News

Education Students Recognized at
2024 Marywood Leadership Awards

Congratulations to Natasha Walton, Alli Taffera and MUSE!!

Congrats on a successful thesis defense to HEA student
Jason Lee

Title: Assessing Assessment

Congrats on a successful Professional Contribution defense to HEA student
Tommy Flynn
Title: The Benefits of Faith-Based Centers of College Campuses

Congrats on a successful Professional Contribution defense to HEA student
Tina Menn
Title: Improving Guidance & Advising to Increase Transfer Student Retention

Pennsylvania State Education Association Conference March 2024

Marywood and Wilkes pre service teachers Marywood received an APEX Award!

Times Tribune higlights Marywood's Professional Development School

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The School of Education won 2nd place in the 2023 department decorating contest. The winning cash prize was donated to NativityMiguel!

MUSE helping Santa!

Pick up your tag in the School of Education on the 2nd floor of McGowan!

Friends of the Poor

2023 Thanksgiving meal deliveries organized by Friends of the Poor. Pictured: Jennifer Mercereau and Amy Paciej-Woodruff

NEPA Senior Student Affairs officers

Dr Amy Paciej-Woodruff serves as the convener for the quarterly meetings of the Northeast PA Senior Student Affairs Officers roundtables. The most recent meeting was hosted by Lackawanna College with administrators from Marywood, Lackawanna, University of Scranton, Misericordia, King's, Wilkes and Penn State Scranton.

Recruitment Fair

November 2023 Marywood Recruitment Fair, Nazareth Student Center with Dr Tammy Brown, Association Professor; Mrs Jasmine Roncevich, Graduate Assistant; Mrs Colleen Campbell, Field Director

Fall 2023 Club Fair

MUSE leaders and Drs Stevens and Pesavento

MS in Higher Ed Administration

Mrs Jennfier Mercereau and Dr Amy Paciej-Woodruff recruit students to learn about a career in higher education.

Welcome!

We are excited to welcome and announce two new people in the School of Education for the 2023-24 year. Dr Suzanne Galella is joining Marywood as an Associate Professor and Director of the School of Education. Mrs Colleen Campbell is the new Director of Field Education. Stop in to say hello!

Welcome class of 2027!

New student orienation in July 2023.

We are excited to start working with our newest students as they begin their journey toward becoming teachers!

Congrats to the MS in Higher Ed Admin graduates May 2023.

Not pictured Rob Ahren, Kerrie Brown and Dominick Scarnato.

John Lukan with alumna Haleigh Zurek

Nicollette Bordo

Bill Manley

Eden Tinkleman

Student Teacher Seminar Mock Interviews

Congratulations to Dr Sandy Pesavento's Student Teaching Seminar students on their amazing night of mock interviews with over 15 area school district administrators (many of whom are alumni)!

Bridging the XR Technology-to-Practice-Gap

Congratulations to Dr Tammy Brown on her recent book chapter published:

Arter, P.S., Brown, T., Barna, J. (2023). Using VR to improve interviewing skills for individuals with disabilities. In Cherner, T. & Fegely, A. (Eds.), Bridging the XR Technology-to-Practice-Gap. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 5, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222242/.

Faculty and Students at SPSEA Conference

Hershey, PA March 2023

Drs Stevens and Pes

Hershey, PA March 2023

Allie Taffera 2023 PSEA Lucy A. Valero Memorial Scholarship winner

Allie Taffera was selected as the 2023 PSEA Lucy A. Valero Memorial Scholarship winner! The Scholarship Review Committee was very impressed with her credentials and with the leadership talent and skill she exhibited at the Marywood chapter of Student PSEA. We are very proud of her.

SPSEA speaker

Michael Soski, School of Ed Adjunct instructor

Teacher of the Year Urges Teachers to Speak Up

Dress for Success 2023

JCrew hosted MUSE & Marywood School of Education for a fun night of tips for effortless professional dress...and shopping!

Recruitung the new class!

MUSE phone-a-thon to answer questions from potential new students.

The School of Education takes runner up in Marywood's 2022 Christmas decorating contest! Faculty, staff, MUSE students and local elementary students all contributed!

Friends of the Poor Meal distribution

Dec 2022, Scranton Cultural Center: Dr Amy Paciej-Woodruff (School of Ed Director), Dr Lois Draina (retired School of Ed Faculty), Mrs Jennifer Mercereau (School of Ed secretary), Dr Dorothy Grill (Friends of Poor and MU Education Alumnae)