Alissa Falcone

Editor of @DrexelNow and internal communications associate in @DrexelUniv's University Marketing & Communications. #Drexel '14 '17

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

How it started:

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[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

@gloriaanderson_ @DrexelUniv @teditanzania @WashFellowship @IREXintl @usembassytz 😊 Congratulations on your work and especially your work with Drexel partners! It was inspiring to hear about, write and share this story.

[Gloria Anderson @gloriaanderson_]

Reading this article by @DrexelUniv editor @AlissaFalcone on the impact of the computer lab project that we @teditanzania and @DrexelUniv implemented in Moshi last year energizes me to do more.Thanks to @WashFellowship @IREXintl @usembassytz
Take a look!
https://t.co/3occvt95W4

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

@wxpnfm can you put this playlist on spotify?

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

There's going to be a FOURTH @Drexelsdogs!

@DrexelUniv's family of Cane Corso therapy dogs is getting bigger, with Mocha Latte preparing for certification to work alongside cousin Java, aunt Espresso and grandmother Chai. https://t.co/nejMl7WTe9

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

Two things that didn't make it into this story:

-I wrote this after a digital marketing meeting in which Patricia mentioned her cat's 20,000 TikTok followers. (It *is* a great icebreaker!)
-When answering my questions, she made her answers be orange, because of her orange cat.🧡

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

“People are always surprised when they hear my cat has 20,000 followers,” said Patricia Kraus, a @DrexelOnline email marketing manager who shares videos of her orange tabby Herman and his daredevil behavior. “It’s a great icebreaker, that’s for sure!”
https://t.co/xl4nzbUjp2

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

Happy 130th birthday, @DrexelUniv! 💙💛

On Dec. 17, 1891, the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry was dedicated with a ceremony in Main Building, which was at the time the only building for Drexel. Clearly a lot has changed since then!

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[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

This is honestly one of the best "fun facts" I've ever learned while working at Drexel and I bring it up more than I probably should.

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

Another Bond movie, another chance to say:

🗣️The REAL James Bond was an ornithologist at @AcadNatSci for nearly six decades!

https://t.co/W0iSBOFyDV

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

Even if you didn't work with Billy at Drexel, you've seen him/his work on all the Drexel buses (he was SO proud of the current blue/gold ones), displays, DrexelNow images & everything else he designed over 14 years. Now this tree in Drexel Park. Big-time operations. I miss you.

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

While we were away...

... A LOT has changed with buildings, restaurants and construction on @DrexelUniv's campuses.

Here's what you'll see that looks a little new or different: https://t.co/l3BXEWd9WT

[Dr. Eric Zillmer @GoDragonsAD]

Check out some of my reflections over the past 23-years as AD @DrexelUniv via an interview with @DrexelNow and @AlissaFalcone.
Always a Dragon!

#GoDragons

https://t.co/dzkziqMJW8

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

Actually posting on my personal Twitter to document that I wrote a story about why it's important to document your pandemic experiences. 🙃 https://t.co/NcNS9DfXA2

[Drexel University @DrexelUniv]

Lyric Wise, a senior at Paul Robeson High School, is one step closer to accomplishing her dream of helping others after ABC’s @GMA surprised her with a $50,000 scholarship from @AppTallo to the school of her choice, Drexel University. #NewDragons

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

As someone who has struggled FOR YEARS to write about Drexel's founder, someone who destroyed his personal papers and always avoided the spotlight during his lifetime ... I gasped at this thrilling, eye-opening discovery.

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

This handwritten letter from @DrexelUniv's founder Anthony J. Drexel was recently discovered by @drexelarchives.

Written to his son John R. Drexel in 1890, the letter sheds a warm light on the famously private founder.

https://t.co/Bn0UZCQAAI

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

@Drexelsdogs @DrexelNow Thank you! I cracked myself up with it! 😀

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

Before @DrexelUniv's first 2021 NCAA Tournament game on Friday, the University City Campus and city of Philadelphia lit up in blue and gold to support the teams.

https://t.co/qIIqAQpTrt

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

Want to learn more about the mysterious origins of @DrexelUniv's mascot, @thedrexeldragon?

https://t.co/o9nykC6dH5

#Drexel #DragonsAreDancing

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

For anyone at #Drexel wondering who this Return Oversight Committee is sending you emails, here's my Q&A!

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

This week last year, #Drexel Dragons began working & learning from home, & campus was closing down to the public.

How has @DrexelUniv been navigating the pandemic since then? Read this Q&A with Marla Gold, MD, director of the Return Oversight Committee: https://t.co/IQyfXdgvPV

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

The second installment from when I asked deans to reflect on what it was like to lead their college/school last year:

[DrexelNOW @DrexelNOW]

When asked to review 2020, @DrexelUniv deans shared their proudest moments, hardest challenges and lessons learned.

Here's what some of them had to say: https://t.co/5Z0qtL31OM

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

. @drexelarchives get ready 😂

[Alissa Falcone @AlissaFalcone]

Barbara Johns, who at age 16 led a strike that later became a court case included in Brown v. Board of Education, is a @DrexelUniv alumna.

According to her @nytimes obituary, she graduated with a degree in library science. https://t.co/szczx6DcuB

[NPR @NPR]

For more than 100 years, a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has stood at the U.S. Capitol representing Virginia. The statue has now been removed.

It's expected to be replaced by a statue honoring civil rights activist Barbara Johns. https://t.co/7yizTsdP1g