Cedar Crest College News

It's not so much that Ardath Rodale ran the day-to-day operations of the Emmaus publishing company that bore her name -- she had business people to do that during her long tenure as CEO.

Beryl Robichaud Collins, died on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at Hightstown, N.J. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1919; she lived most of her early life in Wisconsin.

The parents of Melanie Williams and Jerry Warner III announce the engagement of their children.

The parents of Melanie Williams and Jerry Warner III announce the engagement of their children.

Many commanders in chief have made the claim of being the ''education president.'' Barack Obama may well be the first to seize the title ''community college president.'' Somewhere between the arrival of a crushing recession and a vice president whose wife is a community college professor, two-year colleges have leapt into the spotlight, as ...

So often help for children comes from adults, and with good reason. But the efforts of children who help other children were recognized for their innocence, strength and poignancy Nov.

It's a painful moment. Alice, a respected 50-year-old college professor, played by actor Vicki Montesano, admits to her husband that she got lost in a place she had been to a hundred times.

GODSPELL AUDITIONS Cedar Crest College will hold auditions for Godspell 7 p.m. Nov 17 and 18 in Alumni Hall.

Lisa Genova, who wrote the best-selling novel ''Still Alice'' about a woman with Alzheimer's disease , will speak at a free workshop on the disorder 8:30 a.m.-noon Friday at Cedar Crest College in Allentown.

BETTER TO GIVE: The Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals honors several individuals and groups as 2009 Award Winners for Excellence in Philanthropy at a breakfast beginning with registration at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at De Sales University Center, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley .

Urban legends have been dramatized and sensationalized across the world for centuries.

Occasionally, I'll get a call from somebody who thinks it might be "fun and interesting" to be in the world of PR, or aA publicist.A But they don't want to go back to college and spend more than $50,000 on aA degree in PR or communications.

Carmen Twillie Ambar assumed the presidency of Cedar Crest College 14 months ago, so it seemed a little odd to find her being inaugurated Friday amid classic collegiate pomp and ceremony.

Carmen Twillie Ambar was inaugurated Friday as the president of Cedar Crest College.

More than a year after taking the job, the new president of Cedar Crest College in Allentown was officially inaugurated today.

SUPPORTING THE ARTS: The Baum School of Art holds its annual scholarship gala beginning with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the school, 510 Linden St., Allentown.

Eric Makovsky, 36, who grew up in North Whitehall Township but now lives in Washington, D.C., finished first today in the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon for Via with a time of 2 hours, 49 minutes.

After nearly two decades without a Fair Queen, the Allentown Fair revived the tradition this year with more of an emphasis on farming and agriculture.

Daniel Santaniello, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank, announces that Noelle Krempasky Lantka has recently been promoted to Marketing Communications Officer.

Noelle Krempasky Lantka , Peckville, was recently promoted to marketing communications officer at the financial institution.