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Arcadia University News
September 17, 2020
Dr. Miserandino Publishes Chapter on Psychology’s Internship Program
By Katherine Haines '21 Dr. Marianne Miserandino , chair and professor of Psychology, authored a chapter in the book, High Impact Educational Practices: A Review of Best Practices with Illustrative Examples , published by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Dr. Miserandino wrote Chapter 35...
September 17, 2020
Shenker ’69 and Hendershot ’66 to Serve as Co-Chairs of The Jones Poundstone Society
Following her successful year as the inaugural 2020 Chair of the Jones Poundstone Society , Susan Smyth Shenker '69 will team with long-time donor and dedicated alumna, Lynn Darling Hendershot '66 , to serve as Co-Chairs for 2021. Together they will lead the annual giving effort as exemplars in...
September 16, 2020
Allen ’24 Launches Clothing Brand to Develop Entrepreneurial Skills
With more free time this summer, students are finding new ways to follow their dreams. Jshane Allen ’24 , a first-year Healthcare Administration student, spent the summer making her’s happen by launching a clothing brand, Charged. “It was always something I had an interest in. When Corona happened...
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September 15, 2020
Arcadia Again Ranked Best in Region By U.S. News and World Report
Arcadia University was once again ranked among the region's top performing schools by U.S. News and World Report for its 2021 “Regional Universities—North” list, as released yesterday. The University ranked 45th of 176 schools this year, remaining in the top 25 percent of regional universities...
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September 14, 2020
Shollenberger ’88 Elected to Arcadia University’s Board of Trustees
Arcadia University is proud to announce that Kevin Shollenberger ’88 , vice provost for Student Health and Well-Being at Johns Hopkins University, was elected to the University’s Board of Trustees, effective June 1. As vice provost for Student Health and Well-Being at Johns Hopkins University (JHU...
September 14, 2020
Office of the Provost: Spring 2021 All-Modes Ready Planning
Dear Arcadia Faculty and Staff: Thank you again for all your hard work pulling together a fall 2020 semester that is off to such a strong start. Your embrace of our All-Modes Ready approach is helping our students succeed and thrive amid the challenges of the pandemic. Now that the fall 2020...
September 14, 2020
Childs ’20MEd Uses Social-Emotional Learning to Encourage Empathy in Students
As Jess Childs ’20MEd prepares to teach her first year as a special educator teacher at MaST Community Charter School in Philadelphia, she’s making sure to focus her teaching style on inclusion and emotional-social learning. Emotional-social learning is focusing on teaching healthy ways to interact...
September 11, 2020
Dr. Malloy Featured by Journal of Orthopaedic Research
By Josephine Mueller '21 Dr. Philip Malloy , assistant professor of Physical Therapy, published the article “1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging generates accurate 3D proximal femoral models: Surgical planning implications for femoroacetabular impingement” in the September edition of the Journal of...
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September 11, 2020
Office of the President
Dear Arcadia Faculty and Staff, When we began 2020, we could never have imagined the confluence of events that brought us to this critical juncture in the history of higher education: COVID-19, the disruption in international and study abroad enrollment , Moody’s downgrading of the higher education...
September 11, 2020
Update from Human Resources
Dear Faculty and Staff, Thank you for your commitment and dedication to Arcadia. With COVID accelerating structural changes at the institution, Human Resources, in consultation with our governing bodies and leadership, is developing workforce planning measures to review University operations,...
September 10, 2020
Hoping to Specialize in Medical Racism, Hurtado ’24 Begins College After Helping Mother Graduate
“It was a challenging cultural shock when I came here [to America],” said Emilia Hurtado ’24 , a first-year Chemistry major who immigrated from Costa Rica with her mother at eight years old. “There were a lot of differences between my school in Costa Rica versus studying here. And I didn't speak...
September 9, 2020
Q&A with SAJE Fellow Hardika Patel
By John Stuetz '20M Hardika Patel '24 is a member of the first Social Action and Justice Education (SAJE) Fellowship cohort at Arcadia University. The fellowship will provide preparatory programs and leadership training for SAJE fellows to teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms—...
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September 9, 2020
President Nair on Chronicle of Higher Ed Panel
The Chronicle of Higher Education has tapped President Ajay Nair to serve on an industry panel on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. President Nair will be a panelist for the Chronicle of Higher Education ’s “What It Takes to Be a Student-Centered Institution Now.” The panel also includes Allison Calhoun...
September 8, 2020
Shoy Elected to Arcadia University’s Board of Trustees
Arcadia University is proud to announce that Danny Shoy, Jr. , president and CEO of the East Lake Foundation, was elected to the University’s Board of Trustees, effective June 1. Shoy is president and CEO of the East Lake Foundation, a community organization in Atlanta, Ga. focused on the...
September 7, 2020
Q&A with SAJE Fellow Audrey Chin
By John Stuetz '20M Audrey Chin '24 is a member of the first Social Action and Justice Education (SAJE) Fellowship cohort at Arcadia University. The fellowship will provide preparatory programs and leadership training for SAJE fellows to teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms—...
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September 4, 2020
Karoline Lopez '24: A Generation of Positive Social Change
My name is Karoline Lopez. I was born in Manila, Philippines. For a couple years while my parents worked overseas, my two older brothers and I were raised by my grandmother. At the age of 6, my family and I migrated to the US. Since I was not very familiar with my surroundings at the time, I...
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September 3, 2020
Radhakrishnan Featured on Chronicle of Higher Ed Panel
The Chronicle of Higher Education featured Vice President and Chief Information Officer Rashmi Radhakrishnan to serve on an industry panel on Sept. 3. The virtual forum hosted by senior Chronicle reporter Lee Gardner also featured panelists Michael Cato, chief information officer at Bowdoin College...
September 3, 2020
Alumna Publishes Memoir on Resilience During COVID
By Caitlin Joyce '20 Alumna and 40 Under 40 recipient Keisha M. Robinson ’18MEd will publish, "I Barely Survived My Summer in Quarantine: A Memoir," on Sept. 4, which focuses on how she found resilience while quarantining during COVID. Robinson discusses the impact the pandemic had on her life,...
September 3, 2020
Dr. Hickman and Dr. Wirth Publish in International Dyslexia Magazine
Dr. Peggy Hickman , associate professor of Education, and Dr. Kathy Wirth , adjunct professor of Education and program director of the Arcadia Community Learning Center (ACLC), recently had an article accepted for the October issue of Pennsylvania Branch International Dyslexia Association’s (PBIDA...
September 2, 2020
Start of Semester Message from Dean Goretsky
Hello Students, I want to wish you good luck as you have started the semester. As we start the semester, there are a few things I’d like to share with you. Part II of the Fall Activities Fair is Thursday, Sept. 3 from 3 to 6 p.m. You can find more information on KnightLife . Please engage with the...
September 2, 2020
Forensic Science Uses Hybrid Model for Fall 2020
“Once we got sent home last spring, we lost half the semester for lab work,” said Dr. Heather Harris , assistant professor of Forensic Science. “We had just gotten to the meat of the coursework, but the students didn’t get to apply it.” Like many lab courses in the Spring 2020 semester, the...
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