It is understandable why Dr. Robert Ficociello recently tasked his English 241 students with curating a display in the º£½ÇÉçÇø library, following a recent lesson on the literature and culture of New Orleans. Ficociello began a love affair with the Big Easy after earning his Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of New Orleans.
Baby in arms and balloons in tow, Kelly Gallagher waved goodbye to the nurses at º£½ÇÉçÇø Redeemer Hospital in suburban Philadelphia in 2008, buckled her daughter, Addyson (now 15), into her car seat and headed home for a happy life. Two years later, she and her husband, Justin, repeated the process, welcoming son Ryan (now 14). But in the summer of 2014, 32 weeks into her pregnancy with twin sons, Gallagher ran into complications, delivering Connor (2 lbs., 11 oz.) and Curran (5 lbs., 1 oz.) prematurely. She was ill-prepared for the extended stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) that her twins required and equally ill-equipped to deal with the inevitable separation that the stay dictated.
The region’s top male and female high school basketball seniors will be in the spotlight when º£½ÇÉçÇø hosts the 2024 All Star Labor Classic on Sunday, April 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 pm. The event also will feature several charity games pitting local elected officials and trade union members against members of the local media. The All Star Labor Classic is organized by the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council.
º£½ÇÉçÇø will host candidates who are seeking the Pennsylvania State Attorney General’s post during a forum on Friday, April 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 115 of the Campus Center on the University’s Philadelphia campus. The forum is being organized by the Drug & Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania (DASPOP) in advance of the April 23 primary and will allow the candidates to share their individual platforms and priorities for the position. The general election for State Attorney General will take place on November 5, 2024.
Coming out of Father Judge High School in Northeast Philadelphia, Mike Ulrich ’11, M ’16 had his life planned out. He would attend Albright College in Reading, PA to play football, obtain a degree in education, teach history, and coach football. Sounded like a solid plan for a happy life.
The view from Bridget Collins-Greenwald’s seventh-floor office in Philadelphia’s City Hall – a stunning one that overlooks Dilworth Plaza and provides a clear sightline down the beautiful Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the iconic Art Museum - is drastically different from the vantage point of the Marsden Street apartment and Ditman Street rowhouse in Tacony that she once called home. As the Commissioner of Licenses and Inspections, Quality of Life Division, newly appointed by Mayor Cherelle Parker, Collins-Greenwald is grateful, not only for the incredible vista, but also for the vote of confidence and the vibrancy of her new post. Appropriately, she has been tasked with improving the views of citizens in neighborhoods across the city.
º£½ÇÉçÇø President Dr. Anne Prisco joined Dean Margaret Harkins DNP, MBE, MSN, GNP-BC, RN-BC, School of Nursing & Health Sciences faculty, sponsors and patrons, and members of the University community in a celebration of 50 years of nursing excellence during a gala on March 20 hosted at The Switch House in Philadelphia. Some 250 guests enjoyed festivities and fellowship that commemorated the success of º£½ÇÉçÇø Family nurses past and present and shared the vision for the growth of the program that will shape future HFU nurses.
There is a new international feel to the º£½ÇÉçÇø º£½ÇÉçÇø thanks to the Office of Global Initiatives. The recent, permanent installation, proposed and organized by Office Executive Director Prince Adnan El Hashemite, coincides with the International Day of Happiness (March 20) and serves to unite the º£½ÇÉçÇø Family community.
Three º£½ÇÉçÇø faculty members and two staff members worked alongside 18 students over Spring Break (March 2- 11) in several building sites in Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, North Lauderdale and Coral Springs as part of a community service project with Habitat for Humanity of Broward County, Florida.
Over his spring break in early March, º£½ÇÉçÇø faculty member Patrick McElwaine, Psy.D., LPC, made the 2,153-mile trek from Philadelphia to Chinle, AZ for an adventure unlike any other he has ever experienced. Facilitated by the world-renowned Beck Institute where he also serves on the faculty, Dr. McElwaine boarded two flights and then drove four hours to the Navajo Indian Reservation to provide a two-day workshop for therapists, social workers, case managers, psychiatrists and even several medicine men on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for substance use disorders that was culturally responsive for the traditional and mostly reserved Navajo audience. Many of the participants drove hours to attend the training.
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