Harcum College is proud to announce a new Partnership Site. On Saturday, September 9, 2017, Grace-Trinity United Church of Christ held an inauguration ceremony and officially opened their doors as one of four new Partnership Sites that launched this year. Grace-Trinity is located at 5200 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, and is currently offering associate degrees in Early Childhood Education.
Fourteen students are enrolled in the program and started classes this Fall. Classes are now enrolling for Spring 2018. To get more information, contact Mrinalini Sebastian at 215-535-3885 or 215-535-2788 or harcum.grace.trinity@gmail.com.
Evenlyn Santana, Executive Director of Partnership Sites at Harcum College, remarked, “I am very excited to welcome Grace-Trinity to the Harcum family! I'm looking forward to the positive impact this site will have on the community, education is the key component to lifting our communities.”
In 2005, Harcum College, in collaboration with I-LEAD, Inc. (a community based non-profit that works to improve local quality of life by helping to strengthen citizens as effective community leaders) launched the first accelerated associate’s degree program in Leadership Studies. Since then, additional majors and locations have been added to the surrounding five-county area. The growth of the accelerated degree programs is largely due to a unique initiative between Harcum College, I-LEAD, Inc. and local community based organizations. These community based organizations are located throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, bringing the opportunity of higher education to residents of some of the Commonwealth's most challenged communities.
The programs offer affordable tuition, an accelerated format, and convenient evening courses, which meet twice a week. The programs are fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education through Harcum College. Students participating in the programs are fully-matriculated students of Harcum College and their degree is awarded by Harcum College. The programs encompass the key elements necessary for success, enabling the graduate to address the complexities of today’s workforce.