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New Lancaster Mayor is a Marauder

A person in a suit raises their right hand while taking an oath at a formal swearing‑in ceremony. Another individual stands beside them with a hand on a book resting on a wooden podium displaying an official seal. A judge in a black robe faces them, holding papers. Several people are seated in the audience, and an American flag and a large blue backdrop with a geometric pattern are visible in the background.
Jamie Arroyo at the swearing in ceremony.

“To make a change, you have to change policy for the good of everyone.”

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New Bus Passes Now Available for Students  

Gina Grasmeder, a senior psychology major shows her "Go Mobile" bus pass.

New bus passes will be required to ride Red Rose Transit Authority buses – they’re free and available at the SMC.

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Connecting the Millersville ComMUnity Since 2019

This year's ComMUnity Fest will be held Sept. 13.

This year’s ComMUnity Fest is set for Sept. 13.

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ComMUnity Fest Returns to MU 

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ComMUnity Fest will be held on Sept. 14.

Our goal is to not only help our students feel at home at Millersville, but in the greater Lancaster community as well.

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Millersville Helps Refugees Get to College

This semester Millersville will host another group of refugee students from McCaskey High School.

“Our goal is to empower the students to transition to college through mentoring and advising,”

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World Refugee Day

Lancaster is a city located in South Central Pennsylvania which serves as the seat of Pennsylvania's Lancaster County and one of the oldest inland towns in the United States

World Refugee Day is Sunday, June 20,

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As a junior in high school in the School District of Lancaster, a young Jassinya Alvarado-Padilla ’14 met an associate professor in Millersville University’s Educational Foundations department at a cafeteria tabling event. Dr. Miriam Witmer was there recruiting mentees for the Color of Teaching, an organization she leads that supports high school and college students of color considering careers in education through mentorship.<br /> <br /> “In my schooling journey, I had limited teachers who looked and sounded like me,” shares Jassinya. “Dr. Witmer offered to be my mentor.” For Jassinya and many others, school was what she described as a “safe haven. I loved school. It was a consistent place, a place where I could be free,” she explains. “Life wasn’t always easy at home. I had great parents that worked a lot. Sometimes when I came home from school, the electricity and water weren’t on, and we always figured it out, but it was unpredictable. But when I got to school, I forgot about the ‘adult’ worries I had.”<br /> <br /> With support from that mentorship program and a scholarship, Jassinya went on to attend MU, and majored in early childhood ed. Her first full-time gig was teaching high school English at a charter school in Reading, Pennsylvania.<br /> <br /> Fast-forward to today, Alvarado-Padilla is now back at Millersville as a student in the University’s Doctor of Education in educational leadership, a joint program with Shippensburg University, and on the precipice of becoming a two-time graduate of Millersville. “As a first-generation student, I never imagined I would get my doctorate,” explains Jassinya. “The first doctoral graduation I attended was Dr. Witmer’s, and it was impactful to me. I saw that she did it her own way, and I knew I could, too. In many ways, the experiences I was exposed to, as a result to saying yes to mentorship, saved my life and changed the trajectory of my life.”<br /> <br /> In a full-circle moment, Witmer is now serving as a member of Jassinya’s doctoral committee. The investment that Witmer made in Jassinya’s personal and professional life has translated into her work as an educator. Read more at the link in our bio!
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