Stephen E. Whittaker, Ph.D., Receives Earl Award
Stephen E. Whittaker, Ph.D., professor of English and theatre, received the John L. Earl III Award for service to the University, the faculty and the wider community. The 2023 John L. Earl III Award was presented at the University’s annual Fall Convocation, which took place on campus on Aug. 31, 2023. The award is given annually to a member of the University community who demonstrates the spirit of generosity and dedication that the late Dr. John Earl, a distinguished professor of history, exemplified during his years at Scranton from 1964 to 1996.
Assistant Professor Kate Cummings Receives Certificate of Merit Award
The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) recently recognized The University of Scranton Assistant Professor Kate Cummings with a Certificate of Merit. Prof. Cummings, Research and Instruction Librarian for Business, was honored with the prestigious Certificate of Merit Award from the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) at the organization’s Sept. 21 Awards Ceremony. Certificates of Merit are given to PaLA members who have made outstanding contributions to libraries and the Pennsylvania Library Association during the past five years.
Office of Community-Based Learning Announces Faculty Fellows
The Office of Community-Based Learning (CBL) announces the second cohort of its CBL Faculty Fellows Program. The purpose of the program is to recognize, reward and support exemplary faculty who are eager to fully integrate CBL as an intentional pedagogical strategy into their courses and/or curricular-based projects. CBL is an academic experience which involves students working with individuals, groups, or organizations in ways structured to meet community-defined needs.
They include: Hope E. Baylow, D.A., Assistant Professor, Founding Program Director, Communication Sciences and Disorders and Speech-Language Pathology, Dr. Madeline B. Gangnes, Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Theatre, Ovidiu C. Cocieru, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Jennifer Schwartz, DPT ’05, G’06, DPT ’12, Faculty Specialist in the Department of Physical Therapy and Chandra Ann Nealon, DPT, faculty specialist in the Department of Occupational Therapy.
Published Research Articles Recognized by IMA
Published research articles by students and graduates of The University of Scranton’s doctoral program in accounting and Douglas M. Boyle, DBA ‘88, chair of the Accounting Department and director of the Ph.D. in Accounting program at Scranton, won a prestigious 2023 Institute of Management Accountants’ (IMA) Lybrand Silver Medal and two Certificates of Merit.
The article “Creating a Data Analytics Mindset,” co-authored by Richard O’Hara, Lisa Haylon and Dr. Boyle, was recognized with the silver award. The article was published in Strategic Finance in February 2023. O’Hara, Scranton, and Haylon, Hamden, Connecticut, are current Ph.D. students at Scranton.
Professor Emerita Book Receives Excellence Award
The book, “Nurses making policy from bedside to boardroom (3rd ed.),” co-edited by Margarete L. Zalon, Ph.D., professor emerita in the Department of Nursing at The University of Scranton, received the Sigma Theta Tau 2023 Capstone International Nursing Book Award for Nursing Excellence.
Sigma Theta Tau (Sigma) is the International Honor Society of Nursing. Their International Awards for Nursing Excellence reflect the organization’s dedication to fostering high professional nursing standards, recognizing superior achievement, developing leadership and encouraging creative work.
In addition, Dr. Zalon received a 2022 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Award for the book, which placed 2nd in the program’s Nursing Management and Leadership category. Earlier this year, Dr. Zalon was appointed as a consumer representative to the Pennsylvania e-Health Partnership Advisory Board.
