Top career paths: UD to DuPont, DSU to Navient, and Goldey-Beacom to W.L. Gore

Peter OsborneNews Briefs, Education

Delaware young people aged 18-25 who responded to a survey by career.io asking their preferred university and preferred first employer, chose the University of Delaware + DuPont combination as their top career path. The second and third combination among young Delawareans was Delaware State + Navient (student loan servicing company) and Goldey-Beacom College to W.L. Gore & Associates. There was …

Maria Boulden

Maria Boulden takes the long way to becoming the ‘sweet little jam lady’

Peter OsborneBeaches, Business, Headlines, Women-Owned Businesses

  REHOBOTH BEACH – Sometimes, as a writer, you agonize over a headline or core theme for a story, and sometimes it’s handed to you on a silver platter (or in a glass jelly jar). Maria Boulden spent the first 40 years of her career as a driven executive, moving through the ranks and running huge commercial teams at DuPont. …

DuPont has been named have been named a finalist for the 2024 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Citizen Award.

DuPont STEM program named finalist for national award 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The global leader of community and social impact at DuPont believes a recent recognition reflects the company’s purpose to empower the world with the essential innovations to thrive. “That includes our commitment to building thriving communities,” said Patrick McCrummen. “Through our long-standing support of increasing access to STEM education programs, we are putting our purpose into action by inspiring and …

AirJoule LLC will have its main office and manufacturing center in Newark, Delaware. (Photo from Montana Technologies website)

AirJoule, water harvesting company, picks Del. for main office and more

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Business

A global sustainability company focused on economical atmospheric water harvesting has picked a location for its main office and manufacturing center: Delaware, U.S.A.  AirJoule LLC, which is a 50-50 joint venture between GE Vernova Inc. and Montana Technologies Corp., will lease a 30,000 square-foot site on Shea Way in the Newark area’s Delaware Industrial Park for its main office and …

“The Clippers played an exhibition game against the servicemembers of Fort DuPont in 1941, with process doing to uniforms,” “Lost Delaware” writes. Courtesy of Delaware Public Archives

‘Lost Delaware’ explores what once was in the state

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

A new book offers striking stories about 71 Delaware landmarks that “now live solely in memory,” from the Greenbaum cannery (a Seaford operation that was sometimes described as the world’s biggest and was known for canning tomatoes, peas, peaches and pears) to the Cape Henlopen Light (a beacon that operated from 1767 to about 12:45 p.m. April 13, 1926, when …

Hagley Museum

Hagley to welcome summer with Kick-off Saturday

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

Hagley Museum and Library will take advantage of Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the completed restoration of its historic powder yard, which was flooded by Hurricane Ida in 2021. The first Hagley’s Summer Kick-off Celebration will be Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is also meant to be a panoply of the estate’s summer offerings. The kick-off will …

Buccini/Pollin Group crosby hill housing

Wilmington’s office-to-housing conversions add energy to city

Peter OsborneBusiness, Headlines

Chris Buccini bristles when he hears people talk about sky-high vacancy rates and slow demand in downtown Wilmington. “When I look at the Northern Delaware market, we have probably had our best year ever,” says one of the three founders of Buccini/Pollin Group (BPG).  “We’ve always been a big corporate town with companies like DuPont and MBNA, so we have …