1999
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For the first time in the University s history, a general meeting of the Board of Trustees is held off campus, January 23.
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1999
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The Board of Trustees authorizes the initiation of a bachelor s degree in Aviation Management, in affiliation with Tech Aviation, a management organization located at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport, January 23.
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1999
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The Board of Trustees is assured that Marywood MIS personnel, addressing the national Y2K concerns, have been preparing for the year 2000 for about four years, January 23.
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1999
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The Performing Arts Center is renamed The Frank E. and Angela Sette LaVerghetta Center for the Performing Arts, January.
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1999
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The Marywood University Players present Thornton Wilder s classic play, Our Town, February 26-27.
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1999
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Patricia Daly, Ph.D., a Commonwealth Speaker of the Pennsylvania Humanities, speaks in the Lynett Multimedia Room about the trials and tribulations faced by women immigrants at Ellis Island at the turn of the twentieth century,March 2.
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1999
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The Scranton Club presents its Woman of the Year Award to Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., for her dedicated collegiate leadership and community service, March 17.
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1999
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The Marywood University Orchestra and Chamber Singers present Storytime in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts, March 21.
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1999
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In anticipation of the new millennium, the sixty-piece Marywood University Wind Ensemble presents A Century of Pop in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for the Performing Arts, April 11.
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1999
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., speaks on Ex Corde Ecclesiae: Breaching the Impasse at the College Presidents Panel, Eastern Regional Conference of Canonists Annual Meeting, May.
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1999
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An honorary Doctor of Humanae Letters is conferred on Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., by the College of Saint Francis de Sales, May.
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1999
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Moving into the Millennium, a celebration of foremost choreographers of the twentieth century, is presented in the Marywood Sette LaVerghetta Performing Arts Theatre, October 2.
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1999
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Marywood University, in collaboration with the Family Court and the United Neighborhood Centers of Lackawanna County, creates the Northeast Pennsylvania Conflict Resolution Resource Center for the Scranton Area, Fall.
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1999
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Health care delivery for area elderly is examined through the collaborative research efforts of Marywood University and Moses Taylor Hospital, Fall.
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1999
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., is named Century Club Woman of the Year.
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1999
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Medea, Euripides classic Greek tragedy, is performed in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for the Performing Arts,November 12-13.
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1999
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Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
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1999
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The University Advancement Committee of the Board of Trustees announces that the University has reached the highest level of fundraising in its history, April 24.
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1999
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Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta, DSW, Dean of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work, delivers the Commencement address at Marywood in recognition of the centennial celebration of professional social work in the United States, May 16. An honorary doctoral degree is conferred.
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1999
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The Ph.D. is conferred for the first time in the history of Northeast Pennsylvania on five students at the May Commencement ceremony at Marywood, May 16.
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1999
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Allentown College of Saint Francis de Sales, Center Valley, bestows an honorary doctorate of humane letters on Sister Mary Reap, I.H.M., May.
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1999
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Nazareth Student Center is renovated, Summer.
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1999
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The Student Life Committee informs the Board of Trustees that requests for on-campus housing are increasing, and the University may have to consider building a new residence facility, October 23.
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1999
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Dr. JoAnn Smith becomes Dean of the School of Continuing Education, October.
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1999
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Marywood University begins to offer on-line courses.
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