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The University of Scranton full-tuition class of 2019 Presidential Scholars attended The President's Business Council (PBC) 17th Annual Award Dinner for which the proceeds from the more than $1 million raised will support the University's Presidential Scholarship Endowment Fund. More than 500 guests attended the dinner at The Pierre Hotel in New York City on Oct. 4.

Sara Wierbowski of Owego, was among The University of Scranton full-tuition class of 2019 Presidential Scholars who attended The President's Business Council (PBC) 17th Annual Award Dinner for which the proceeds from the more than $1 million raised will support the University's Presidential Scholarship Endowment Fund. More than 500 guests attended the dinner at The Pierre Hotel in New York City on Oct. 4 which honored Scranton graduate Linda McGowan, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and Joseph Sorbera Jr., president of JLS Cost Management Systems Inc., with Jesuit school's President's Medal.

Fourteen students from the University of Scranton class of 2022 have been awarded four-year, full-tuition Presidential Scholarships

Twenty-one University of Scranton education majors serving as student teachers during the fall semester at 10 different local schools from the following nine school districts: Lackawanna Trail, Dunmore, Forest City Regional, Mid Valley, Valley View, Blue Ridge, Wayne Highlands, Western Wayne and Wyalusing Area.

Forty-three University of Scranton students who studied abroad during the Summer 2018 semester.

Seven undergraduate students granted Fellowships for Summer Research in 2018. 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.

Thirty-eight University of Scranton students studied abroad during the Spring 2018 semester.

Grace Donnelly, Haddon Heights, and Corinne Mackenzie, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, will serve as student orientation team leaders for summer orientation sessions and the fall welcome program for The University of Scranton's class of 2022.

Corinne Mackenzie, Glen Mills, and Grace Donnelly, Haddon Heights, New Jersey, will serve as student orientation team leaders for summer orientation sessions and the fall welcome program for The University of Scranton's class of 2022.

Eleven University of Scranton students selected from a competitive pool to receive a stipend of up to $4,000 to ease the burden of accepting a meaningful unpaid scholarship. The program is funded by the philanthropy of the University's Parents' Executive Council and the donations of alumni and friends of the University.

University of Scranton students inducted into the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Honor Society. This organization recognizes students for academic achievement in the study of accounting who major in accounting, finance or information technology, have achieved junior status or higher in their undergraduate studies, have taken three or more accounting courses, and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher overall as well as in their accounting courses, among other criteria.

Maura C. Burns of Jessup was awarded The University of Scranton's Weinberg Memorial Library 2018 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research prize in the Undergraduate Upper-level Category.

Emily Dineen of Bethel was awarded The University of Scranton's Weinberg Memorial Library 2018 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research Prize in the Graduate Category.

Nicole Cavanaugh of Dallas was awarded The University of Scranton's Weinberg Memorial Library 2018 Bonnie W. Oldham Library Research prize in the Undergraduate Foundational Category.

Members of The University of Scranton's undergraduate class of 2018 honored for their academic excellence, service or both at commencement.

Fifteen members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 committed to post-graduation long-term service projects.

The University of Scranton announced more than 1,650 students were named to The University of Scranton's Dean's List for the 2018 spring semester.

Students added to The University of Scranton Dean's List for the fall 2017 semester.

University of Scranton graduate students were honored for academic achievement in their specific academic area with Outstanding Academic Awards at the Jesuit university's commencement ceremony.

Thirty-four members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 graduated from its undergraduate Honors Program.

University of Scranton students inducted into Chi Delta Rho, the University's chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society for counseling. The international honor society was established in 1985 to recognize outstanding achievement and service within the profession of counseling. The University's chapter of the honor society was established in 1994.

Thirty-five members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 to graduate from its Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Honors Program (SJLA), which is one of Scranton's programs of excellence. Students in SJLA pursue a rigorous education designed to develop enhanced writing, oral and critical-thinking skills through specially designed courses in philosophy, theology and literature.

Ten members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a ceremony held on campus in May.

For University of Scranton Fulbright Student Lauren Coggins the case is clear: Mother knows best. When Coggins was an eighth-grade student at Abington Heights Middle School, her mother Patricia told her to take Spanish for her foreign language choice of the classes offered at her school "because it's the second most commonly-spoken language in the United States and it will help you in your future."

Fifteen members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 graduated from its Business Leadership Honors Program, which is one of Scranton's programs of excellence. Students in this highly-selective program explore the basic theories and concepts of leadership through special seminars and courses in management, ethics, strategy and analysis, in addition to field trips to learn from top executives and projects in leadership, service and mentoring.

The University of Scranton conferred nearly 600 master's and doctoral degrees at its graduate commencement ceremony on May 26 in the Byron Recreation Complex. Graduates recognized at the ceremony include those who completed their degree requirements in August and December of 2017, as well as January and May of 2018.

The University of Scranton conferred more than 890 bachelor's and associate's degrees at its undergraduate commencement on May 27 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre. Very Reverend Timothy P. Kesicki, S.J., president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, read the remarks of the principal speaker Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J., Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, who was unable to attend the ceremony in person because he is undergoing treatment for a form of acute leukemia. Both Father Kesicki and Bishop Murry, in absentia, received honorary degrees from the University. Honorary degrees were also presented to Sister Ann Walsh, I.H.M., former CEO and current assistant director of Friends of the Poor; William Whitaker, founding president of the Washington Jesuit Academy, Washington. D.C.; and Cecelia Lynett Haggerty, Times-Shamrock Communications and former University trustee.

Exercise science majors led demonstrations of hands-on demonstrations of sophisticated biomechanical measurement equipment for high school students from Wyoming Valley West as part of National Biomechanics Day at The University of Scranton.

Members of The University of Scranton's Marketing Society who organized NASCAR Day on campus during the spring semester. The event featured 17-year-old driver Todd Gilliland, who is among the nine-member Class of 2017-18 up-and-coming drivers featured in NASCAR NEXT. The event included meeting with communication students for a discussion about social media and sports and a timed "tire change pit drill" for students, faculty and staff at the base of the commons on campus.

Members of The University of Scranton's Marketing Society who organized NASCAR Day on campus during the spring semester. The event featured 17-year-old driver Todd Gilliland, who is among the nine-member Class of 2017-18 up-and-coming drivers featured in NASCAR NEXT. The event included meeting with communication students for a discussion about social media and sports and a timed "tire change pit drill" for students, faculty and staff at the base of the commons on campus.