1990
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The Undergraduate School for Women merges with the Gillet School; the name is changed to the Undergraduate School, January 27.
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1990
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The Board of Trustees approves the granting of associate degrees, January 27.
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1990
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The Management Information Systems Department moves from the Liberal Arts Center to the terrace floor of Immaculata Hall, January.
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1990
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Marywood College develops a Parent Education Center designed to provide information and advice to parents on issues related to raising children, January.
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1990
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Marywood College President, Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves as marchalesse of the thirtieth annual St. Patrick s Day Parade in Scranton, March 17.
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1990
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The Board of Trustees approves the creation of a School of Continuing Education, April 21.
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1990
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Dr. Terry Singer becomes the Dean of the School of Social Work, April 21.
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1990
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The final formal celebration of Marywood s seventy-fifth year follows the tradition of earlier anniversaries and takes place in New York City, April 22. Alumni, students, faculty, and administrators attend a Mass at St. Patrick s Cathedral celebrated by His Eminence, John Cardinal O Connor, former Bishop of Scranton.Ellen Harding Casey, First Lady of Pennsylvania and Marywood College alumna, addresses the gathering at the Waldorf-Astoria for the luncheon that follows.
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1990
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Former CBS News president Fred Friendly, moderating a roundtable forum emulating the format he popularized on national public television, is the star attraction at a day-long conference, "The Media: Perils and Promise," Spring.
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1990
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The Cultural Affairs Committee sponsors a lecture by writer Susan Sontag, Spring.
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1990
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At the close of its first seventy-five years, Marywood is entirely free of debt.
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1990
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The Music Department presents a post-Easter performance of Handel s Messiah, Spring.
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1990
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By this time, Marywood has granted a total of 15,816 Bachelor s degrees and 6,003 Master s degrees,May.
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1990
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Thirty-three full-time and three part-time administrators oversee Marywood s operations, and 271 full-time and sixty-three part-time staff keep it running smoothly in all vital areas of support.
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1990
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Private telephones are installed in every room in every residence hall.
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1990
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Marywood-sponsored scholarships are abundant. Beyond the I.H.M. Scholarships, which are funded through the contributed services of the Sisters, there are full-tuition Presidential Scholarships, awarded for academic achievement; Talent Scholarships, for exceptional proficiency in the fields of Art and Music; Program Scholarships, for outstanding students majoring in programs selected each year by the College; Minority Scholarships, for qualified students of minority groups; Leadership Scholarships, for female students with strong leadership and academic records in their high school years; Marywood College Family Scholarships, a $250 yearly grant for the older of two students from the same immediate family who attend the College simultaneously; and the Marywood College Grants, for students with commendable academic ability and great financial need.
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1990
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Mrs. Ellen Harding Casey, Marywood alumna and First Lady of the Commonwealth, delivers the Commencement address and receives the first honorary doctorate conferred by the College, May 13.
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1990
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The School of Continuing Education is opened; Dr. Judith W. Hochman is appointed Dean, July 1.
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1990
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Sister Jeremy Daigler, R.S.M., becomes Vice President for Student Affairs, July 1.
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1990
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Psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers visits the campus to participate in a forum on the problems of women in the world today, Summer.
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1990
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The annual fund-raising campaign, launched in Fall 1989, surpasses its announced goal of $750,000, July.
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1990
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Newly renovated Undergraduate Admissions offices are dedicated in memory of the first student registered at Marywood College, Kathleen Howley MacDonald, Summer.
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1990
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Dr. James P. Lyddy becomes Vice President for Development and Public Relations, August 15.
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1990
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Dr. Judith Hochman is appointed Dean of the School of Continuing Education, August 15.
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1990
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Ground is broken for the Fricchione Day Care Center, a gift from the Fricchione Family to the Children of Scranton, September 8.
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1990
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Sister M. Anne Francis O Connor, professor classical languages at Marywood for a half century, dies,September 9.
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1990
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A highlight of Homecoming Weekend 90 is a production of George M, directed by alumnus Tony Nicosia 78, director of auditions at Actors Equity in New York City, September 21-23. Michaela Cohan 65 joins her classmates for their 25th reunion, applauding the music of her famous grandfather, George M. Cohan.
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1990
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Marywood College offers residence facilities for all of its students, both male and female, Emmanuel Hall having been renovated for the first twenty-five male undergraduate students. Rev. Martin Boylan, College Chaplain, blesses and rededicates the renovated Emmanuel Hall, formerly used as a residence for the Clergy on the faculty, October 7.
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1990
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"Reflections Sculpture in Glass," a major exhibit of art, technology and education in glass, is shown in Marywood s Contemporary Gallery, October 14-November 18. Christopher Ries says that the exhibit is the first chance for many people to see such a wide variety of his work displayed in one place.
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1990
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Space in Bethany Hall is made available for graduate students, Fall.
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1990
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By this time, the College stands on nearly 130 acres that encompass twenty-four buildings without surrendering the green vistas that contribute to its name.
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1990
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Rev. Martin Boylan, College Chaplain, establishes a committee to promote a year-long celebration in 1991 marking the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, Rerun Novarum, Fall.
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1990
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The Marywood College women s tennis team captures the Eastern States Athletic Conference Team Championship, Fall.
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1990
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A prayer vigil is held for peace and justice throughout the world, commemorating the first anniversary of the deaths of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador and other human rights martyrs in Central America, November 15.
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1990
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., takes part in a three-day Women Presidents Summit in Washington, D.C., in the first-ever gathering of women presidents of accredited colleges and universities, December 5-7.
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1990
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The Board of Trustees approves the purchase of the property at 2349 Adams Avenue, December 10.
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1990
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Associate Board of the Scranton Area Foundation.
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1990
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Dr. Margaret Yarina's Marywood College : The First Seventy-Five Years, A Retrospective is published.
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1990
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Bethany Hall becomes a residence for the Clergy on the College faculty.
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c.1990
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In a survey to determine why students decide to enroll at Marywood, the attractive campus is one of the reasons most frequently listed by both female and male undergraduates. Another attraction, say the respondents, is the variety of academic programs, at present offering a choice of fifty possible majors in eighteen departments. Other drawing factors are the quality of the faculty 128 full-time, eleven pro-rata, and over one hundred part-time; the liberal arts emphasis; the library facilities; and the College s general reputation. Expenses, too, are a factor.
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