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Groundbreaking Held for New Center for Rehabilitation Education The University officially broke ground on its new eightstory, 116,000-square-foot center for rehabilitation education at a ceremony on Nov. 14. The state-of-the-art $48.6 million facility incorporates the latest technology and teaching/learning environments for the University’s departments of physical therapy, occupational therapy and exercise science. “Through our new center, we will build on areas of great excellence to prepare Jesuit-educated women and men for ‘helping professions’ that are in high demand,” said University President Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., at the ceremony. “Guided by an incomparable faculty, our students will use this facility not only to hone their professional skills, but also to learn to serve others with compassion — to realize fully the Jesuit maxim of men and women for and with others.” The bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs to be housed in the center are among the University’s most in-demand majors. The fields of occupational therapy and physical therapy are also among the nation’s fastest growing occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “In approving this project, the Trustees recognized the strength and strategic importance of these programs for the University,” said Father Quinn. According to Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D., dean of the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies, the center is designed to encourage inter-professional modeling, which involves collaboration between representatives of various health care professions to provide the best care for the patient. “The resources of this world-class center will enable our students and faculty to be even more competitive in their research and will ensure that our students are ready to be leaders in today’s collaborative, inter-professional approach to deliver the best health care to patients by following the philosophy and moral standards of a Jesuit education,” said Dr. Pellegrino. The center is also designed to facilitate research, expand service-learning projects, and put the best simulation environments, applied-science laboratories, equipment and technology directly in the hands of students and faculty.
Three pediatric laboratories, focused on the physical, mental and emotional development of children, are among the 25 laboratories in the center. The facility also includes an assisted daily living simulated neighborhood with an apartment, garage, grocery store and street, and simulated hospital patient rooms for acute and long-term care. The state-of-the-art human physiology laboratory integrates the use of the latest technologies, such as iPads, digital cameras, and other information resources. The center, which includes a green roof and patio, is designed for and will be constructed in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for certification.
The University broke ground for its new eight-story, 116,000-square-foot center for rehabilitation education at a ceremony in the fall semester. From left: Harold Baillie, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; David Tressler, The Quandel Group; Christopher Doherty, mayor, City of Scranton; Edward Steinmetz; senior vice president for Finance and treasurer; Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D, dean of the Panuska College of Professional Studies; University President Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.; Shannon Gilman ’14, Exercise Science Major and member of the DPT Class of 2017; Richard Malloy, S.J., vice president for University Mission and Ministry; David Hemmler, Hemmler + Camayd; William Loose, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; James Devers, assistant vice president for Facilities Operations. Visit scranton.edu/scrantonjournal to view a video of the groundbreaking ceremony.
Holocaust Survivor Speaks on Campus The University’s Education for Justice Office hosted the presentation “Holocaust Memory and the Tests of Time: Sustainable Remembering of a Relentless Past” by author and cognitive psychology professor Robert N. Kraft, Ph.D. The lecture was held Oct. 23 as part of the University’s 2013-2014 Education for Justice theme of “sustainable memory.” Dr. Kraft’s 2002 book, “Memory Perceived: Recalling the Holocaust,” documents patterns of deeply traumatic memory in Holocaust survivors. His most recent book, “Violent Accounts,” analyzes the testimony of violent perpetrators and the confrontations between victims and perpetrators during South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Dr. Kraft serves as a professor of cognitive psychology at Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio.
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