The University of Scranton

University of Scranton DBA student Joy Chacko received the Institute of Internal Auditors Michael J. Barrett Doctoral Dissertation Award.

University Announces Fall 2019 Dean's List

Students added to The University of Scranton Dean's List for the spring 2019 semester.

The University recognized students and their high school teachers, who they credit for contributing to their success, with Rose Kelly Awards.

Nine students at The University of Scranton received Frank O'Hara awards for the 2018-19 academic year.

The third cohort of students began the new doctor of business administration (DBA) at The University of Scranton this fall semester.

Class of 2020 Presidential Scholars attended the President's Business Council 18th Annual Award Dinner on Oct. 10 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.

Scholarly projects presented at the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing's 45th Biennial Convention.

Katherine Musto of Pittston spoke on behalf of the Class of 2020 Presidential Scholars who attended the President's Business Council 18th Annual Award Dinner on Oct. 10 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.

Eighteen students from the University of Scranton class of 2023 have been awarded four-year, full-tuition Presidential Scholarships.

Robert Rade, senior biology major at The University of Scranton, discussed his research as a panelist at Scranton's annual Interdependence Day program on campus.

University undergraduate education majors begin serving as student teachers at seven local schools this semester.

University of Scranton nursing students train on two state-of-the-art patient simulators and a medication cart funded from an $88,000 grant from the Moses Taylor Foundation in Scranton.

Amy Atkinson, a counseling and human services major at The University Scranton, was invited to attend the Student Veterans of America's Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C.

Seventy-five University of Scranton students studied abroad during the Summer 2019 semester.

Three students awarded Royal Scholar Summer Fellowships through the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant received by the University.

Members of the University's class of 2023 begin the Jesuit school's new Magis Honors Program in STEM.

Scranton students joined hundreds of students from Jesuit colleges across the country at the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference.

University of Scranton undergraduate students were awarded President's Fellowships for Summer Research in 2019. The fellowships, administered by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, offer each student the chance to partner with a faculty mentor to complete a research project during the summer. Each project was proposed and designed by the student and their faculty mentor.

Aubrianna Rice of Apalachin, New York, a senior physiology major at The Univerisity of Scranton, and Maria R. Marinucci, director of the Cross Cultural Centers at Scranton, co-presented about healthy relationship programming at Scranton at the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference. The conference, attended by more than 200 students attending Jesuit colleges from across the country, took place at the University of Detroit Mercy during the summer.

Sazia Nowshin of Moosic, a senior political science major at The University of Scranton, was awarded a 2019 Lackawanna County Federation of Democratic Women Scholarship. Nowshin also participates in University's undergraduate Honors Program.

The Royal Experience Summer Internship Program provided 12 University of Scranton students, selected from a competitive pool, a stipend of up to $4,000 to support their participation in a meaningful unpaid internship for the summer of 2019. The program is funded by the philanthropy of the University's Parents' Executive Council and the donations of alumni and friends of the University.

Sixteen University students were accepted into the Business Leadership Honors Program.

Four University of Scranton students gaining clinical exposure and an inside look at medical school thanks to a new program at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM). The Abigail Geisinger Pre-Medical Clinical Experiences Program was designed to be another way to increase the chances for talented local students to gain acceptance to medical school and to remain in the region to care for their neighbors.

The University of Scranton community health education students made it to the final round of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) 2019 National Student Case Competition. The competition, which took place at the society's annual conference in Salt Lake City in the spring, provided undergraduate and graduate students of health education the opportunity to display their developing expertise. Scranton students who participated, all of whom were community health and education majors, were Kelly Reilly, Hicksville, New York; Sinead O'Brien of Hillsdale, New Jersey; and Hazel Skarbek of Glenside.

Two University of Scranton first-year students awarded scholarships from the FealGood Foundation for their essay submissions following a fall-semester campus visit by 9/11 first responders.

Kerry Ann Randall of Farmington, Connecticut, and Megan Schane of Cresco, Pennsylvania, were awarded The University of Scranton's 2019 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize in the Graduate category.

Isaiah Livelsberger of New Oxford was awarded The University of Scranton's 2019 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize in the Undergraduate Foundational category.

Elizabeth McManus of Brookfield was awarded The University of Scranton's 2019 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize in the Undergraduate Upper-level category.

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) recognized The University of Scranton's student chapter, as one of just five Outstanding Student Chapters in the nation for the 2018-2019 academic year. Officers of the University's IMA student chapter for 2018-2019 were: Kyle Hayes of East Norwich, New York, president; Kyle Ascher of Garden City, New York, vice president; Nicole D'Alessandro of Warminster, secretary; and Nicholas Constantinou of Amherst, New York, treasurer.