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WCU Music Professor to Premiere Groundbreaking Choral/Theatre Work
Robert Maggio, chair of the Department of Music Theory and Composition at West Chester University’s Wells School of Music, is gearing up for quite a summer. Maggio is the composer for a groundbreaking new choral/theatre work called Aniara: fragments of time and space, which makes its world premiere from June 20-23 in the City of…
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WCU’s Department of Political Science Announces State Rep. Comitta as Its Legislative Fellow
The Department of Political Science at West Chester University has named State Rep. Carolyn Comitta as its Legislative Fellow for the 2019-2020 academic year. During the fall semester, State Rep. Comitta will actively participate in Professor of Political Science John Kennedy’s Pennsylvania Government and Politics class (PSC 370). In 2001, the Legislative Fellow Program was…
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Nutrition Profs from WCU Teach Seventh-Graders at YMCA How to Make Healthy Meals
As part of a community-engaged research project led by West Chester University Assistant Professors of Nutrition Jeanie Subach and Sandy Sarcona, 10 youth from the YMCA of Greater Brandywine’s “Believe & Achieve Program” received Instapots (pressure cookers), dry measuring cups and spoons, and a $25 Giant gift card on Wednesday at the Oscar Lasko YMCA.…
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One of the Youngest Individuals to Ever Graduate from WCU to Receive Her Degree Tonight
West Chester University will host 14 commencement ceremonies over the next few days. Tonight, at the ceremony for the College of the Sciences & Mathematics at Hollinger Field House, 19-year-old Caroline Farah Lembck from Audubon in Montgomery County will shake the hand of WCU Provost Jeffery Osgood and accept her bachelor’s degree in psychology —…
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VISTA Careers – West Chester University
West Chester University is the largest of the 14 public institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. With roots dating back to 1812, WCU has evolved into a comprehensive university that excels in teacher education, business, health, natural and social sciences, music, the arts, and more. Refrigeration/HVAC Mechanic This position installs, maintains, and…
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WCU Receives National Honor for Commitment to Success of First-Generation College Students
The Center for First-Generation Student Success – an initiative of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation – has named West Chester University to its inaugural cohort of First Forward Institutions. The First Forward designation recognizes institutions of higher education that have demonstrated a commitment to improving experiences and advancing outcomes…
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WCU to Break Ground on Largest Building in University’s History
West Chester University will formally break ground on the largest building project in the university’s 148-year history — a 176,000-square-foot Sciences & Engineering Center and The Commons — during a public ceremony on Saturday, April 27 at 1 PM along 275 North Campus Drive. Upon completion, the $130 million facility will be home to the…
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Groundbreaking Enables WCU to ‘Create New Possibilities, Great Opportunities’ for More Students
West Chester University formally broke ground on the largest building project in the university’s 148-year history: a 176,000-square-foot Sciences & Engineering Center and The Commons. Upon completion, the new $130 million facility will be home to the university’s rapidly growing health science curricula, physics, and the new biomedical engineering program, as well as expansive academic…
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WCU’s Annual Poetry Conference Hailed as ‘the Nation’s Most Intellectually Rigorous’
The Poetry Center at West Chester University is gearing up for the 24th Annual Poetry Conference, entitled “Setting Out for the Sublime: Voice, Verse & Craft.” The conference is slated for June 5-8, and all events take place at the Sykes Student Union located at 110 West Rosedale Avenue. Information and details can be found…
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Public Invited to WCU’s Outrageous, Thoroughly Joyful Stage Adaptation of Beloved Children’s Book
Run, run as fast as you can to see the family-friendly The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales at West Chester University this weekend. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, by John Glore, is based on the beloved children’s book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Performances are staged in…
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Health-Related Ideas Impress Judges at WCU’s Seventh Annual Business Idea Competition
The grand prize winner and two other category winners of West Chester University’s seventh annual Business Idea Pitch Competition shared the theme of developing technology to benefit people’s health and safety. Judges agreed that the most viable products at the competition were a portable mat to detect when a person falls, a system incorporating a…
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WCU Presidential Scholarship Community Gala Tallies Historic Fundraising Total to Benefit Students
West Chester University’s 36th Annual Presidential Scholarship Community Gala, a benefit designed to fund Presidential Scholarships for WCU students who have demonstrated a commitment to academic excellence, recently raised more than $140,000. The total exceeds the highest dollar amount ever raised by the 35-year-old Gala and represents almost 60 percent more than that raised at…
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World-Class Guest Soloist Joins WCU Percussion Ensemble for Tonight’s Concert
Local audiences can hear a world-class guest soloist for free when the West Chester University Percussion Ensemble is joined by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra percussionist Steven White for a concert on Tuesday, April 16 at 8:15 PM. The concert takes place in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre in the Swope Music Building and Performing Arts Center…
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WCU’s Partnership with Wells Fargo Makes Significant Impact on Learning in Coatesville School District
Officials from Wells Fargo presented a $25,000 check to West Chester University’s Frederick Douglass Institute on Thursday morning in the ballroom of the WCU Alumni & Foundation Center. For the last three years, the bank has partnered with the university and the Coatesville Area School District on a collaborative effort that features a fifth-grade reading…
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WCU Briefly: Public Invited to Enjoy Free Outdoor Concert on the Quad
Wells School of Music Local audiences are invited to join in the fun when ensembles from West Chester University’s esteemed Wells School of Music take to the Quad to perform an open-air concert on Wednesday, April 17 starting at 4:30 PM. The concert is a festive and free public event that includes raffles, frisbee give-aways,…
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WCU Qualifies for USA Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Championships
For just the second time in school history, the West Chester University women’s gymnastics team qualified for the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships, which will be held from April 12-14 at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. “I was so proud of our team and the fight they put in all year long to…
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Through Frederick Douglass Institute, WCU and Wells Fargo to Help Youth Education in Coatesville
West Chester University, Wells Fargo, and the Coatesville Area School District will announce the third cohort of its Frederick Douglass Institute (FDI), a collaborative effort that features a fifth-grade reading program, college preparatory program, and scholarships to attend WCU. In support of the program, Wells Fargo will present a $25,000 grant to the FDI on…
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State System of Higher Education’s Newly Approved Tuition Reform the Largest Overhaul in Its History
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors has voted to adopt tuition reform that will give the 14 state-owned universities more of a say in what their students pay, according to reports from The Associated Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This is the largest price and financial aid overhaul in the history of…
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