West Chester
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Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester Takes Book-Buying Experience to New Level
Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester has been in operation for more than seven decades, and it has elevated the book-buying experience to a whole new level, writes Kate Chadwick for the W.C. Press. The store was founded in 1946 by William and Lilla Baldwin in a huge stone barn that was a part of…
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WCU’s College of Business, Public Management Gets New, State-of-the-Art Home
Last year, West Chester University’s College of Business and Public Management moved into its new, state-of-the-art home in the 96,000-square-foot Business and Public Management Center, according to a report in West Chester University Magazine. The $45 million, five-story building houses seven departments: accounting criminal justice economics and finance geography and planning management marketing public policy…
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Stan Zukin, Real Estate Mogul Who Helped Transform West Chester, Dies at 77
Stan Zukin, the president of Zukin Realty, a real estate company that helped transform West Chester into the thriving borough that it is today, has died at the age of 77. “Stan, the founder of our company, was the epitome of a hard-working leader to all who knew him, and made it his mission to…
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WCU Professor Looks to Norway for Ways to Reduce Prison Populations in America
Sami Abdel-Salam, a criminal justice professor at West Chester University, is looking to reduce the growing prison levels in America by studying the practices at Norway’s Halden Prison, according to a report in West Chester University Magazine. Abdel-Salam has been studying one of the most innovative maximum-security prisons in the world for the last three…
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Linda McMahon to Discuss Economic Growth, Role of Small Business at CCCBI’s Breakfast
Linda McMahon, the head of the Small Business Administration who was nominated to her position by Donald Trump, aims to visit all 68 SBA districts across America by the end of 2018 to hear from small business leaders about their issues and concerns. Her next stop is Chester County. McMahon will be the keynote speaker…
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Program at West Chester Farm Proves Animals Help Special-Needs Kids Relate to Other People
New research is finding that animals may help children with special needs relate with other people, as visitors to the Barn at Spring Brook Farm in West Chester are discovering, writes Rita Giordano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Sabrina Opstbaum was one of the parents skeptical about the animal-assisted intervention program when she took her daughter…
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Director of West Chester-Based Autism Resource Center Cautions Against Generalizing
Jennifer Dawson, clinical director of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Autism Resource Center in West Chester, believes that while increased awareness of autism is a good thing, it is important not to generalize, writes Aaron Carter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She said that a common refrain in the autism community is “if you’ve met one person with…
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Gawthrop Greenwood Partner, First Woman to Lead Mid-Sized Law Firm in Chesco Re-Elected
Sandra L. Knapp has been elected Chair of the Management Committee at Gawthrop Greenwood, a full-service law firm with offices in West Chester and Wilmington. It’s a role Knapp first took on in 2011, when she blazed a trail for female attorneys across the region by becoming the first woman in Chester County to be…
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Inaugural Angel Venture Fair Education Workshop held in the “Burbs”
This past Tuesday, more than 75 people gathered at West Chester University’s Graduate Business Center to learn how to successfully pitch to investors and prepare to attend the annual Angel Venture Fair (AVF) in May 2018. The AVF is the largest gathering of angel investors and entrepreneurs in the mid-Atlantic region, having showcased more than…
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GWCC 2018 Community Service Award: Chester County Night School Provides Lifelong Learning
By Andy Hachodorian It’s amazing what can happen when you sit some friends around a kitchen table and toss around ideas and brainstorm. Back in late 1955, John Mitman, his wife and some friends did exactly that talking about a need for adults to experience lifelong learning. Operating out of a garage at the time…
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Chester County Hospital One of Only 44 Hospitals in State to Receive a Top Grade in Patient Safety
Chester County Hospital is one of only 44 hospitals in Pennsylvania to receive an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, an organization based in Washington, D.C., that aims to improve healthcare quality and safety, according to a report in the Daily Local News. “To be recognized nationally as an ‘A’ hospital is an accomplishment the…
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WCU Briefly: Two-Time Grammy Winner Coming to Campus on Monday
Wells School of Music West Chester University’s music students, as well as members of the community, have an opportunity to learn from a master when composer Jennifer Higdon comes to campus on Monday, Feb 18. Higdon is a two-time Grammy-winning composer, as well as a Pulitzer Prize winner, with local ties. Her works are performed…
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