Nursing programs will now be offered in the John and Karen Arnold School of Nursing and will be located at the newly named John R. Post Center at Reading CollegeTowne. 

Alvernia University in Reading will be partnering with the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance to offer a discount on tuition to its members. 

Pandemic. Yes, it really happened. And, yes it has been a major interruption to life as we knew it. It also gave us a moment to pause, redefine priorities and find new ways to connect with the people with whom we share our lives.

With nearly 15 years of experience in public accounting, consulting and corporate leadership, Joshua E. Hoffman, has been named Chief Financial Officer of Alvernia University.

At a time when local economies are sagging under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, Reading may be seeing hints of a downtown revival thanks, apparently, to Alvernia University’s CollegeTowne project.

Alvernia University will add three engineering programs in a move to supply graduates who can fill the needs of the local workforce, officials announced a news conference in downtown Reading.

Alvernia University’s O’Pake Institute for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship and Kutztown University’s Small Business Development Center have teamed up to advance entrepreneurship and the redevelopment of downtown Reading.

So far, there has not been a significant spread of COVID-19 through sports, according to Zlotnick. But asymptomatic carriers are the biggest spreaders, he said, and young people involved in high contact sports could unknowingly be carriers, spreading the virus to other athletes who then go home and expose their families to it

The five-story building, which formerly was home to CNA Insurance and more recently to I-LEAD Charter School, will include classrooms and labs, loft-style student housing, dining facilities, retail outlets and other operations, and serve as the centerpiece of the CollegeTowne initiative.

Despite uncertain conditions due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Alvernia University announced the latest initiative of Reading CollegeTowne, the university’s sweeping effort to help revitalize downtown Reading.