Arcadia University News

This year’s 8th annual Coming Out Show, created by the “Coming Out” University Seminar, will transition to an online showcase. The course typically culminates with a celebration featuring artwork presentations inspired by the coming out narratives of Arcadia community members, but due to social...

Dr. Hal Halbert, associate professor of English at Montgomery County Community College and comic book podcaster, will explore the evolution of Superman with an in-depth presentation on Wednesday, March 1. Superman Through the Ages is hosted in conjunction with the University seminar “Hero Culture:...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman (through the ages)! On Thursday, Feb. 11, Dr. Hal Halbert, associate professor of English at Montgomery County Community College and comic book podcaster, explores the evolution of Superman with an in-depth presentation. The event, hosted in conjunction with...

Many have commented on the value of poetry, from poets themselves (“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,” wrote Percy Bysshe Shelley) to politicians (“If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics...the world would be a little better place in which to live,” said...

Flash Rosenberg, award-winning photographer-cartoonist-writer-performer, will show how she translates complex concepts into instant drawings in a talk at Arcadia University on Wednesday, March 25. “Drawing At the Speed of Thought: Mingling drawing, photography, writing, humor, irreverence, passion...

On April 18, Linda Ruth Paskell ’81, ’96M.Ed. , and the students of “The Artist in the Community” hosted a gallery opening for Global Art, Local Heart , which is on view in the Judith Taylor Gallery until Friday, April 26. Over the course of the evening, more than 200 people showed their support,...

Philadelphia Then & Now , an interdisciplinary University Seminar taught at Arcadia University, explores metropolitan Philadelphia’s past and present in order to examine how history shapes place. Students don’t just sit in the comfort of a climate controlled classroom. Dr. Peter Siskind...

By JoLynne Bremmer ’10 Finding new ways to pursue her many passions, Linda Ruth Paskell ’81, ’96M.Ed. , has enjoyed a multifaceted career as both an artist and an educator. Over the last 30 years, she has worked as a teacher, a small business owner, a photojournalist and a dedicated volunteer. She...

Dr. Peter Appelbaum , Professor of Education and Coordinator of graduate mathematics education programs, and his University Seminar will perform "Ear Cleaning"—original compositions for found and experimental soundscapes—on Friday, April 1, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in Grey Towers Castle. "Students in...

Arcadia University students in the course Social Action and Social Change marked storm drains and cleaned up trash around Burholme Park as part of a service learning project they're doing for the University Seminar, taught by Drs. Jeff and Norah Shultz . The park effort is part of the Tookany/...