the Marple Campus in Delaware County and the College’s Exton Center in Chester County and have a number of fields that DCCC’s graduates can pursue such as counseling psychology, business administration, criminal justice, and media and communication.

“It is exciting to launch the first degree-completion cohort at Delaware County Community College,” commented Linda Lefevre, Director of Continuing and Professional Studies Admission at DelVal. “The students are thrilled with the idea of completing their bachelor’s degrees on a campus they are already familiar with.”

Great Valley Graduate Makes Forbes’ “30 Under 30” List

Logan Cohen and her partner Trevor Wilkins have made it onto the Forbes’ “30 Under 30” Education List thanks to their new application which encourages students to go for good grades.

Cohen, 25, who graduated from Great Valley High School in 2008 and still remains active in the school’s foundation, is co-founder of KÜDZOO, the smartphone app that rewards students with access to different deals, scholarship opportunities, and various other benefits based on their grades and achievements.

The goal of the app, which currently has nearly half a million active student users, is to leverage high mobile usage among millennials to give them a push in the classroom.

“Trevor and I are honored to be recognized by Forbes alongside such a talented group of young rising stars,” said Cohen. “We look forward to continuing to push students to do better in the classroom through innovation and technology.”

West and Noble to Provide Training for Self-Injection Systems

West Pharmaceutical Services, the global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug containment and delivery, is going to collaborate with Noble, a leader in patient-centric onboarding and training, to provide patients with multisensory-based educational and training programs on the use of self-injection systems.

The collaboration will give Exton based West the ability to offer validated training solutions to its pharmaceutical and biotech customers for the SmartDose Electronic Wearable Injector and other pioneering self-administration systems from the company.

“Advancements in biologic products coupled with the shift to patient self-care in the home setting have driven the need for enhanced self-injection systems,” commented Chris Evans, Vice President of Research & Innovation at West. “We work by the side of our customers and partners to optimize the experience of patients who self-inject in a way that increases affinity, overcomes initial training and onboarding challenges, and fosters adherence to a treatment regimen.”