The University of Scranton

Thirteen University of Scranton students have been awarded the Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania Award. This award honors those vowing to complete 450 hours of individual service in the community throughout the calendar year. The following local students are among the Jesuit university's Scholars in Service

The University of Scranton has announced its Dean's List, which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2009 fall semester. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the Dean's List. The list includes students from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management, the Panuska College of Professional Studies and the College of Graduate and Continuing Education. More than 1,300 students were named to the Jesuit university's Dean's List, including the following area residents:

The University of Scranton has announced its Dean’s List, which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2009 spring semester. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the Dean’s List. The list includes students from Scranton’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management, the Panuska College of Professional Studies and the College of Graduate and Continuing Education. A total of 1,345 students were named to the Jesuit school’s Dean’s List, including the following area residents:

The University of Scranton conferred 856 bachelor’s and associate’s degrees at its undergraduate commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Wachovia Arena. Scranton’s undergraduate class of 2008 included the recipients of Fulbright, Goldwater and other prestigious fellowships. Graduates represented 15 states including California, Colorado, South Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York. “What marks your Scranton education as singular is the devotion of our faculty to your success,” said University of Scranton President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., in his remarks. “Their passion for their academic disciplines is exceeded only by their dedication to you. I assure you this is a rare experience in American higher education and it is the result of our Jesuit identity.” The principal speaker was award-winning classical music conductor, composer, author and commentator Rob Kapilow. He received an honorary degree, as did Sr. Therese O'Rourke, IHM, president and CEO of St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton, and Rev. John P. McNamee, poet, author, and founder of the Southwest Community Enrichment Center in Philadelphia. The following local students received undergraduate degrees at The University of Scranton:

The University of Scranton conferred 642 master’s degrees and 35 doctoral degrees at its post-baccalaureate commencement ceremony in the Byron Recreation Complex on campus on May 30, 2009. “You chose to pursue your degree at a very particular kind of institution: a Catholic and Jesuit institution. You studied at a place where we understand learning in a context larger than the acquisition of information and skills,” said University of Scranton President Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. “The expertise you have acquired at Scranton has, I hope, inspired you to labor along with the world’s creator to heal, to teach, to conduct your business and your lives not only with competence, but with compassion, especially for those who are most vulnerable among us.” Graduates represent 39 states, including Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York. Leo Moskovitz, who retired as president of First National Bank of Jermyn after 40 years of service, received an honorary degree at the ceremony. Local graduate degree recipients are:

The University of Scranton inducted new members of Beta Beta Beta, the National Honor Society for Biology, at a ceremony held recently on campus. Scranton’s chapter, established in 1994, is one of 372 chapters nationwide. The following local University of Scranton students were inducted: