Participants will receive the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Structured Literacy Toolkit and develop the knowledge, confidence, and practical tools needed to facilitate a Professional Learning Community (PLC) focused on evidence-based literacy instruction.

Each session will include direct engagement with nationally recognized literacy leaders and authors of the Blueprint for Structured Literacy (IDA, 2024), providing participants with the opportunity to deepen their understanding through guided discussion and live Q&A.

This series is ideal for school and district leaders, literacy coaches and specialists, teachers leading professional learning, and educators responsible for implementing structured literacy practices.

All sessions are held live via Zoom from 4:00–5:30 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday’s starting June 16th.

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Act 48 & Wilson Professional Learning Credits Available!

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 4:00-5:00 PM

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The Global Solutions Lab is an immersive, hands-on experience where college students and young professional work in international teams to design real solutions to urgent global and local challenges — using advanced AI tools, systems thinking, and entrepreneurial strategy.

This isn’t a lecture series.
It’s not a simulation.
And it’s not just talk.

It’s a working design lab.

Dates: June 15-24, 2026

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Participants will be provided with a $6,000 stipend. In addition, participants will be able to order up to $1,000 in supplies to continue research in the classroom and up to $1000 in conference travel reimbursement for related professional development.

Learn more and apply by March 31.

The Office of University & Community Partnerships (UCP) hosted a new kit-packing event this year that was open to all students. Volunteers came to the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships and packed 1,550 kits, including 450 appreciation bags for faculty and staff at five local schools with reusable water bottles, chocolates and cards; 100 bags for U.S. Dream Academy participants containing snacks, hygiene products, cards and small toys; and 1,000 “Blessings Bags” for Angels in Motion containing snacks.

More than 200 Dragons participated, coming from student groups and cohorts including Drexel fraternities and sororities, Lebow BRIDGE, resident assistants and their residents and more. In its first year, the kit-packing event was a success, said Rachel Viddy, UCP’s director of Partnerships and Programs, and the Lindy Center wants to make it a mainstay of Drexel’s other Martin Luther King, Jr. Day offerings.

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What to Expect? Workshops & Ideation Sessions to spark your creativity; Mentoring from Drexel CCI faculty, professional staff, and current students; Judging & Awards for top projects; and a chance to learn, compete and connect with like-minded peers.

All experience levels are welcome!!

Date and Time: February 28, 2026, 9:00 am – 6:00 PM

Location: Drexel College of Computing & Informatics, 3675 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Essential Functions

• Implement focused fundraising strategies to secure financial philanthropic support from foundations and corporations in alignment with university priorities.
• Expand the prospect pool of potential foundation and corporate funders.
• Oversee pipeline development to ensure a robust approach to fundraising growth.
• Work in a collaborative and proactive manner with deans, program directors, faculty, staff and administrators.
• Create a culture of philanthropy among this cohort for seeking support from foundations and corporations.
• Develop tailored communications to foundations, in partnership with the development communications and marketing team.
• Leverage the assets of Drexel’s research community, develop opportunities for cross-functional and interdisciplinary proposals.
• Serve as a coach and mentor, providing direct managerial oversight for a centralized Foundation and Corporate Relations team.
• Set annual revenue targets in collaboration with team members and track progress against goals.
• Ensure that all proposals and grant reports to potential funders are accurate, compelling, professionally presented and completed in a timely fashion.
• Proactively steward funder relationships throughout the grant lifecycle, from proposal through final reporting.
• Ensure that resources allocated to the office of FCR, both human capital and operating funds, are well stewarded.
• Serve as an active participant of the Institutional Advancement Leadership Team.
• Serve as an active participant on the Principal Gifts team, submitting materials on a timely basis, effectively managing all projects and assignments, and accompanying the President, Provost and other academic leaders on visits when appropriate.
• Work in a consultative and cooperative manner in support of the President’s Office, the Provost Office and University and Community Partnerships.
• Work closely with the Office of Research and Innovation to coordinate all fundraising efforts as they pertain to multi-tiered funding opportunities for philanthropic and sponsored research.
• Develop and maintain a metrics-based system for tracking and measuring Foundation and Corporate Relations goals and activities.
• Annually develop a comprehensive strategic operating plan for FCR across all units.
• Keep abreast of new trends in the field of institutional fundraising with an emphasis on using data-driven decision-making models.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

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The Director will work across UCP’s centers, programs and initiatives. The Director will partner with stakeholders across the academic, student life and administrative units to create and foster cross-discipline, cross-unit collaborations that promote Drexel’s student-centered mission and commitment to civic engagement and align with its strategic priorities. The Civic Innovation portfolio consists of programs and initiatives that connect student experiential learning with community identified priorities.

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The Director will work across UCP’s centers, programs and initiatives. The Director will partner with stakeholders across the academic, student life and administrative units to create and foster cross-discipline, cross-unit collaborations that promote Drexel’s student-centered mission and commitment to civic engagement and align with its strategic priorities. The Civic Innovation portfolio consists of programs and initiatives that connect student experiential learning with community identified priorities.

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Drexel University Kline School of Law seeks a proactive, creative, innovative, and compassionate individual to join us as the Director of Academic Support. The Kline School of Law is dedicated to supporting every J.D. student’s academic achievement from pre-matriculation through the bar exam, including helping them to develop scholarly habits, executive functioning skills, and critical thinking skills to be an effective learner and future attorney. The Director will serve as an integral part of Kline’s academic support program with an emphasis on working with students to successfully transition into and academically succeed in their law school classes. We expect this position to report to the Director of Academic Support and Bar Success.

Essential Functions

• Develop, implement, oversee, and teach academic support programs for incoming and current law students, including academic skills workshops (i.e. exam preparation, time management, stress management, class preparation)
• Engage in individual academic counseling, including academic performance assessments, goal setting, and developing personalized academic plans
• Work with faculty and administration to identify at-risk students or students on academic probation
• Teach part of 1L orientation and upper level skills course
• Work collaboratively with faculty to develop innovative programs and coordinate academic support services with law school faculty
• Implement pre-matriculation academic preparation programming for incoming J.D. students
• Work closely with the Legal Research Center to advise students on materials that support their academic enrichment
• Coordinate and oversee Dean’s Scholar’s program
• Work closely with the Office of Admissions, Career Services Office, Office of Student Affairs, and Bar Support to help integrate academic support throughout the culture of the law school
• Help as needed with Bar Support Programming

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This inter-campus student dialogue is sponsored and organized by the Drexel Undergraduate Student Government Association. Can We Talk? is an ongoing dialogue initiative of the Committee of Seventy, a good government group based in Philadelphia.

This event will be held on Friday, March 14, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.  It will be hybrid, with an in-person component on the Drexel campus, and a Zoom opportunity available to any college student, undergrad or graduate, in North America.

During this forum, students will have structured, moderated conversations in small groups of 5-7 about the issues that matter to them. They will use the Can We Talk? ground rules; learn more about the ground rules from the Committee of Seventy and learn about Tips for Effective Listenting. The Drexel student government leaders will decide the topics in collaboration with the Can We Talk? moderating team.

The report’s release coincides with the 10th anniversary year of the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, a centerpiece of Drexel’s community engagement, and communicates for the first time the array of initiatives led by Drexel’s faculty, professional staff, students and alumni over the past 10–15 years to foster positive social, economic and educational outcomes in the broader community.

In all of these initiatives, Drexel has worked alongside West Philadelphia residents and a wide range of civic and nonprofit partners to address critical challenges such as health equity, climate resilience, education access, the digital divide, workforce development and community safety. Through Drexel’s special brand of experiential education, these initiatives have also connected students to valuable roles in socially meaningful research, impactful practices and true community partnership.

This report organizes these initiatives into six core themes underlying Drexel’s approach to community engagement:

• Learning: Collaborations with public schools to improve instruction and learning, provide “near peer” mentorships, and deepen classroom teaching opportunities for Drexel students.
• Thriving: Health and wellness initiatives run by students across the University, and particularly in the health sciences disciplines, to support all aspects of community health.
• Inquiry: Research partnerships with community members to address local challenges, from climate change to social justice.
• Connection: Building cultural and social ties through arts, athletics and creative programming.
• Work: Workforce and economic development initiatives, including legal, technical, digital and employment support.
• Change: Efforts to create a cradle-to-career pipeline rich with opportunity for the residents of West Philadelphia.

This work underscores the importance of respectful and reciprocal relationships between the University and community organizations. Drexel is deeply grateful to West Philadelphia residents and its civic and nonprofit partners for their collaboration and commitment over the past 15 years.

Our Shared Community is available online.

For more information about the report and to learn how to get involved, please visit Drexel’s Office of University and Community Partnerships here.

The Deputy ED will report programmatic efforts and developments to the CNSJ Executive Director and communicate effectively with the CNSJ Advisory Board by providing timely information and programmatic updates. The Deputy ED will collaborate with the CNSJ’s Director of Fiscal Operations and HHP’s Medical Director to ensure cohesion among center-based projects and initiatives and that fiscal, budget, data, and reporting considerations are being supported by the work conducted by program staff. The Deputy ED will support the execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting across the CNSJ, while pursuing grant opportunities to sustain and expand the CNSJ activities. This position will also assist the CNSJ ED and work with the Director of Fiscal Operations in the planning and execution of the CNSJ annual budget. This role would also be tasked with maintaining relationships and meeting the expectations of the CNSJ’s multiple funders and partner organizations.

The Deputy ED will execute the CNSJ’s mission and strategic goals and formulate policies and procedures under the supervision of the CNSJ Executive Director. The Deputy ED will represent the CNSJ at local funder and community events, actively engaging with the CNSJ multiple stakeholders and partners.

The Deputy ED will be located at the CNSJ’s main office in downtown Philadelphia (3 days per week required, 4 preferred) and support the CNSJ’s Healing Hurt People program efforts at St Christopher’s Hospital for Children. This position requires local and occasional national travel. The CNSJ is housed within Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health and affiliated with the College of Medicine. The CNSJ has a dynamic relationship with various community partners.

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It’s about working with the people who see problems in a community and have insight on how to come to an inclusive solution. It’s never one person or one group deciding how to solve problems — it’s a collective process, and it has many iterations at the Lindy Center.

Since the 2021–22 school year, the Lindy Center has offered Anti-Racism Mini Grants to students working in areas focused on dialogue, education, arts and culture, economic mobility and global perspectives.

“We ended up with some really wonderful projects that we were funding and this year, we’re just continuing to refine the process and ask ourselves questions,” Scharf said. “Is this accomplishing what we wanted to accomplish in terms of being able to support students who have a vision for projects that use antiracism as a lens and address structural racism? We’re excited about the way it’s played out.”

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The City of Philadelphia’s PHLConnectED program has helped pre-K–12 families access free or low-cost internet. However, this service is ending on July 31, 2023.

Families have the opportunity to switch to the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which will provide $30 off their monthly internet bill. For most, the credit will qualify as free internet. If families do not switch, they will see a new monthly charge on future bills when PHLConnectED ends.

The event is free and open to everyone, and lunch will be served. Volunteers will be available to work 1-on-1 through the enrollment process.

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The Environmental Collaboratory and other grant partners will work closely with farmers, students, investors, Indigenous peoples, advocates, and many others to make change and advance equitable climate strategies.

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The discussion may last anywhere between 45 minutes – 1.5 hours, depending on where you decide to elaborate in the sharing of your experiences with us. Your participation will earn you a choice to receive a small financial compensation or you can decide to donate your earnings to a charitable organization of your choice. If you choose to donate your study earnings, the funding will be provided independently by members of the research team and in no way will be affiliated with Drexel University funding. Payments will be made approximately one week after the interview session.

Eligibility

We are looking for U.S.-based adults who are at least 18 years old, speak English fluently, reside in the U.S., and have engaged in some sort of volunteering for a school in the Philadelphia region within the past 3 months.

For “online volunteering”, we are referring to the following operational definition: “Online volunteering consists of formal volunteer work that partly or wholly uses a device connected to Internet-based technologies to perform tasks for an organization in order to contribute to a mission-oriented cause that benefits society.”- C. Anthony

Requirements

The study requires you to carefully listen to the interviewer’s questions and share your experiences verbally.

Confidentiality

Your responses are completely confidential. Results will only be used for research purposes. As such, we ask that you please be honest and truthful in your responses.

Participation

Participating in this study is voluntary. You may discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits.

Risks/Discomforts

We anticipate no risks or discomforts associated with participation in this study.

If you are interested in participating in this research study, contact Carissa Anthony at cma348@drexel.edu.

Additional Information

This research is being conducted by researchers from Drexel University and the Drexel Institutional Review Board (IRB) is overseeing this study. If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about the research, you can contact the research team (contact: Dr. Jillian Hmurovic, jlh596@drexel.edu). If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, questions about subjects’ rights, would like to obtain more information, or would like to offer input, you may also contact Drexel’s IRB office independent of the research team (contact: 267-359-2471 or email: HRPP@drexel.edu).

Thursday evening will be held at the Lindy Center (3210 Cherry Street) for an introduction to the pedagogy and to one another. Friday will begin with a session at Norris Square Neighborhood Project where we will learn alongside their staff and stakeholders about engaged, place-based learning and building relationships to address place-based issues. We will have lunch at Norris Square, and conclude the training back at the Lindy Center with a debrief and introduction to course and syllabus development.

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Essential Functions

• Develop a strategy to recruit student groups to develop and offer programming to middle school students in OST space. This may include a process for developing and evaluating RFPs, outreach to student organizations, and/or recruitment presentations to student groups.
• Act as connector between school community and Drexel groups.
• Provide onboarding support and logistics for Drexel students and faculty and staff advisor, including meeting regularly with each student group to offer ongoing coaching and feedback to improve programming.
• Work closely with OST and school staff to align scheduling between university and school district calendars.
• Identify alternate opportunities for students and faculty to engage in serving middle school students.
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• Build the capacity of Drexel community members in supporting neighborhood-based middle school partnerships.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Enrollment Management and Student Success (EMSS) to develop a Drexel University campus tour that is targeted to engage and motivate middle school students.
• Provide on-the-ground support to middle school groups visiting campus as well as coordinating transportation and lunch as needed.
• Develop evaluation tools and regularly evaluate program with support from OST partners, including developing surveys and other tools.
• Prepare reports for external program funder and UCP Drexel leadership.
• Provide and post content on appropriate professional social media accounts.

Application Deadline: December 20, 2022

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