1996
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Marywood offers courses on the doctoral level for the first time, January.
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1996
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Award-winning poet, Maya Angelou, speaks to a capacity crowd at Marywood's Performing Arts Center, March 10. Proceeds from the visit benefit the African-American Arts Alliance, which co-sponsors the event with Keystone College, Lackawanna Junior College, Marywood College, Penn State Worthington Scranton, and The University of Scranton.
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1996
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., unveils the new Marywood logo, April.
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1996
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Presidents of four local Catholic colleges meet as a panel, and Bishop John Leibrecht, Chair of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops ad hoc Committee on Implementation, speaks on Ex Corde Ecclesiae, April 15.
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1996
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Apollo 13 astronaut Fred W. Haise delivers the Commencement address; an honorary doctorate is conferred, May 18.
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1996
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., is named Northeast Woman of the Week, May.
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1996
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A $1 million anonymous gift to Marywood College and The University of Scranton enables the development of a cooperative program, June.
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1996
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Phase One of the capital funds campaign IMPACT 2000 ends very successfully, June 30. Phase Two opens immediately.
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1996
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Dr. Raymond P. Health becomes Vice President for Student Affairs, August 5.
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1996
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The seventy-piece Marywood Wind Ensemble, directed by William Weber, joins forces with the 100-voice Marywood Campus Choir, led by Robert Herrema, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer, administrator, and pedagogue Howard Hanson, October 27.
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1996
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The 1996-1997 opening Liturgy and Convocation is held in front of the Liberal Arts Center, September 10. Msgr. John A. Esseff 78 celebrates Mass.
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1996
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., presents a Facilities Expansion Plan to the Board of Trustees, citing the goal: To become the premiere Catholic university of our region for the 21st century, October 19.
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1996
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Marywood sponsors the Department of Defense Quality of Life Research Symposium at Georgetown University,December.
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1996
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The Sister Theresa Maxis medal is awarded for the first time to recognize Marywood's professional personnelan dhourly employees who have achieved twenty years of full-time service to the College.
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