Month: April 2017

Charles Blockson, the namesake of the Charles Blockson Afro-American Collection in Sullivan Hall, will receive the Philadelphia Award for 2016 in honor of his documentation of African-American history in Philadelphia and nationwide. He will be

Cortlyn Raynes transferred from Ithaca College to compete at the D-I level.

Dick Vermeil, who led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl in 1981, will receive a doctorate of humane letters, while Estelle Richman, a former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, will receive a doctorate of laws.