Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College will host a Fair Trade and Alternative Gift Giving event on Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Chestnut Hill College will host an exhibit of tapestries from South Africa created by the Kopanang Women’s Group. The Kopanang Women’s Group is part of The Sithand'izingane Care Project of South Africa that addresses poverty, AIDS and violence.

The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Chestnut Hill College with a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities.

David Contosta, an author and history professor at Chestnut Hill College, devoted six years of research in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin for his work Rebel Giants: The Revolutionary Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.

Sheila Kennedy, SSJ, Ph.D., director of the counseling center at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pa. provides tips for parents and students on how to get along during the long holiday break from classes.

Sheila Kennedy, SSJ, Ph.D., Director of the Counseling Center at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pa., gives some everyday tips to make the holidays less stressful.

Chestnut Hill College placed third among the 14 colleges at the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup on October 26, 2008. The Griffins made the Final Four in the Middlebury College Tournament, defeating Princeton University and three other colleges.

Chestnut Hill College will be one of fourteen schools traveling to Middlebury College in Vermont to participate in the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup on October 26, 2008.

Chestnut Hill College will present “An Emerald Evening,” a casino night & auction on Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 6 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. in the Sorgenti Arena located on the College’s campus at 9601 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia.

Advice from Susan C. McGroarty, Ph.D. and Ana Caro, Psy.D., assistant professors of psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia on how to talk to young children if you have to take a toy from them because it is on the recall list.