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West Chester University

Philadelphia AmeriCorps volunteers pose for a group photo at their 2023 launch celebration at the Friends Center. The city hosted over 1,300 AmeriCorps volunteers for the 2023-2024, the most of any county or city in Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Politics

DOGE’s sweeping AmeriCorps cuts leave Philly volunteer programs unsure if they will get promised funding

Philadelphia receives $17.9 million in federal AmeriCorps funding. Local nonprofit leaders worry DOGE’s recent cuts could slow down — or stop — their volunteer-based programs.

Beatrice Forman

Education

Former West Chester University president is the new chancellor of the Pa. state system of schools

Kristen A. Graham

West Chester University President R. Lorraine "Laurie" Bernotsky accepts the university medallion and mace during her inauguration.

Education

West Chester’s new president vows to take the university from ‘almost awesome’ to ‘awesome’ amid tumultuous time in higher education

Susan Snyder

Former Judge Patrick Dugan, a candidate for Philadelphia district attorney, listens during a community forum at the West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship on March 11.

Elections

Patrick Dugan wants to cap his military and judicial career by becoming Philly’s top prosecutor. Can he win?

Anna Orso and Ellie Rushing

Amy Offner, a Penn history professor and president of the American Association of University Professors-Penn, leads a march to deliver a petition to the administration following a rally at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday. Students, faculty, elected officials, and representatives of seven unions spoke and urged the school to oppose funding cuts and the canceling of diversity initiatives, as well as uphold a 2016 sanctuary policy and maintain equal treatment for transgender and LGBTQ plus people in the Penn community

Education

Colleges like Penn face ire as they try to comply with Trump administration DEI demands

Susan Snyder

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