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O N T H E C OMMON S NATIONAL RECOGNITION Ten Years in the Top Ten The University is celebrating a decade of national recognition following the release of U.S. News & World Report’s 2004 “America’s Best Colleges” issue, which ranks Scranton among the top ten universities in the north for the 10th consecutive year. In the 2004 edition, the University ranked sixth among “Universities- Master’s” in the north. Also in the edition, Scranton was included among “Key Criteria in Judging a School” having a graduation rate that was among the highest in the north. U.S. News has included the University in its rankings since the magazine first introduced them 20 years ago in 1983. U.S. News bases its “Universities- Master’s” rankings on a range of quality indicators, including peer evaluation, retention of students and graduation rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving. The north is the nation’s largest and most competitive region. Among the “Most Interesting Colleges” For the second consecutive ye a r, T h e Un i versity of Scranton has been selected as one of the “most interesting colleges” in the nation by a publication that offers students an “u n b i a s e d” guide to their college selection. The Un i versity of Scranton is profiled in the 2004 edition of Kaplan Pu b l i s h i n g’s T h e Unofficial, (Un)biased, In s i d e r’s Guide to the 328 Most In t e resting Colleges, by Tre n t Anderson and Seppy Basili. The University is one of just 25 colleges in Pennsylvania to be profiled in this year’s guide. The publication surveys students, recent graduates, guidance counselors and college administrators to compile an inside look of select colleges from a range of perspectives. One of “The Best 351 Colleges” The Un i versity is included in a national publication as one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. For the second consecutive year, The Princeton Review has included the University in its annual college guidebook, The Best 351 Colleges. The ranking lists in the 2004 edition a re based on The Princeton Re v i ew’s surve y of 106,000 students at the 351 colleges in the book. The University of Scranton is also among the 98 schools profiled in the first edition of The Best Mid-Atlantic Colleges. Schools profiled in this regional guidebook are regarded by the editors as colleges and universities that stand out within each region, or are less well known outside of their region. Among the “Most Connected Campuses” The Princeton Re v i ew ranked the Un i versity 30th in the nation for its technological sophistication in its list of “A m e r i c a’s Most Connected Campuses.” Fo r b e s . c o m published the list of 351 schools. The University of Scranton was the only college in northeastern Pennsylvania to make the list. The only Jesuit university to be ranked higher than Scranton was Loyola Un i ve r s i t y of New Orleans (ranked 27). The next highest ranked Jesuit university was Gonzaga Un i ve r s i t y, Wash., (ranked 70). National Ranking for Chemistry Program The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently ranked the University’s graduate chemistry program tops in the nation for non-Ph.D. programs and 15th overall based on the number of master’s degrees awarded during the 2000-2001 academic year. The report, issued by the ACS’s Committee on Professional Training, listed the number of graduates from 630 ACS-approved programs in the 2000- 2001 academic year. It was included in the Aug. 25 issue of Chemical and Engineering News. All of the universities with more master’s graduates than The University of Scranton offer Ph.D. programs, making The University of Scranton the top school in the nation for awarding master’s degrees for non-Ph.D. graduate programs in chemistry. Madison Square Townhouses Open One hundred and fourteen Un i ve r s i t y students had a new place to call home when they returned to campus this fall. The students are living in the newly built 37,301 s q u a re foot apart m e n t complex called Madison Sq u a re. T h e t h re e - s t o ry apart m e n t style tow n h o u s e s , located on the corner of Madison Ave n u e and Mu l b e r ry St re e t , house juniors and seniors in 25 apart m e n t s . The complex consists of three buildings surrounding an outdoor g a rden area. 4 T H E S C R A N T O N J O U R N A L
CONFERENCES & LECTURES Leading Economist Delivers H e n ry George Lecture Paul Romer, Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading economists, offered words of hope and caution as the guest speaker at the University’s annual Henry George Lecture on Nov. 5. Dr. Romer, Professor of Economics, Paul Romer, Ph.D. Stanford University, and founder of Aplia, Inc., San Carlos, Calif., presented “Debt, Demographics and Democracy: The New Threats of the 21st Century.” Funded by a grant from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, the Henry George Lecture Series is the pre-eminent public lecture series in economics in northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Romer addressed “How Does an Economy Create Value? Can it Keep Doing So Fo re ver?” at the Un i ve r s i t y’s Pre s i d e n t’s Breakfast, also on Nov. 5. Holocaust Conference and Forum Held The Holocaust Education Resource Center and the University presented “Recollections of War: Victims and the Law, A Community Conference and Forum,” on Nov. 10 and 11 in the Houlihan-McLean Center on campus. The forum began with the Annual Fa l l L e c t u re of the Un i ve r s i t y’s We i n b e r g Judaic Studies Institute. The feature d speaker was Joshua M. Greene, who cop roduced and co-directed the award - w i n- ning film “Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.” The film, which was scre e n e d as part of the lecture, gives a distinct pers p e c t i ve of the Holocaust as told thro u g h i n t e rv i ews with Holocaust surv i vo r s . R e g u l a t o ry Changes Discussed at Symposium Panelists examined the effectiveness of current legislation in restoring public confidence in corporate governance at the second annual Accounting Symposium on Corporate Governance, sponsored by the Un i ve r s i t y’s Kania School of Management and the cert i f i e d public accounting firm of Pa rente Randolph, PC. Seated, from left, David J. Kvapil, Exe c u t i ve Vice President and CFO of So u t h e r n Union Company; William R. Lazo r, CPA, President, Pe n n s y l vania Institute of Cert i f i e d Public Accountants; Philip Sa n t a relli, CPA, Principal, Pa rente Randolph PC Ac c o u n t a n t s & Consultants; and Dr. Abraham Br i l o f f, the Emmanuel Sa xe Distinguished Pro f e s s o r Emeritus at City Un i versity of New Yo rk’s Ba ruch College. Standing are Andrew J. Fe l o , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Accounting, Penn State Great Va l l e y, and, re p resenting T h e Un i versity of Scranton, St e ven A. Solieri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ac c o u n t i n g , Michael Mensah, Ph.D., Professor of Accounting and De p a rtment Chair, and Ro n a l d Johnson, DBA, Dean of the Kania School of Ma n a g e m e n t . A lecture and audiovisual presentation on Mr. Greene’s newly released book, Justice at Dachau, was held Nov. 11. The book explores the Dachau trials, a relatively unknown series of court proceedings held for war crimes of the Holocaust. CEO Speaks at P re s i d e n t ’s Breakfast James M. Papada, III ’70, Chief Exe c u t i ve Officer of Te c h n i t rol In c . , p rovided a sobering and honest reflection on the challenges posed by recent re g u l a- t o ry changes as the feature d speaker at the James M. Papada, III ’70 Un i ve r s i t y’s Pre s i d e n t’s Breakfast on Se p t . 24. Mr. Papada discussed “The Po s t - En ro n Climate: How a Harried CEO Copes.” Mullin Lecture Features Nobel Prize-winner Nobel Prize-winning scientist Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., presented the Harry Mullin, M.D., Memorial Lecture to a capacity crowd at the University on Oct. 8. Dr. Wiesel presented “Do We Learn to See? The Role of Nature and Nurture in Brain Development.” Dr. Wiesel (right) was welcomed on campus by Martynas Ycas, Ph.D., 1997 Mullin lecturer (left), and Brian Mullin, M.D., ’66 (center). The Mullin Lecture, sponsored by Mrs. Harry Mullin, Robbin Mullin and Brian Mullin, honors Harry Mullin, M.D., ’31, a person who dedicated a lifetime of service to his profession and community. F A L L / W I N T E R 2 0 0 3 5
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