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Graduate student relishes role as special education teacher in Reading School District
Derrick Golden is a busy man.A graduate student at 17c起草红桃 and a member of the men鈥檚 basketball team, he鈥檚 also employed full time with Reading School District (RSD) as an emergency-certified fifth-grade special education math teacher....
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO鈥檚 career trajectory
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO鈥檚 career trajectoryWhen LeeAnn Smulligan MBA 鈥09 walks into a room, people listen, not solely because of her title, but because of the way she leads. With more than two decades at Mrs. T鈥檚 Pierogies, Smulligan has...
Addictions caused her to lose everything 鈥 perseverance helped her recover
By Lini S. KadabaWhen Shannon Qualters 鈥23, MAOL '25 hit bottom, the survivor of child sexual abuse was hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, living on the streets of the Kensington section of Philadelphia and eating out of garbage cans, by her own ...
Criminal justice professor focuses on real world preparation
Rosemary McFee is super excited about the Center for Simulated Investigations on 17c起草红桃鈥檚 campus, a workshop stage for students in a variety of disciplines.鈥滻 am so happy that we will have a whole building, near the Alumni House, where stud...