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Celebrity Judge from Canada’s ‘Shark Tank’ to Speak at Neumann on Tuesday
Manjit Minhas has a history of brewing up business success. She runs the 10th-largest brewery in the world and is a celebrity judge on Dragon’s Den, Canada’s equivalent of Shark Tank. On Tuesday, March 17 at 1:30 PM, she will speak in the Meagher Theatre at Neumann University about how to become a successful entrepreneur.…
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Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation Grants $500,000 to Neumann University for Scholarships
The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and the Goals & Assists Scholarship Fund have presented a grant of $500,000 to Neumann University. The gift will support 100 scholarship years – including tuition, room and board – for freshman or transfer students who participated in Snider Hockey programming as youngsters. Snider Hockey President and CEO Scott…
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National Science Foundation Awards Neumann a Five-Year Grant to Enroll Students in STEM
The National Science Foundation has awarded Neumann University a five-year grant in the amount of $649,556 to enroll, retain, and graduate students in STEM fields. The bulk of the grant money will provide scholarships for 24 students seeking undergraduate degrees in biology, computer and information science, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, and mathematics. The remaining…
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SEC Actions Threaten an End to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia’s Activism
A change proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could end corporate activism for people like Sister Nora Nash, a nun with the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia out of Neumann University in Aston, writes Emily Chasan and Saijel Kiswhan for Bloomberg.com. The Sisters use their limited retirement fund shareholder status to file…
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Energy Transfer’s $300,000 Grant Makes Dream of a Handicapped-Accessible Playground a Reality
An Aston Township commissioner and her daughter’s dream of having a handicapped-accessible playground is becoming reality, thanks in part to a $300,000 funding commitment from Energy Transfer, writes Loretta Rodgers for the Daily Times. “As a resident of Aston Township myself, I’m proud that Energy Transfer, which moves the energy products used to make playground…
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Interning at ‘Company with a Conscience,’ Neumann Student Champions Spring City Mushrooms
Mushroom farms bring to mind images of dark grow houses with foul odors. Chat with Neumann University student Alyssa Cuesta, however, and those stereotypes will quickly disappear. Cuesta, a marketing major, is spending her summer interning at Woodland Jewel Mushrooms in Spring City. Her duties include promoting the farm on social media and shining a…
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Local Student Turns Love of History into College Credit with Internship at Brinton 1704 House
Deidra Turner, a Neumann University senior majoring in political science, turned her love of history into college credit through an internship at the Brinton 1704 House. “I love history – like a lot,” Turner said. “I was fortunate enough to intern at a museum.” And this museum is nothing short of history. In fact, the…
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Sale of St. Charles Seminary Property Paves Way for Move to Delco
The property and buildings of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood have been sold to Main Line Health, paving the way for the seminary’s move to Aston, near Neumann University, writes Matthew Gambino for CatholicPhilly.com. Price and details of the landmark sale have not been made public. It concludes a nearly seven-year process to sell…
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Young Entrepreneur Brings a Little Positive Energy into the World
By Dave Bjorkgren Ishan Haque is a successful entrepreneur with his own inspirational T-shirt business. He’s also a philanthropist, donating part of his profits to the Kyle Ambrogi Foundation out of Havertown, which focuses on suicide prevention and depression in teens and young adults. This savvy young businessman has a business presence on Facebook, Twitter,…
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Neumann University Grad Took the ‘Wright’ Steps to Avoid Becoming a Statistic
In 2004, his father was shot and killed. Ten years later, his brother met the same fate. In 2015, he flunked out of college. And on May 11, 2019, Tyreek Wright graduated from Neumann University with a degree in Sport Management and a job awaiting him. “Often, when you grow up where I did in…
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Planned Theme Park in Delco Purported to Be Mid-Atlantic’s Answer to Disney World
Jeffrey Rotwitt, President of Sun Center Studios in Aston, is planning to bring to Delco the Mid-Atlantic’s answer to Disney World, writes Vinny Vella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The plan includes a sprawling hotel and theme park by Sun Studios, which helped create movies like Creed and Glass. Rotwitt’s vision is a hotel with 175…
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Neumann University Joins the Video Gaming Craze with New eSports Team
“We compete in teams of two and the winner is based on whoever receives the highest number of (on-screen) kills,” said Deidre Turner, who is one of the six members of Neumann University’s new eSports team. In the fall of 2018, Neumann began its inaugural season in ECAC eSports, a league of online video gaming…
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A $200 Million Theme Park May Be Coming to Delaware County
Sun Center Studios is hoping to bring a Universal Studios-style theme park estimated at $200 million to Aston, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Sun Center Studios, which has hosted the filming of Creed and a number of other movies, opened eight years ago as Pennsylvania’s first dedicated film and television production studio.…
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Local Nun Questions Ethics of Wells Fargo
Sister Nora Nash of the Sisters of St. Francis has called into question the ethics of Wells Fargo after it agreed to start working with Sturm Ruger, a major gun manufacturer, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal . According to Bloomberg, Wells Fargo issued a $40 million line of credit to Sturm Ruger…
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From DELCO: Great Gatsby-Inspired Bar and Grill Opens in Aston
Gatsby’s Bar & Grill in Aston has opened its doors to customers, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. Located in the same building that used to house C.R. Shenanigans at 4936 Pennell Road, the new restaurant is run by owner Bob Keates and general manager Meghan Woody. Keates, a movie buff, based…
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