P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F S C R A N T O NJune 2004 Volume XVI Number 9

In this IssueO’Hara Awards Presented atAlumni Reunion Weekend. . . . pg. 3

Congratulations to theClass of 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . pgs. 5

Dean’s List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 7

Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 10

Campus Calendar . . . . . . . . . pg. 11

Commencement Speakers Look Back, Look AheadFor the former President of the

University, it was a time to look back.For the current President of the

University, it was a time to look ahead. For the 1,044 graduates of the class of

2004, it was the time they had lookedforward to.

The University’s one hundred andfourth commencement was filled withreflections and celebrations, words ofthanks, observations and an invitation.

During the Commencement Ceremony,held May 30 at Wachovia Arena, theUniversity conferred 843 bachelor’sdegrees, 195 master’s degrees and six asso-ciate’s degrees.

Re v. Joseph M. Mc Shane, S.J., Pre s i d e n tof Fo rdham Un i versity and formerPresident of The Un i versity of Scranton,g a ve the principal address. In his re m a rk sto the graduates, Fr. Mc Shane reflected onhis years at the Un i ve r s i t y, a timeline thatparalleled that of the Royal Class of 2004f rom their freshman to senior years.

“You are the reason for the sense of joyand honor that I feel at this moment,”said Fr. McShane. “For you see, the factthat I have just become a member of yourclass makes my heart sing. I am moregrateful than I could ever say to becounted among your number.”

In recalling the events of September 11,2001, Fr. McShane commended the stu-dents, saying, “…you showed yourselvesto be men and women of mature wis-dom, deep compassion and strong andsteady faith.”

In addition to delivering the keynoteaddress, Fr. McShane received an hon-orary degree from the University, as didPatrick A. Toole, James W. Dyer ’66, JaneE. Oppenheim, Colleen Kelly andWilliam H .Finn ’67, posthumously.

University President Scott R. Pilarz,S.J., also addressed the graduates andtheir families and friends. He offeredwords of thanks to the honorary degreerecipients “who enrich our celebration,”

to faculty who“change the lives ofstudents” to parentsand families of gradu-ates and to the gradu-ates themselves “forthe mark that youhave made on youralma mater.”

Fr. Pi l a rz alsoo f f e red what here f e r red to as ano b s e rvation, notingthat “t h e re is some-thing rare and pre-cious about this place(the Un i versity).” Heconcluded his re m a rk sby inviting the part-ing students to “Ta k eScranton with yo u”and to “come home toS c r a n t o n . ”

The University awarded 1,044 bachelor’s, master’s andassociate’s degrees during its 104th Commencement.

“Always view the world and yourplace in it from the Scranton

perspective; let the magis p e r m e a t eyour life and, please, never

compromise your commitment tothe service of others and the

greater glory of God.”

Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.President, The University of Scranton

“Here at Scranton, you havelearned lessons and developedqualities of heart and mind that

have prepared all of you to p a rticipate in the great struggle ofour age, the struggle not merelyaimed at eradicating terrorism, but of creating a more just and

peaceful world.”

Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J.President of Fordham University and former

President of The University of Scranton

Two Un i versity of Scranton pro f e s s o r swe re recently named Fulbright Fe l l ows –Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., AssociateProfessor of Ma n a g e m e n t / Ma rketing, forthe Ukraine, and Roy P. Domenico, Ph . D . ,Associate Professor of Hi s t o ry, for It a l y.

A previous Fulbright recipient, Dr.Chattopadhyay will study the rapidly inte-grating Eu ropean market and establish con-tacts between the Un i ve r s i t y’s Kania Schoolof Management and the National Un i ve r s i t yof Kyiv Mohyla Ac a d e m y, which was estab-lished in 1615. His Fulbright Fe l l owship in1999 allowed him to lecture and conductre s e a rch in the Kyrgyz Re p u b l i c .

Dr. Domenico will re s e a rch It a l i a n - C a t h o l i cpolitical culture during the Cold Wa r.

“I feel honored to able to re p resent thespirit of Senator Fu l b r i g h t’s goals for thep rogram,” says Dr. Chattopadhyay. “I ame xcited to be at the National Un i versity ofKyiv Mohyla Academy for my secondFulbright assignment. It is a ve ry old insti-tution with a ve ry modern business school.”

Dr. Domenico plans to spend the spring2005 semester in Rome, Italy.

“The Fulbright is one of the mostimportant awards that a historian canwin,” says Dr. Domenico. “It is a greathonor that recognizes my work and brings

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Two Pr o fe s s o r sReceive Fu l b r i g h t s

Students Embark on Service Tr i p s

At a planning meeting for the service trip to Kenya are, from left, AnthonyGiancatarino, Steve Clark (second row), Ann Marissa Ambacher, KateRedmond, Michelle Gilfillan ’98, Catholic Relief Services, and Tata Mbugua,Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education.

The University’s Center for SocialAction and Service Initiatives has plannedand coordinated four international servicetrips this summer. Students, accompaniedby staff and/or faculty members as chaper-ones, are traveling to Kenya, Mexico andEcuador to help those less fortunate.

Four students, Anthony Gi a n c a t a r i n o ,Kate Redmond, St e ve Clark and AnnMarissa Ambacher, are visiting Kenya fort h ree weeks in June. Tata Mbugua, Ph . D . ,Assistant Professor of Education, will accom-pany the students on this first internationals e rvice trip to her native country. While in

Kenya, the group will be hosted by He k i m aCollege – Jesuit School of T h e o l o g y,Catholic Un i versity of East Africa, Na i ro b i .The trips include visits to social deve l o p m e n tp rojects of both the host Jesuit province andother community-based entities including anorphanage, hospice and community out-reach program for HIV- p o s i t i ve orphans,Jesuit Refugee Se rvices, and Catholic Re l i e fSe rvices. The trip participants will also visitand meet with faculty and students atKenyatta Un i ve r s i t y, Na i robi Un i ve r s i t y, andCatholic Un i versity of Eastern Africa.

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Editor: Valarie Clark WolffContributing Writers: Stan M. Zygmunt

Sandra Skies LudwigSports Writer: Kevin SouthardGraphic Designers: Francene Pisano Liples

Lynn M. SfanosPhotography: Te r ry Connors, Mi c h a e l

To u e y, Pa u l a Lynn Connors-Fauls, Bill Jo h n s o n

The University of ScrantonRev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., PresidentPaul J. Strunk, Vice President for

Institutional AdvancementGerald C. Zaboski, Director of

Public Relations & Publications© 2004 University of Scranton

2004-2005 McGowan Scholar Named

Ro b e rt G. D’Ambrosio, Staten Island, N.Y., has been awarded a full-tuitionscholarship for his senior year at The Un i versity of Scranton through theWilliam G. Mc Gowan Scholars Program of the William G.Mc Gow a nCharitable Fund. Named for the late William G. Mc Gowan, founder of MCICommunications Corporation, and brother of Monsignor Andrew J.Mc Gowan, Trustee Emeritus of the Un i ve r s i t y, the program benefits outstandingstudents who plan to enter the field of business.

From left are: Paul J. St runk, Vice President for Institutional Ad va n c e m e n t ;Ronald D. Johnson, DBA, Dean of the Kania School of Management; Mr.D ’ A m b rosio, recipient of the 2004-2005 William G. Mc Gowan Scholarship;Monsignor Mc Gowan; and Un i versity President Re v. Scott R. Pi l a rz, S.J.

Te a cher of the Year Award Pr e s e n t e d

attention to The University of ScrantonHistory Department and the ItalianStudies Concentration.”

Dr. Chattopadhyay joined theUn i ve r s i t y’s faculty in 1990 as an AssistantProfessor of Ma rk e t i n g / In t e r n a t i o n a lMa rketing. He was promoted to AssociateProfessor of Ma n a g e m e n t / Ma rketing in1997. Dr. Chattopadhyay has been a re g u-lar visitor to the Kyrgyz Republic, aCentral Asian state located north ofAfghanistan since 1993 and provides agraduate seminar in quality managementtechniques eve ry year at the Academy ofManagement in that country. In 2001, hewas selected as one of a handful of facultymembers from 26 Jesuit universities toteach a summer MBA program at Pe k i n gUn i ve r s i t y, Beijing, China. He has alsoestablished an informal faculty exc h a n g ep rogram with the School of Business of theRemnin Un i versity of Beijing, China.

Dr. Domenico has been a member of theu n i ve r s i t y’s faculty since 1997, when hetaught as an Assistant Pro f e s s o r. In 1999,he was promoted to Associate Pro f e s s o r.His major field of study is 19th and 20thc e n t u ry Eu rope, with emphasis on It a l yand Catholic nations. He is currently pub-lishing an article on his Fulbright topic inthe journal Diplomatic Hi s t o ry. He plansto publish is re s e a rch findings in what willbecome his fifth book.

C o n g ress established the Fulbright pro-gram in 1946 “to increase mutual under-standing between the people of the Un i t e dStates and people of other countries.” It isnamed after the late J. William Fu l b r i g h t ,the U.S. Senator who sponsored the pro-gram. Fulbright Fe l l owships are award e dt h rough a competitive application process.

Two trips to Mexico are planned withsix students each, for approximately 31/2 weeks. While in Mexico, studentswill work with the Salesian order ofpriests in a home for boys from troubledfamilies located in Mexico City. Studentson the first trip (June 3-29) includeTheresa DeLaurentis, Will Dennis, AnnFlynn, Dan Nelson, Eileen Webster andSarah Werther. They will be accompaniedby chaperones Jen Valtos ’02, AssistantDirector of Residence Life, and RebekahFerguson ‘01, Admissions Counselor.

The second trip leaves the United St a t e son June 29. Pa rticipants include DrewDavis, Maria Hu n d e r s m a rck, Mike Je n k i n s ,Scott Leuchten, Ana Mojtahedi and Ji l lSo m m e rville. Chaperones are Ad r i e n n eHamson ’01, Admissions Counselor, andAnn Scarp ’03, Annual Fund Of f i c e r.

Two alumni chaperones will remain inMexico to work with both groups: Angelo(AJ) Rizzo ’03, and Patricia Do u g h e rty ’00.

Nine students and one chaperone willvisit Ecuador for 10 days beginning Ju n e28. These students will be working inschools and at Ha n s e n’s Hospital for leperswith an organization called Rosto deCristo (Face of Christ). Ro s t ro de Cristo islocated in Duran, Ec u a d o r, and the pro-gram is hosted by a school named Nu e voMu n d o. The experience allows students ano p p o rtunity to work with the poor in sev-eral locations, including schools and hos-pitals. Students include Katie Barnes, Ni c kC o s t a n zo, Lauren Fontain, Jill Gi re s i ,Sarah Ha yes, Dan Kiers, Kelly Mc Gu i re ,C h e ryl Mrazik and Christina Smith. T h e ywill be accompanied by Karen Cashin,A rea Coord i n a t o r, Residence Life.

Students Embark onService Tr i p s (continued from pg. 1)

Two Pr o fessors ReceiveFu l b r i g h t s (continued from pg. 1)

Kathleen K. Montgomery, D.Ed.,Associate Professor of Education, hasbeen selected Teacher of the Year by theUniversity ’s graduating class of 2004.The award was presented during ClassNight, May 29.

The Teacher of the Year Award, insti-tuted in 1996 by the academic supportcommittee of the University’s FacultySenate, honors a faculty member whomaintains high standards of academicexcellence and fairness and who, throughenthusiasm and dedication, inspiresinterest in a given field of education. Dr.Montgomery was chosen by secret ballotby the University’s senior class.

“The teaching and learning process is ac o l l a b o r a t i ve journey and one I am hon-o red to have taken with these graduates

who have taught me as much as I havetaught them,” says Dr. Mo n t g o m e ry. “I amdeeply moved by this award and am thank-ful to have students like the ones at T h eUn i versity of Scranton who are bright, ser-vice-oriented and who are already pro a c t i vecontributors to our world.”

The Teacher of the Year Award is oneof three teaching awards presented annu-ally by The University of Scranton. Theother two are the Edward Gannon, S.J.,Award for Excellence in Teaching, estab-lished by Alpha Sigma Nu, the NationalHonor Society for students in Jesuit col -leges and universities, and the Professorof the Year Award, sponsored by theCouncil for Advancement and Support ofEducation (CASE).

Dr. Montgomery joined The Universityof Scranton in 1998 as an AssistantProfessor of Education. She was namedAssociate Professor of Education in 2001.

Prior to joining the University, Dr.Montgomery was Assistant Professor ofEducation at Elmira College, Elmira,N.Y., and Assistant Professor/Supervisorof student teachers at Pennsylvania StateUniversity, University Park.

Dr. Mo n t g o m e ry was co-recipient of aPe n n s y l vania Higher Ed u c a t i o nTechnology Grant for performance assess-ment of students through technology, andc o - recipient of a cooperative endow m e n tgrant for The Un i versity of Scranton andMa rywood Un i versity Speaker Series. Dr.Mo n t g o m e ry has written two books, themost recent, co-authored with Dr. Da v i dWi l e y, on creating electronic port f o l i o s .

Kathleen K. Montgomery, D.Ed., iscongratulated on being named thethe Teacher of the Year by UniversityPresident Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.

Debra Busacco, Director of the Centerfor Teaching and Learning Excellence, hasbeen accepted in Leadership Lackawannafor the 2004-2005 class.

John R. Conway, Ph.D., AssociateProfessor, Biology, has had one of his pho-tographs of honey ants accepted for exhi-bition in a show titled “Ants HiddenWorld Revealed” that will be on displayfor one year at the California Academy ofSciences, San Francisco, Calif.

L a w rence W. Ke n n e d y, Ph . D . , A s s o c i a t ePro f e s s o r, Hi s t o ry, has had a chapter titled“The Irish Question and Boston Po l i t i c s”published in the book B o s t o n’s Hi s t o r i e s p u b-lished by No rtheastern Un i versity Press inJa n u a ry 2004. His article entitled “Boston”has been published in the 2004 edition of theEn c yclopedia Am e r i c a n a. Dr. Kennedy alsospoke on “Irish Po l i t i c i a n s” as part of the“ Ireland and America” lecture series sponsore dby the Irish Cultural Society of Scranton.NEW STA F F

The following is a list of full-time staffhired at the University in April.Jonathan K. Davitt, Officer, Public Safety

OfficerJennifer K. Maher, Evening Systems

Specialist, Weinberg Memorial Library

and Clara Ba rton. He earned his master ofa rts degree and doctorate at Ge o r g e t ow nUn i ve r s i t y. He served in World War II,earning a Purple He a rt, Bro n ze Star andCombat In f a n t ry Badge. Dr. Bu rton was amember of the faculty at St. Jo s e p h’sCollege, now St. Jo s e p h’s Un i ve r s i t y, form o re than 50 years, including 24 years aschair of the history department.

Dominick A.Cruciani Jr., M.D.,’54, C l a rks Su m m i t ,re c e i ved the award inMedicine. Dr.Cruciani served as ani n f a n t ry soldier in theKo rean War and as amedical officer duringthe Vietnam Wa r. Heearned his medicald e g ree fro m

Ge o r g e t own Medical School in 1958, andopened a private practice in ophthalmol-ogy in Scranton and the Pittston area. Dr.Cruciani has been ve ry active in local, stateand national medical societies. He is ayearly participant in fund-raising for theUn i versity campaigns, and served as chair-man of the annual alumni drive in 1976.He is a former member of the board oft rustees of The Un i versity of Scranton.

Ma rk E. Chopko,Esq., ’74, o fAlexandria, Va . ,re c e i ved the award inReligion andSp i r i t u a l i t y. He serve sas General Counsel tothe United St a t e sC o n f e rence of CatholicBishops, Wa s h i n g t o n ,D.C. As such, he is the

chief legal officer and supervises a corpo-rate legal staff of six. Mr. Chopko earnedhis juris doctorate from Cornell LawSchool. He has served as Assistant Ge n e r a lCounsel to the U.S. Catholic Confere n c e ,Inc., the National Conference of CatholicBishops; as senior attorney and attorney ofthe U.S. Nuclear Re g u l a t o ry Commission;and as trial counsel for the Cornell LegalAid Clinic. His numerous articles address avariety of topics, including churc h - s t a t eaffairs and education..

No rt h e a s tPe n n s y l vania Ma rk e t ;vice president of EastSt roudsburg corporate;and Regional Vi c ePresident in Scrantoncorporate banking.M r. Danchak serve son the board of dire c-tors of many localinstitutions, including

Blue Cross of No rtheastern Pe n n s y l va n i a ,The Regional Chamber Pa rt n e r s h i p, theScranton Industrial De velopment Companyand the Boy Scouts of America. He alsos e rves as a member of The Un i versity ofScranton Board of Regents and CollegeB o a rd of Visitors.

Lt. Gen. Daniel J.O’Neill, ’59 G’64,Honesdale, receivedthe award forEducation. His careeras a military leaderincludes active dutyin the U.S. Army andPennsylvania ArmyNational Guard,where he served in

every command from platoon leader toDivision Commander. As an educator, hehas worked as a classroom teacher, coach,high school principal and Superintendentof Schools in the Wayne HighlandsSchool District. He has served on manyboards and committees, including theVisiting Middle States AssociationEvaluation Committee, the WayneMemorial Hospital Authority Board, andthe Wayne Bank Board of Directors. Hewas appointed by former PennsylvaniaGov. Tom Ridge to ser ve on the BaseRetention and Closure Committee-PAC.

William J. Corcoran, Esq. ’64,received the Law award. A resident ofWashington, D.C., he earned a juris doc-tor degree from Georgetown Universityin 1967. He served in the U.S. NavyJudge Advocate General’s Corps from1968 to 1971, and presently serves asSenior Counsel in the Public IntegritySection of the Criminal Division. In1972, he joined the U.S. Department ofJustice as a trial attorney. He served as a

Special Assistant U.S.Attorney inPhiladelphia, as a trialattorney in Washington,D.C., and has arguedseveral criminal trials inthe U.S. Courts ofAppeals. He has servedas Deputy Chief andActing Chief of theNarcotics Section of the

Criminal Division, Counsel to theOrganized Crime Drug Enforcement TaskForce Program. Mr. Corcoran has twicereceived the Attorney General’s Award forDistinguished Service to the U.S.Department of Justice.

Rosellen M. Ga r re t t ,Ph.D., C.R.N.P. ,re c e i ved the Un i ve r s i t ySe rvice award. Sh erecently re t i red from herposition as AssociateProfessor of Nursing atthe Un i ve r s i t y. Mo s tn o t a b l y, Dr. Ga r rett wasthe founder of theUn i ve r s i t y’s nursing

d e p a rtment in 1980. She was responsible forthe development of the curriculum, includ-ing the nursing laboratory, off-campus clini-cal learning sites and initial re c ruitment andd e velopment of faculty. Dr. Ga r rett earnedher master of science degree inp s ychiatric/mental health nursing from theUn i versity of Ma ryland and her Ph.D. fro mThe Medical College of Pe n n s y l va n i aGraduate School of Medical Sciences. Sh eearned her certificate as a family nurse prac-titioner from Binghamton Un i ve r s i t y. Dr.Ga r rett has also maintained a private prac-tice in individual and marriage counseling.

David H. Burton,Ph.D., ’49, received t h eA rts and Letters award. Aresident of Bryn Ma w r,Dr. Bu rton is theauthor/editor of some 20books, many of them inthe field of historicalb i o g r a p h y, including thel i ves of T h e o d o reRo o s e velt, Ol i ve r

Wendell Holmes Jr., William How a rd Ta f t

The University of Scranton presentedFrank J. O’Hara Awards to nine peopleduring Alumni Reunion Weekend, June11-13.

The O’Hara Awards are the highesthonor bestowed jointly by the Universityand its 38,000-member Alumni Society.They recognize alumni and others whohave achieved distinction in their profes-sions or personal endeavors. The awardsare named for the late administrator whoserved the University with love and devo-tion for 53 years.

Ma ry Beth Fa r re l l’ 7 9 , New Yo rk, N.Y. ,re c e i ved the award forManagement. Ms.Fa r rell is Exe c u t i ve Vi c ePresident, Finance andC o r p o r a t eAdministration Se rv i c e sof AXA Fi n a n c i a l .Be f o re joining AXA,she was employed as

Senior Vice President and Controller forGre e n Point Bank. She has also beene m p l oyed by Citibank, and by KPMG Pe a tMa rwick. Ms. Fa r rell, a Un i versity tru s t e eand chair of the Institutional Ad va n c e m e n tCommittee, is vice chair of The Un i versity ofS c r a n t o n’s Pre s i d e n t’s Business Councilformed by a prominent group of metro p o l i-tan New Yo rk-based alumni. She has alsos e rved on the National Board of theUn i ve r s i t y’s Alumni So c i e t y.

Pe n n s y l vania Re p .Kevin J. Blaum ’74,Wi l k e s - Ba r re, re c e i ve dthe award forGovernment Se rv i c e .He is De m o c r a t i cChairman of theHouse Ju d i c i a lCommittee, a memberof the Ru l e sCommittee and is cur-

rently serving his eleventh term re p re s e n t-ing the 121st Legislative District. T h eWi l k e s - Ba r re native was elected as a mem-ber of the Pe n n s y l vania House ofRe p re s e n t a t i ves in 1980 after serving fiveyears on Wi l k e s - Ba r re City Council. Mr.Blaum also served as Chairman of thePe n n s y l vania Commission on Crime andDe l i n q u e n c y, where he instituted a pro-gram to combat sexual assault on collegecampuses. Under Governor Ro b e rt Casey,he was also a member of the Gove r n o r sCommission on Children and Families.

Peter J. Danchak ’84, Du n m o re, re c e i ve dthe Community Se rvice award. Mr.Danchak is President of the No rt h e a s tPe n n s y l vania region of PNC Bank, a mem-ber of The PNC Financial Se rvices Gro u p,s e rving at PNC since 1984. He has helds e veral positions including Senior Vi c ePresident, Division Manager for the corpo-rate banking line of business for the

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O’Hara Awards Presented at Alumni Reunion Weekend

Mary BethFarrell

Rep. Kevin J.Blaum

Lt. Gen. DanielJ. O’Neill

William J.Corcoran, Esq.

R o s e l l e nGarrett, Ph.D.

David H.Burton, Ph.D.

Dominick A.Cruciani, Jr.,

M.D.

Mark E.Chopko, Esq.

Peter J.Danchak

University PresidentRev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.,has announced theappointment of JeromeP. DeSanto as VicePresident for Planningand Chief InformationOfficer, effective June 1.

Since 2003, Mr.DeSanto has served asInterim Vice President for Planning and

Institutional Effectiveness and AssociateProvost for Information Technology.

As Vice President for Planning, Mr.De Santo directs the Un i ve r s i t y’s strategic plan-ning process and assessment and institutionalre s e a rch function. As Chief In f o r m a t i o nOf f i c e r, he oversees all of the Un i ve r s i t y’sa d m i n i s t r a t i ve computing services, network i n gre s o u rces and technology support .

Mr. DeSanto first joined the Universityin 1979 as Manager of Systems and

Programming in the Computing Center.Subsequently, he directed the ComputerSystems Department and was ExecutiveDirector of the Joseph M. McDadeCenter for Technology and AppliedResearch. He was named Assistant Provostfor Information Technology in 1991 andAssociate Provost in 1994.

M r. De Santo earned a bachelor’s degree ineconomics and master’s of business adminis-tration from The Un i versity of Scranton.

The University Names Vice President for Planning and Chief Information Officer

Jerome P.DeSanto

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GOLD MEDALLION

RECIPIENTS

Christopher A. BaumannCollege of Arts & SciencesProfessor of Chemistry

David W. BlackCollege of Arts & SciencesProfessor of Philosophy

Joan A. BorickBuilding MaintenanceCustodian

Bernice A. BuddUniversity Campus SchoolUniversity Aide

Thomas F. CawleyResidence HallMaintenanceCustodian

Elizabeth CiuccioARAMARKFood Service Worker

Michael D. CollinsInformation ResourcesHelp Desk Analyst

Gemma P. DavisPolitical ScienceSecretary

Trudy A. DickneiderCollege of Arts & SciencesProfessor of Chemistry

Joanne T. GambacortaCampus MinistriesSecretary

Michael A. HardiskyCollege of Arts & SciencesProfessor of Biology

Patricia HarringtonPanuska College ofProfessional StudiesAssociate Professor ofNursing

L a r ry J. Hi c k e r n e l lSystems & Software Re s o u rc e sWeb Te c h n o l o g i s t

Rose Ann Ju b i n s k iSystems & SoftwareRe s o u rc e sPro j e c t / Su p p o rt Team Leader

Daniel P. MahoneyKania School ofManagementProfessor of Accounting

Ma rk M. Mc A l l i s t e rSystems & Software Re s o u rc e sComputer Op e ra t i o n sAd m i n i s t ra t o r

Ronald H. McKinney, S.J.College of Arts & SciencesProfessor of Philosophy

Neil P. McLaughlin, S.J.Alumni RelationsChaplain

Joseph J. MetzgerARAMARKAsst. Food Service Director

Joanne J. ReichleHealth Administration &Human ResourcesSecretary

Richard M. Trygar ChemistryLab Supervisor

At an awards dinner held May 21st, 21 employees we re inducted into the Order of ProDeo et Un i versitate, which re c o g n i zes 20 years of service to the Un i ve r s i t y. T h eUn i versity also presented 10-year service awards to 35 employees at a luncheon held Ma y27. Fo l l owing are the names of employees who we re honored for their dedicated serv i c e .

21 Employees Inducted into the Order of Pro Deo et Universitate

Employees with 20 years of service were recognized at an awards dinner onMay 21.

10-YEAR SERVICE AWARDS

Eileen J. CallahanCynthia W. CannRobert F. CurleyBarbara K. EagenMarie C. GaughanDorothy A. GentileElizabeth GiorgioRomayne E. GranzaMarie E. KaramMary Ann KearnsChristopher C. Krall

Francis X. KranickRuth H. LanciaJoseph M. MarianiAlan R. MazzeiRebecca Lea MikesellElizabeth A. MinelloSusan L. MoirDeborah A. MoranoMargaret MorganJoseph J. Morgan John J. Nealon Stanley J. Olshefski

Joseph L. OstroskiAnthony P. PameliaBernadine K. PanuntiSusan E. PattenMary A. RafterNoreen SchofieldGerard Louis SealeyMichael R. SimonsNarda A. TafuriGretchen J. Van DykeMary Sandra WatsonKeith D. Yurgosky

The De p a rtment of Physical Therapy atthe Un i versity has re c e i ved authorizationf rom the Pe n n s y l vania De p a rtment ofEducation to begin offering the Doctor ofPhysical Therapy degree. The curre n tM . P. T. program is being phased out andreplaced by a thre e - ye a r, post-Ba c c a l a u re a t eD . P. T. program – the first doctoral-leve lp rogram to be offered by the Un i ve r s i t y.

As the first step in phasing in the newD . P. T. program, the De p a rtment of Ph y s i c a lTherapy will launch an entirely We b - b a s e dtransition Doctor of Physical T h e r a p y( t D P T) degree program designed specificallyfor practicing clinicians beginning this fall.The tDPT degree enables licensed physicaltherapists to bridge the gap between theirp rofessional master’s degree in physical ther-apy education and the current entry - l e ve lclinical doctorate (DPT) education.

The tDPT degree requires 16 creditsbeyond an entry-level master’s degree inphysical therapy. The program consists offour Web-based courses (4 credits each)in the areas of evidence-based practice,pharmacology, pathology and diagnosis.All courses are presented entirely onlinewith optional on-campus discussion/review sessions offered one or two timeseach semester. Each course also includes aclinical case-based research component.

Applicants must possess a valid physicaltherapy license and have at least one yearof clinical experience as a physical thera-pist. Applicants with an entry-level bac-

Transitional DPT Degree Being Offered

With the assistance and expertise ofBusiness Leadership students in the KaniaSchool of Management, theAffinities/Visibility/Promotions (AVP)Committee of the University’s AlumniBoard of Governors has launched a Website to market exclusive merchandise toScranton alumni.

The Scranton Alumni Mall Web site,located at www. S c r a n t o n A l u m n i Ma l l . c o m ,is an online store that will market licensedm e rchandise to alumni bearing theUn i ve r s i t y’s federally re g i s t e red trademark sand other Un i versity logos.

The Scranton Alumni Mall can be usedby alumni, students, faculty and otheraffiliates of the University. The site oper-ates independently from the UniversityBookstore and is dedicated to providingquality merchandise as a way to build astrong alumni community and to raiserevenue for alumni services.

John Lanahan ’84, is Chairman of theAlumni Board’s Affinities Committee.

Alumni Mall Launch e d

calaureate degree or certificate in physicaltherapy will be assessed on a case-by-casebasis to determine the prerequisites forentry into the program.

For more information on the tDPTprogram, contact James L. Goonan,Director of Graduate Admissions, at1-800-366-GRAD.

Events Mark National Nurses We e k

In celebration of National Nu r s e sWeek, May 6-12, the Un i versity pre-sented its Making a Di f f e rence Aw a rdto Francine Pi e t rowski, LPN, Mo s e sTaylor Hospital Regional Di a l y s i sUnit. Ms. Pi e t rowski is being honore dfor her exceptional caring and dedica-tion to her patients and their familiesover her 27 years as a nurse.

The Making A Di f f e rence award isg i ven during Nurse Week to honor anurse who has experience in caring forpatients and has demonstrated clinical

e xcellence. It is for a nurse who has ded-icated him or herself to clinical practiceand truly has touched many lives.

The Nursing Department alsohosted an open house on Tuesday,May 4. At the event, Morgan Hillery,a sophomore nursing student fromBerne, N.Y., received an award fromthe department. Ms. Hillery’s essayon what it means to be a nurse wasthe winner in a writing contest fornursing students sponsored by theNursing Department.

The University presented the Making a Difference Award to a localnurse during National Nurses Week in May. From left, SharonHudacek, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Nursing; FrancinePietrowski, LPN, award recipient; Deborah Zielinski, Nursing LabDirector, Patricia Harrington, Ed.D., R.N., Associate Professor andChair of the Nursing Department at the University.

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Kari C. AbramsChristopher R. AdamsColleen G. AikenLaura E. AlderuccioLindsay J. AltieriChristopher C. AltmillerLee O. AlvarezMeredith T. AmoleMary R. AngelucciLeslie A. AngleroMargaret E. AnthonyAlexia AntoniadesAntonio F. AntonucciNicole A. ArcherMelissa ArgotSandra L. ArmbrustColleen M. ArmstrongKara M. ArmstrongStacy H. ArnoldJacquelyn E. ArrowKelly L. AyresJulia A. AzeffJames W. BaileyOwen A. BaillieMelanie A. BakerAnthony BalzanoCourtney E. BaranJohn E. BarlowErin M. BarrettCharles C. BartelsFinda S. BaryohErin E. BatesDale J. BaumanChristine M. BeckRachel L. BeckerMatthew S. BegginAntonio T. BenedictoRobert A. BengivengaKeri-Ann BennettRachel M. BennettLauren M. BernardMary A. BertelsJessica A. BesackKristen M. BestShaun M. BewickRose Mary BiancoAngela R. BidnickAndrea L. BielenShannon M. BlackerMichael C. BladesJennifer M. BlasiMary Ellen BoandlCarl N. BoccutiRyan BoerRachel A. BognetChristopher A.

BoltinghouseBrandi M. BorutaThomas J. BoychukLeslie A. Boyle

Shannon M. BoyleCheryl E. BozymRonald L. BraceGeorge T. BradfordJohn C. BradyBeth M. BrauchliThomas J. BraunEllen D. BrazilBrie M. BrennanBrock J. BrennanPatrick T. BrennanSheila BroadheadJay B. BrowerMatthew A. BrownLinette J. BrowningDavid F. BrunoLauren E. BrushMatthew R. BrzyckiJacob P. BuchananJames M. BuchholzSarah B. BuckleyEllen C. BuggyBridget J. BujakAmy L. BuntzKatherine F. BurghartAlexandra BurkeSamantha K. BurkhardtKelly BurlandErin K. BurnsKate C. BurtnerDeborah A. ButrimMichael R. BuzzerioMichael J. ByrneMichael A. ByrnesCatharine A. CafferkyAmanda CallChristopher CalogeroMeghan A. CalpinChristine P. CampbellElizabeth J. CampbellAnthony CannellaChristopher J. CappelloAngelo J. CaprioKevin R. CardenChad A. CareyGreg W. CarpenettiJeffrey S. CarrThomas J. CarrillDaniel J. CarrollLauren T. CarusoCasey R. CashmanPatricia A. CassarErin CassidyNicholas G. CastagnaPeter A. CataldoKevin T. CattieLinda J. CavazziniDenise E. CavoloJanet L. CecchiniRobert C. ChaceRenee J. ChaninWilliam W. CheneySteven W. CherryErica L. CheshireElizabeth A. Chiafair

Brandon ChivinskiSusan M. ChruscielStephanie M. CiceraleErica R. CilurzoBrian S. CinoskiChristian A. CiprianiVito CiriglianoElizabeth M. CisselMarc P. CiucciShannon R. ClarkAngela ClauseTara ClearyMatthew J. ClementsWilliam D. CoffeyKaitlyn M. CoganJames CoglietteFalisha R. CollinsMeghan-Ann CollinsNancy M. ColuccioErica J. ComptonMatthew R. ComptonMichael S. ConkIan E. ConklinMichael V. ConnallonMarykate ConnollyKellyann ConnorRyan ConnorsRobin A. CookElizabeth Q. CooneyWilliam J. CorbyChristopher J. CoreyMeghan A. CorieriKathleen CorrMargaret M. CosgroveMary Ann E. CosgroveSean M. CostelloJennifer L. CoursJustin V. CozzaShannon M. CraigeAmy CravathVictoria M. CroccoJohn R. CroomAbbien CrowleyKimberly E. CulleyNicole CwalinskiAmando S. DalisaySandra DallaRivaThomas W. DanielsPatrick J. DarbyMichael DaughertyKristen M. DavenportLaura DavidsonColleen L. DavisDavid A. DavittMaribeth DayKimberly A. DellanoMario A. DelRossoAmanda G. DeMarcoNoelle DemuthRuslan E. DenysykAnthony L. DePasqualeAlison M. DeVarsoJean M. DevlinJennifer P. DeweyJaclyn A. DiBrienza

Jessica DiDonatoVincent DiDonnaMeredith L. DiehlDaniel J. DiGrazianoMichele M. DiNoiaAleksandra A. DjordjevicJudith A. DohertyGerard DombroskiRussell R. DonnellyKristen M. DonohueMary F. DonohueCharles F. DotterJohn B. DottoTerrence J. DotzlerChristopher R.

DoughertyKatie M. DoughertyShalissa M. DoughertyJames E. DowellEllen M. DriscollHal T. DrugacBernadette A. DuffyKathleen R. DuffyHerbert C. DunnKelly E. DunnAmy E. DwyerKyle S. EatonLeah N. EggarsAndrea EilenbergerJoyce A. EnglehartEileen R. EricksonVanessa D. EspositoJennifer L. EvansLauren S. EvansBartholomew D. FanelleAndrew D. FarrellKevin T. FarrellTracy FarrellChristopher G.

FarringtonJillian P. FedericoJaclyn A. FellmanKimberly A. FellsRachael L. FergusonAntonette FeuerstackNicholas J. FidanzaThomas G. FieldingLauren M. FigariDavid J. FineNatalie D. FinkelsteinRyan T. FinneganSusan E. FirestoneJulia FitzgibbonsSean M. FlavilleKatie A. FlorkiewiczJudith A. FloundersJohn F. FlynnSarah E. FlynnLeonard E. FoderaBlair J. FormisanoThomas L. FoxLindsey E. FrancisMary Alice FranklinChristine M. FrawleyKatharine E. FreyTimothy R. GabrielliChristine N. GaffiganSarah GaidosRachel M. GallagherGerald P. GalloDiana M. GalvinMichael J. GambaJamie GambettaKatherine A. GanleyWilliam J. GarciaDavid GargoneMary A. GarofaloThomas A. GarubbaMegan M. GarvinRonald P. GasparriEric GasperSonia G. GattaChristopher J. Gatto

Sara E. GauszJohn J. GavinKelly A. GaynorSiobhan GeerlingsChristal A. GentileGeni L. GeorgeTiffany R. GerardiMichael E. GerchakRobert V. Giacometti IIAnthony D.

GiancatarinoChristina GiannettiJillian F. GilibertoEthan M. GiordanoAndrew M. GizienskiJohn P. GladyszEdward W. GlowienkaRoberto GodreauSara C. GonzalezVanessa L. GonzalezMegan E. GosserCandace A. GrabaniaStephen J. GrableBrian P. GradyLauren E. GrantSarah M. GrapentinePatrick J. GrenkoKelly M. GriffinJennifer A. GroeglerTimothy J. GroverChristen M. GruebelMichael E. GuarinoJennifer G. GuintoMichael J. GunteskiAnthony GuzzardoKathleen M. HaggertyTracie A. HallockLaura J. HammondJustin M. HamorJustin R. HannonSarah A. HanrattyTerri A. HarcharJoseph P. HartmannKelly A. HartnettAlexander H. HauckRobert J. HavardKieran C. HaywardKerri L. HazaJacqueline A. HazelEric J. HazzouriMatthew J. HealyLeah A. HegstromTara A. HelbingAmanda C. HelringPeter A. HemmerJohn F. HernandezAnne Marie Hertz

Scott F. HessStephen L. HeyingMarissa A. HibbardShannon E. HickeyMichael P. HigginsAlison M. HillJustin A. HinzGenelle M. HobanElizabeth R. HoeflingAllison E. HoffmanCristina R. HohmannMatthew A. HohmannChristine H. HoldwrightAnn E. HollenbeckCatherine M. HolleranShawn G. HornJames J. HornbergerLaurie D. HorneJason A. HuffsmithChristopher F.

HundersmarckBrett M. HundleyKrista R. HylinskiJoseph IntranuovoMonique L. IwaszkoKelly M. JacksonBrad A. JaegerWilliam H. JamesAlison M. JanesKristin D. JanssAllyson D. JengoShanna N. JervisLauren K. JohansenKimberly A. JohnsonLauren K. JohnsonWhitney M. JohnsonMary K. JohnstonChristine R. JonesThomas W. JordanChristopher R. JoyceSean JoyceKathryn E. JuronHilary L. KaneDaniel G. KarabinAmanda S.KarlavageCara KasaPeter M. KashinskyLillian R. KayalStacy M. KearneyDiana M. KeatingMary KeeganRobert K. KeenanMelissa M. KeklakMatthew A. KellyKristen E. KempfMary E. KenneyGavin G. Keogh

Keith KerraneMin Woo KimKathryn E. KingMichael D. KippChristine M. KirchnerLauren M. KirschNancy Y. KizerLarissa KlepadloMichael E. KlingeleElizabeth J. KloczkoNatalie J. KnepleyMatthew KnowlanJill K. KochJennifer L. KocherChristopher S. KonopkaGlenda M. KonzmanMeghann KoppeleKeira L. KordowskiDavid A. KosikMichelle A. KozichGery KozlanskyAnne E. KozulLisa KrakerMichael C. KrakyMichelle L. KratzTimothy P. KrauseNick F. KravitzBrian M. KreibickJennifer M. KreiderMeredith C. KrillMelissa H. KsenakHeather L. KunstMatthew A. KurtzAnn I. KushmerickAlbert KwasnikMiah F. KwiatkowskiRenee E. LaborantiKelly M. LaCombeTimothy B. LaffeyMaureen M. LaForceCheryl A. LaganaSeth M. LaJeunesseJoseph A. LandaraMichael LanganJeffrey G. LangePatrick J. LaPorteChristopher A. LaReginaLori LarsonMarsha L. LaukaitisKatherine A. LavoieSarah S. LawlerCheryl A. LawsonTara A. LeberGene N. LeeHiu L. LeeMan C. LeeKaren K. Legge

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BACHELOR’S &ASSOCIATE’S

DEGREES

Honorary degree recipients were greeted by University officials atCommencement. From left: Frank J. McDonnell, Esq. ’60, Chair ofthe Board of Trustees; Beth Barnett, Ed.D., Provost and VicePresident for Academic Affairs; Honorary degree recipientsColleen Kelly, Jane E. Oppenheim, James W. Dyer ’66, Rev.Joseph M. McShane, S.J., and Patrick A. Toole; and UniversityPresident Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. The University also awarded anhonorary degree to William H. Finn ’67, posthumously.

A Nursing Pinning Ceremony was held in the Houlihan-McLeanCenter on May 29.

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William P. LemegaCameo G. LerroMichael J. LetwinskyTiffany R. LeventhalCandice R. LewisErin M. LewisJessica L. LewisShannon LewisGregory R. LinckBrian J. LipskiKelly M. ListerRobert T. LoderstedtDaniel T. LodiniKellie M. LoganKimberly A. LombardiMatthew P. LombardiPatrick M. LongChristina C. LopezMatthew P. LoughneySean J. LoValloAmanda R. LoydenMary N. LoyekStephen M. LuchkoJeffrey J. LuttrellChar-Anne LyonJaclyn LyonsRichard K. MacWilliamsFrank T. MadaloneDennis E. MahonChristopher D. MakiDaniel R. MaloneLisa A. MalysMichael P. ManciCharles H. MancinelliMichael W. MandelGina M. ManueleBrandy MaranoChristopher J. MarcicKelly J. MarekAmanda MarianoMarisa C. MarinoBrian P. MarketTimara J. MarquisJennifer J. MarsalaLauren MartelliMichael C. MartelliTheresa A. MartinMary Beatrice R. MaslarJessica A. MassaroSean D. MatthewsPenelope J. MaynardElizabeth A. MazzeiMichael MazzeiKevin J. McCabeMichelle A. McCaffreyKathleen A. McCaheyLauren E. McCahillAshley L. McCormackJames F. McCormickSean P. McDadeJude R. McDonoughKerry McGarvey

Aaron J. McGinleyCaitlin A. McGradyJamie L. McGraneLauren A. McHaleAmanda C. McIverJeffrey M. McKeeverBrian D. McKenzieJessica K. McLaneMatthew J. McTernanMeredith A. McWilliamsJanelle M. MeadScott P. MeaneyDaniel L. MearesRobyn MehlingKristin A. MelilloChristian M. MeolaKevin T. MessmerAlexander E. MickiewiczJennifer L. MillerLauren M. MillerRachael E. MillerJoseph L. MinnellaErica L. MiskimanMonica MizsakRobert J. MoffittKenneth M. MohnErin M. MonahanRobert MonettaGina MonksJoseph J. MontaltoDean V. MontesaniMichael G. MorganRoseann M. MorganMelissa E. MorrealeCarlee J. MorrisElizabeth K. MorrisCourtney MorrisonJoseph J. MulhallScott R. MullenArthur G. MullerChad R. MullerChristopher J. MullerRichard J. MulliganThomas J. MunsonColleen E. MurphyErin M. MurphyMary T. MurrayBryan T. MurtaughJocelyn NavorouskiKelly NeenanKate E. NelsonJennifer M. NessCrystal E. NewbyChristopher M. NicchiGerard W. NicholsMegan NiedbalaJillian G. NikoseyLaurie B. NilsonBridget A. NooneErik J. NovakSharon F. NyamboliJenna T. NystromColin J. O’BoyleMichael F. O’BrienColleen N. O’ConnorElizabeth A. O’ConnorLorraine M. O’DonnellJames P. O’MalleyRyan P. O’NeillJoseph OliveriMarissa A. OllerKristin M. OmmerbornDaniel OrozcoAngela F. OstrowskiClinton J. PageChristina L. PalaciosAriane PalmasaniJoseph PandolfoNicole G. PappasMatthew T. ParodiJennifer A. ParryDershna PatelBharathi U. PatimallaAbby E. Patnaude

John P. PatrickJohn L. PatronickBeverly PaulineLori A. PaulowskeyMichael T. PearsonWilliam R. PeoplesBenjamin H. PersettRyan J. PetrunichPamela PhelanAlyssa M. PianelliCasey A. PidichKathleen A. PierangeliJenna E. PietrickDavid A. PignatelloRachel E. PikeAnthony J. PipernoShannon PiragasThomas F. PironeJoseph F. PodgorskiBrad A. PodrayVincent PomaricoRegina PonentePaul A. PonzekaArthur PosoccoJerome J. PotisJason J. PowellJoseph J. PowellMark F. PrestifilippoMatthew J. PriceMaureen S. PrietoPeggy T. ProctorRenee PuchalskiJennifer M. PusateriMichael F. QuaglioEric M. QuievrynEdward R. QuinnJulie A. QuinnJennifer A. QuinonesKali RacavichRobert L. RadabaughChristopher E. RadziwillErica RafterRobin M. RajuJacqueline I. ReddenEmily A. ReddingKathleen N. RedmondBryan M. ReedSusan E. ReeveChristopher T. ReileyMarisa N. ReuberKimberly A. ReynoldsMelissa A. ReynoldsSarah F. RhodesJoseph J. RicciLinda V. RiccobonoJacklyn R. RichardsKatherine R. RickardMichelle A. RickardJennifer A. RienziPatrick J. RiffleKevin T. RileyJustin RoachDaniel J. RobertiAmanda E. RobertsJohn J. RobertsonMargaret B. RobinsonSara D. RobinsonAlex Enrique RochaKevin C. RoeRyan R. RoettgerJeffrey J. RogersJillian M. RollandJeffrey S. RomaneczErica L. RomannRachel A. RomanoAdam T. RopelewskiJulie B. RosenfeltMatthew C. RossMelissa RossiCarolyn A. RoweMeggan B. RunnerMelissa A. RuppJulienne J. RushinCatherine M. Russin

Jill A. SabolAmy L. SadlerRonald SaglimbeneRobert F. SaiaLesley SajdakSuzanne V. SantarelliEmily SantilloShannon O. SantoroJessica L. SavageMichael S. SawyerDonna P. SchankErik M. SchenckScott D. SchimmelWilliam F. SchimpfChristopher M.

SchneiderRyan J. SchofieldCourtney L. SchroedelLori K. SchwarzCorinne A. SearlesCorinna R. Seaton-ChoyTara S. SeeligerAshley B. SefeckaHeather A. SeipleKimberly SengstackGinger C. SerifovicJennifer M. SerraTerrance A. SgroiRoshni B. ShahMarci R. ShanerSara J. ShoenerRobert J. SidotiJoshua J. SiglinMark A. SimkoMelissa SimrellLynn A. SinnerJoshua A. SkverskyTeresa R. SliderErin K. SloanMichele SmigielJayme E. SmithKristen J. SmithLauren-Marie SmithLauren SmithLouise SmithMeredith F. SnowGregory P. SnyderAmanda S. SoaresSarita E. SoaresFrank R. SobocinskiPaul J. SolgaMichael D. SoltusNicholas SossongAlita M. SoulsbyShannon M. SpakRonald A. SpallettaScott D. SpattPatrick B. SporingJoseph F. SrokaKate E. StackChristine E. StanikWilliam P. StantonMichael J. StefanskiBrian J. StehnCarrie E. StemrichRebecca StewartMatthew T. StolzChristopher R. StormsSandra K. StrausserLouis J. StrazzeriClare M. StrockbineLauren G. StrongMegan N. StrongPatricia L. StrubleSusan M. SturgesNicole M. SuchterKevin A. SullivanLindsay E. SullivanJosiah SulouffPatricia A. SuttmillerKiblai SuzukyMary L. SylvesterTamas SzaszKatherine M.

SzczepanskiMegan E. SzivosAmy M. TalipskiAlicia TanacrediRajeev TanwarWilliam P. TaroliKate S. TatarzewskiNdeh TawahSarah A. TeelAndrea TelensonKate E. TellefsenChristopher V. TestaMelody T. TestaElizabeth A. ThomasRyan L. ThomasWendy J. ThomasDavid D. ThompsonLauryn M. TiedemannJennifer A. TinnellyStephen M. TizzoniBrent W. TobinBrett A. TodeErika L. TokarzJonathan G.

TomaszewskiMark A. TomaszewskiTanya M. TompkinsJennifer L. TothRyan L. TothKimberly P. TowleJoseph T. TracyFrancis M. TravalineAnna H. TrentlyEric M. TriplettJacob A. TroutmanStephen TroveiBarbara D. TumeltyMeredith K. TuoheyMichael A. TurleyMichael G. UrbanovichJose ValdezSarah L. VentimigliaRichard S. VerdeSandra VilarinoCristina A. VillaniLaura P. Virtue-DelayoKristin F. ViscoRichard A. VitaleNicole C. VlachosErin VogelRobert G. WagnerAmy WalkerKathleen L. WallAndrea S. WallaceJames G. WalshJamie L. WargoMegan WasilikSean C. WeckChristopher WestphalAllison J. WiemanJoseph P. WietlisbachChristine A. WilkinsonKristen M. WilliamsGeorge F. Wilson

Jessica L. WincekMollye J. WindtStephanie WiseMichelle N. WolfsbergerAmy M. YablonskiLeland P. YadougaJohn T. YaremKenneth P. YoderKelli M. YoungJohnna L. YurkoEdward J. Zagorsky, IIIMichael G. ZaleskiGeorge A. ZevanJiehua ZhaiMatthew D. ZinnPasquale P. ZitoKeith D. ZonaBenjamin C. Zurick

Maen A. AbdelhafezMagee C. AllegrucciJulie H. BairMatthew T. BaldwinRebecca D. BallentineElizabeth H. BaumbachMichael E. BeckishShawna L. BedeAllison L. BednarskiTracy A. BednarzDenise A. BeechayCarol A. BenginiaTracy A. BergenChristina M. BlickDanielle M. BooradyChristopher J. BoresJames F. BoyleKathleen T. BradiganWilliam C. BrennenRuth L. BrumaginLinda H. BryanEileen R.ButlerYuxing CaiCatherine M. CampSuzette A. CardamoneAmy L. CasilloMary Jane T. CerminaroWei ChenNicole M. ChrzanJennifer A. CollinsVanina P. ColomboCatherine A. ConwayJames V. CooperEdward T. CosgroveKimberly A. CurranLori S. CzajkowskiSteven R. D’AmbolaJyoti DalalAmy R. DemingDanielle M. Devine

Arpit DosanjhChristopher R.

DoughertyAngela M. DraceMegan C. DuffyJoanne EdenPatricia A. EmerickShannon E. FarrellCatherine A. FawlsMichelle S. FernandesChristine A. FontaineAllison K. FrancescoStacy J. FrankenbushElizabeth L. GalantiVijayalakshmi R.

GangareddygariStephanie A. GanzLeo GilroyBlyton B. GomesMelody R. GoodwinDana R. GrzendaSuvrat GuptaWendy M. HafnerSara L. HahlAdrienne L. HamsonDeborah L. HartzellKimberly G. HeckmanJennie L. HildebrandPei-Yi HoJoan HodowanitzAlice M. HopkinsMegan E. HudakJeffrey D. HuesterMichelle A. HuzaJeff S. HynickNicholas W. IannielliMatthew J. IskraJennifer A. JamiesonJennifer M. JohnsonJillian K. JosephAnne M. KasperLaura B. KellyKathleen A. KetchaLorie N. KnuevenKatherine A. KohutPing-Fan KuoAnastasia KutsonJignesh M. KyadaJanine M. LamonicaKerry M. LandonRosemary K. LavelleSheila M. LayoMarie M. LeBlancMan C. LeeAndrew J. LeoBrad M. LevineTheresa A. LioSteven J. LohinJennifer R. LongMoira A. LoughmanRobert J. LuchiLynn A. MalyndziakMichael A. MandaranoKristin M. Mangan

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MASTER’SDEGREES

Graduates and their families filled the Byron Recreation Complexfor the Baccalaureate Mass on May 29.

Timothy R. Gabrielli,Student BodyP r e s i d e n t ,addressed theaudience duringClass Night, May 29.

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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S TO T H E C L A S S O F 2 0 0 4Siobhan M. ManganAmy N. ManganoDaniel P. MarckAvis G. Marleau-WebbCatherine C. MarshallScott D. MartinGeorgeann MattiseWilliam F. MaughanBrei D. MazzolaMeghan F. McDonaldMary J. McDonoughJoann M. McKnightJudith A. McLaughlin

StoutDonald I. MickelRobert T. MilewskiNancy V. MillerChristopher M.

MitkowskiDawn A. MizwinskiTeresa G. MooreRichard W. MorganStacie L. MorganSharad K. NambiarDanielle M. O’ConnorJennifer M. O’DayTeri A. O’ReillyJennifer L. Ogden-

ConniffRonald J. OlaskiRobert F. OlinitsLaura E. OrtizRay G. OsburnThomas A. PariseRobert M. PedenJill V. Pinarowicz

JoAnn K. PlatkoJessica C. PollockVincent E. PricciChristopher J. PriceIryna PyastaAlison M. RangelKimberly L. RasmusRuth I. RawsonGregory M. RiedlingerBryan P. RizzoJessica M. RobinsonRebecca K. RoccoMegan G. RochfordMeagan M. RossHeather M. RossoEllen A. RoweJolette C. RoyerMaria T. Rozaieski

John A. RushefskiDaniel RutkowskiCharles J. RuttPeter P. SaengthienDonna P. SchankArianne E. SchellerJohn F. SeeryLajja R. ShahSameer ShahidErin E. SheehanAnuja ShroffJoan M. SpudisNicole L. StacyTara L. StampfKathleen A. StatsmanWilliam P. StelmaJames T. StilesTammy E. Stone

Wendy A. StonePatricia A. TempleJohn P. TobeyJennifer E. TopaMary R. TunnessenMelisa A. TyiraJohanna L. UlicnyMitchell L. ValburgWendy M. WaltzMartin L. WentzCarrie A. WestgateSara M. WincekThomas J. WitiakJane K. YeomansMartin F. ZaldivarCindy A. ZbierskiJanice Zygmunt

COLLEGE OF ARTSAND SCIENCES

FreshmenKathleen M. Antognini Samantha M. Barrett Michael A. Bauman Brice S. Beach Jessica J. Beha Steven Benedict Jonathan E. Bobek Kate C. Brown Angela D. Buren John T. Buseman Joseph A. Butash Cristina Cacace Matthew J. CalvertJulie M. Congiusti Erin M. Connaughton Michael J. Connolly Angela M. Croteau Alexander B. Davidson Kathleen M. Davidson Catherine Claire Davis Corey M. Deck Michael A. DePhillips Stephanie M. Dobitsch Xinyuan DuAmy DwyerNatalie C. Fala Tyler S. Folsom Daniel T. Foster Joseph M. Gerlach Jessica M. Gondela Mark L. Gruszecki Jessica L. Hafich Raymond D. Harger Aileen E. Herald Keith E. Hoffman Peter E. Hornberger Jessica A. HubertRoza Jankovic Jenelle Janowicz Lindsay H. Jenkins Megan A. Johnson Sarah M. Johnson Christy J. Joswick Farnaz Karimi

Kate L. Keglovits David B. Keib Todd J. Kerestes Megan M. Kocis Barbara G. Kunzinger Mikaela N. LaPlante Jeffrey M. Loftus Philip W. Loscombe Eugene G. Lynott Alisha F. Marmo Jason C. Mastony Allison Matt Todd R. McCabe Jennifer A. McLaren Lauren E. Mehr Stephanie M. Miller Stephanie M. Morgan Eileen M. O’Dea Michael S. Paris Louis T. Pasqualicchio Rebecca L. Pennucci Gerard V. Piazza Sarah M. Piccini Kaitlin E. Pidgeon Jessica M. PolicastroMatthew K. Powers Lucas D. Raymond Colleen M. RengertAdam Z. Rosinski Allison M. Rubino Amy L. Shanahan Vincent Solomeno Crystal W. Stepkovitch Sara J. Sutter Bryan W. Taskalos Rita Ann Tepper Mark L. Tizzoni John P. Touhey Jasmine F. UrzoAntonio Velez Suberbie Maria C. Virbitsky Stacey J. Vogler-Musil Michael R. Vogt Jenna M. Volpe Laura M. Yeckley David D. Yoder Julie K. Zaleski

Colleen M. Zanis Christopher J. Ziegler SophomoresIrene R. Alfred Jan P. Amann Jennifer E. Applegate Gregory V.

Aughenbaugh Melissa M. Badenhop David A. BirdMatthew M. Breuninger Jennifer L. Brierley Sarah P. Brilmyer Clayton D. Brooks Lauren L. Brusco Bradley R. Burke Lauren E. Burke William F. Burke Christina M. Byron Jillian R. Camarote William P. Casale Matthew R. CesareDrew G. Clancy Sarah A. CliffordMegan M. Collelo Lyndsey E. Collins Joseph P. Conley Christine M. Cornwall Michael B. Cottone Susan E. Coyle Erin P. Creaghe Rachel L. D’Agostino Travis C. Dayon Jennifer R. Doles John W. Doyle Caitlin Dyer Theresa M. Evans Donna M. Fortunato Rachel A. Fried Kimberly A. Friend Daniel P. Garubba Carmine N. Gatto Matthew B. Gautier Kristy A. Gogick Jeffrey D. Gurtizen Neil Harrington Ashley M. Hartman

Zachary C. HuardEric R. Hunt Stephen J. Janofsky Michael J. Jenkins Paul Klebon Kathryn M. Kosinski Kimberly R. Lieber MaryMargaret Lim Robert A. Lyons Andrea E. Marino Josh Martineau Amanda R. MassaroElizabeth A. McDyer Justine M. McGuireKimberly L. McManus Patrick J. McNamara Kathleen M. Mee Megan E. Meehan John J. Mercuri Susanna Molitoris Patrick H. Monachino Julie A. Morley Danielle N. Mourar Cheryl B. Mrazik Ann E. Nealon Richard A. Nicholas Duane J. Nowakowski Mary K. O’Brien Patrick T. Orr Daniel G. Ostermayer Kevin E. Paganini Jaime L. Palumbo Ingrid-Rose, Patella Jessica M. Phillippy Chanel M. Quick Anna R. Quinlivan John F. Reutemann Patrick R. Ridings Kristin A. Riley Bridget A. Rooney Tricia M. Ross Sharon A. Secola Drew C. Shiner Jason A. ShrivePatrick J. SparrowKathleen A. Spring Eric W. Stolten

Meghan Stott Sean D. Sullivan Christopher J. Szewczyk Eric S. Tallman Melissa L. Thompson Crystal A. Torres Jeffrey R. Trainor Allison Ann M. Trapani Gina Verdetti Tracey L. Vieira Laurie E. Wager Patricia M. Webb Mark C. Whymeyer Erin L. Williams Megan E. Yanoshak Sarah K. Yazinski Susan E. Zengel JuniorsMaura L. Adams Elizabeth M. Ali Brian AlvaroDuane S. Armitage Katrina M. Banfe Paul G. Batyko Mark W. Beyer Jeffrey E. Bollinger Edward B. Britton Matthew D. Butler John A. Canjar Lauren A. Carroll John P. Castellano Amanda M. Celii Salvatore J. Cherra Himedes V. Chicas Stephen J. ClarkMichael E. Copenhagen Nicholas A. CostanzoChristina A. Cozzi M. Vincent Cruciani Julie A. Custer Salvador I. DeCelles Teresa L. DeLaurentis Denise B. DellaSperanzoKristin M. Doyle Diana E. Drogalis Megan J. Dudevoir Barbara E. Durkin Sean P. Dwyer Courtney G. Esposito Kimberly S. Evalenko Tiffany M. Fazio Pollyanna M. Fino Sarah L. Frey Ariele Garofalo David A. Grizzanti Louis C. Guzzi Emily D. Hantsch Kevin D. Hauck Matthew B. Hoch Cindy M. Hodakoski Emily A. Hollerbach Megan M. Hosey Thomas J. Hromisin Michelle M. Jastrzemski

Tracee Jean-Philippe David P. Juice Eric J. Kemmerer Seana M. KirkMisako Kobayashi Emily T. Kocis Elizabeth A. Krebs Jonathan C. Krieger Thomas M. Lawlor Amelia C. LieroPatricia A. Loftus Tricia K. Maggio Michael A. Malpezzi Jacqueline M. Maquine Eugene Marks James A. Marsicano Cathleen E. Matrai Marianne C. Maxwell Karen A. McGuigan Jennifer C. McGuireKathryn M. McKenna Andrew M. Meads Peggy Merck Jonathan S. Musyt Michelle Natafalusy Trevor P. Needham Daniel A. Nelson Brianna L. Noll Daniel A. Noto Carolyn C. Novak Jill M. Oliver Tiffany V. Ott Neil Patel Christina S. Patton Scott A. Peslak Sean L. Pilker Ryan T. Pohlig Kristina Portelli Michael Quartuccio Katherine Robinson Elizabeth Rogers Luke A. Rogers Courtney L. Ross Jessica B. Rupp Laura B. Salomon Paurush Shah Kathleen M. Shinko Sarah M. Shirer Allison M. Smith Courtney M. SouthardSonya S. Standefer Dayna B. Steele Kathryn G. Stroh Theresa A. Szczepanski Renee Szumski Ashley L. Tanis Nicholas P. Truncale Nathaniel J. Underland Dina Veltri Sara B. Visintainer Lauren M. Williams Michael T. Zolnowski

SeniorsBrenda F. Aldine Nicole M. Aloise Jacquelyn E. ArrowJames W. Bailey Melanie A. Baker William L. Bambach Darlene M. Banta Rachel M. Bennett Lindsay A. Bernstein Shannon M. Blacker Carl N. Boccuti Rachel A. Bognet Christopher A.

Boltinghouse Ronald L. Brace Patrick J. Brennan James M. Buchholz Bridget J. Bujak Alexandra Burke Caitlin Burns Andrew A. Cammarano Christine P. Campbell Steven W. CherryElizabeth A. Chiafair Christopher J. Christiana Christian A. Cipriani Christopher J. Corey Mary Ann E. CosgroveJames J. CostanzoAmy Cravath Nicole Cwalinski Jennifer A. Dammer Colleen L. Davis Ruslan E. Denysyk Valerie M. Dever Jaclyn A. DiBrienza Gregory Dodson Mary F. Donohue Charles J. Dooley Shalissa M. Dougherty Amy E. Dwyer Lauren S. Evans Maria J. Ferzola David J. Fine Natalie D. Finkelstein Julia Fitzgibbons John F. Flynn Timothy R. Gabrielli Christine N. Gaffigan Katherine A. Ganley Thomas A. Garubba Megan M. Garvin Sonia G. Gatta Christopher J. Gatto Tina Marie George Michael E. Gerchak Ryan J. Getts Anthony D.

Giancatarino Christina Giannetti Edward W. Glowienka Daniel J. Golasa Nadia L. Gougeon

Students Named to Dean’s List The University has announced the Dean’s List, which recognizes students for academic excellenceduring the spring 2004 semester. In order to be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have agrade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours. The list includes stu-dents from the University's four undergraduate colleges: the Panuska College of Professional Studies,the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management and Dexter Hanley College.

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Stephen J. Grable Sarah M. Grapentine Christen M. Gruebel Michael J. Gunteski Amy A. Hagerty Justin M. Hamor Terri A. Harchar John Heppler Marissa A. HibbardAlison M. Hill Maria T. Hundersmarck Kelly M. Jackson William H. James Alison M. Janes Matthew E. Jennings Thomas W. Jordan Yewah Jung Peter M. Kashinsky Edward J. Kausmeyer Melissa M. Keklak Kathryn E. King Lauren M. Kirsch Matthew Knowlan Christopher S. Konopka Anne E. Kozul Michelle L. Kratz Brian M. Kreibick Ann I. Kushmerick Cheryl A. Lagana Antonio Lasorsa Leah M. Laspina Cheryl A. Lawson Tiffany R. Leventhal Jessica L. Lewis Han Li Jaclyn Lyons Michael W. Mandel Kristina F. Mardjokic Amanda Mariano Marisa C. Marino Jennifer J. Marsala Michael C. Martelli Rebecca L. Martin Daniel T. Marvin Gregory P. MarxMichael Mazzei Keren C. McCarthy Kelly M. McGuireMichelle M. McLaren Meredith A. McWilliams Erin K. Mellody August Metz Alexander E. Mickiewicz Faith A. Miller Jennifer L. Miller Ana L. Mojtahedi Elizabeth P. Monahan Kenneth M. Monks Elizabeth K. Morris Joseph J. Mosley Elizabeth C. Mullen Bryan T. Murtaugh Crystal E. NewbyErik J. Novak Colin J. O’Boyle Sarah A. Olsavsky Angela F. Ostrowski Clinton J. Page

Ariane Palmasani Christina A. Parlapiano Matthew T. Parodi Kunal Patel Bharathi U. Patimalla Kathleen A. Pierangeli Rachel E. Pike Julee C. PlastowVincent Pomarico Arthur Posocco Emily A. Redding Kimberly A. Reynolds Melissa A. Reynolds Katherine R. RickardPatrick J. Riffle Kevin T. Riley Kristin A. Riley Bryan H. Roy-Smith Shannon O. SantoroLindsey M. Schneider Heather A. Seiple Sara J. Shoener Joshua J. Siglin Shailinder Singh Teresa R. Slider Matthew J. Slivinski Carolyn SmartSarita E. Soares Paul J. Solga Jillian Sommerville Ronald A. Spalletta Brian E. Staboleski Michael J. Stefanski Carrie E. Stemrich Christopher R. Storms Clare M. Strockbine Susan M. Sturges Sara K. Suchoski Kevin A. Sullivan Marie E. Sullivan Stacy Surman Kiblai Suzuky Jennifer M. Swenski Erin M. SwigartKatherine M.

Szczepanski Megan E. Szivos Erica M. Szymanski Katie A. Terrana Jennifer A. Tinnelly Mark A. Tomaszewski Jennifer L. Toth Rachel E. Trappler Barbara D. Tumelty Thomas P. Umile Amanda A. Valvano Nicole C. Vlachos Eileen A. Webster Mollye J. Windt Stephanie A. Yazinski Michael G. Zaleski

DEXTER HANLEYCOLLEGE

FreshmenMark Evans Marion J. Gatto

Pamela J. Hemann Joan Hodowanitz Victoria A. Kocis Kelly N. MillardJohn T. Owens Susan M. Ross SophomoresReginald O. Adekoya Karen J. Beebe Sean H. Breheny Kimberly A. Cadugan Marie A. Ceccoli Jason M. Dietz Jennine E. Dwyer JoAnn M. Famalette Lynn M. Gavin Stacie, Grassmuck Vivett Hemans-Newton Ivan Herschenfeld Eugene V. Kohut Ellen B. Linde Angela M. Malafarina John W. Napora, Jr.Pauline Palko Aimee M. Redd Chaya L. Rosenberg Timothy D. Sechler John W. Shannon Karen H. Waldeck Brandon Yeager JuniorsDavid Albertson Keri A. Flynn Ann Marie P. Gallagher Joseph H. May Stephen B. Pendrak Stanley E. Phillips Eileen A. Rempe Deborah A. Zenzal SeniorsChristine M. Beck Ellen D. Brazil Jacob P. Buchanan Nicole L. Cataudella Mary E. Cichocki Joseph J. Cimakasky Charlene M. Collins Jennifer L. Cours Francis T. Czyzyk Diane M. Demko Kathleen E. Geraghty Michelle M.

Gunshannon Kerri L. Haza Eric J. Hazzouri Scott F. Hess Judith A. Hicks Ann E. Hollenbeck Catherine M. Holleran Mark P. Jones Marsha L. Laukaitis Dawn M. Lavelle Ralph Loitfelder Sharon L. Londo Gregory Loughney Anita M. Markowitz Mark R. Maxfield Lynn Nehila

Meriann L. O’Malley John D. Reuther Julienne J. Rushin Theresa P. Sandrowicz Joseph F. Sroka Patricia L. Struble Shannon M. Talarico Wendy J. Thomas Anna H. Trently

KANIA SCHOOL OF

MANAGEMENTFreshmenJoseph J. AzzaroMathieu Benhamou Carlos E. BermudezChristian M. Coburn Brian M. Collins Nicholas J. Connolly Antero A. Cortes Elizabeth M. Croft Kevin A. DeCastroJohn P. DeGroat Joseph J. Dwyer Jenna H. Gordish Peter J. Guala Amy L. Haring Kaitlin M. Hinz Lauren Hoffman Kaitlin M. Holtz Mark C. Kayal Ian P. Kernaghan Christine Mandel Stephanie E. Marsicano Joegi G. MathewJames R. McCormack Geoffrey P. McKinney Tiffany G. Rogers Michael J. Schickner Paul C. Sotak Philip N. Stampone Andrea C. Stellatella Stephanie L. Tyszka Eric W. Weber Alison R. Zackowski Kristen A. ZalewskiSophomoresYim K. Cheng Anthony F. DeMola Meredith R. DePalma Jessica L. Devito Melissa M. Didio Richard G. Fankhanel Colleen D. Fitzgerald Adam R. Fuller Shawnna M. Giumento Thomas E. Grady Meghan A. Haring James M. Huvane Robert H. Jones Jeffrey M. Joseph Timothy R. Kapp Matthew M. Keating Brian J. Kelly Emily M. Kocis Nicole P. Kovalkoski Michael H. Kromer Kathleen M. Martino

Colleen, McEntee Deborah J. McGovern Ashley L. O’Shea Hannah M. Phillips Kristin L. Plyler Ronald A. Reiprich Sonja D. Roman Sarah R. Romanini Sarah P. Sedgwick Shawn M. Seiden Faye C. Settas John M. Shipman Raymond C. Slater Maria V. Stampone Steffin J. Stone Denise A. Straka Kirsten M. Suchy Nicholas N. Susko Matthew R. Tempesta Stephanie M. Tulaney Lindsay A. Walker JuniorsLaurie A. Arnone Kevin R. Ays Deborah A. Bailey Andrew J. Breen Ryan P. Champagne Richard N. Conti Ryan M. Dougherty Thomas A. Frey Brian S. Fries Brian T. Gardner David Genevich Wesley D. Gougeon Daniel P. Hadley Cristina Ionescu Dennis Johnson Anne L. McGreevy Thomas B. Noonan Thomas J. Pirog Elizabeth G. Richardson Michael J. Ross Kevin J. RoweJohn A. Sheehan Sarah K. Shenton SeniorsColleen G. Aiken Anthony, Balzano John E. BarlowLauren M. BernardSean C. BernardMary A. Bertels Bettina M. Biondi Thomas J. Boychuk Leslie A. Boyle Shannon M. Boyle Keith P. Brady Ellen C. Buggy Michael J. Byrne Amanda Call Kevin R. Carden Michael A. Carroll Patricia A. Cassar Robert C. Chace Brandon Chivinski Michael S. Conk Steven R. D’Ambola Robert G. D’Ambrosio Laura C. Daniels Laura Davidson Kristen M. Donohue Charles F. Dotter Hal T. Drugac John P. Gladysz Beth Grafstrom John F. HernandezJoshua T. Hessmiller Stephen L. Heying Shawn G. Horn Daniel G. Karabin Stacy M. Kearney Timothy B. Laffey Hiu L. Lee Kimberly A. Lombardi Stephen M. Luchko Christopher D. Maki Timara J. Marquis

Serina M. Marshaleck Jude R. McDonough Marc A. Mezzacca Monica Mizsak Chad R. Muller Christopher J. Muller Richard J. Mulligan Thomas J. Munson Colleen E. Murphy Mary T. Murray Kristin M. Ommerborn Jeanette M. O’Rourke Bonnie, Patten Michael T. Pearson Carmine Pellegrino Thomas J. Phillips Jennifer A. Quinones Daniel J. Roberti Ryan R. Roettger Jeffrey J. Rogers Matthew C. Ross Joshua A. Skversky Thomas D. Sosik Kate E. Stack Michael R. Stanton Lauren G. Strong Jennifer A. Swarts Andrea Telenson Emily C. Thorp Stephen M. Tizzoni Eric M. Triplett Stephen Trovei Jose ValdezKathleen L. Wall Christopher, Westphal Stephanie Wise

PANUSKA COLLEGE OF

PROFESSIONAL

STUDIESFreshmenKathryn M. Ailtmar Megan A. Applegate Michelle L. Ballantyne Anne K. Bostwick Katherine M. Brager Julianne C. Burok Kathryn M. Camia Emily R. Canavan Edel M. Carolan Erica L. Cichy Kaitlyn E. ClarkColleen M. Clayton Lauren C. ConaboyMark V. Coogan Amy, Cruciani Sara M. CzerwAmanda L. Davis Erin J. Day-Lewis Sarah E. Del Vecchio Kara M. DeVivoSarah A. Dillmuth Alyssa L. Duerr Sarah E. ElsbyMaria C. Faber Kaitlin P. Fix Jamie D. Harrington Leslie E. Harrington Catherine M. Higgins Breanne J. Hoekstra Andrea M. Jaworski Megan A. Kierce Elizabeth C. Kiernan Valerie A. LazaroKaye A. Ledgister Kristen E. Luzi Maureen C. Lynn Megan L. Major Melissa S. Maki Lindsay A. Makos Kathleen E. MalloyCorinne, Malon Lindsay M. Mayeski Peter C. McCaffrey Amy L. McKiernan Monica A. McStravick

Kathleen A. Megna Elizabeth A. Melillo Taryn A. Mellody Joanna F. Miley Daniel F. Mitsakos David J. Monahan Sarah B. MooreRosemary E. Moran Karen D. Muller Thomas P. Murtaugh John R. PatroJamie L. Rafter Carly S. Ritter Kieran E. Rooney Jennifer M. Rupp Kristen M. Sanderson Maura A. Schofield Rebecca A. Sheakoski Timothy P. Smith Pamela A. Snopek Erica D. Sonzogni Michael J. Sotak Jennifer M. Stegmann Renee L. Stevens Heather A. Strunk Amanda M. Szewczyk Brittany D. Thornton Katherine N. Thullen Amy A. Upchurch Corinne N. van Lier Jennifer M. Wagner Catherine L. Wojtowicz SophomoresAllison M. Ahl Casey L. Aiello Gerald P. Amole Stephanie J. Ardizzone Ashley E. Baumbach Joshua M. Bearer Pamela A. Benecke Anne E. Bonner Brianne M. Boyle Gail M. Brady Lisa, Carpenito Lynda R. Chauncey Christina M. Cherra Rebecca L. CheshireBrigitte E. Cheyney William A. Cicale Tommasina B. Cicco Janine N. CrosbyJason A. Del Piano Rickie Lee DeMaio Megan P. Diamond Karen J. Dilsizian Kristin L. Donohue Nancy M. Duda Brian W. Dulay Alyse J. Eklund Erica A. Fischer Kristy A. Frick Terrence V. Gallagher Julia E. Gamble Alyssa M. Garnich Andrew J. Genovese Laura M. Hanna Laura E. Haushalter Erin E. Healy Sarah K. Heinsohn Heather T. HibbardMorgan J. HilleryJanelle L. Hintz Sarah A. Hodge Jessica Hoefer Julianne A. Hunisch Janelle M. Jayson Jennifer L. Johnson Kathleen M. Kearney Kimberly A. Keating Kaitlin A. Kelly Nicholas S. Keough Kyriake Kontogiannis Amy S. Kordek Tara M. Lee Matthew P. Loughney Jessica E. Mancini Amy E. Martin

University of Scranton alumni whose children are members of the graduating Class of2004 gathered in the Rose Garden on campus for this Scranton legacy photograph.

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Kathleen Martin Kristin M. McCorkle Colleen E. McCoyMeggan A. McKenna Katherine A. McManus Matthew T. Monaco Jessica A. MontgomeryJaclyn M. Muojo Diana L. Murray Natalie Myck Jennifer C. Neenan Sherah J. Neumeyer Kyleen A. Newlander Gabrielle E. Nicolais Megan K. Olsen Lisa M. PiegaroElizabeth A. Posegate Christine E. Pusateri Kelly A. Rau Amber L. Rugletic Kathryn E. Ruhnke Maria L. Rupp Gregory J. Russick Elizabeth A. Sansoni Lauren P. Scanlon Joseph M. Scheible Ronald J. Schmid Allison M. Schmidt Patricia A. Simpson Danielle C. Slater Lori E. Sledziewski Lindsay A. Sleeper Christina M. Smith Amy M. Smurkowski Dawn M. Sweerus Jonathan Tapia Shannon D. Taylor Kristin A. Thomas Allyson B. Urie Christopher M. Vilello Amy P. Wagner Lindsey M. Watkins Kim T. Weisbruch Katie M. Wentzell Sarah E. Werther Kristy E. Wienecke JuniorsAshley E. Adams Joseph R. Addis Meghan S. Albrecht Jennifer S. Benter

Lauren E. Botto Caitlin Boyle Maeghen A. Bradley Melissa Brajczewski Julia C. Braunstein Teresa M. Buldo Jami M. Cadden Sarah K. Campbell Jacqueline Carrigg Maureen L. Corcoran Renae L. Dalrymple Caitlin M. Dalton Lauren C. Davies Elizabeth M.

Dobrowolski Megan R. Donovan Alison G. Dougherty Michael A. Duca Diana M. Elwell Christopher A. Fahs Adrienne M. Fallon John P. Ficucello Brittany D. Finch Lauren D. Fontaine Jacquelyn FoxMelissa J. Gigante Lauren M. Gobbo Danielle L. Graziano Tracy A. Grieboski Michelle M. Griffin Scott C. Griggs Alexandra A. Hagan Kristy E. HareLindsey H. Hayde Jessica L. Hendricks Stephanie, Iveson Jessica L. Jaecks Lauren E. Johnson Melissa A. Kalinowski Julie L. Kashuba Jennifer L. Keavey Susan M. Kellenberger Mary Jo A. Kelly Erica L. Kish Jenny, Kleinman Kelly A. Klingman Kerri A. Kornobis Marita Kouch Rachel M. Kunz Cassie L. LearyAdrienne M. L’Heureux

William A. Listanski Marja N. Litwin Megan R. Lucas Casper P. Magacs Erin C. Magee Lauren J. Mahoney Julie Martino Jeffrey W. MarxDevon C. Maxwell Megan E. McCarthy Emily M. McGeehan Mary E. McNamara Joseph W. Mele Tricia A. Mesaris Alison M. Morgan Kelly A. Mullin Angela L. NaroAlicia G. Oertner Ian M. O’Hara Cynthia M. Olsheski Elizabeth A. O’Neill Megan E. O’Neill Brandon T. Parlopiano Stephanie Poliansky Anthony J. Primerano Philip M. Prior Lisa Repetto Jennie M. Riccio Mathew T. Richardson Michelle L. Richwine Erin M. Ripp Nora J. Roberti Sarah J. Roberti Jennifer J. Santarelli John A. SantoroAlicia M. Savarese Rosamaria Schillaci Carin P. Shackel Joshua J. ShepardAlicia Sodano Casey M. Templin Edward J. Thomas Sarah Torquato Nina L. Tufano Allison K. Unterstein Kelly A. Vicchiariello John R. Vogel Lauren E. Voltz Andrea L. Vourtsis Andrew D. Wally Amanda M. Wilczynski

Patricia M. Zeuner Michelle F. ZucaroSeniorsAlexia Antoniades Colleen M. Armstrong Kara M. Armstrong Rebecca L. Arnold Julia A. Azeff Leandra E. Barbuti Kathryn M. Barnes Erin E. Bates Rachel L. Becker Melissa B. Behr Keri-Ann Bennett Lori Bentler Shaun M. Bewick Linette J. Browning Amy L. Buntz Kathryn E. Burg Katherine F. BurghartKate C. Burtner Elizabeth J. Campbell Tia R. Carl Daniel J. Carroll Linda J. Cavazzini Renee J. Chanin Erica L. CheshireElizabeth M. Cissel Megan R. Collins Meghan-Ann Collins Michael R. Conrad Elizabeth Q. Cooney Meghan A. Corieri Kathleen Corr Vanessa M. Cortes Shannon M. Craige Victoria M. Crocco Christina E. Cupo Sandra, DallaRivaMelissa A. Damski Kristen M. DavenportMaribeth Day Marta K. DeLong Michael P. Desch Alison M. DeVarso Meredith L. Diehl Elizabeth K. DiLuzio Eileen T. Donnelly Ellen M. Driscoll Herbert C. Dunn Ashlee A. Dunstan

Vanessa D. Esposito Jennifer L. Evans Kristin M. Evans Jillian P. Federico Antonette Feuerstack Lauren M. Figari Kathryn M. Flood Katie A. Florkiewicz Judith A. Flounders Christine M. Frawley Jessica M. Fronduti Diana M. Galvin Sara E. Gausz Kelly A. Gaynor Robert V. Giacometti II Mary GiovinazzoMelanie Good Brian F. Graham Tracy A. Granozio Lauren E. Grant Andrea C. Griffith Jennifer A. Groegler Laura J. Hammond Thomas A. Hansen Kelly A. Hartnett Robert J. HavardJacqueline A. Hazel Jessica M. Herness Elizabeth A. Hooton Laurie D. Horne Krista R. Hylinski Allyson D. Jengo Lauren K. Johnson Elizabeth A. Joyce James R. Judge Kathryn E. Juron Cara Kasa Lillian R. Kayal Diana M. Keating Elizabeth J. Kloczko Kevin P. Kloss Jill K. Koch Lisa Kraker Jennifer M. Kreider Melissa H. Ksenak Bonnie L. Kulick Renee E. Laboranti Maureen M. LaForce Nicole A. Lance Jeanne-Marie Lanza Mary Colleen Lavelle

Maria J. Lazipone Christopher B. Leib Maria K. Lieberman Gregory R. Linck Jeremy M. Lo Kellie M. Logan Sean J. LoVallo Amanda R. Loyden Gina M. Manuele Theresa A. Martin Amy L. Martino Mary Beatrice R. Maslar Jessica A. MassaroAshley L. McCormack Kathryn M.

McDonough Kerry McGarvey Michelle B. McGowan Lauren A. McHale Meghan M. McIntyreJessica K. McLane Megan McMurdo Kristin McNerney Kristin A. Melillo Lisa Merlino Cristin A. Miller Kathryn E. Miller Lauren MirroKenneth M. Mohn John Z. Monahan Melissa E. Morreale Arthur G. Muller Gerard W. Nichols Alicia D. O’Brien Michael F. O’Brien J. Quentin Ochs Colleen N. O’Connor Elizabeth A. O’Connor Jennifer A. ParryLori A. Paulowskey Brian A. Peterkin Jessica Petti Sara N. Pfeiffenberger Jenna E. Pietrick Sasha L. Price Maureen S. Prieto Jennifer M. Pusateri Susan E. ReeveKristin D. Reil Linda V. Riccobono Jacklyn R. Richards

Michelle A. RickardAmanda L. Roberson Sara D. Robinson Rachel A. Romano Jennifer J. Rugletic Meggan B. Runner Melissa A. Rupp Christina M. Rush Catherine M. Russin Amy L. Sadler Janette M. Scardillo James F. Schalk John F. Schalk Holly L. Schovitz Lori K. SchwarzAshley B. Sefecka Jennifer M. Serra Marci R. Shaner Melissa Simrell Lynn A. Sinner Kristen J. Smith Lauren Smith Louise Smith Michael D. Soltus Paula K. StarkKyle A. Stevens Rebecca StewartPatricia A. Suttmiller Erin S. Sweeney Amie M. Talarico Sarah A. Teel Kate E. Tellefsen Tiffany N. Thompson Maria Tomcykoski Kimberly P. Towle Sandra D. VanBlarcom Sarah L. Ventimiglia Sandra Vilarino Kristin F. Visco Erin Vogel Dawn M. Wagner Amy Walker Andrea S. Wallace Jamie L. Wargo Christine A. Wilkinson Jennifer L. Wills Meghan A. Wolfe Amy M. Yablonski Karla D. Zeisloft Kathryn M. Ziarko Brian J. Zywicki

The University’s Graduate Sch o o lEmployment Rate Highest Since 1999

The results of a Un i versity of Scrantonpost-graduation survey of graduate studentsf rom the class of 2003 re veal that 99 perc e n ta re either employed or pursuing additionaleducation within six months of graduation.

The survey is based on re s p o n s e sre c e i ved by 54 percent (116) of the 215students who earned graduate degre e sf rom The Un i versity of Scranton in 2003.

The average (mean) salary re p o rted is$47,747, based on the 86 graduates thatp rovided salary information. Most salariesre p o rted are in the range of $50,000 to$ 5 4 , 0 0 0 .

Ninety-four percent of respondents areemployed full-time, three percent areemployed part-time and two percent arepursuing additional education. Only onepercent reported being unemployed,which is the lowest level reported sincethe university’s class of 1999.

“ Sixty-two percent of the re s p o n d e n t sre p o rted that they have been at their cur-rent position for less than one ye a r, indi-cating that their graduate degree may

h a ve led to a new job for the graduates,”said Paul Perhach, Di rector of Care e rSe rvices at the Un i ve r s i t y.

Salaries vary by degree programs as wellas geographic location. The highest aver-age salary reported is $83,166 for gradu-ates with master’s degrees in nursing, fol-lowed by graduates with master’s degreesin health administration at $55,348.Graduates receiving their MBA degreeswith a concentration in accountingreport the third highest average salary of$55,000. The lowest average salariesreported are $33,333 for graduates withmaster’s degrees in secondary educationand $33,620 for graduates with master’sdegrees in school counseling.

The highest average salary reported bystate is $54,142 in New York. The aver-age salary reported for Pennsylvania was$48,053, which is the second highest.

Ninety percent of the graduatesemployed full-time are working inPennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.Fifty-six percent work in Pennsylvania.

Jeanne Bova rd, Exe c u t i ve Di rector ofthe Scranton Area Foundation, re c e n t l yannounced a grant in the amount of$7,800 to The Un i versity of Scrantonin support of the Un i versity of Su c c e s s .Each ye a r, 20 seventh graders are identi-fied for this program, which continuest h rough high school graduation. T h eUn i versity of Success provides mentor-ing and tutoring in academic, social andcultural opportunities designed to moti-vate students to complete high schoolsuccessfully and to enroll in post-sec-o n d a ry education. Students who comef rom economically disadvantaged cir-

cumstances and those with minorityb a c k g rounds are encouraged to apply.

Shown at the check presentation are,from left: Kathleen V. Davis, Ph.D.,dean of the University of Scranton’sDexter Hanley College; Gary P. Celli,director of special projects, DexterHanley College; Jeanne Bovard, exec-utive director of the Scranton AreaFoundation and University ofScranton trustee; Rev. Scott R. Pilarz,S.J., University President; MargaretMcNulty, Director of Corporate andFoundation Relations, at theUniversity.

Scranton Area Foundation Supports University of Success

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ST UDEN T- AT HLE T E SHONORED AT AWA RDSB A NQUE T

Six student-athletes received the topawards at the 13th annual Senior Student-Athlete Banquet on May 14 at the EagenAuditorium in the Gunster MemorialStudent Center on campus.

Kyle Eaton (Old Bridge, N.J./MilfordAcademy-Conn.) and Kate Pierangeli(Springfield/Springfield) received the FrankO’Hara awards, which are presented annu-ally to the top male and female athletes ofthe senior class. The award is named inhonor of Frank O’Hara, a 1925 graduate ofthe University who had a distinguishedcareer in a variety of roles at the Universityfor more than 50 years.

Receiving the Father Fitzpatrick Awardwas Katie Szczepanski (Elizabethtown/Lancaster Catholic). Named in honor of thelate Reverend John J. Fitzpatrick, S.J., long-time friend and counselor of Royal student-athletes, this award is bestowed upon thestudent-athlete who has demonstrated out-standing leadership and who has givenextraordinary service and contributions tothe University of Scranton community andsociety in general.

The Peter Carlesimo awards we re pre s e n t e dto John Ba r l ow ( Sp r i n gf i e l d / St. Jo s e p h’sPrep) and Krista Hy l i n s k i( No r r i s t ow n / Ke n n e d y - Kenrick). T h e s ea w a rds honor the male and female senior stu-dent-athlete who has maintained a 3.5-or-higher cumulative grade point average andhas demonstrated athletic excellence in theirre s p e c t i ve sport or sports.

Judy Fl o u n d e r s ( Ha ve rt ow n /A rchbishop Carroll) re c e i ved the Ro nWillensky Aw a rd, which is presented annu-ally to the senior student-athlete who consis-tently undertakes to understand and improvethe human condition. The award is namedin honor of Ron Wi l l e n s k y, a native ofScranton and a 1963 graduate of theUn i versity who was a lifelong fan of theRoyals and the Lady Roy a l s .

Eaton, a four-year member of the icehockey team, concluded his career as the IceRoyals’ all-time leader in goals (64), assists(101) and total points (165). He was a sec-ond-team all-Eastern Collegiate HockeyAssociation (ECHA) selection in 2003 andhonorable mention in 2002 and 2004. Inaddition to leading the team in scoring inthree of his four seasons, he was instrumen-tal in leading Scranton to fourth-place fin-ishes in the ECHA in 2003 and 2004.

Pierangeli excelled in women’s basketballand women’s lacrosse. As a four-year start e rin basketball, she was the recipient ofn u m e rous accolades including honorable

mention all-American by DIII News (2004)and by Ko d a k / Wo m e n’s Basketball CoachesAssociation (2003, 2004). She was also afirst (2003) and second-team (2004) all-Mi d - Atlantic region selection byD3hoops.com, second-team all-EasternCollege Athletic Conference (ECAC )Southern Division (2003, 2004) and first-team all-Freedom Conference (2002, 2003,2004). She started 95 of 111 career gamesand finished 10th in scoring (1,292) and4th in assists (427) and steals (263) inScranton history. She led the Lady Royals toa four-year overall re c o rd of 95-18 (.841),including two Freedom Conference titles(2002, 2004) and three NCAA Division IIItournament appearances (2002-2004).

In lacrosse, Pierangeli earned first-team all-Me t ro region by the In t e rcollegiate Wo m e n’sL a c rosse Coaches Association this past sea-son. She was also named first (2001) & sec-ond-team (2003) all-Southern Division bythe ECAC and was a first-team all-Mi d d l eAtlantic Conference selection three times(2001, 2003, 2004). She started 42 of 43games in her career and is the Roy a l s’ all-timeleader in caused turnovers (116), second indraw controls (113) and third in total points(162), goals (104) and assists (58). She was amember of two Middle Atlantic Confere n c echampionship and NCAA Division III tour-nament teams (2003-2004).

Szczepanski, a four-year letter-winner infield hockey, was honored for her numerouson and off-campus activities. In addition toearning first-team all-Freedom Conference

honors in 2002 and serving as team captainlast fall, she served as a Eucharistic cupminister for Campus Ministry, retreatleader for the field hockey team, tutor forthe Learning Resource Center, PrincetonReview teacher for the MCAT reviewcourse and secretary for the Gamma SigmaEpsilon National Chemistry Honor Society.She was also a member of the SpecialJesuits Liberal Arts Program, Alpha EpsilonDelta Pre-Medical Honor Society, AlphaLambda Delta Honor Society, Phi SigmaTau Philosophy Honor Society and theHealth Professions Organization. She com-pleted a summer research program atHershey Medical Center, served as aEucharistic cup minister for St. Peter’sChurch in Elizabethtown, was an organizerfor Carrie’s Crusade, a fund-raiser for a stu-dent with a de-habilitating disease, and wasa four-year volunteer for the VisitingNurses Association Hospice.

Barlow maintained a 3.76 cumulativegrade point average in marketing and phi-losophy as a four-year member of the men’scross-country team. A three-time memberof the Middle Atlantic ConferenceAcademic Honor Roll for fall sports and a2003 Verizon District II all-Academic sec-ond-team selection, he competed in fourMAC and NCAA Mideast regional cham-pionships. He was a two-time team captain(2002, 2003).

Hylinski, a four-year letter-winner in vo l l e y-ball, holds a 3.94 cumulative grade pointa verage in physical therapy. She was a first(2003) and second-team (2002) Ve r i zo nDistrict II all-Academic selection and wasnamed to the Middle Atlantic Confere n c eAcademic Honor Roll for fall sports thre etimes (2001, 2002, 2003). A two-time all-Freedom Conference second-team selection(2001, 2003), she appeared in 124 matches inher career and is second in service aces (186),3 rd in blocks (352), fourth in hitting perc e n t-age (.252) and 5th in digs in Scranton history.She was a member of two Fre e d o mC o n f e rence (2001, 2003) and NCAA tourna-

ment teams (2001, 2003).Flounders was recognized for her contri-

butions as a retreat leader for campus min-istry and as a volunteer with an interna-tional service project in Ecuador last sum-mer. As a four-year letter-winner on thewomen’s basketball team, she appeared in90 career games and finished seventh in 3-point field goals made (71) and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (.306) in LadyRoyals’ history. She served as team captainthis past season and was a three-time mem-ber of the Middle Atlantic ConferenceAcademic Honor Roll for winter sports.

T HREE NAMED TOV ERIZON/DIST RICT IIA LL- ACA DEMIC TEAMS

Three University of Scranton spring sportstudent-athletes were named to two VerizonDistrict II all-Academic teams.

In order to qualify, a student-athlete mustbe a sophomore, have a cumulative gradepoint average of 3.2-or-higher and be a keystarter or significant reserve. The teams arevoted upon by members of the CollegeSports Information Directors’ of America(CoSIDA). District II comprises the statesof Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the Districtof Columbia.

Se n i o r s Jennifer Miller (Jersey Sh o re / Je r s e ySh o re) and Shalissa Do u g h e rt y( Eynon/Scranton Pre p a r a t o ry) we re namedfirst and second-team, re s p e c t i ve l y, in thes p o rt of softball, while senior Kate Pi e r a n g e l iwas a second-team selection for the at-largeteam for her role as a member of thew o m e n’s lacrosse team. The at-large teamhonors student-athletes who competed in thes p o rts of bowling, golf, rifle, crew, gymnas-tics, skiing, water polo, fencing, ice hockey,swimming, field hockey, lacrosse and tennis.

Mi l l e r, who has been accepted into the Collegeof Ve t e r i n a ry Medicine at the Un i versity ofPe n n s y l vania, is a two-time all-Fre e d o mC o n f e rence second-team selection (2001, 2004).This past season, she started 22 games and hit.387, with 24 hits, including six doubles, and 12r b i’s. She started 86 of 89 games during her four-year career and finished fifth all-time in Scrantonh i s t o ry in hitting (.392) and third in doubles(23). Miller earned a place on the 2001 all-Freedom Conference second-team after hitting.464, which was 48th in the final NCAADivision III statistics that ye a r, and tied a Roy a l s’single-game re c o rd with five hits in a gameagainst then FDU-Madison on April 21, 2001.

Dougherty, who has been accepted intothe Villanova University School of Law,started 25 of 26 games this past season andhit .326, with five doubles and two triples,to earn second-team all-FreedomConference honors for the second consecu-tive year. For her career, she started 95 of 97games and finished with a .320 battingaverage, including 12 doubles, five triplesand three home runs among her 93 hits.She also finished her career with 35 rbi’sand a .426 slugging percentage.

Pierangeli, whose athletic accomplish-ments have been mentioned above, earned adegree in communication at the University’scommencement exercises on May 30.

Six seniors received the top awards at the Senior Student-Athlete Banquetheld May 14. From left: John Barlow – men’s cross-country, male recipientof the Carlesimo Award for outstanding academic and athletic achievement;Krista Hylinski – volleyball, female recipient of the Carlesimo Award; JudyFlounders – women’s basketball, recipient of the Ron Willensky Award forcontributions to improve the human condition; Katie Szczepanski – fieldhockey, recipient of the Father Fitzpatrick Award for community servicewithin the University community and to society in general; Kate Pierangeli –women’s basketball and women’s lacrosse, female recipient of the FrankO’Hara Award for the outstanding senior athlete; and Kyle Eaton – icehockey, male recipient of the O’Hara Award.

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JUNE14 Flag Day

8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Royals Basketball Camp for boys ages 8 to 16, today through

June 18. 941-747815 Summer Session I, Last Day to Elect Audit Option (Undergrad)19 New Jersey Alumni Chapter, A Day at Great Adventure, Six Flags

Great Adventure and Wild Safari, Jackson 1-800-SCRANTON20 Father’s Day

Noon Summer Session G, University Housing Opens21 Summer Session G, Classes Begin

8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) for students ages 10

to 16, today through July 23. 941-747322 Summer Session G, Last Day to Add Courses23 Summer Session I, Last Day to Withdraw (“W” Grade)

Summer Session G, Last Day 100% Tuition Refund24 Summer Session G, Last Day to Drop Course/50% Tuition

Refund25 Summer Session G, Last Day to Register for Graduate Comps26 3:05 p.m. Chesapeake Alumni Chapter Day at the Orioles, Camden Yards,

Baltimore, Md. 1-800-SCRANTON30 Summer Session I, Undergraduate and Graduate Final Exams today

and tomorrow.

JULY1 Summer Session I ends2 Noon Summer Session I, University Housing Closes4 Independence Day5 Staff Holiday

Noon Summer Session II, University Housing Opens1 p.m.-5 p.m. Lady Royals Basketball Camp for girls ages 9 to 16, today

through July 9. 941-76056 Summer Orientation I, today and tomorrow, various campus

locations. 941-6233Summer Session II, Classes Begin

Noon Summer Session I, Final Grades Due7 Summer Session II, Last Day to Add Courseszz

Summer Session II, Last Day to Request Credit/ No Credit Op t i o n8 Summer Orientation II, today and tomorrow, various campus

locations. 941-6233Summer Session II, Last Day 100% Tuition Refund

9 Summer Session II, Last Day to Drop Course/50% TuitionRefund

7 p.m. Alumni Board of Governors Pre-Game Gathering, LackawannaCounty Stadium, Moosic. 1-800-SCRANTON

10 10 a.m. Alumni Board of Governors Quarterly Meeting, Brennan Hall. 1-800-SCRANTON

1:20 p.m. Greater Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Baseball Game, CitizenBank Park. 1-800-SCRANTON

11 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The University of Success, a mentoring program designed to help

make the dream of attending college a reality. For 7th and 8thgrade students from local school districts, today through July 23.941-7580

12 Summer Orientation III, today and tomorrow, various campuslocations. 941-6233

15 Summer Orientation IV, today and tomorrow, various campuslocations. 941-6233

17 Summer Session G, Comprehensive Exams19 Summer Session II, Last Day to Elect Audit Option (Undergrad)

1 p.m.-4 p.m. Girl’s Basketball Offensive Skills Clinic for girls ages 10-17, today

through July 23. 941-666021 Summer Session G, Last Day to Withdraw (“W”)

7 p.m. New England Alumni Chapter, Scranton Night at Fenway Park,Boston, Mass. 1-800-SCRANTON

27 Summer Session II, Last Day to Withdraw (“W” Grade)

28 Summer Session G, Final Exams, today and tomorrow.29 Summer Session G ends30 Noon Summer Session G, University Housing Closes

AUGUST2 Noon Summer Session G, Final Grades Due

Summer Session II, Undergraduate and Graduate Final Exams,today and tomorrow.

4 Summer Session II ends5 Noon Summer Session II, University Housing Closes

Noon Summer Session II, Final Grades Due16 11:30 a.m. Scranton/Pocono Northeast Alumni Chapter 9th Annual Chapter

Golf Classic, Elk View Country Club, Crystal Lake. 1-800-SCRANTON

26 Dexter Hanley College New Student Orientation. 941-7580Fall Transfer Orientation, Room 228, Brennan Hall. 941-6233

28 Housing Opens for New StudentsRoyal Welcome for New Students. 941-6233New Undergraduate Student Orientation, today and tomorrow.941-6233

4 p.m. Annual Alumni Soccer Game, Fitzpatrick Field. 1-800-SCRANTO N29 Royal Welcome for Continuing Students. 941-6233

Graduate School Orientation. 941-7600Noon Housing Opens for Returning Students

30 Classes Begin

Calendar items for the September issue of The Scranton Recordmust be received by August 18, 2004.

“ The Jews of Scranton” Exhibit Opens At the opening of the “The Jews of Scranton 1840-2000” exhibit, which

runs through to August 20 at The University of Scranton’s Hope HornGallery in Hyland Hall, are, from left, Joseph Dreisbach, Ph.D., Professorand Dean of the University’s College of Arts and Sciences; Rabbi DavidGeffen, Ph.D., Temple Israel; Dr. Michael Brown, catalog essayist; ArnineCumsky Weiss, guest curator; and Darlene Miller-Lanning, Ph.D., AdjunctProfessor of History and Director of The Hope Horn Gallery.

The exhibit is co-sponsored by The Gelb Foundation; the JewishCommunity Center of Scranton; the Jewish Federation of NortheasternPennsylvania; and The University of Scranton’s Hope Horn Gallery,Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute and Friends of the Harry and JeanetteWeinberg Library.

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Scranton students will hone their skillsin communication, business and com-puter science by working as summerinterns at several national and localorganizations, including Go l d m a nSachs, Fox News, Comcast, theMemorial Sloan Kettering CancerC e n t e r, and The Scranton Ti m e s / Tr i b u n e.

The following is a list of students and thecompanies with which they are interning.

Stacy Surman – CNN, Atlanta, Ga . ;Victoria Reid – MTV Networks, NewYork, N.Y.; Michael Ross – Major LeagueBaseball headquarters, New Yo rk, N.Y. ;Catherine Brescia – NBC Studios; MichaelHill – The Pocono Record and Dow Jones;Will Ta yor – Memorial Sloan Ke t t e r i n gCancer Center, New Yo rk, N.Y.

Also, T h e resa Biolsi – MacKay Sh i e l d s ,New Yo rk, N.Y.; Sarah Shenton –Goldman Sachs, New Yo rk, N.Y.; Ti f f a n yFazio – Fox News, New Yo rk, N.Y.; Fa r a zKhan – Deloitte Touche To h m a t s u ,Philadelphia; Steven Cavazzini – Pfizer,Inc., Parsippany, N.J.; Laura Hoban –Comcast CN8, New Castle, Del.; RyanTigh – Dateline NBC, New York, N.Y.;

Also, Will Campenni – Scranton Today;Kristin Bellino – WYOU TV-22 News;Edward Britton – The ScrantonTimes/Tribune; Laurie Arnone – McGrail,Merkel, Quinn and Associates; RobertPalidora – Oldies 92; Jaclyn Panarese –Rock 107; James Marsicano – WVIA.

Students Land Prestigious Internships

University of Scranton StudentsWin Summer Research Po s i t i o n sSe veral Un i versity of Scranton students

a re among the select few in the nation whoh a ve won sought-after re s e a rch positionsfor this summer.

Sophomore neuroscience major Sol DeJesus, Union City, N.J., was one of 32 inthe nation to win a competitive summerfellowship in the Center for theAdvancement of Hispanics in Scienceand Engineering's (CAHSEE's) YoungEducators Program. The teaching fellow-ship will involve two weeks of seminars atGeorge Washington University withnational leaders, followed by a six weekfield assignment teaching college levelcourses to Latino pre-college students ingrades 5 through 11.

Junior Han Li, Clarks Summit, willwork in the prestigious UndergraduateBiomedical Research ApprenticeshipProgram at Washington University in St.Louis. Ms. Li is a double major in bio-chemistry and biomathematics.

Selected from a national applicant pool,junior environmental science major Ju l i eCu s t e r, Po rtland, Ore., will be going toCocodrie, La., to the LouisianaUn i versities Marine Consortium field sta-

One in 1.5 Million: Scranton Student Wi n s$10,000 Prize in National Sweepstakes

Megan Lucas, a nurs-ing student at TheUniversity of Scranton,was the winner of FollettHigher EducationGroup’s “Win A DateWith Ted Hamilton”movie sweepstakes. Ms.Lucas received $10,000as the grand prizewinner.

The promotion distrib-uted 1.5 million gamecards nationwide. Thegrand prizewinner was selected from a random drawing of all registrants. Standingfrom left are Don Drasba, manager of Follett’s book store at the University; MartinLangan, Vice President for Operations, and Ms. Lucas.

The Department of Communication recently inducted students into Lambda Pi Eta,the National Communication Honor Society and its own Alpha Epsilon Alpha.Students need a 3.25 cumulative GPA to be eligible for Lambda Pi Eta and 3.5 forAlpha Epsilon Alpha.

Pictured at the induction ceremony, held in May, first row, from left: NatalieFinkelstein*, Amy Dwyer, Christine Gaffigan, Stacy Surman, Carrie Stemrich* andMelissa Keklak. Second row, from left: Michael Mandel, Jeffrey Romanecz*, BarbaraTumelty, David Bruno, Anne Kozul*, Nicole Vlachos*, Carolyn Rowe* and HeatherSeiple*. Absent are Christen Gruebel*, Cherly Lawson *, Kathleen Harrigan*, MichaelMazzei, Lauren Miller, Chris Reiley, Timothy Grover, Jessica Besack, Leah AynHegstrom, Courtney Baran and Andrea Eilenberger.

(* Alpha Epsilon Alpha members)

tion to do an internship in marine science.Senior biochemistry major Stephanie

Yazinski, Moosic, will be part of a pro-teomics research team at YoungstownState University, Youngstown, Ohio.

Junior biology and neuroscience majorKunal Patel, Scranton, will work in theBehavioral Neurochemistry ResearchLaboratory at The Milton S. HersheyMedical Center, Hershey. He will work inan ongoing research project of Dr. AndrasHajnal, assistant professor in theDepartment of Neural and BehavioralSciences, at Pennsylvania State University.

Junior neuroscience major LindseySchneider, Gouldsboro, will spend 10weeks this summer doing research workPenn State’s Huck Institute for LifeSciences. She will work in the ChemistryDepartment analyzing brain tissue.

In addition, senior biology major TinaMarie George, Avoca, has received theUniversity of Scranton’s Steven R. SawyerMemorial Research Award. This summershe will work with Timothy Cadigan, S.J,associate professor of biology, to surveythe diatom diversity of the LackawannaRiver.

Students Inducted into Honor So c i e t y