Man Who Stole From University of Scranton Sentenced

I hadn't heard anything about this prior to reading this but apparently a former University of Scranton employee who stole thousands with a school credit card was caught and it looks like the University does not want him to serve jail time.

Scranton has lowest poverty rate of Pa.’s seven largest cities

Very interesting: Apparently Scranton has the lowest poverty rate of the state’s seven largest cities for 2006, but has a higher rate than the state and national average, according to U.S. Census figures released Tuesday.

Happy New (Academic) Year

Fr Pilarz has an article online!

Here is the opening:

This week, along with teachers across the country, I will perform one of August’s most cherished rituals for educators. I will prepare a syllabus for the course I’m offering over the next 15 weeks. Such preparation, while tempered with some trepidation, is an act of love, hope and faith, to invert a biblical triad.

Check out the rest at Inside Higher Ed

FRESHMAN MOVE IN

Most of us can probably remember the day we moved into Scranton. I woke up from a nap in the car right before we got there and I was a little disoriented and then my car was attacked by an army of "purple people." They were so helpful that they took our "car blanket" and some other things that belonged in my car right up to the room.
I'm sure you all have your own stories. Here is an article about it all from the Times-Tribune.

Happy Move in Day!

Facts about the freshman class:

Drawn from 7,608 applicants, representing an increase of 12.5 percent over applications received last year

An average SAT score of 1,121

14 valedictorians and five salutatorians

63 children of University of Scranton alumni

Seven sets of twins

13 states represented Source: University of Scranton

Scranton among the ‘best’ colleges

The Times-Tribune
08/26/2007

The University of Scranton received three national accolades in seven days. Northeast Pennsylvania’s Jesuit university was the only college in the region to be among the elite colleges in the nation profiled in the Princeton Review’s “The 366 Best Colleges,” marking the sixth consecutive year that Scranton made Princeton Review’s exclusive list. The guide was published on Aug. 21.

The university was also listed as one of the top 10 master’s- level universities in the north by U.S. News & World Report. This is the 14th consecutive year the magazine has ranked Scranton among the top 10 schools in the north. The list, published on Monday in the annual edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” also listed Scranton among the “Great Schools at a Great Price,” which relates academic quality to the cost of attendance. Also, for the fourth consecutive year, Scranton has been named among the five schools in its category listed for having the “Highest Graduation Rates.”

The University of Scranton was also the only area college to be listed in Kaplan/Newsweek’s 2008 publication “How to Get Into College,” which listed Scranton among the nation’s “372 Most Interesting Schools” for the second consecutive year. The Kaplan/ Newsweek guide was published on Aug. 15.

Way to go Ryan!!!

Alright this isn't "real" University of Scranton news or actual NBC's "the office" news, but to many Ryan of Dunder Mifflin is a TRUE University of Scranton graduate. So Ryan, on behalf of the University of Scranton alumni community congratulation. Remember us when you make it big in paper!

Guobadia volunteers for Scranton lacrosse team

Laxpower.com reported that Efosa Guobadia, a former UMass lacrosse player, will join the University of Scranton men’s lacrosse team’s coaching staff as a volunteer assistant for the 2008 season.

Mmmmmm Chocolate

Glad to hear we are still doing good things on campus! A blog article entitled Chocolates - The Healthy Food mentions that The University of Scranton proved that chocolate has high antioxidant content when compared with the other foods. Nice work!

New Men's LAX Assistant Coach named

Kevin Dugan, head men's lacrosse coach at The University of Scranton, has announced the appointment of Tim Marshall as assistant coach. In addition, Dugan announced that Hunter Greene and Efosa Guobadia will join the staff as volunteer assistants for the upcoming 2008 season.

Scranton coach Joe Bochicchio dies

The University and the city of Scranton lost a coach and a mentor back in July. Here is the article posted on the NCAA website.

Honorary Degree for Haiti Catholic Relief Services Rep

The University of Scranton will present an honorary degree to William A. Canny, the country representative for Haiti for Catholic Relief Services, during its new- student assembly on Saturday. Part of the fall welcome activities planned for incoming undergraduate students and their families, the assembly will begin at 2:45 p.m. in the Byron Recreation Complex.

America's Best Colleges 2008

The University of Scranton ranked 10th in Master's Universities in the North.

Not too bad for 14 consecutive years.

New possibilities for Hill Section

It looks as thought their could be some big changes in the hill section. It would be nice if the city government could work with the University to make the area nicer.

Ratings show growth for WUSR

The listenership of WUSR, 99.5 FM, the radio voice of the University of Scranton, has increased 154 percent, and its cumulative listeners have almost doubled from 2003 to 2006, according to the Arbitron rating report. While WUSR is a college-owned and student-run radio station, a large percentage of its listeners are from the greater Scranton community.