1993
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The Duquesne University Tamburitzans perform at Marywood, February 7.
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1993
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A new Allen organ in the Fine Arts Theater is dedicated; John Binde performs the dedicatory recital, March 22.
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1993
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The first female Cherokee Chief appears at Marywood, March 25.
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1993
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The Board of Trustees passes a resolution upon the retirement of Dr. George Perry, acknowledging with gratitude forty-two years of dedicated service to the Communication Arts Department, April 23.
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1993
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Dr. Helen Mary Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a member of the 1986 Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, delivers the Commencement address, May 16. An honorary degree is conferred.
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1993
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The College's first associate's degree is conferred on Patricia Murphy Koppenhaver, A.A. in Legal Studies,May 16.
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1993
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The Bayleaf receives national press awards, capturing first-place honors from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the American Scholastic Press Association, May.
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1993
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The College enters into a collaborative venture with the I.H.M. Congregation whereby services are provided to migrant workers coming into the Clarks Summit area during the summer. The program provides educational enrichment for children and young adults as well as daycare for young children, Summer.
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1993
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Marywood hosts The People s Law School, a new program of the Lackawanna Bar Association developed to educate the community about legal issues, August 24-26.
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1993
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College Chaplain, Rev. Leonard Martin, S.J., celebrates a Eucharistic Liturgy, and The Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle Library Endowment is dedicated in the Learning Resources Center by retired Bishop J. Carroll McCormack, September 17.
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1993
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Rev. Leonard Martin S.J. is appointed Marywood College Chaplain, September.
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1993
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Rev. Addison Wrighty, S.S., noted scholar of Scripture, is selected as Marywood College s Lecturer of Distinction, September.
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1993
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Noted British actor and Director Ian Stuart directs Noel Coward s Hay Fever in the Marywood Performing Arts Center, October 13-15.
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1993
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An academic convocation and dedication ceremony takes place on the feast of St. Teresa of Avila, a patron saint of the College, for the renovated and expanded Science Building, to be known as the Center for Natural and Health Sciences, October 15. Most Reverend James C. Timlin blesses the Center for Natural and Health Sciences. A Nobel Physicist and advocate of science educational reform is the featured speaker; an honorary doctorate is conferred.
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1993
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The Military Family Institute is established, directed by Dr. Peter McNelis, October.
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1993
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Father Leonard Martin, S.J., Marywood College Chaplain, dedicates a statue of St. Alphonsus Liguori--the patron saint of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary--near the campus entrance,November. The dedication of the statue, which was saved from the burning Motherhouse in 1971 and later put into storage, is a highlight of the College's celebration of I.H.M. Founders' Day.
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1993
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Marywood College hosts the Pennsylvania State Music Conference, November 5-7.
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1993
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Board of Directors of the Neylan Commission.
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1993
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The President of the College and the vice presidents identify four major goals for the second strategic planning cycle: comparative advantage, stability of enrollment, technology and its implications, and Catholic identity.
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1993
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Atty. Frank M. O Neill is elected President of the Marywood Alumni Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the first male president in its history.
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1993
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The Alumni Office reinstitutes the Parents Council.
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