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CORONA VIRUS COVERAGE: WILL SPORTS RETURN
March 1, 2025
The corona virus has affected many students involved in different activities and while some have found a way to survive, other students involved in athletics are missing being able to compete for the Pride. Many of Widener’s athletes say that they miss being a part of a team. Bonding with their old and new teammates during practice is something that they miss
BREONNA TAYLOR
March 1, 2025
Racism is a major problem rooted in the United States. Many people are treated as inferior because of the color of their skin. Over the past few months, many people have taken initiative and stood up to fight against the racism many African Americans face every day.
CHESTER SWEEPS
March 1, 2025
During, the month of October, Chester sweeps came to clean Widener’s off campus community. Many Widener students, a few alumni and faculty came together to pick up trash at Sunhill. Snacks, trash bags, rakes, gloves and some masks were provided for volunteers who came to help with the cause. Front lawns and sidewalks got a much needed clean on 15th street and beyond.
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HOMECOMING 2020: AT HOME TOGETHER
March 1, 2025
Homecoming is the time of year where students, faculty, and alumni get together to watch the Homecoming football game, enjoy each other's company, connect, reconnect, and enjoy Widener as a whole. However, due to the Coronavirus and the recent pandemic, Homecoming was less of an in-person event and more of a virtual event. The Pride Activity Council worked hard to put together activities to make this Homecoming as fun as possible even though we are all far away.
CORONA VIRUS COVERAGE: VIRTUAL OPEN MIC
March 1, 2025
The English and creative writing department had a busy October this semester as they hosted Visiting Writer Amina Gautier and hosted the virtual open mic during homecoming week. Many Widener students, alumni, and faculty have attended the event and read their own original works. Dean, Nicole Rayfeild read from her new poetry book Swing: Poems in a time of quarantine and a Widener alumni read from a manuscript written in their MFA class that was inspired by a creative work in professor Jayne Thompsons class. The pride was happy to have their current students and alumni back home.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: NEW BEGINNINGS
March 1, 2025
On January 20, 2021, our new President and Vice President were sworn into office. Joseph Biden became the 46th President of the United States.
WIDENER’S ACCOMPLISHED UNDERGRADS: HONORING A LOOK AT HONORS WEEK 2021
March 1, 2025
Honors Week, a tradition of Widener University since March 1992, is a week-long celebration of Widener undergraduate students and their academic accomplishments. Beginning as a small-scale affair of two days of student presentations and one Honor Society induction, Honors Week has grown over the past 29 years into five days of student research presentations, multiple honor society inductions, and a variety of faculty- and student-focused events. During the 2021 Honors Week, 35 students from a vast variety of majors were selected to present their projects and research developed during their undergraduate career. Featured below are some of these accomplished Honors Week presenters.
CONNECTING ACROSS BOUNDARIES: THE BENEFITS OFÂ WIDENERCONNECT
March 1, 2025
Widener University’s commitment to providing student-focused career resources has continued to remain strong in the face of constantly shifting schedules and general uncertainty within the community. WidenerCONNECT is one of the newest and most comprehensive programs introduced by the Office of Career Design and Development and is available to all Widener students!
CORONA VIRUS COVERAGE: COMING BACK STRONG
March 1, 2025
Sports was a possibility this semester for our Widener Pride. With covid causing uncertain times many of our winter and spring athletes were hoping for the chance to compete this season but many of our athletes had low hopes after the cancelation of fall sports this year.
TAKE A LOOK INTO THE ENGLISH SUITE
March 1, 2025
The English Suite Podcast is the official podcast for the English and Creative writing department here at Widener University. The podcast started as an idea from professor Jim Esch, who pitched the concept of having a podcast one day at a Blue Route meeting in the fall semester. Despite the virtual school year, the podcast was able to thrive through the use of zoom recordings and editing software.
WIDENER ESPORTS TACKLE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS IN SCRIMMAGE
March 1, 2025
The Widener Esports League of Legends team had their second scrim of the year last Thursday. They plan to hold at least one scrim, or scrimmage, a week on Tuesdays in preparation for their upcoming season which starts in two weeks.
WIDENER MEN'S SOCCER FALLS TO SUSQUEHANNA
March 1, 2025
Those who attended the soccer game on Saturday definitely got a kick out of watchingour boys take on a close game with the River Hawks. Despite home field advantage, Widenerfalls 4-2 in their first matchup with Susquehanna this season.
SURCA: STUDENTS AT WORK WITH RESEARCH
March 1, 2025
Learn about the research projects presented by Widener students at this years SURCA.
FALL SEMESTER FOOD DRIVE
March 1, 2025
Dr. Blake’s Soc-252 class is currently running a food drive to benefit members of the Chester community who are in need. The food drive started on September 20th and will run until October 29th.
CAPS PROGRAM
By Sarah Hurley
Do you feel stressed? Overwhelmed? Anxious? Sad? If so, these are a few signs you should start taking care of your mental health.  One major on-campus resource Widener has to offer is its Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).
COURAGE WEEK
Zoe Sweet
Dare to Defy. A powerful theme of this year’s courage week. Courage week is a week dedicated to showing students deviation to have courage throughout every situation. The Apogee Scholar put months of work into this event, typically it is a day-long event, but this year Widner is celebrating all week long. Apogee Scholars is a leadership program here on campus. In high school students are nominated by their teachers and principals, and then they are offered a scholarship to Widener with an invitation to join the program.
30TH ANNIVERSARY HONORS WEEK
Zoe Sweet
From March 14th to March 18th, Widener had the opportunity to celebrate its students with an annual tradition of Honors Week. Dr. Graybill, director of the Honors Program in General Education