Widener University News Archives

Delaware has a new Inn of Court that aims to help judges, attorneys and law students stay abreast of constantly changing technology and the effect it has on the practice of law, especially in the area of electronic discovery.

Thomas Shoemaker , market president; Dina Strand, Chester manager; and Sean O'Hara, retail market manager.

Hill International , the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that Shawn L. Pressley, PSP, Vice President with the company, was recognized as a 2009 Minority Business Leader by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars is offering scholarships to both high school and middle school students through its 'Voice of Democracy' and 'Patriot Pen' programs.

Widener University is collaborating with the Beijing University of Technology to create a Chinese language and cultural center, the first of its kind in the Philadelphia region.

The 4.7-square-mile city, now pocked with abandoned buildings, is known to some suburbanites as the closest place to score a bag of dope.

Fearing the economy would cause them to lose students over the summer, area colleges connected with incoming freshmen more than ever before.

R. Scott Weiskittel, an associate of the American College of Healthcare Executives , has been appointed as assistant chief executive officer of Pottstown Memorial Medical Center , PMMC Chief Executive Officer John J. Kirby announced this week .

Widener University in Chester, Pa. and Beijing University of Technology in China have signed an agreement to establish the greater Philadelphia region's first Confucius Institute.

The El Paso Electric Board of Directors has appointed George A. Williams to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective October 5. In that position, Williams will oversee the generation as well as the transmission and distribution operations for El Paso Electric .

MADURAI : The Department of Science and Technology has sanctioned a 'green chemistry' project to the Thiagarajar College of Engineering here to evolve a 'cold process' for utilisation of waste plastic in road laying.

Responding to the challenging legal job market, the National Association for Law Placement board has formed a new commission that plans to "engage in a holistic nationwide conversation" to review the current recruitment model of law firms.

When her middle school students pick up a book, Geralee Wood encourages them to write about what they've read.