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The 17³Ô¹ÏÍø Impact
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After transferring to 17³Ô¹ÏÍø, O'Pake Fellow helps make difference in Reading
Ask Jamal Dancy '24 about his university experience and he won’t sugarcoat it: College can be hard.But he feels like 17³Ô¹ÏÍø is a place where, despite your struggles, you can feel secure in the fact that if you ask for help, you’ll get...
Community-college transfer thrives at 17³Ô¹ÏÍø before graduating at age 18
Envision entering college as a 16-year-old. Actually, imagine transferring from taking classes at your local community college and living at home during COVID to a school away from home as a full-time student at age 16. That’s what Cora Cox '24 di...
Transfer student driven to help commuters feel at home on campus
Chelsea Burke '25 admits that when she set to transfer from Montgomery County Community College to 17³Ô¹ÏÍø after earning an associate degree, she was putting all of her eggs into one basket, so to speak. But that’s because it was the p...
Fundraising master, a two-time alumna and staff leader, honored with national award
Meggan Kerber ’96 MBA ’01 has spent most of her professional career thinking about others. Even when she has been honored — receiving 17³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Ellen Frei Gruber Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014 and having one of the county’s fundraising a...