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  • Widener University Alumni Award recipients pose with Widener University President Stacey Robertson (center).
    Awards & Recognition

    Widener University 2025 Alumni Awards Honor 5 Individuals

    June 6, 2025

    The biennial 2025 Alumni Awards at Widener University are a celebration of the outstanding impact and achievements of graduates, as well as current students, faculty,…

  • Soldiers in fatigues are out on a hike.
    Education

    Legacy Secured: Widener’s ROTC Program Looks to Future While Honoring Its Past

    January 30, 2025

    In the pre-dawn hours, cadets of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Dauntless Battalion are hard at work doing push-ups, pull-ups, and other intense physical…

  • Phoenixville JROTC students
    Education

    Phoenixville Area High School Looking for Ways to Keep JROTC Program Running

    April 3, 2024

    Phoenixville Area High School is looking for ways to keep the JROTC program running after it was informed by the Air Force that it would…

  • Chris Wiseman in his office
    Chester County

    Chester County Leadership: Chris Wiseman, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Chester County

    January 11, 2024

    Chris Wiseman, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Chester County, grew up in West Virginia and North Carolina. He recalled adventures with a German…

  • LTC Brandon Drobenak, VFMC's professor of military science, addresses VFMC ROTC Cadets as they prepare to climb 2,200 steps in honor of victims of 9/11
    Education

    Valley Forge Cadets Honor Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice in the Tragedy of 9/11

    September 14, 2023

    Valley Forge Military College Cadets honor 9/11 victims annually with a stair climb. The cadets are honoring honor those who lost their lives in the…

  • Hazel Johnson-Brown
    Leadership Profiles

    West Chester Native was First Black Woman General in U.S. Army

    August 24, 2023

    West Chester native Hazel Johnson-Brown was a nurse and educator who became the first Black woman general in the U.S. Army and the first Black…

  • The 36 graduating cadets do a traditional hat toss after graduating from Valley Forge Military College in Wayne
    Education, Wayne

    Valley Forge Military College Graduates the 86th Class of Cadets

    May 17, 2023

    Valley Forge Military College, the Military College of Pennsylvania, has graduated its 86th class of Cadets. Thirty-six Cadets received Associate’s degrees and will matriculate to…

  • Widener University student Vincent Starkey met with university leadership in the president's office serving as Widener's president for a day
    Education

    Widener President and Student Swap Places for a Day

    April 13, 2023

    Widener University continued its annual President for a Day tradition Monday by placing senior marketing student and ROTC cadet Vincent Starkey of Chester temporarily at…

  • ECP Cadets at VFMC participate in exciting exercises, including transport in a Chinook helicopter.
    Manufacturing & Industry

    VFMC’s Preferred Early Commissioning Program Draws Future Military Leaders

    March 27, 2023

    The Valley Forge Military College’s Army ROTC Early Commissioning Program (ECP) continues to draw men and women seeking leadership opportunities in the US military. It…

  • Coatesville ROTC
    Education

    After Declining Enrollment, Coatesville’s Air Force Junior ROTC Program Gets Boost

    January 26, 2023

    After struggling with low enrollment for several years, the Air Force Junior ROTC program at Coatesville Area School District is once again thriving thanks to…

  • Valley Forge Cadet Dilia Reyes-Hill is standing with Gilbert Lappano, Commander USN (Retired) (left); and Charles Merwin, 1st Lt USA (Former)
    Education, Wayne

    Valley Forge Military College Cadet Dilia Reyes-Hill Receives 2022 Liberty Bell Award

    December 7, 2022

    Valley Forge Military College Cadet Dilia Reyes-Hill has received the 2022 Liberty Bell Special Achievement award. The award was presented along with Liberty Bell Scholarships…

  • Valley Forge Military College Cadets Joining in a 9/11 run and stair climb.
    Manufacturing & Industry

    Valley Forge Military College Cadets Honor Victims of 9/11

    September 14, 2022

    Valley Forge Military College Cadets honored those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack and those servicemen and women who gave their lives after…

  • Marjorie and David Rosenberg at the Brandywine Ball.
    Manufacturing & Industry

    Penn State Brandywine Ball Raises Funds for Academic Success Center

    July 15, 2022

    The Brandywine Ball May 13 raised more than $55,000 which will go toward the Media campus’ Academic Success Center in the Vairo Library on campus.…

  • The class of 2022 is the 84th class of cadets to graduate from Valley Forge Military College.
    Education

    Valley Forge Military College Graduates 84th Class of Cadets

    May 21, 2022

    Valley Forge Military College, the Military College of Pennsylvania™, has graduated its 84th class of cadets. Thirty-three cadets received Associate’s degrees and will matriculate to…

  • Education

    Dallas Krapf of West Chester’s Krapf Group Endows ROTC Scholarship at Penn State

    July 7, 2018

    Dallas Krapf – Vice Chairman of the Board of the Krapf Group, the West Chester-based operator of school and charter buses – has shown his…

  • Banking & Finance

    Chester County Leadership: David E. Sparks, Chairman and Founder of First Priority Bank

    October 27, 2016

    VISTA Today spoke with David E. Sparks, Chairman and Founder of First Priority Bank, about growing up in Upper Merion when farms, instead of malls…

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