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Scaling Innovation: How Governor Mifflin Built a District of Discovery
When Lisa Hess, superintendent of Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County, witnessed the impact of Total Experience Learning® on her own son, she was determined to bring the innovative program to her district.“She wanted that for all the ...
O’Pake provides back-office lift for local nonprofit startup
During the worst of the pandemic, Jermell Mitchell’s work mentoring youth through the Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County, like so much else, came to a standstill. The isolation hit him hard.“I was really depressed,” said the ...
Online-program flexibility helps ambitious adult student create her comeback
English Bradley ’26 has “this happy, delusional optimism all the time,” as she put it, and a firm belief that everything will work out, even when hope might appear slim.At her lowest, the Reading native was forced to drop out of college when finan...
Washington Post publishes article by School of Engineering director
As the inaugural chair of Alvernia's John R. Post School of Engineering, Joseph Mahoney, Ph.D., is used to seeing his name in print. But a recent publication was extra special."What running with a jogging stroller does to your body," an article co...