Chestnut Hill College will expand its curriculum and will offer several new majors (at both at the undergraduate and graduate levels), new undergraduate minors and wider internship opportunities, beginning with the fall 2015 semester. “Our faculty can justifiably take pride in their delivery of our curriculum,” said Wolfgang Natter, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. “With these new programs, which lie at the intersection of faculty expertise, mission, and market demand, we have also significantly enhanced the curriculum itself.”
All students at CHC must take the Global Studies course as part of their general education requirement. Section topics include global warming, economic inequality, terrorism...
The Rotunda and Sorgenti Arena were transformed for one magical night in May as 340 friends of Chestnut Hill College celebrated its 90th anniversary as part of the annual Scholarship Gala. This year, 32 alumni also were honored as they were inducted into theLibris Society. As Sister Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D., president, made her welcoming remarks, she reminded the guests of the many decades of tradition and risk undertaken by the Sisters of Saint Joseph and all the faculty, staff, students, parents, and friends who have spent time on the College grounds.
May 9, the day of CHC’s 88th Commencement, dawned overcast and chilly. For a short time during the ceremony, heavy rain fell, leaving rivulets running around the feet of those in attendance. And yet, by the time all 531 had received their diplomas, the sun was out, shining on the happiness below.
Alumna Maryanne L. Walsh ’98, ’02 SGS and Lafayette Hill resident, was the recipient of the 2015 Eleanor Dolan Egan ’28 Award for Outstanding Service to Chestnut Hill College awarded at the College’s 69th Annual Reunion Weekend in early June.
Alumna Cheryl Ann Kennedy ’87 was awarded the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award from the College at the 69th Annual Reunion Weekend early this June. The Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes graduates of the College who have a history of accomplishment in their business or profession or in civic, philanthropic, or other volunteer activities.
One year after announcing the addition of sprint football as the College's newest athletic offering, the team of coaches and players, alongside a supportive College community, has been preparing for its first-ever home football game, against Princeton University on September 19.
The College is proud to recognize and honor 94 students, who through their hard work and commitment to academic success, have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or better, earning a place on the Spring 2015 Athletic Academic Honor Roll.
On Thursday, June 11, the WHYY Live Speaker Series brings a special edition of Radio Times on the Road to Chestnut Hill College. Radio Times is an intelligent and thought-provoking program that examines local, national, and international news, explores new ideas and trends, and introduces listeners to fascinating people.
The art exhibition “All About Art” will be on display now through June 28 at the Abington Art Center in Jenkintown, Pa. “All About Art,” an international, juried exhibition of works by artists with physical disabilities, seeks to heighten awareness of the strength, creativity and spirit of these talented people. Among those with works displayed are those by Chestnut Hill College’s Thérèse McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D., professor emerita of art, who has works in the exhibit for the fifth year.
Chestnut Hill College is pleased to announce a partnership with Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School that will offer two, $20,000 annual scholarships to be awarded to first-year students entering Chestnut Hill College each fall from Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School. “I am thrilled about our partnership with Chestnut Hill College,” says Cristo Rey Principal Michael Gomez. “After meeting with their team, I know that our students will be cared for until they graduate. Having a partnership like this one helps make college affordable to our students.”
The Chestnut Hill College Department of Professional Psychology has earned reaccreditation for its Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology program by the American Psychological Association (APA). The reaccreditation, which will last until 2021, is the maximum length of accreditation possible for doctoral psychology programs.
Come out to walk and show your support in the Sixth Annual Walk for Lily’s Hope Foundation at Chestnut Hill College’s Piazza, Monday, April 20, at 2 p.m. The walk, sponsored by The Council for Exceptional Children of Chestnut Hill College, will be less than a mile around the College campus.
Chestnut Hill College will be on hand to support the Fifth Annual Philadelphia Science Week Festival, scheduled to take place April 24 through May 2. Philadelphia Science Week is a citywide event sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company and organized by Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute that “aims to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and create homegrown citizen scientists, by exploring the many ways that science and technology touch our everyday lives.”
Kelly Butler, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, was recently named a Fulbright scholar and will return to India in July 2015 for nine months to lead faculty development workshops on the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) teaching method for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Karen Wendling was recently named by Nerdscholar as one of their "40 Under 40: Professors who Inspire." Wendling was voted to the distinct honor through nominations from students, alumni and faculty colleagues. Congrats to the College’s Karen Wendling, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, for being selected as one of Nerdwallet.com’s, “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire.” Described as "engaging," "collaborative," and "funny," by the students, alumni and faculty who nominated her, Wendling is in her sixth year at CHC, which also so happens to be her alma mater.
With guest performers including the Philadelphia-based jazz, and R&B band, Point Blank and acclaimed Steinway artist, Young Ah-Tak, as well as College ensembles and music major recitals, CHC is geared up for a monthlong of great music events in April that you won't want to miss.
Chestnut Hill College’s Institute for Religion and Science welcomes Philip Clayton, Ph.D., Ingaham Professor, Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, Calif., as he presents his lecture, “What Brains & Cognition Tell Us About Faith,” on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the College’s Commonwealth Chateau, SugarLoaf Hill.
Students from Chestnut Hill College’s Graduate Instructional Technology Program collaborated with the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) by transferring 20,000 feet of old films from their archive to modern digital formats last semester. “We processed about 20,000 feet of films, preserving valuable historic data for future generations of researchers and all interested in the history of the American transportation system,” said Yefim Kats, Ph.D., chair of the computer science and information technology graduate program and instructional technology coordinator.
Join Chestnut Hill College’s Institute for Forgiveness and Reconciliation as it hosts “A Conversation that Matters: The World Synod on the Family: Widening the Circle,” on Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m., at the College’s Commonwealth Chateau, SugarLoaf Hill. “Dioceses have been urged to hold listening sessions throughout each local church to gather people’s responses to some of the pastoral challenges facing families today,” said the College’s Catherine Nerney, SSJ, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Forgiveness and Reconciliation.
