Widener University Humanities

Alumni, Gabby Nye (Spanish/Biology), earns historic NCAA Scholar-Athlete Honor after perfect 4.0 career

Widener's Gabby Nye Earns Historic NCAA Scholar-Athlete Honor After Perfect 4.0 Career Widener's Gabby Nye earned a 4.0 GPA, a doctorate and the NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete Award, a first in school history.

Mark Graybill, professor of English, is quoted in this article examining a selection of books that represent American identity.

5 books that define America — for better and for worse The great American novels know that this is not an innocent country.

Laura Polaski ’28, a secondary education and English major, worked on bringing the PMC story to life, which became an opportunity to connect with a part of Widener's history she hadn't fully known.

Carrying Our Legacy Forward: New Website Connects Generations Through PMC History Widener’s roots as Pennsylvania Military College still echo across the university today. The newly launched PMC website honors its role in the university’s history and helps carry its story forward for future generations.

Assistant Professor of History, Jordan Smith, is the featured guest on this podcast episode exploring the history of rum in the 17th and 18th centuries. Smith covers the production and transport of rum, and how it served as a vital commodity of the time.

How Did Rum Influence the Declaration of Independence? In this episode, we discuss the rum industry in connection with grievances #16 and #17 in the Declaration of Independence: "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world" "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent" Topics include the following: -an explanation of rum production, from suga...

This article features a review of Assistant Professor of History, Jordan Smith's, recently published book "The invention of rum: Creating the quintessential Atlantic commodity," which explores the history of rum around the Atlantic from 1640 to 1810.

Trash into treasure In the November 1948 issue of Ebony, Langston Hughes wrote about Jamaica as an easily accessible, “prejudice-free” travel destination. On arrival at

Sushi-Making event with Professor Mao and Fumiyo Batta - all students in attendance made a California roll and/or a Japanese roll.
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Delaware Law School graduate Paula Yost '05 is the focus of this article from her undergraduate alma mater.

From English major to lawyer, therapist, and entrepreneur Paula Yost ‘02 once struggled to explain to her parents what she could do with a bachelor’s degree in English. Now, her impressive resume reads like three or four lifetimes wrapped into one.

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2026 Humanities Awards Ceremony - Congratulations to all of the students with a 3.5 g.p.a. and above!
Dr. Paul Goldberg, Associate Dean of Humanities
Distinguished Humanities Alumna Award Recipient: Samantha Przybylowicz
Remarks by Distinguished Graduating Senior: Phoebe Robbins

Presentation of Awards
English – Presented by Dr. Annalisa Castaldo
Allison Roelofs Award: Raven Garabo
Susan Hastie Award: Maura O’Brien

History – Presented by Dr. Richard Hopkins
The History Award: Anthony Stuardi

Art & Music - Presented by Dr. Sara Berkowitz
Robert Young Memorial Prize in the Power of Art: Lindsey Felker

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