Eastern Announces New Partnership with T.W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Service, Inc.

St. Davids, PA: Eastern University is pleased to announce signing of a new partnership between The Office of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, within University Marketing, and T.W. Ponessa and Associates Counseling Service, Inc. Tuition discounts will be offered to employees and their spouses for adult undergraduate and graduate programs.

A Pennsylvania Center of Excellence, T.W. Ponessa and Associates was established in 1991 and is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Department of Public Welfare. Headquartered in Lancaster, PA, they provide drug and alcohol, mental health, behavioral health rehabilitation and school-based services in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and York counties. The treatment team is dedicated to providing confidential, comprehensive assessment, intervention and treatment for individuals in all phases of life, pre-school throug senior years.

The Department of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships at Eastern University serves as a center for corporate relations, whose primary responsibility is to develop mutually beneifical, long-term, and formal relationships between Eastern University and organizations across a wide range of industry. The Department of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships manages more than 122 partnerships and alliances, including Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and governmental organizations, across the greater Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh regions. To learn more visit eastern.edu/partnerships.

Eastern University is a Philadelphia Christian university of the arts and sciences located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at 1300 Eagle Road in St. Davids, PA. Eastern enrolls approximately 3,500 students in its undergraduate, graduate, professional, urban, Seminary and international programs. Its core values of faith, reason and justice are woven into all of its educational programs. For more information visit www.eastern.edu or contact Denise McMillan, Communications Director, 610-341-4365, dmcmill@eastern.edu.