1985

The Marywood Players perform The Music Man.

1985

The completed Visual Arts and Health and Physical Education Centers are featured in a full-page layout with color photographs in Architecture magazine.

1985

The Music Department celebrates with great flair the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, following plans devised by Sister M. Immaculate Severino, I.H.M., of the Music faculty, March 21.  Baroque choral and instrumental selections are performed in the Rotunda ten minutes before each hour.  The noon liturgy includes chorales by Bach, and the College radio station plays his compositions for an hour during the day.  A retrospective of the composer’s life and work is also written by Sister Immaculate for the occasion.

1985

By this time, forty-three clubs and organizations are active on campus.  Most of them are old favorites, but several new ones reflect contemporary interests, including the Karate Club, the Ski Club, and the Wellness Club. 

1985

The Marywood Cinematography Club films The Monkey’s Paw.

1985

Marywood College celebrates its seventieth anniversary, commemorated in part by a liturgy at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Spring.  The Mass is celebrated by Cardinal Designate John O’Connor, who served as seventh Bishop of Scranton in 1983.

1985

Bread for the World, the famine-relief organization, cites the College for its observation of African Awareness Day, not only for the letters written to members of Congress urging more assistance for Africa but also for the exceptional level of consciousness-raising targeted by the day-long activities.

1985

The Marywood chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, the honor society for Business students, is named the outstanding Pennsylvania chapter, with five of its members winning awards in business project competitions.

1985

The Tuesday College for Women opens. It is a unique, one-day-a-week commitment to education for women with homemaking and childcare responsibilities. Students enroll for a single class from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on only one day per week.  The hours are chosen to interfere minimally with family routine, and childcare arrangements are available for students with pre-schoolers.

c.1985

A highlight of Marywood’s seventieth anniversary events is the announcement of the $70,000 President’s Scholarship Fund, established by the College trustees in honor of Sister Coleman. 

c.1985

The Marywood Presidential Medal is awarded to four leaders of the College and the community.  Among the recipients are Sister Michel Keenan, Superior General of the I.H.M. Congregation, and Marion Isaacs, Trustee Emerita of Marywood’s Board of Trustees.  Two former Board Chairmen are also honored: Arthur Abrams, former president of Super Market Service Corp., and Francis Crowley, financial vice president and treasurer of International Salt Co.

1985-
1986

A major campus renovation centers on the interior of the Performing Arts Center.  The studio areas of the building are equipped with new carpeting, lighting, windows, and soundproofing, and additional space (vacated by the Art Department) is designated for use by students of instrumental music and music therapy.  Seven new electronic pianos are added to an enlarged music laboratory.  The seats of the theater are reupholstered and its floors carpeted.  A computerized lighting control system is installed, permitting over five hundred cues to be programmed in advance on recording tape.

1985-
1989

The Education Department upgrades its requirements, raising the SAT minimum score as well as the QPI and screening standards for entry into upper level courses.

1986

Crystal chandeliers from the original dining room in the Liberal Arts building are hung in the Gold Room, Nazareth Hall.  The name is changed to the Crystal Room, January 15.

1986

Sister Patricia Ann Matthews, I.H.M., becomes Vice President for Academic Affairs, May 1.

1986

Karen Jane Necker is the Honors Program’s first graduate, May.

1986

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., assumes the position of Dean of the Undergraduate School for Women, August 1.

1986

Sisters begin receiving the Cor Mariae medal.

1986

The Marywood Players perform The Cherry Orchard.

1986

By this time the Career Services Center is helping students to assess their interest and abilities through a computer program called “Discover.”

1986

The Marywood College volleyball team captures the Eastern States’ Athletic Conference Championship.

1986

The Social Sciences Department inaugurates a new major in Health Services Administration.

1986

As part of Marywood’s seventieth anniversary celebration, the Board of Trustees dedicates the main entrance to the Liberal Arts Center as the Hall of Presidents, a memorial to Sister Coleman and her predecessors: Sister Sylvia Morgan, Sister Eugenia Kealy, and Sister M. St. Mary Orr.  Lifelike portraits are executed by Eugene Spain of the Mathematics faculty and placed on the walls of the foyer.  Commemorated by name are the Superiors of the Congregation who had also served as Presidents of Marywood: Mother Germaine, Mother Casimir, Mother Mary William, Mother Josepha Hurley, and Mother Marcella Gill.

1987

The Fred P. Pomerantz Monument is displayed in the Rotunda, February.  The monument is commissioned by friends and employees of Leslie Fay, Inc., the company Mr. Pomerantz founded, and crafted on campus by contemporary sculptor Robert Griffith of the Marywood Art faculty.  After the unveiling ceremony, the Leslie Fay, Inc. Scholarship is announced, an endowed fund to provide financial aid for students in Retail/Fashion Merchandising, Art, and Business.

1987

Marywood students sponsor a campus Fine Arts Festival, a well organized showcase of local talent that encompasses four days, from noon to 10:00 p.m.  A variety of area bands, dancers, instrumental soloists and singers perform, while other artists display their paintings, sculpture, pottery, and glass creations in surrounding booths.

1987

For the first time in the history of the College, Marywood’s basketball team, the Lady Pacers, are selected for the 32nd team NCAA Division III Tournament competition.

1987

Senor Foreign Language student Jennifer Berlinghieri receives a Fulbright Fellowship for study in France.

1987

The Marywood Players perform Oklahoma!

1987

The Zeta Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the Music honor society, is formed at Marywood. 

1987

Marywood gratefully shares with The University of Scranton a joint grant from the Pennsylvania Historical Records Advisory Board.  The sum of $26,500 is to help both schools locate, identify, and organize institutional documents so that a record of the past will be available in the schools’ archives.

1987

Two members of the Philosophy faculty, William Mohan and Michael Foley, coauthor a book, Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry.

1987

Sister Coleman announces her intention to retire after eighteen years as President, effective June 1, 1988, Fall.  Applications are solicited from the Sisters of the I.H.M. Congregation by the search committee appointed by the Board of Trustees, and the quest for Marywood’s tenth president begins.

1987

Marywood College purchases forty-two acres along Olyphant Avenue from the I.H.M. Congregation.

1987

The Presidential Medal is presented to Governor and Mrs. Robert P. Casey.

1988

David Tressler, Chairman of the board, announces that Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., has been selected to succeed Sister Coleman, March 2.  Sister Mary taught in Marywood’s Department of Modern Languages and then served as the first chairperson of the bi-level Education Department in 1984.  From 1986 until her appointment to the presidency, Sister Mary held the position of Dean of the Undergraduate School.  The new president’s mandate, Mr. Tressler says, is “to build upon the tremendous growth experienced during the term of Sister Coleman Nee and to prepare the College for direction into the next century.” 

1988

Normal Dello Joio, composer and educator, is artist-in-residence for the Contemporary Music Festival, March.  His music is performed in concert by the Marywood Chamber Ensemble, orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Campus Choir, and soloists.

1988

King’s College awards Sister Coleman an honorary degree at its graduation exercises, May.

1988

One of the English Department’s 1988 graduates, Alexei Pavlenko, receives a $22,000 fellowship in Slavic Studies at Brown University.

1988

The Marywood Players perform The Crucible.

1988

Faculty member Robert Griffith designs and creates the Marywood Presidential Medallion, the first in the College’s 73-year history, for the inauguration of Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., as the College’s tenth President, Summer.

1988

Dr. Henry W. Smorynski becomes Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, July 1.

1988

Sister Margaret Gannon, I.H.M., becomes Dean of the Undergraduate School for Women, July 7.

1988

The Class of 1988 having raided funds to assist in the repair and renovation of the archway at the entrance of the campus as its gift to the College, the restored arch, with its statue of the Blessed Mother, is dedicated in a moving ceremony, in the glow of four hundred hand-held burning candles, September 8.  The date is selected because, eighty-six years earlier, the original arch at Mount St. Mary’s was also dedicated on September 8, the calendar commemoration of the birth of the Blessed Mother.  To this historical association, Sister Mary Reap is able to add three of her own: the date also marks her birthday, her feast day, and the day on which she entered the I.H.M. Congregation.

1988

The Marywood chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, the honor society for Business students, wins honors in the Pennsylvania Business Leadership Contest as outstanding chapter and for raising the most money for the March of Dimes.

1988

Sister Mary Reap is inaugurated as the tenth President of the College, October 7.  This first presidential inauguration in the College's history attracts representatives from colleges throughout the country.  In the morning, the Inaugural Liturgy is celebrated by the former Bishop of Scranton, the Most Reverend J. Carroll McCormick, with the Campus Choir singing the premiere performance of the “Ave Maria” by Robert Herrema of the Music faculty.  In the afternoon a convocation gathers before the steps of the Liberal Arts Center, from which the new President, following her investiture, addresses the assembly of guests, administrators, faculty, and students.  One of the highlights of the day occurs prior to her speech, when Sister Mary appears, flanked by two of Marywood’s smiling previous presidents, Sister M. Coleman Nee and Sister St. Mary Orr.  Sister Coleman confers the new Presidential Medallion on Sister Mary.

1988

The Board of Trustees bestows the title "President Emerita" on Sister M. Coleman Nee, I.H.M., October 8.

1988

The Board of Trustees adopts a resolution to note the passing and mourning of Sister M. Cuthbert Donovan, I.H.M., who served as Dean of the College for many years and most recently as Trustee Emerita, October 8.

1988

Joyce Carol Oates, internationally acclaimed author of novels, short stories, essays and poetry, reads and comments on her works during “An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates” in the Performing Arts Center, October 9.

1988

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., President of the College, initiates a comprehensive planning and development program. The Board of Trustees simultaneously adopts a comprehensive development campaign, IMPACT 2000, to meet the College's operating needs and facilitate implementation of institutional priorities in preparation for the new millennium, October 21. 

1988

The Library is computerized, and the Director of the Library and the Director of Academic Computing make national presentations about the state-of-the-art system.

1988

Scranton playwright Jason Miller, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for That Championship Season, directs The Marywood Players’ presentation of Crimes of the Heart.

1988

By this time, the costs of tuition and room and board are no longer specified in the two-year Catalog because the rates cannot be guaranteed even that far in advance.  However, for this year, tuition is $210 per credit hour; room and board, $2,700.

1988

The Catalog requires only that freshmen away from home live in the women’s residence complex, although students of all classes opt for the convenience of on-campus housing.

1988

A $218,000 equipment donation from the Digital Corporation facilitates Marywood’s plan to computerize the card catalog and circulation procedures of the library, as do grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the J. Howard Pew Memorial Trust. 

c.1988

Sister Michel Keenan and Sister Espiritu Dempsey accept full-time positions at Heritage College, a small, Catholic institution in the state of Washington whose mission addresses the higher educational needs of Native Americans.

1988-
1989

The College’s audit is conducted by KPMG Peat Marwick Main & Co.  College revenues total $21,407,231, an excess of $972,902 over expenditures.  Plant funds, which represent the College's cumulative investment in the campus facilities, total $33,699,573.  The appraised value of Marywood’s land, buildings, and contents is $68,120,519.  Marywood’s endowment has a book value of $12,535,042.  The contributed services of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, ever a potent factor in the College’s solvency, amount to $1,285,267.

1989

Marywood’s five entries in the nationwide annual advertising awards competition of the newspaper Admission Marketing Report wins a gold medal, a silver medal, and three merit awards, February.  The entries include an admissions package (catalog, posters, and ads), a viewbook, an admissions preview piece, an inaugural package, and a booklet entitled The Presidential Years.  All are produced by members of the Public Relations design and writing staff.

1989

The Marywood Players perform A Doll’s House.

1989

Mathematics Department member Marie Loftus receives an award for outstanding service from the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Spring.

1989

The Marywood Players stage a production of Arms and the Man, Spring.

1989

Marywood publishes the first journal of writings produced by students in the College Honors Program, Spring.  Named Scientia, for the second word of the school’s motto, the journal contains essays written as senior theses by four graduates of the Program.

1989

The University of Notre Dame Concert Band performs its "Americana-At-Its-Best" program in the Marywood College Theater, March 6.

1989

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader gives a lecture at Marywood, entitled “Who Will Stand Up for Corporate Responsibility?”, March 12.

1989

Dominic Cossa, described as “one of the most beautiful baritone voices you are likely to come across anywhere,” sings the lead role in the Oratorio Elijah in the Performing Arts Theater, March 18.  Concertmaster for the performance is Jule Supplee, and Robert Dale Herrema directs the Marywood College Community Orchestra.

1989

Marywood celebrates National Adult Education Week, March.

1989

Dr. Clarence Walton, former Chair of the Board and President of The Catholic University of America, speaks in the Nazareth Student Center on “The Moral Manager,” May 4.
                                              

1989

Mary Matulevich, affectionately known as “Mary Home-Ec” to the College community and alumni, is honored for a half century of service during a Years of Service celebration, May 8.

1989

Marywood College hosts the Ecumenical Forum of Lackawanna County, May.

1989

Marywood’s campus wins recognition when the May/June issue of Pennsylvania Magazine names it “The Most Beautiful Religious College Campus in the State.”  The award is a tribute to the College’s five-man grounds crew, headed by superintendent John Burns, a professional taxonomist and twenty-three-year veteran employee of Marywood.

1989

Sister Margaret Gannon is featured as Woman of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the Scranton Sunday Times, June 4.

1989

Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin, nationally known author, presents the keynote address at a Liturgical Convocation held at Marywood College, commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, June 10.
 

1989

The President’s Office and the Institutional Research Department are moved from the Liberal Arts Center to the newly renovated Immaculata Hall, Summer.

1989

During Homecoming, Ann Joyce Flanagan ’32, former long-term member of the English faculty, receives the Sister Denis Donegan Award for outstanding service to the College.

1989

The Legal Assistant Program receives approval from the American Bar Association, the first in Northeastern Pennsylvania to do so.

1989

The Marywood Players stage a production of Fiddler on the Roof, Fall.

1989

Marywood is a comprehensive college with 3,058 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in four schools: the Undergraduate School for Women, the Gillet School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Social Work, Fall.

1989

Immaculata Hall is refurbished.  It is the first entire building expressly redesigned to house Sisters since fire destroyed the original Motherhouse in 1971.  Even now, not all can be accommodated, and some choose to remain where they have become established.  The revised Immaculata Hall harbors five suites, each containing nine personal rooms, a lounge with recliners and a television set, and an efficient kitchen with adjacent dining area.  Ramps and an elevator facilitate access to and movement within the building, which also includes a small, quiet chapel and a spacious first floor lounge with fireplace.  Also situated in Immaculata Hall is the new office complex of the President, with areas for Sister Mary Reap’s secretaries and assistants, a board room for executive-level conferences, and a dining room in which the President can entertain College guests in an attractive, private setting.  Nearly all of the renovations are carried out by the skilled builders and craftsmen on Marywood’s maintenance staff, who are hosted and toasted for their talents by Sister Mary at a special reception in Immaculata Hall in the fall.

1989

Marywood College marks the beginning of its Diamond Jubilee with a Eucharistic Celebration, September 8, concelebrated by His Excellency, The Most Reverend Pio Laghi, S.T.D., J.C.D., Apostolic Papal Pro-Nuncio to the United States; the Most Reverend J. Carroll McCormick, retired Bishop of Scranton; and Auxiliary Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo.  The homily is delivered by the Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.  Following the Mass, a luncheon is served at Nazareth Hall, after which those in attendance witness the dedication of the renovated Immaculata Hall.  A gala black-tie reception that evening at Genetti’s Manor in Dickson City forms the setting for the climax of the day’s festivities, the awarding of Marywood’s Presidential Medal to Archbishop Laghi, Father Hesburgh, actress Helen Hayes, "First Lady of the American Theater" (making a return to the campus after thirty-six years), and President Emerita of the College, Sister M. Coleman Nee.

1989

The computerization of the library’s card catalog and circulation procedures, a project envisioned in 1980, is dedicated, September 19.  The new system is the result of years of foresight and research on the part of the late Sister Constance Melvin, former executive director of the Learning Resources Center, and of people like its director, Mary Ann Fedrick, whom Sister inspired to carry on her work.  The system is known  by the acronym MELVIN, which signifies Marywood Electronic Library VAX Information Network and also commemorates the family name of Sister Constance.  It not only integrates all library functions but also allows students to access information from the Learning Resources Center through their own personal computers, making the College a national model for campus-wide data networking.

1989

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Neil Sheehan lectures at Marywood’s Performing Arts Center on "Vietnam:  How Could This War Have Happened?", September 24.

1989

Alumni celebrate the College's 75th anniversary year in a reprise of their roles in past student musicals during a show entitled Broadway at Marywood, September 30. Many members of the original casts of The Sound of Music, Hello, Dolly, Mame, The King and I, The Music Man, Carousel, Irene, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, and Camelot reprise their performances in this theater gala, directed by Tony Nicosia, Jr. ’78, with a crew made up almost entirely of Marywood graduates.

1989

Marywood begins naming scholarships for individuals who have contributed significantly to the life of the College, October 6.  First honorees are Dr. Ralph Bernardi, Mr. Francisco Borja, Sister Angela Hughes, Ms. Helen Leonard, Sister Reginald Patterson, and Mr. David Tressler.
 

1989

The College Board of Trustees adopts a recommendation from Sister Mary Reap that Marywood, as of fall 1990, provide housing on campus for all of its full-time student populations, including male undergraduates and graduate students of both genders, October 21.  While this decision adds residence opportunities for graduate female students, the move to on-campus housing for male students represents an indirect but genuine declaration of coeducation at Marywood.  A seventeen-member faculty task force has spent six months viewing the step from all perspectives, including those of every component of the College community.  The group finds popular support for the proposal and also concludes that its implementation will serve several of Marywood’s strategic goals, particularly those of increased enrollment and retention of students, broadened cultural diversity, and enhanced academic quality.  Male students—enrolled through the Gillet School, but nevertheless enrolled—already form twenty-seven percent of the undergraduate population.

1989

The Cultural Affairs Committee sponsors an appearance by Neal Sheehan, author and war correspondent, Fall.

1989

Students, faculty and staff members participate in a two-day effort to fight hunger, poverty, and homelessness throughout the world, October 26-27.  Students express their concern for the homeless by conducting a sleepout on campus.

1989

"Women Making A Difference," a two-day symposium, takes place on campus; the keynote address is given by Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, October 27-28.  Eleanor:  A Celebration, written to celebrate the 100th birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt, is performed at Marywood, starring Toni Gillman, veteran New York and Hollywood actress.

1989

The Marywood College Players present Fiddler on the Roof in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of musical theater productions at Marywood College, November 3-5.

1989

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., is elected to the Board of Directors of Moses Taylor Hospital, November 15.

1989

A Diocesan Social Justice Convocation is held in the Performing Arts Center; the keynote address, "The Holy Spirit and the Quality of our Public Life," is given by Rev. John Haughey, S.J.;  Sister Margaret Gannon speaks on "Christian Feminism:  The Challenge to Parish and Society," November 18.

1989

Students at Marywood College conduct a prayer service in memory of clerics and lay people who died because of the violence in El Salvador, November 30.

1989

Governor Robert P. Casey presses his case for increased attention to the problems of children in Pennsylvania at the closing session of a seminar featuring internationally-known educator and pediatrician Dr. T. Berry Brazleton, December 5.

1989

The Marywood Harp Ensemble presents in concert, commemorating seventy-five years of harp instruction at the College, December 10.

1989

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.

1989

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of Greater Scranton.

1989

The Off-Campus Degree Program gains recognition in the Guide to Non-traditional College Degrees as one of the most reputable of its kind.

1989

Marywood College’s women’s basketball team is officially declared the NCAA Division III three-point field goal champion for the 1988-1989 season. 

The Institutional Planning Office relocates to the first floor of Immaculata Hall.

The School of Continuing Education occupies offices vacated by Management Information Systems and Instutional Planning.

c.1989

Marywood issues a position paper affirming that victims of AIDS will suffer no discrimination in their associations with the College.

c.1989

The library in the Learning Resources Center contains 177,000 volumes, 1,200 periodical titles, 25,000 microforms, and 3,500 non-print items.  It handles over 75,000 transactions a year and is in the enviable position of lending more than it borrows through the interlibrary loan system.

1989-
1990

Marywood is chosen to participate in the Sears, Roebuck Foundation’s Teacher Excellence and Campus Leadership Award Program, which provides a financial bonus to both the selected educator and his or her college.  The first recipient of the prize at Marywood is Barbara Hoffman of the English Department.

1989-
1990

Tuition and fees average $6,600 per year, nearly $2,000 per year less than the average at similar private institutions.

1990

The Undergraduate School for Women merges with the Gillet School; the name is changed to the Undergraduate School, January 27.

1990 

The Board of Trustees approves the granting of associate degrees, January 27.

1990

The Management Information Systems Department moves from the Liberal Arts Center to the terrace floor of Immaculata Hall, January.

1990

Marywood College develops a Parent Education Center designed to provide information and advice to parents on issues related to raising children, January.

1990

Marywood College President, Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves as marchalesse of the thirtieth annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Scranton, March 17.

1990

The Board of Trustees approves the creation of a School of Continuing Education, April 21.

1990

Dr. Terry Singer becomes the Dean of the School of Social Work, April 21.

1990

The final formal celebration of Marywood’s seventy-fifth year follows the tradition of earlier anniversaries and takes place in New York City, April 22.  Alumni, students, faculty, and administrators attend a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral celebrated by His Eminence, John Cardinal O’Connor, former Bishop of Scranton. Ellen Harding Casey, First Lady of Pennsylvania and Marywood College alumna, addresses the gathering at the Waldorf-Astoria for the luncheon that follows.

1990

Former CBS News president Fred Friendly, moderating a roundtable forum emulating the format he popularized on national public television, is the star attraction at a day-long conference, "The Media:  Perils and Promise," Spring.
 

1990

The Cultural Affairs Committee sponsors a lecture by writer Susan Sontag, Spring.

1990

At the close of its first seventy-five years, Marywood is entirely free of debt.

1990

The Music Department presents a post-Easter performance of Handel’s Messiah, Spring.

1990

By this time, Marywood has granted a total of 15,816 Bachelor’s degrees and 6,003 Master’s degrees, May.

1990

Thirty-three full-time and three part-time administrators oversee Marywood’s operations, and 271 full-time and sixty-three part-time staff keep it running smoothly in all vital areas of support.

1990

Private telephones are installed in every room in every residence hall.

1990

Marywood-sponsored scholarships are abundant.  Beyond the I.H.M. Scholarships, which are funded through the contributed services of the Sisters, there are full-tuition Presidential Scholarships, awarded for academic achievement; Talent Scholarships, for exceptional proficiency in the fields of Art and Music; Program Scholarships, for outstanding students majoring in programs selected each year by the College; Minority Scholarships, for qualified students of minority groups; Leadership Scholarships, for female students with strong leadership and academic records in their high school years; Marywood College Family Scholarships, a $250 yearly grant for the older of two students from the same immediate family who attend the College simultaneously; and the Marywood College Grants, for students with commendable academic ability and great financial need.

1990

Mrs. Ellen Harding Casey, Marywood alumna and First Lady of the Commonwealth, delivers the Commencement address and receives the first honorary doctorate conferred by the College, May 13. 

1990

The School of Continuing Education is opened; Dr. Judith W. Hochman is appointed Dean, July 1.

1990

Sister Jeremy Daigler, R.S.M., becomes Vice President for Student Affairs, July 1.

1990

Psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers visits the campus to participate in a forum on the problems of women in the world today, Summer.

1990

The annual fund-raising campaign, launched in Fall 1989, surpasses its announced goal of $750,000, July.

1990

Newly renovated Undergraduate Admissions offices are dedicated in memory of the first student registered at Marywood College, Kathleen Howley MacDonald, Summer. 

1990

Dr. James P. Lyddy becomes Vice President for Development and Public Relations, August 15.

1990

Dr. Judith Hochman is appointed Dean of the School of Continuing Education, August 15.

1990

Ground is broken for the Fricchione Day Care Center, a gift from the Fricchione Family to the Children of Scranton, September 8.

1990

Sister M. Anne Francis O’Connor, professor classical languages at Marywood for a half century, dies, September 9.

1990

A highlight of Homecoming Weekend ’90 is a production of George M, directed by alumnus Tony Nicosia ’78, director of auditions at Actors’ Equity in New York City, September 21-23. Michaela Cohan ’65 joins her classmates for their 25th reunion, applauding the music of her famous grandfather, George M. Cohan.

1990

Marywood College offers residence facilities for all of its students, both male and female, Emmanuel Hall having been renovated for the first twenty-five male undergraduate students. Rev. Martin Boylan, College Chaplain, blesses and rededicates the renovated Emmanuel Hall, formerly used as a residence for the Clergy on the faculty, October 7.

1990

"Reflections—Sculpture in Glass," a major exhibit of art, technology and education in glass, is shown in Marywood’s Contemporary Gallery, October 14-November 18.  Christopher Ries says that the exhibit is the first chance for many people to see such a wide variety of his work displayed in one place.

1990

Space in Bethany Hall is made available for graduate students, Fall.

1990

By this time, the College stands on nearly 130 acres that encompass twenty-four buildings without surrendering the green vistas that contribute to its name. 

1990

Rev. Martin Boylan, College Chaplain, establishes a committee to promote a year-long celebration in 1991 marking the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, Rerun Novarum, Fall.

1990

The Marywood College women’s tennis team captures the Eastern States Athletic Conference Team Championship, Fall.

1990

A prayer vigil is held for peace and justice throughout the world, commemorating the first anniversary of the deaths of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador and other human rights martyrs in Central America, November 15.

1990

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., takes part in a three-day Women Presidents’ Summit in Washington, D.C., in the first-ever gathering of women presidents of accredited colleges and universities, December 5-7.
 

1990

The Board of Trustees approves the purchase of the property at 2349 Adams Avenue, December 10.

1990

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Associate Board of the Scranton Area Foundation.

1990

Dr. Margaret Yarina's Marywood College : The First Seventy-Five Years, A Retrospective is published.

c.1990

In a survey to determine why students decide to enroll at Marywood, the attractive campus is one of the reasons most frequently listed by both female and male undergraduates.  Another attraction, say the respondents, is the variety of academic programs, at present offering a choice of fifty possible majors in eighteen departments.  Other drawing factors are the quality of the faculty—128 full-time, eleven pro-rata, and over one hundred part-time; the liberal arts emphasis; the library facilities; and the College’s general reputation.  Expenses, too, are a factor.

Marywood College campus
photo courtesy of Dr. Peter Spader, Professor, Philosophy Department

1991

The Board of Trustees approves an updated Mission Statement, along with Goals and Objectives of the College, and recommends them to the Members of the Corporation, January 19.

1991

The Board of Trustees adopts the Campus Plan proposed by Dober, Lidsky, Craig and Associates, Inc., as a working plan for the College's future development, January 19.

1991

Rev. Walter Burghardt, S.J., distinguished theologian and founder of the Preaching the Just Word Institute, speaks to an audience of over three hundred on teaching the social perspectives of the Church, March.

1991

Property on the corner of Adams Avenue and University Street is purchased and renovated to accommodate the administrative offices of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, April 9.

1991

Dr. George Perry, Chair of the Communication Arts Department and producer of over two hundred staged shows, is honored upon his retirement, May.  “There’s one constant that transcends time and that’s the tradition of the liberal arts, which is embodied in the College motto Sanctitas, Scientia, Sanitas.” – Dr. George Perry.
 

1991

Marywood and The University of Scranton students travel to Ecuador to participate in Rostro de Christo (the face of Christ), a program of service and reflection on meeting the person of Christ in the faces of the poor, June.
 

1991

Restoration experts replace the copper dome of the Rotunda of the Liberal Arts Center; original materials are replaced in kind, thus restoring the dome as it was set in place in the 1920s, Summer.  The dome protects the marble and murals in the interior, a Northeastern Pennsylvania landmark.

1991

The Institute for Senior Learners is created to address the educational interests of adults age fifty and older, Summer.

1991

Property on the corner of North Washington Avenue and Seminary Street is purchased for faculty housing, Summer.

1991

Marywood College takes the first step toward initiating men’s varsity athletics with the appointment of Edward Cosgrove, the first men’s basketball coach, Summer.

1991

Property at 1234 College Avenue is purchased for faculty housing, Summer.

1991

McCarty Hall is renovated to provide a second residence hall for male students, Summer.

1991

The Registrar’s Office and the Academic Records offices are completely renovated, Summer.

Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Francis X. DiLorenzo, dedicates the Fricchione Day Care Center, September 7.

1991

Dr. Clayton Pheasant becomes Vice President for Development and Public Relations, November 1.

1991

Governor Robert P. Casey addresses a "Capitol For a Day" program at Marywood, saluting women in leadership roles, Fall.

1991

Sister Cor Immaculatum Heffernan, I.H.M., is notified that her African wonderstone sculpture, Nigra sum sed formosa, has been awarded Best In Show honors at the Fifth Annual Sacred Art Exhibit in Brunswick, Georgia. The Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association (GIAHA) and The Coordinating Arts Council for Glynn County and The City of Brunswick sponsor the juried exhibit.

1992

A doctoral degree is conferred on Rev. Joseph A. Panuska, S.J., in keeping with the celebration of his tenth anniversary as President of The University of Scranton and the fiftieth year of the Jesuit presence at the University, May 17.  Rev. William J. Byron, S.J., President of Catholic University of America, delivers the Commencement address.

Bishop James C. Timlin breaks ground for the addition and renovation of the Center for Natural and Health Sciences, July 12.

The Development, Public Relations, and Alumni Offices on the terrace floor of the Liberal Arts Center are renovated.

Marywood installs a high-speed, integrated voice data and video communication link, which connects the Learning Resources Center, Student Center, and Human Services Center.

Work is completed on the relocation of the underground steam lines.

1992

The position of Coordinator of Mission Enhancement is established.

1992

College-wide Task Forces are formed to assist with campus issues:  Social Justice and Environment, Women’s Issues, Cultural Diversity, Heritage and History, and Parking.

1993

The Duquesne University Tamburitzans perform at Marywood, February 7.

1993

A new Allen organ in the Fine Arts Theater is dedicated; John Binde performs the dedicatory recital, March 22.

1993

The first female Cherokee Chief appears at Marywood, March 25.

1993

The Board of Trustees passes a resolution upon the retirement of Dr. George Perry, acknowledging with gratitude forty-two years of dedicated service to the Communication Arts Department, April 23.

1993

Dr. Helen Mary Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a member of the 1986 Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, delivers the Commencement address, May 16.  An honorary degree is conferred. 

1993

The College's first associate's degree is conferred on Patricia Murphy Koppenhaver, A.A. in Legal Studies, May 16.

1993

The Bayleaf receives national press awards, capturing first-place honors from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the American Scholastic Press Association, May.

1993

The College enters into a collaborative venture with the I.H.M. Congregation whereby services are provided to migrant workers coming into the Clarks Summit area during the summer.  The program provides educational enrichment for children and young adults as well as daycare for young children, Summer.

1993

Marywood hosts The People’s Law School, a new program of the Lackawanna Bar Association developed to educate the community about legal issues, August 24-26.

College Chaplain, Rev. Leonard Martin, S.J., celebrates a Eucharistic Liturgy, and The Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle Library Endowment is dedicated in the Learning Resources Center by retired Bishop J. Carroll McCormack, September 17.

1993

Rev. Leonard Martin S.J. is appointed Marywood College Chaplain, September.
 

1993

Rev. Addison Wrighty, S.S., noted scholar of Scripture, is selected as Marywood College’s Lecturer of Distinction, September.

1993

Noted British actor and Director Ian Stuart directs Noel Coward’s Hay Fever in the Marywood Performing Arts Center, October 13-15.

1993

An academic convocation and dedication ceremony takes place on the feast of St. Teresa of Avila, a patron saint of the College, for the renovated and expanded Science Building, to be known as the Center for Natural and Health Sciences, October 15. Most Reverend James C. Timlin blesses the Center for Natural and Health Sciences. A Nobel Physicist and advocate of science educational reform is the featured speaker; an honorary doctorate is conferred.

1993

The Military Family Institute is established, directed by Dr. Peter McNelis, October.

1993

Marywood College hosts the Pennsylvania State Music Conference, November 5-7.

1993

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Board of Directors of the Neylan Commission.

1993

The President of the College and the vice presidents identify four major goals for the second strategic planning cycle:  comparative advantage, stability of enrollment, technology and its implications, and Catholic identity.

1993

Atty. Frank M. O’Neill is elected President of the Marywood Alumni Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the first male president in its history.

1993

The Alumni Office reinstitutes the Parents’ Council.

1994

Theologian Monika Hellwig speaks to the College Community, reflecting on the work of the College’s Task Force on Catholic Identity, April 13.

1994

Atty. Giandomenico Picco, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for International Peace and Security, delivers the Commencement address, May 15.  An honorary degree is conferred. 

1994

Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., testifies before the Congressional Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in Washington, D.C., September 22.

1994

The Board of Trustees approves the awarding of doctoral degrees, October 15.

1994

Kick-off for IMPACT 2000, the College’s most ambitious comprehensive capital funds campaign, is held in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend, October 15.

1994

The Military Family Institute, a symbol of the College’s commitment to scholarship and research, is dedicated.

1994

The School of Social Work celebrates its 25th anniversary.