Ninety years ago, three Sisters of St. Basil arrived in Philadelphia in response to the Church’s Call to serve the Ukrainian immigrants. Not knowing a word of English, these young Sisters (the oldest was 30-years-old) courageously and joyfully entered the New World to tackle the overwhelming needs of the Ukrainian immigrants. Many immigrant children were Read more >
The Black History Month Conference: 400 Years of Perseverance event scheduled for 2/21 has been re-scheduled for April 4, 12:30-1:45 in the Library Presentation Space. Gloria Browne-Marshall, a prominent civil rights attorney and activist, will give a speech at Manor College to coincide with Black History Month. This commemorative speech, titled “400 Years of Perseverance,” will recognize Read more >
By sophomore Business Administration student, William Rodebaugh On Thursday, February 7, 2019, Manor College sports-management students and basketball athletes had the opportunity to visit the new state-of-the-art Philadelphia 76ers training facility. Located in Camden, NJ, it first opened on September 23, 2016. The facility is home to all the basketball operation staff members and makes Read more >
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has announced that two Manor College students, Vera Lewis and Lineth Ceciliano, are semi-finalists for the organization’s prestigious Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This scholarship, available to students working toward two-year degrees, supports high-achieving students as they transfer to four-year schools. The semifinalists were selected from a pool of nearly 1,500 Read more >
Mamie Phipps Clark – Her Research Helped End School Segregation Mamie Phipps Clark (1917-1983) grew up attending highly segregated schools in Arkansas. Clark studied psychology and math at Howard University; her master’s thesis there was “The Development of Consciousness of Self in Negro Pre-School Children.” She went on to earn her Ph.D. in experimental psychology Read more >