Airmall At Pittsburgh International Celebrates New Stores, Renovation
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The place known for jet ways featured a runway Sept. 29.
The Airmall at Pittsburgh International Airport teamed with the Allegheny County Airport Authority for a special fashion event to mark the 15th anniversary of the airport authority and celebrate the completion of a $10 million renovation that created a new retail core in the center of the airport's air-side terminal.
"Fly 2014: An Invitation to Fashion & Flair With Altitude" showcased the latest styles from the Airmall shops. The fashion show was the first event of this kind for the airport since it opened in 1992.
The show helped introduce new retail stores at the Airmall, including several international luxury brands. Italian-based Pinko recently opened its first U.S. store in the Airmall. Other stores include Furla, Lacoste, Armani Jeans, Hugo Boss, Tumi, Desigual, Collezioni — the Beauty Gallery and Bottega dei Sapori, an Italian specialty foods store.
Read more: http://triblive.com/lifestyles/fashion/6785773-74/airmall-airport-stores#ixzz3EprxD0v5
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By Roy • Posted in Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania, Shopping / Dining, Travel	• Tagged Airmall, Allegheny County, Allegheny County Airport Authority, Desigual, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, new stores, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh International Airport, renovations, retail, Tumi
Scranton Commuter Tax Struck Down By Judge
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Scranton commuters will not have to pay a commuter tax.
Senior Judge John Braxton of Philadelphia issued an order today striking down Scranton's commuter tax.
The judge dismissed two procedural objections made by petitioners opposing the commuter tax, but agreed that Act 205 doesn't give the city power to exclusively levy a tax on commuters. The wage tax had to be levied on both nonresidents and residents.
Read more: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/commuter-tax-struck-down-by-judge-1.1762802
By Roy • Posted in Uncategorized	• Tagged Act 205, budget deficit, Commuter tax, commuting, John Braxton, Lackawanna County, law, pensions, Philadelphia, Politics, Scranton PA
Frein Manhunt Moves North
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Barrett Township, PA. — The manhunt for a suspected cop killer shifted again Monday, but by nightfall had returned to the area where law enforcement focused their search efforts in recent days.
At about 11 a.m., state police cruisers, lights flashing, roared down Route 447, turning onto Spruce Cabin Road to establish a perimeter. More positioned themselves along the eastern edge of Route 447 and peered into the trees. The perimeter wrapped around to Route 390 and continued to the area near the Barrett Township Elementary Center, which was being used as a staging area, then it wrapped back east.
State troopers appeared on high alert.
Monday marked the 17th full day of searching for Eric Matthew Frein. Police accuse the 31-year-old of taking position outside of the Blooming Grove barracks Pike County with a .308-caliber rifle and opening fire during a late-night shift change on Sept. 12, killing state police Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and severely wounding Trooper Alex Douglass. State police said he then disappeared into the vast surrounding woodlands. Frein, of 308 Seneca Lane, Canadensis, left behind his parents' Jeep Cherokee in a swampy retention pond two miles north of the barracks.
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/frein-manhunt-moves-north-1.1762392
By Roy • Posted in Pennsylvania	• Tagged Alex Douglass, Barrett Township Elementary Center, Barrett Township PA, Blooming Grove, Bryon Dickson, Canadensis, Eric Matthew Frein, fugitive, manhunt, Monroe County, Pennsylvania State Police, Route 447, state police
Easton Garlic Fest 2014
Sat & Sun, Oct 4th & 5th
10am – pm, rain or shine
Centre Square, downtown Easton
Check out their website for all the information you need: http://www.eastongarlicfest.com/index.php
By Roy • Posted in Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Entertainment, Food, Music, Shopping / Dining, Travel	• Tagged beer, Centre Square, downtown Easton, Easton PA, Events and Festivals, Food, Garlic, Garlic Fest, Music, Northampton County
Frontier Airlines To Return To Philadelphia
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Frontier Airlines – with new owners, a new management team, and a new logo on its planes – is coming to Philadelphia with flights to seven cities.
Denver's hometown airline will announce Tuesday nonstop flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, Fla., and Cancun, Mexico, in December, and to Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., and Chicago next spring.
"These are underserved markets with very high fares," Frontier chief executive officer David Siegel said. "We're going to expand the market, stimulating it with low fares and dropping in a little bit of capacity."
Frontier hasn't flown scheduled service from Philadelphia since January 2013, soon after it began flights from Trenton-Mercer Airport.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140930_JETTING_BACK_IN.html#sifzAxdbfOBcouvv.99
By Roy • Posted in Philadelphia, Travel	• Tagged air travel, airline hubs, airlines, American Airlines, Chicago, David Siegel, Denver, discount airfare, Frontier Airlines, Indigo Partners of Phoenix, mergers and acquisitions, New Castle Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport, Travel, Trenton-Mercer Airport
HOOVER FINANCIAL ADVISORS DESIGNATES OCTOBER FUNDS FOR FOOD MONTH TO BENEFIT CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK
Malvern, PA – "We all know that wonderful feeling of satisfaction when we see our seasonal tables laden with delicious food," says Pete Hoover, president of Hoover Financial Advisors, P.C. "My mouth waters just thinking about holiday turkey, ham, cranberry sauce, yams, a bounty of vegetables and an array of tantalizing desserts. We are very blessed, but many folks in America and even Chester County are not so fortunate. Some 70,000 people in our area are food insecure and rely on the good will of others for help."
This concern by Hoover and his staff prompted them to adopt the local food bank as its charity of record. Earlier this year, the HFA staff spent a day at its distribution center packing produce. Chester County Food Bank, which was founded in 2009, is comprised of a network of 90 food cupboards and feeding sites. In the past two years, it has distributed 1, 717, 689 pounds of food; of that total, fresh produce amounted to 432, 763 pounds. In addition, there is a children's backpack program.
The financial planning firm has designated October as HFA Funds for Food Month. "This means that throughout October, we will collect money to support Chester County Food Bank and its many programs, including the Community, the Classroom and the Cafeteria, which increases equitable access to fresh healthy food for school children," explains Hoover. "Last year, we raised $8,600 during our fall campaign, an increase of $3,100 over 2012. Our goal was $7,500 and we were delighted to go beyond our target objective. We are hoping to bring in $10,000 for the Food Bank this fall. Contributions from organizations and individuals have helped the Food Bank increase distribution by 119 percent providing the equivalent of 1.7 million meals since 2011", concludes Hoover.
To participate in HFA Funds for Food Month: Send or drop off a check made out to Chester County Food Bank to HFA's office at 112 Moores Road, Malvern, PA. (For each dollar donated, the food bank can provide four meals or five pounds of food.)
HFA, which is headquartered on Moores Road in Malvern, was launched in 2005 by Hoover, who has been an independent financial advisor for more than 30 years. Since its inception, HFA has quadrupled in size. Employees include client relationship managers, financial planners, insurance and tax specialists, investment analyst and an information services manager. HFA selected as 2012 Small Business of the Year by Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry. For more information, visit its website at petehoover.com or call 610.651.2777. To learn about Chester County Food Bank, call 610.873.6000 or go to http://www.chestercountyfoodbank.org.
By Roy • Posted in Chester County, Food	• Tagged backpack program, Chester County, Chester County Food Bank, Food bank, fundraiser, HFA Funds for Food Month, Hoover Financial Advisors, Malvern PA, Pete Hoover
RadioShack Decline Belies Its Longevity
By Fort Worth Star-telegram
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, 9:00 p.m.
FORT WORTH, TX — During nearly a century in retailing, RadioShack has reinvented itself time and again as the American consumer moved from primitive radio kits to ever-sophisticated audio equipment, CB radios, and computers and wireless phones.
But now the Fort Worth-based consumer electronics pioneer finds itself tethered to a bygone era, with its 4,000 company-owned stores as much a burden as a benefit, its website delivering only modest returns in this cyber age and competitors — from behemoths such as Amazon.com and Wal-Mart to wireless providers — attacking on all fronts. The company warned recently that bankruptcy could be near if it can't secure financing.
Just nine years ago, RadioShack enthusiastically opened its new $200 million headquarters, a complex of 900,000 square feet situated majestically on 38 acres on the banks of the Trinity River. With a 500-seat cafe, an open floor plan and a fitness center, it was supposed to help propel the chain to greater entrepreneurial heights.
Read more: http://triblive.com/business/headlines/6848703-74/radioshack-stores-company#ixzz3Ej79tvLU
By Roy • Posted in Shopping / Dining	• Tagged Apple, Bernie Appel, business model, Charles Tandy, competitive, Consumer electronics, Fix It Here, Fort Worth Texas, Joe Magnacca, profitibility, RadioShack, retail, Shopping, wireless
August Wilson Center To Be Sold To Foundations
Dollar Bank and the court-appointed receiver for the debt-ridden August Wilson Center for African American Culture struck a deal on Monday to sell the embattled Downtown cultural center to a coalition of foundations for $8.85 million.
The agreement nixes the proposed $9.5 million sale of the center to New York-based 980 Liberty Partners, a developer that wanted to build a 200-room luxury hotel atop the existing two stories and share space with the center.
The surprise announcement shortly before noon in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court halted what was supposed to be a two- to three-day trial over deed terms before it began. It marked a shift in course for court-appointed receiver Judith K. Fitzgerald, who had previously urged the judge to approve the sale to 980.
Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/6866840-74/million-center-court#ixzz3Ej4UAIHV
By Roy • Posted in Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania, Politics	• Tagged Allegheny County, Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, coalition, debt, Dollar Bank, donations, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority, public funding, sale, Sheriff's sale
Gov. Corbett Announces Redevelopment Grant For Former Saks Site, Oliver Building
Trinity Epsicopal with its neighbors, the Oliver Building and the old Gimbels (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Surrounded by an array of Pittsburgh civic and development interests, Gov. Tom Corbett stood in Mellon Square Monday to announce a $4 million state grant to seed the redevelopment of the Henry W. Oliver Building and its neighbor, the former Saks Fifth Avenue department store.
Mr. Corbett told a small crowd overlooking the planned developments that the Henry W. Oliver Building had special interest for him because he had worked in an office there during his career in private practice before joining the U.S. attorney's office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Noting that he had been in the city last week to release state funds for a theater project for Point Park University, Mr. Corbett called Pittsburgh, "a model for redevelopment and smart growth."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/09/29/Governor-Corbett-announced-redevelopment-grant-for-Downtown-Pittsburgh/stories/201409290199
By Roy • Posted in Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania	• Tagged Allegheny County, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Chuck Perlow, Embassy Suites Hotel, Henry W. Oliver Building, Mellon Square, mixed use development, parking, Pittsburgh, Point Park University, redevelopment, Residential, restoration, retail, Saks Fifth Avenue, smart growth, Smithfield Street, Tom Corbett
Clay Township Fatal Home Invasion Suspects' Descriptions Released
More than two days after a home-invasion shooting that left a Clay Township man dead and his father critically wounded, authorities released descriptions of two suspects, who remained at large Sunday afternoon.
One is described as a young adult male, 5'9″-5'11" and of average build, according to a Lancaster City-County Crime Stoppers release late Sunday afternoon. The other is a young adult male with dark eyes, blonde hair, about 5'9″ and of average build.
The men, both masked, entered the home James Simmons, 44, was renting at 580 Clearview Road. Police responded about 11:05 p.m. Thursday.
Brett J. Simmons, 23, was found dead in the back yard of the property; James Simmons was found on the second floor.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/clay-fatal-home-invasion-suspects-descriptions-released/article_40900294-4752-11e4-8da0-001a4bcf6878.html
By Roy • Posted in Lancaster	• Tagged Brett J. Simmons, Chief David Steffen, Clay Township, Clearview Road, District Attorney Craig Stedman, home invasion, homicide, homicide suspect, James Simmons, Lancaster City-County Crime Stoppers, Lancaster County, Northern Lancaster County Regional police
Residents Show Support For Police – Manhunt Continues
BARRETT TOWNSHIP, PA — Eight-year-old Natalie Winot has watched state police and investigators wandering through her neighborhood for days on end.
The two stationed near her house in Canadensis since the search for a suspected gunman Eric Matthew Frein began demonstrated to her and her brother, Nicholas, how their bomb-sniffing dogs perform their jobs. Natalie now keeps trading cards with the dog's photos in her school folder.
The Winots showed the officers how to feed carrots to a people-loving deer they call Cindy. The officers snapped pictures of Cindy to send to their children.
Natalie wanted to show her support for the officers who have helped her family feel safe during a weeks-long manhunt for Frein 31, of Canadensis, who has eluded police since a Sept. 12 ambush and shooting at the Blooming Grove state police barracks which left Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II of Dunmore dead and Trooper Alex T. Douglass of Olyphant critically injured.
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/residents-show-support-for-police-1.1761947
By Roy • Posted in Pennsylvania	• Tagged ambush, Barrett Township PA, Canadensis PA, Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II, Eric Matthew Frein, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, fugitive, homicide, manhunt, Monroe County, Pennsylvania State Police, Pocono Mountains, Route 447, Snow Hill Road, state police, Trooper Alex T. Douglass
Philadelphia's New Gem: A Stroll On The Schuylkill
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Let New York gloat about completing the High Line. Philadelphia is about to debut a linear park that might be even more impressive: the Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk.
As wonderful as the High Line is, it merely allows people to wend their way through Manhattan a few stories above its bustling streets. When the latest segment of the Schuylkill Banks trail opens to the public Thursday, you'll be able to walk on water, under the glittering gaze of the Center City skyline.
The new 15-foot-wide walkway dives into the river at Locust Street, and doesn't crawl back onto dry land until it reaches the South Street Bridge, a joyous journey more than 2,000 feet long. Along the way, you're borne over the water like Huck and Jim on their raft, simultaneously a part of the world and temporarily removed from it.
Big puffball canopies of trees sweep past. Trains rumble by, keeping time with your step. Cars whoosh along the expressway on the opposite bank. In the evening, as the lee shore fades to black and lights flicker on, the city can feel as distant as outer space. Cars and trains devolve into abstract streaks of color. Only the lapping river is a reminder that the solid earth remains nearby.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/home/20140928_Changing_Skyline__A_Stroll_on_the_Schuylkill.html#3zXOsHclp7lMEyYi.99
By Roy • Posted in Philadelphia	• Tagged boardwalk, caissons, causeway, Center City Philadelphia, High Line, linear park, panoramic vista, Philadelphia, Philadelphia skyline, Reading Viaduct, Recreation, Schuylkill Banks, Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk, Schuylkill River, Schuylkill River Trail
Cooper Health Executive John Sheridan, Wife Found Dead After Fire In Home
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Arson and major crimes detectives were investigating a fire at the home of John P. Sheridan Jr., president and CEO of the Cooper University Health System, and his wife – whose bodies were found in their bedroom Sunday morning, authorities said.
Firefighters found Sheridan, 72, and his wife, Joyce, 69, when they were called to the couple's home in Skillman, Somerset County, in central New Jersey. Neighbors saw smoke coming from the house but no flames.
The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said detectives from its arson task force and the major crimes unit assigned to the case had been joined by the crime scene investigation and forensic units.
The New Jersey regional medical examiner was scheduled to perform autopsies. No preliminary information had been released on the suspected cause of death.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20140929_Cooper_Health_executive_John_Sheridan__wife_Joyce__die_unexpectedly_in_N_J_.html#LGgTer5CrSypoGZv.99
By Roy • Posted in New Jersey	• Tagged arson, Cooper Health, Cooper University Health System, fire, George E. Norcross III, John P. Sheridan Jr, John Sheridan, major crimes, New Jersey, Skillman NJ, Somerset County
Turning Up The Lights On Gray Market St. East
English: Lit Brothers Department Store, 701-39 Market Street (block bounded by Market, 7th, Filbert, 8th Streets) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (33 buildings built between 1859 and 1918, unified by a brick & iron facade). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Times Square-ification of Market Street East in central Philadelphia is underway, and it is starting at one of the most treasured buildings on one of the most stubbornly seedy thoroughfares in Center City.
Construction scaffolding has begun its crawl up the cake-frosting-white facade of the former Lit Bros. department store, a century-old architectural wonder that will be home to the city's first flashy, high-tech video billboard screens.
Over the next three months, crews will work to install stadiumlike, wraparound LED signs rising 14 feet above the roofline of both corners of the landmark structure on the 700 block of Market Street.
Officials hope to light up Lits for the first time on New Year's Eve – the holiday synonymous with Times Square, the Manhattan billboard mecca whose mojo Market Street's boosters and investors are hoping to mimic.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140928_Video_screens_to_add_some_pop_to_street.html#pR6W1yWRRd3Al006.99
By Roy • Posted in Philadelphia, Shopping / Dining	• Tagged Advertising, Center City Philadelphia, Century 21, economic development, LED lighting, Light-emitting diode, Lit Brothers, Market Street, Market-Frankford El subway, marketing, Mellon Independence Center, redevelopment, retail, Shopping, The Gallery at Market East, Times Square
Downtown Inc Using "Destination Branding" To Market York Neighborhoods
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If you name it, they will come.
Sonia Huntzinger, executive director of Downtown Inc, said that's the theory behind York's recent push to brand pockets of its 26-block downtown business district, creating a patchwork of neighborhoods that will each offer something different to regional visitors.
In the last two years, the nonprofit, which promotes revitalization of the city, has partnered with grassroots groups to demarcate several sections, including Royal Square, the Market District, Beaver Street and the latest, Weco.
The growth in destination branding, as the strategy is called, has coincided with Downtown Inc's "Who Knew" campaign, a YouTube ad effort that highlights shopping and eatery options with the goal of bringing more foot traffic into local businesses.
Read more: http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_26617958/downtown-inc-using-destination-branding-market-city-neighborhoods
By Roy • Posted in Entertainment, Shopping / Dining, York	• Tagged Beaver Street, central business district, destination branding, destination shopping, Downtown Inc, downtown York, foot traffic, market district, marketing, rebranding, restaurants, retail, Royal Square, Royal Square Development Group, Shopping / Dining, Sonia Huntzinger, Weco, York County, York PA
York City Police Announce 11 Drug Arrests
York City Police released more details Friday about an operation this week to arrest people facing drug charges.
Since Tuesday, 11 people have been taken into custody, according to a press release.
The alleged drug deliveries occurred during the past two weeks in the areas of Maple and Duke streets and Pine and Princess streets.
Read more: http://www.yorkdispatch.com/business/ci_26608732/york-city-police-announce-11-drug-arrests?source=most_viewed
By Roy • Posted in York	• Tagged arrest, crime, drug arrests, drug trafficking, drugs, Law Enforcement, police, Southside gang members, York County, York PA, York Police Department
No Arrests Yet In Clay Twp. Home-Invasion Killing; Father Still Alive
A 23-year-old man was shot and killed and his father shot and injured in a Clay Township home-invasion shooting Thursday night.
Brett Simmons, 23, died from an apparent gunshot wound, according to county coroner Stephen Diamantoni. An autopsy will be performed Monday morning.
Police have provided few details.
Saturday morning, officials did confirm that no one has been charged. Also, they said, Simmons' father is alive at an area hospital.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/no-arrests-yet-in-clay-twp-home-invasion-killing-father/article_44b91bc8-452a-11e4-981e-001a4bcf6878.html
By Roy • Posted in Lancaster	• Tagged Brett Simmons, Chief David Steffen, Clay Township, Cork & Cap Restaurant, Delmar Hursh, home invasion, James Simmons, Lancaster County, Lancaster County District Attorney, Lancaster General Hospital, Northern Lancaster County Regional police, shooting, Stephen Diamantoni
Authorities Return Wilkes-Barre Shooting Suspect To Area
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A suspect captured in New York following a shooting in Wilkes-Barre earlier this month has been extradited.
Binghamton police said they arrested Sherman W. Wilborne, 30, on Sept. 2 for giving officers false identification. Once police learned Wilborne's true identity, they lodged him without bail at Broome County Jail on a fugitive warrant out of Pennsylvania for the shooting.
Wilborne was arraigned in Wilkes-Barre on Friday before Magisterial District Judge Martin Kane and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 straight cash bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 9 before Kane.
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/authorities-return-w-b-shooting-suspect-to-area-1.1760868
By Roy • Posted in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	• Tagged assault, Binghamton NY, Broome County Jail, fugitive, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Luzerne County, Luzerne County Correctional Facility, Martin Kane, Sherman W. Wilborne, shooting, Tenequa Williams, Wilkes-Barre PA, Wilkes-Barre Police Department
Coming Soon (Again) To The Big Board: Sunoco
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Sunoco's storied name, absent from the New York Stock Exchange since the Philadelphia company was acquired by a Dallas energy firm in 2012, will return to the Big Board this year.
Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (ETP), a Dallas pipeline company that became Sunoco Inc.'s parent company two years ago, announced Thursday night that it will give its recently acquired Texas convenience-store company, Susser Petroleum Partners, a new name that is kind of an old one – Sunoco L.P.
The new Sunoco L.P., which will trade under the ticker symbol SUN, will eventually become the corporate umbrella for ETP's growing portfolio of fuel stations and convenience stores, including Sunoco Inc. ETP had said it intended to drop its retail assets into the Susser partnership when it announced the $1.8 billion acquisition in April.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20140927_Coming_soon__again__to_the_Big_Board__Sunoco.html#D5YWhWdiMwxH7yS5.99
By Roy • Posted in Philadelphia	• Tagged convenience stores, Dallas, Energy Transfer Partners, ETP, gas stations, Gasoline, mergers and acquisitions, Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores L.L.C., New York Stock Exchange, Philadelphia, pipelines, SUN, Sunoco, Sunoco LP, SUSP
Registration Open For MCCC's 20th Annual Technology & Learning Conference
Blue Bell, Pa.— Registration is going on now for Montgomery County Community College's 20th Annual Technology and Learning Conference, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 24 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the College's Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, in Blue Bell, Pa.
The cost of attending the conference is $25 and includes all conference materials, parking, continental breakfast and lunch. For registration information, including step-by-step directions to guide you through the registration process, visit http://www.mc3.edu/campus-life/techconf.
To help celebrate Montgomery County Community College's 50th anniversary, this year's keynote address will be given by MCCC alumnus Kwan Morrow. Morrow has been involved with Internet marketing and communication since 2001. He currently owns KM Digital Relations, which provides consulting, training and other services to businesses and educators who wish to engage their digital communities and achieve specific objectives.
During the keynote, Morrow will address the impact that digital and social technologies have on students and education. He'll discuss best practices for using digital technology to promote student success and preparing students to thrive in the quickly evolving digital world.
MCCC's Technology and Learning Conference provides a forum for participants to share state-of-the-art information technologies, to contribute to a vision of the future of information technology in the academic enterprise, and to exchange ideas and best practices for incorporating technology, security and learning.
Designed for higher education and K-12 faculty and administrators, the conference is divided into several threads, which include Teaching and Learning; Metrics and Measurement; Technologies to Leverage Student Success; Security and Identity Management; Emerging Technologies; Sharing Resources; and e-Learning. Session types include forums, hands-on labs, poster sessions and panel discussions.
To learn more, visit http://www.mc3.edu/campus-life/techconf or email techday@mc3.edu.
By Roy • Posted in Norristown/Montgomery County, Social Media	• Tagged Blue Bell PA, communications, Consultant, education, Information technology, internet marketing, KM Digital Relations, Kwan Morrow, MCCC, MCCC Central Campus, Montgomery County Community College, Montgomery County., Social Media, Technology Conference