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Rare Kobe Bryant Card Fetches Record Amount
One of the rarest Kobe Bryant cards sold last week for a record $2 million, making it the most expensive card ever sold of the Lower Merion High School grad and Los Angeles Lakers star, writes Eduardo Gonzalez for the Los Angeles Times. The sale of the 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald Kobe…
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Boathouse Row to Light Up for Rare Disease Day, Says King of Prussia’s CSL Behring CEO
“Our collective hope shines a light on the progress made and challenges ahead,” CSL Behring Limited CEO and Managing Director Paul Perreault said in a video message to 25,000 employees. “Today, the rare disease community joins together to recognize Rare Disease Day. It’s a day, above all, that represents connection and hope. On February 28th, as…
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DeSales MBA Program to Hold a Sample Class on March 3
DeSales MBA program is holding a Sample Class on March 3 at 6:00 pm on the Center Valley Campus. The Sample Class will begin with a short presentation of the MBA program details. Dr. Karen Kent, MBA Director will then conduct a Leadership presentation. This 45-minute presentation will give you a taste of what an…
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DeSales University Chair of Economics and Professor Authors Book Linking Obesity, Income Inequality, and Poverty
Dr. Tahereh Alavi Hojjat is a professor and the Chair of Economics at DeSales University where she teaches numerous courses in economics and finance for both graduate and undergraduate levels. In addition to being a professor, Dr. Hojjat is a celebrated author, having written several books on economics. Her most recent achievement is the completion…
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Berwyn-Based Real Estate Firm Sells Retail Center in Montco for $162 Million
A venture between Maryland’s Finmarc Management and KPR Centers of New York has bought Providence Town Center in Collegeville for $161.75 million, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new owners are planning to revamp parts of the 760,000-square-foot retail center to attract more tenants and shoppers. The open-air retail property is situated…
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PREIT, Owner of Exton Mall, Ends 2021 on High Note
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), the owner of Exton Square Mall, closed 2021 on a high note with core mall rolling 12-month sales traversing the $600-per-square-foot milestone at $603. PREIT properties emerged as winners for the last year thanks to new anchors and a strong mix of existing tenants. Cherry Hill Mall had the…
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Classroom Culinarians: Two Former School Principals Open Restaurant in Montco
After long dreaming about owning a restaurant together, Dr. Maya Johnstone and Dr. Kala Johnstone opened FoodChasers Kitchen in Elkins Park, where they’re serving up the menu they’ve been dreaming of. “From the moment our doors opened, we’ve been hamsters on a wheel but it has truly been a blessing,” co-owners Maya and Kala said.…
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CSL Behring Partners with Uplifting Athletes for Rare Disease Research and Honors Those Making an Impact
At the celebratory event, presented by global biotherapies leader CSL Behring, Uplifting Athletes awarded $180,000 in research grants to nine promising young investigative rare disease researchers and honored the six newest members of the organization’s Rare Disease Championship Team―an exemplary group of college football players who support Uplifting Athletes’ mission to inspire the Rare Disease Community…
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A Lasting Legacy: Twenty Years After Tragedy, DeSales University Student Daniel Gallagher Continues to Inspire
From the beach near his hometown of Middletown, New Jersey, Daniel Gallagher ’00, had a clear view of the New York City skyline. Several neighbors and family friends around town commuted there every day to work on Wall Street. Attracted to the bustling world of finance, Gallagher decided early on that he wanted that type…
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Perkiomen School Expands Educational Opportunities with New Institute Focused on Design
Continuing to evolve a student-directed, authentic approach to education, Perkiomen School launched the Design Institute, one of four unique deep learning paths, to be offered at the start of the 2022-2023 academic year. Perkiomen School’s new institute, driven by a focus on design, offers students an opportunity to expand and evolve their unique artistic vision.…
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DeSales University Upcoming One Credit Class: Managing Change — Define Your Role and Responsibilities in Leading
Course Objectives This one-credit class, Managing Change, explores and trains leaders on how to introduce change, overcome resistance to change, and facilitate open and honest change communication, in order to implement changes with a minimum amount of conflict and reduced periods of low productivity. Managing Change, presented by Karen Lawson, Ph.D. Explain the nature and…
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Scientist from Montco One of Time Magazine’s 2021 Heroes of the Year
Abington’s Katalin Kariko is one of the Heroes of the Year, a group of scientists who introduced an innovative and highly effective mRNA-based vaccine platform to the world that will have a huge impact on our health and well-being far beyond COVID-19, write Alice Park and Jamie Ducharme for Time. Kariko, a Hungary native, made…
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Phoenixville’s Nook & Kranny Kafe Celebrates 10th Birthday with Specials and Raffles
It was the winter of 2011. Christina Rubeo (now Swartzentruber) was about to turn 20 years old and attending Montgomery County Community College in the Restaurant Management program. Her dad Ray asked her if she “wanted to get the best education she could get,” and they took a leap, deciding to open the Nook &…
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beMarketing is Hiring; Seeking a Communications Coordinator
The Communications Coordinator generates content for our client’s social media platforms and websites with the goal of improving their SEO performance and enhancing their digital presence. Under leadership supervision, and in collaboration with stakeholders, this position enacts the use of several communication channels for our clients and stays on top of new trends and advances…
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Exelon Spinoff Takes Ownership of Company’s Power Generation Fleet Operated out of Kennett Square
Exelon completed its separation into two companies earlier this week, and the newly formed Constellation Energy is now the owner of Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County, writes Andrew Maykuth for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Exelon announced previously it would be spinning off its generation business, which operates out of Kennett Square and owns the largest…
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Perkiomen School Students Work with St. Luke’s Neurosurgeons at Cadaver Workshop
Most high school students interested in a medical career usually need to wait until a college or medical school anatomy class to study and dissect a human cadaver. Not so for students of Perkiomen School, a college preparatory, boarding, and day school located in Pennsburg, Pa. St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) neurosurgeons dissected human…
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Malvern Preparatory School Welcomes Patrick Sillup to Serve as the New Head of School
Today, the Board of Trustees at Malvern Prep announced the appointment of Mr. Patrick Sillup as the 15th Head of School. The appointment of Patrick comes after a months-long, national search that began when Fr. Donald Reilly O.S.A., announced his decision to step down last summer. “I am both humbled and honored to have been…
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Get Tickets to ArtFusion’s Delicious Soup Bowl Fundraiser on Jan. 29 in Pottstown
The arts & arts education make communities more vibrant. You can support such efforts by attending the Soup Bowl fundraiser for ArtFusion 19464. Recently The Hill School students took a recent Pottstown field trip-based course led by Hobart’s Run’s Cathy Skitko, where students created some of the bowls that will be given away as part of this fun event…
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