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Arcadia University student Emily Wingfield

Aug 31, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Q&A with SAJE Fellow Emily Wingfield

By John Stuetz '20M Emily Wingfield '22 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...

Learning Resource Network Hours for Fall 2020

Monday, August 31, 2020 - 11:00

This semester, all Learning Resource Network peer tutoring will be conducted via Zoom. Tutoring will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

To schedule an appointment with a peer tutor, students should join the Virtual LRN (students must be logged from portalguard.arcadia.edu, then they can follow the link). In the... Read More

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Aug 27, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Fall Orientation’s Day of Service Goes Virtual

The transition to fully online courses this fall semester won’t stop first-year students from giving back to their local communities, as this year’s Day of Service will be conducted virtually featuring synchronous and asynchronous events on Saturday, Aug. 29. Synchronous activities include...

Aug 25, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

"Laughing Matters" Course Engages Students of All Ages

By Caitlin Joyce '20 What’s in a laugh? Celeste Walker, associate professor of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies, will virtually teach students about gelotology, the science of laughter, in her class “Laughing Matters” this upcoming fall semester. When held in-person, the course...

Arcadia University's Grey Towers Castle with 2021 Best Northeast badge.

Aug 20, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

For Sixth Straight Year, Arcadia Ranks Best Regionally with Princeton Review

Arcadia University was ranked among the Princeton Review’s “Best Northeastern” in its “2021 Best Colleges: Region by Region” for the sixth consecutive year. This prestigious list ranks Arcadia among nine schools in the greater Philadelphia area—and 50 in Pennsylvania—that are “academically...

Aug 20, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Rawlins Prepares for Teaching Scientific Illustration Online

A seashell, a pinecone, the shell of a black walnut, and several other objects are items that students would usually receive in class during Scott Rawlins’ introductory Scientific Illustration course. This year, they are included in mailed kits Rawlins designed for students to develop their...

Aug 18, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Physician Assistant Students Raise Funds at PA Olympics

Students from the Physician Assistant program participated in the Physician Assistant (PA) Olympics to raise money to support individuals suffering from cancer, and partook in a presentation ceremony on June 20. Due to the necessity of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the PA Olympic’...

Female student in front of computer registering for a mail-in ballot

Aug 18, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

SI2 Reflects on 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote

After decades of fighting for women’s suffrage, the 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. A committee of social justice-minded citizens, which included Helen Keller and Jane Addams, founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to protect freedom of...

Phase Two of the MultiFunction Device and Print Management Services Roll Out

Monday, August 17, 2020 - 17:00

Dear Arcadia University Campus Community,

We’ve completed phase two of the print management project led by Mail and Print and Information Technology. Arcadia’s new business partner, Fraser Advanced Information Systems, has removed Canon devices that were at the end of lease term, relocated some Canon devices owned by the University, and installed new Sharp devices in multiple areas... Read More

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Aug 17, 2020 • Erin McLaughlin

Beaver College Alumna Establishes the Margaret W. Steele Endowed Scholarship

Arcadia University is pleased to announce the inaugural Margaret W. Steele Endowed Scholarship award will be made in the Fall of 2020. Established through the generosity of Beaver College alumna, Margaret “Peggy” W. Steele ’80, the scholarship is designed to strengthen the University’s ability...

Aug 13, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia University Launches Online “Semester of Code” Beginning Fall 2020

Arcadia University is launching a set of innovative, online undergraduate coding programs in partnership with 2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology. The Arcadia University Semester of Code will provide undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the nation with an...

Aug 11, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Art and Design Holds #ArcadiaCreates Social Media Campaign

By Caitlin Joyce '20 Throughout June and July, the Department of Art and Design held the #ArcadiaCreates campaign on Instagram, a series of art prompts posted over the course of five weeks. Ideas for the weekly prompts were created in collaboration with Carole Loeffler, associate professor and...