This Week’s Top Headlines Include Exclusive: Record $18M for Delaware residential property Great Stuff: Walk in for a deal, walk out with new friends Slip into 1920s with Cured Plate’s unique dining experience Carney’s State of State, despite hecklers, focuses forward Middletown HS to stage Harry Potter ‘Cursed Child’ this fall Freshman duo powers Ursuline past Dover Click on the …
WilmU: $1M Longwood grant to fund 2 Brandywine buildings
The Brandywine campus of Wilmington University will soon expand by 200%. Thanks to a $1 million grant by the Longwood Foundation, WilmU’s Brandywine Campus – located at 10 Beaver Valley Road in Wilmington – will go from one building to three. The grant will help pay for the construction of a law school building and a convocation center. According to …
Wilm U to add esports certificate to list of offerings
Still think “Super Mario” is magical? Kooky about “Call of Duty?” Freaky over “Fort Nite”? You’re not alone. Gaming is wayyyyyyyyyyy beyond a pastime. Lifelong friendships are being made online. Lovers bond over their favorite games. Leagues and teams are forming everywhere for esports professional play. And now Wilmington University is offering Delaware’s first college-level certificate for serious players who …
Red Clay, Wilm U partner for program to create more teachers
Red Clay Consolidated School District is joining forces with Wilmington University to combat the ongoing teacher shortage. District superintendent Dorrell Green told the board an exclusive partnership with Wilm U will create alternate paths for Red Clay workers to get their teacher certification. The program will start this fall. “As we know, again, the teacher and educator shortage tends to …
DOE wants students to save money, time with new credit guide
The state’s new credit for prior learning policy framework will reinforce a practice that WilmU has been using for more than 30 years, a practice other institutions of higher learning in the First State also follow. According to the Department of Education, the guidelines are intended to help colleges and universities develop policies and procedures for evaluating prior student learning …
WilmU introduces faculty for new law school opening in fall
Wilmington University introduced the eight faculty members that will help build its new law school. Jefferey Zavrotny, associate dean for law admissions, said the school has had about 40 applicants thus far for the first classes, which begin this fall. Dean Phillip Closius said they expect about 100 students to enroll in its first year. Closius was the dean of …
Constables: What are they; why so many are being hired
Christina School District is the latest Delaware district to hire constables to help ensure student safety, a trend that has been spreading statewide. Since the start of the school year, Christina has hired three at the elementary level. School board member Don Patton expects Superintendent Dan Shelton to push for constables at secondary schools next. “I’m against that and I’m …
Meet Ashley Lockwood, Delaware’s 2023 Teacher of the Year
Delaware’s teacher of the year didn’t set out to be an educator. Ashley Lockwood chose to earn a bachelor of arts in sociology from the University of Delaware in 2010. She planned to focus on how children interact with each other and develop. After graduation, she returned home to Seaford without a job and was trying to decide what her …
Seaford hires 2 constables to ensure school safety
Seaford School District has hired two constables to patrol its schools and help keep students safe, it announced Monday. The system was inspired to take extra security measures partly as a response to school shootings in the last year, including the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, said Gary Zoll, director of student services at Seaford. …
WilmU to start its own law school
Wilmington University is starting a law school. It will be the First State’s second, joining Widener University’s Delaware Law School, which was founded in 1971. Soon-to-be-lawyers don’t have to rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend, either. WilmU law tuition The cost for full-time students will be $24,000 per year and $18,000 for part-time students, which the university’s …
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