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Arcadia University News
June 19, 2020
Innovate to Thrive Challenge Selects Four Ideas from Community Submissions
Four ideas were selected as finalists to move to the next stage of the Innovate to Thrive Challenge, which will include different steps for each of the ideas. Congratulations to Helene Klein , assistant dean for Honors and Accelerated Programs, who submitted two finalist ideas; Jan Finn , associate...
May 6, 2020
Arcadia Collaborates with Senator Haywood for Online Social Change Course
Arcadia University and Pennsylvania State Senator Art Haywood are offering a free, self-guided learning opportunity for area high school students interested in social change. Dr. Alison LaLond Wyant , director of the Office of Social Impact and Innovation, and Senator Haywood are co-instructing...
April 1, 2020
Arcadia Community Members Get Counted At Home
“Each of us can mitigate the virus’s threat to the 2020 Census and the 2020 elections by participating from home,” said Arcadia’s Director of the Office of Social Impact & Innovation (SI 2 ) Dr. Alison LaLond Wyant , who is leading the new “Arcadia Votes” civic engagement initiative. Amidst far...
November 25, 2019
Career Education and SI2 Host Social Impact Careers Lunch
The offices of Career Education and Social Impact & Innovation (SI 2 ) joined together to offer their first Social Impact Careers Lunch on Nov. 8, which was attended by 40 students from several different majors. Students were presented with opportunities to consider how their personal values...
October 28, 2019
Arcadia Hosts First Social Impact Careers Lunch 'N' Learn
The offices of Career Education (OCE) and Social Impact and Innovation (SI²) are teaming up to host Arcadia’s first Social Impact Careers Lunch 'N' Learn to encourage students to align their values with their careers. The event’s guest speaker, Julien Franklin—a philanthropic development consultant...
October 16, 2019
At Common Read Event, David Hogg Urges Civic Engagement, Activism
At this year’s Common Read on Oct. 14, 19-year-old David Hogg, March for Our Lives co-founder, gun control advocate, and survivor of last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., urged students to be civically engaged this election season and vote for...
October 10, 2019
SI² Encourages Students to Have Voices Heard This Election Season
Arcadia students can register to vote on campus throughout the year. The Office of Social Impact and Innovation (SI 2 ) is providing supportive services in Blankley Hall to help community members through the process of registering to vote with or without a party affiliation. SI 2 hosted Jihad...