Noted News Anchor Headlines Diversity Fair
John Quiñones, who has worked at ABC News for more than 25 years, presented the fourth annual Diversity Fair lecture to an overflow crowd on campus.
John Quiñones, the Emmy Awardwinning co-anchor of the ABC News show “Primetime,” told an audience of nearly 600 University students and area residents of the good he has often seen throughout his career, sometimes as the result of uncovering an injustice. The November lecture was part of the University’s Office of Equity and Diversity’s Diversity Fair – co-sponsored by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Diversity Education Consortium and The University of Scranton Programming Board. The fair included a day full of events that allowed attendees the chance to explore the power of social movements
hundreds of Gifts donated to those in Need
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Community donates thousands of Books
seven hundred. That’s the number of individual holiday gifts University students, faculty and staff donated to those in need during the Community Outreach Office’s annual gift drive. Eighty-eight children were also included in the “adopt an angel” program in which sponsors provide multiple gifts for a child. The Honesdale Head Start, United Neighborhood Centers, Friends of the Poor and area group foster homes distributed the donated gifts. Students Pete Delong ’13 (from left), Kerry Delaney ’14, Mike Wiencek ’12 and Michelle Dougherty ’14 prepare the gifts for distribution.
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Presents Mullin Lecture
Dr. Nash’s lecture marks the 17th Nobel laureate who has spoken at the Mullin Lecture series. The series has run for nearly a quarter century and has consistently brought distinguished scholars and scientists to the University. It honors the late Dr. Harry Mullin and is sponsored by the Mullin family.
to advance the causes of democracy, justice and human rights. Quiñones said the Diversity Fair’s theme, “Move It! The Exploration of Human Rights Movements,” relates to the inspiration behind the television series he hosts titled “What Would You Do?” The program sets up ethical dilemmas and uses hidden cameras to gather people’s reactions. Quiñones stressed the importance of doing the right thing, which he said is the idea behind the show. In addition, Quiñones discussed his career in journalism, including his time spent covering spirited issues in Central America during the 1980s.
John F. Nash, Jr., Ph.D., recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 and subject of the 2001 film “A Beautiful Mind,” delivered the annual Harry Mullin, M.D., Memorial lecture on campus in November. The lecture, titled “Ideal Money and the Motivation of Savings and Thrift,” was presented to a standing-room-only audience at the Houlihan-Mclean Center. Dr. Nash is best known for his work in game theory and was awarded the Nobel Prize for one of his most wellknown concepts, the Nash equilibrium. His lecture touched on several topics including recent economic crises, the national debt of Greece, and the “panic of 2008” in the United States.
Students, faculty and staff donated more than 4,600 children’s books to help support the community and promote literacy in the Scranton area. Among the organizations receiving donated books this year is the library of Holy Rosary School in Duryea, which was flooded in September. Through the annual drive sponsored by the Panuska College of Professional Studies, the University has collected and donated a total of nearly 14,000 books over the past five years. Standing (from left) are Jason Savino, an MBA student, who helped organize the drive, Kathleen Gilmartin, principal of Holy Rosary School, and Debra Pellegrino, Ed.D., dean of the Panuska College of Professional Studies.