Undergraduate Admission

Our admission process will be your first encounter with a key DelVal advantage: personal attention. From Admissions through Graduation Day, you’ll always be treated like the unique individual you are — not a number.


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Test Optional Admission

DelVal is now Test Optional! 

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Delaware Valley University's Prior Learning Assessment process grants you the ability to attain college credit for experiences and achievements outside of the traditional classroom. This opportunity can save you money and time, and get you closer to graduation based on learning that has already been completed.

Learn more about the unique academic experience students receive at DelVal!

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Meet Our Staff

Kathy Payne
Vice President of Enrollment Management

kathy.payne@delval.edu


Thomas Speakman

Thomas Speakman, Ed.D, Executive Director of Admission

  • PA - Bucks County

215.489.4343, thomas.speakman@delval.edu


Melissa Yogis, Director of Transfer/Strategic Enrollment Initiatives

melissa.yogis@delval.edu


Thomas O’Connor, Associate Director of Admission, Coordinator of Transfer Recruitment

215.489.4829, thomas.oconnor@delval.edu


Melanie Spratt

Melanie Spratt, Director of Freshman Admission & Recruitment

  • PA - Montgomery 
  • DE - Sussex and Kent Counties

215-489-2299, melanie.spratt@delval.edu 

Click here to schedule a meeting with Melanie.


Mitch Pinder

Mitch PinderAssistant Director of Admission

  • PA - Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Perry, York
  • Rest of the USA - VA/DC and south, OH and west - (Application Review, no travel)

215.489.2484, mitchell.pinder@delval.edu

Click here to schedule a meeting with Mitch.


 Mitch Pinder

Bella PrimaveraAdmissions Counselor

  • NJ - Sussex, Passaic, Bergen, Warren, Morris, Essex, Union, Hudson
  • NY - 5 Burroughs - Staten Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, 
  • New England States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

215.489.2499, bella.primavera@delval.edu

Click here to schedule a meeting with Bella.

Susan Blazer, Director of Recruitment Operations

Text or Call: 215.802.0678, susan.blazer@delval.edu


Anne O’Brien, Data Coordinator

215.489.4994, anne.obrien@delval.edu


Danielle Bonacquisti, Application Data Coordinator

215.489.4941, danielle.bonacquisti@delval.edu


Kim Pawlishyn

Kim Pawlishyn, Senior Assistant Director of Admission

  • NJ - Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, Atlantic, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Ocean, Monmouth, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, Mercer
  • MD

215.489.2459, kimberly.pawlishyn@delval.edu

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Karen Humphreys, Application and Transcript Coordinator

215.489.4942, karen.humphreys@delval.edu


Sylvia Hirsch, Administrative Assistant

  • On-Campus Visit Coordinator

215.489.4768, sylvia.hirsch@delval.edu


Matthew Owens

Matthew Owens, Admission Counselor

  • PA - Philadelphia, Delaware County
  • DE - New Castle County

215.489.2296, matthew.owens@delval.edu

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Stephanie Trimarchi

Stephanie TrimarchiAdmission Counselor

  • PA - Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne
  • Other PA Counties (minimal travel) - Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Potter, Somerset, Snyder, Susquehanna, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, Washington, Warren, Westmoreland, Wyoming
  • New York State

215.489.4812, stephanie.trimarchi@delval.edu

Click here to schedule an appointment with Stephanie.