Five teams will compete to see who can create the best wing sauce Friday, May 7, at 10 p.m. on the DeNaples Center’s first floor. Join the Center for Health Education and Wellness and Late Night Programming to decide who will be the Wing Bowl Champion.

Win prizes, vote for your favorite team, and enjoy plenty of free food!

Open to all Junior, Senior and Graduate Education Majors

The Panuska College of Professional Studies and the Department of Education cordially invite you to an informal workshop on preparing to teach in our Catholic Schools. The presentation, entitled “The Joys and Challenges of Teaching in Catholic Schools: Are YOU up for the calling?”  is scheduled for Tuesday, May 4, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Panuska College Reading Room, 1st floor, McGurrin Hall.

The workshop will be presented by Patricia Aristide, M.A.T., mother of Theresa Aristide, Education major ’10. The workshop will open your eyes and hearts to the challenges and joys of teaching in a Catholic School. Innovative strategies will be discussed to prepare pre-service teachers for their vocation to teach in our Catholic schools.

To register, contact Kathy Juracek at juracekk2@scranton.edu or 941-5518 by Monday, May 3.

The Dating Doctor will be coming to Scranton to answer your toughest relationship questions Friday, April 30, at 8 p.m. in the DeNaples Center’s Moskovitz Theater. Free raffles for couples prizes and free food & drinks are available. 
 

For more information, contact Danielle Corapi at corapid2@scranton.edu, Kira Wagner at wagnerk2@scranton.edu or the Student Forum at ext. 6233.

Throughout the spring look out for the study aboard experts on DeNaples Center’s patio! They can supply you with information on studying abroad and give you insight into what you need to do to spend time overseas.

THE EXPERTS
Our globetrotting work-study students are here to help. They have studied in countries all over the world and are the true “experts” when it comes to studying abroad. All interested students are encouraged to stop by the Study Abroad Office.

These student “experts” are:

Jackie Woods, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia

Chris D’Elia, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia

Alison Good, University of Western Cape, South Africa

Jacqueline Caminiti, University of Wollongong, Australia

Kim Said, Semester at Sea

Dana O’Donnell, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia

Pattie Vongsoasup, National University of Singapore

Kelly Hurst, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia

Allie Reott, Umbra Institute, Perugia, Italy

Tyler Nye, Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador; John Felice Center,  

Rome, Italy; Barcelona, Spain

For more information, visit The Study Abroad Office, International Programs and Services, in St. Thomas Hall, fifth Floor. Or call 941-4841.

Are you planning to do a year or more of volunteer work after graduation? JVC? Mercy Corps? Peace Corps? VISTA? Or some other program domestically or internationally?

If so, you and your family are invited to a celebration with Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., university president, on Saturday, May 29, before Baccalaureate Mass. Please forward your name, along with what organization you are volunteering with, the location and a brief job description to Cathy Seymour, University Minister, at seymourc1@scranton.edu.

If you are still in the process of applying, please let us know that as well.

There will be two information sessions for students interested in learning more about Fulbright Scholarships on Tuesday, April 27, in Pearn Auditorium (Brennan Hall 228). Dr. Susan Trussler, the University's Fulbright Program Advisor, will present the one-hour sessions, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.

All students, freshmen through graduates, are invited to learn about the government's most prestigious scholarship program, which funds a year of study or teaching in another country for U.S. citizens. Those who will hold a bachelor's degree by June 2011 and want to spend the 2011-12 year overseas must attend one of these sessions and start the application process this summer. 

Remember when you were moving in freshmen year and everyone carried all of your stuff? Keep the tradition going: become Fall Move-in Volunteer! 

Benefits include:

How to Register:

• Log onto my.scranton.edu
• Click the ‘Student’ tab
• Select the ‘Self Service’ (UIS) link
• Click on the ‘Student Services and Financial Aid’ tab
• Select the ‘Student Affairs’ menu
• Open the link to ‘Fall Welcome Move-In Volunteer’
• Click Fall Welcome Move-In Volunteer
• Read. Watch. Accept. Submit.

For more information, visit orientation@scranton.edu or call ext. 6233.

Through The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Endowed Scholars Program, Central Scholarship provides grants for bilingual students pursuing master’s degrees in social work and other mental health fields. Renewable Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded based on financial need and academic merit. Spanish speakers will be given strong preference. 

All applicants must:

The goals of the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Endowed Scholars Program include: 

The deadline is May 10, 2010. On-line applications are available at www.centralsb.org.

The 2010 AICPA Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop, scheduled May 27-29, 2010, in Chapel Hill, N.C., is an annual invitational program for minority accounting students who plan to pursue the CPA designation. This event aims to strengthen students’ professional skills and understanding of the limitless possibilities and benefits of earning the CPA credential. Through speakers, panel discussions and interactive programs, participants gain confidence and an enhanced understanding of the various career paths with the accounting profession to prepare them for the steps that follow graduation.

An all-expenses paid event, the AICPA covers the cost of student attendees’ transportation, hotel accommodation and meals.

Eligibility Requirements 

To attend, a student must:

Click here to apply! Registration is completed on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit http://email.aicpa.org/cgi-bin15/DM/y/hfpE0Yd5q10HzV0qeh0Eu.

The Nursing Scholarship Program, a selective program of the U.S. Government that helps alleviate the critical shortage of registered nurses currently experienced by certain types of health care facilities by helping needy students complete their registered nurse training, is accepting applications until Thursday, May 6, at 5 p.m.

For more information, visit CallCenter@hrsa.gov or call 1-800-221-9393 (TTY: 1-877-897-9910), weekdays (except Federal holidays), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.  

In exchange for the scholarship, upon graduation, the newly minted nurses work at these types of facilities for at least 2 years. 

In exchange for at least 2 years service at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses, the Nursing Scholarship Program pays

 

Preference is given to qualified applicants with the greatest financial need who are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate nursing program.

We estimate that 500 applicants will be selected to receive the scholarship in FY 2010 and that all or most will be from the first funding preference group:

The Conference & Event Services Office has positions open for Summer Conference Assistants. These are work-study positions available from May through August. Assistants work with a variety of conference and summer camp groups while they are on campus. Duties include but are not limited to room set-ups, meeting and greeting conference guests, and a variety of logistics related to conferences.

Students with a background in AV and Technology are encouraged to apply. Hours are days, evenings and weekends, and you must be eligible for work study.

If you are interested, e-mail Fran Mancuso at mancusof3@scranton.edu.

Have you had the experience of spending time among the economically disadvantaged? Do you seek ways of integrating what you experienced into your life, your major and your future career?
 

INTD 284 Integrating Your Immersion Experience, to be offered for the first time in Fall 2010, will provide the opportunity for students to reflect on, process and analyze what they have experienced in a variety of ways, leading to the development of an action plan. It may be taken for one or three credits, and assignments will vary based on the number of credits chosen.

To be eligible, students must have completed either a service trip of at least one full week, or a relevant study abroad course or program between June 2009 and August 2010. The experience may have been domestic or international. For more information or to register for the course, contact Sr. Mary Anne Foley at foleym1@scranton.edu.

Registration for Summer and Fall 2010 courses will begin for undergraduate students the beginning of April. Specific dates, as well as what students need to do in preparation for registration advising and to register by web, can be found in the e-mail sent to students and also on the Registrar’s Web page, www.scranton.edu/registrar.
 

First, pick up your registration materials at the following locations, on or after February 17:  

• KSOM students at the KSOM Advising Center (Brennan Hall 206)
• PCPS students at the PCPS Advising Center (McGurrin Hall 101)

• CGCE students at the CGCE Office (O'Hara Hall 201)
• CAS sophomores, juniors and seniors at the Registrar's Office (St. Thomas Hall 301).
• CAS freshmen: The CAS Advising Center has set up an advising appointment for you.
 Pick up your appointment letter, along with your CAPP and registration forms, in the CAS Advising Center (St. Thomas 309).



Ssecond, make and keep an advising appointment at your advising center or with your faculty advisor. [Special note to CAS freshmen: Since an advising appointment has already been made for you, you just need to pick up your appointment letter in the CAS Advising Center.]



Third, complete your registration worksheets and forms and then meet with your advisor to review your course selections. Your advisor will then provide you with your registration start date and term PIN needed to access web registration. [Note: You will also need your correct UIS PIN. If you do not know your UIS PIN, you may access the online self-service PIN reset program, or contact the Technology Support Center at
941-4357 prior to your initial date of registration.]
 

Fourth, be sure to clear any holds you may have on your account from the Bursar, Student Affairs, Library, Network Resources or Public Safety before your registration start date so that you can access the web registration system. Students who have holds on their account will not be able to register until they satisfy their obligations.

Web registration instructions, dates and course listings, as well as the dynamic Course Schedule Search, are available through the Registrar’s web page at www.scranton.edu/registrar  A listing of general education courses can also be found online at http://matrix.scranton.edu/academics/gelist.shtml.