Marywood University Students Achieve National Recognition For Academic Achievement

A Marywood University campus nominating committee, composed of faculty and students, and the editors of the annual Who's Who directory selected the students to be included in the current edition selected fifty-two Marywood University students to receive the prestigious national academic honor. The students, including 20 local residents, are included in the 2008 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Candidates were selected based on academic achievement, as well as leadership and service criteria. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.0, perform community service, participate in or lead extracurricular activities and have the potential for continued success. Marywood University's students join others from higher education institutions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign countries. Outstanding student leaders have been honored in the yearly Who's Who directory for more than 60 years.

Date added: Friday, January 11, 2008

Sr. Anne Munley - 11th University President

On July 1, 2007, Sr. Anne Munley officially began her term as 11th President of Marywood University.

Previously serving as the Executive Director of the African Sisters Education Collaborative, Sister Anne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, History, and Government from Marywood in 1966. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from The Catholic University of America and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College. Additionally, she pursued intensive study in Spanish at the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas, in 2002, and at the Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Madrid, Spain, in 2003.

The new president's professional background includes a variety of global experiences, including her recent service as the Director of Programs and Social Mission for the International Union of Superiors General, Rome, Italy, from 2003-2006. Sister Anne was President of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, from 1994 to 2002, and she also has served nationally and internationally as a consultant, presenter, and facilitator for numerous religious congregations.

Sister Anne previously served Marywood as its Director of Planning and Institutional Research and Coordinator of Title III and also was an Assistant Professor of Sociology. She has worked as Assistant to the Congregation Administrator and Director of Apostolic Planning for the I.H.M. Congregation and has taught sociology at the high school level for various Catholic schools in Pennsylvania and New York.

A prolific writer, she has authored and co-authored numerous books, articles, and pamphlets, including, most recently, a book titled, Understanding and Counteracting Trafficking in Persons: The Acts of the Seminar for Women Religious, which she co-authored with Stefano Volpicelli, Bernadette Sangma, Pino Gulia, and Roberto Rossi. The book has been published in English and Italian.

Sister Anne has been an ex officio member of the boards of Marywood University and St. Joseph's Center, Scranton; Maxis Health System, Carbondale; and Our Lady of Grace Montessori School and Center, Manhasset, New York. Additionally, she has held several leadership roles in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), Silver Spring, Maryland, including national service as LCWR president and membership on its executive committee and national board. She is a past member of the St. Joseph's Hospital Board and the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation Board, Carbondale, as well as the board of Hospice of Pennsylvania, Inc., Scranton.

Date added: Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Marywood Receives Grant to Recruit Top-Level Research Faculty

Marywood University received a $133,000 grant to support a new biotechnology faculty position, funded by the Keystone Innovation Starter Kit program.

Keystone Innovation Zones (KIZ) are designed to improve and encourage Pennsylvania's research and development efforts, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship programs. The program is intended to accomplish this by using Pennsylvania's world-class colleges and universities to deliver economic development opportunities throughout the Commonwealth.

The primary purpose of the Keystone Innovation Starter Kits, as a companion to the creations of KIZ, is to recruit new, top-level research faculty to Pennsylvania. The recruitment of these faculty members will facilitate focused research in key KIZ industry cluster areas, as well as promote and excite students working with these faculty members to further research through potential spin-outs of the technology to businesses in the Keystone Innovation Zone.

The funds received from this grant will be used to support the new Marywood University faculty member's research agenda, including lab equipment, supplies, a new graduate research assistant and student scholarships to support enrollment in the biotech program and the new master's program in professional science.

Marywood's B.S. program in biotechnology is in its fourth year and is the only degree program of its kind in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In fall 2006, the university launched a master's program in professional science in which the student will receive an M.S. in Biotechnology upon completing the program.

This project was financed, in part, by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.

Date added: Monday, June 25, 2007

Marywood University Students Win National IBM System i Innovation Challenge

A team of Marywood Business students took the IBM challenge and emerged as national winners, competing against some 100 student teams from 50 colleges and universities across the country. The victory announcement was made at the COMMON (world's largest community of IBM midrange users) Annual Conference & Expo in Anaheim, California.

The Challenge included three parts, a test of the teams Web research skills using IBM's System i platform, production of a video about System I and finally development of an innovative System I application.

The Marywood team was announced the Grand Prize Winner earlier this month for their successful development of a Web-based vacation planning tool. The student team, along with their faculty advisor, received prizes including a trip to Nintendo™ in Redmond, Washington to see how System I helps power Nintendo's operations as well as Nintendo™ Wii's.

The System I Academic Initiative provides professors and students with hands-on access to the "all-in-one" System I business computing platform, including curriculum, industry experts and training. The Initiative includes academic networks designed to help drive internships and job opportunities for students while helping universities determine which course offerings are most relevant to local businesses.

Marywood University currently offers System i education as part of their MIS program through the School of Business.

Date added: Monday, June 11, 2007

Marywood Names Reap College of Education and Human Development

The Marywood University Board of Trustees has announced that the College of Education and Human Development will be named for Sister Mary Reap, IHM, Ph.D. Sister Mary has served as the president of the university since 1988 and will retire from the position on June 30, 2007.

Date added: Monday, June 11, 2007