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Enjoy these photos from a few of our signature alumni events

Carlesimo Golf Tournament & Award Dinner Honors Tony Rice

In June, the University honored Tony Rice, Notre Dame legend and quarterback of the 1988 National Championship Team, with the 2022 Peter A. Carlesimo Award at the annual Carlesimo Golf Tournament & Award Dinner at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, New Jersey. The event raised nearly $125,000 for Scranton Athletics.

The Class of 2026 Legacy Families Reception

In August, incoming first-year students of Scranton alumni gathered together with their families and Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., University president, for the Class of 2026 Legacy Families Reception.

The Inaugural Alumni/ Student Golf Outing

In October, John Mullan ’88, Kyle Dunn ’24, Brendan O’Donoghue ’24 and Mark Familo ’87 won the inaugural Alumni/Student Golf Outing at Pine Hills Country Club. Upon winning the outing, Dunn and O’Donoghue were presented with matching purple jackets symbolizing their victory.

The President’s Business Council 21st Annual Award Dinner

In late September, the President’s Business Council 21st Annual Award Dinner honored Patti Byrnes Clarke ’86, P’17, ’19, global chief talent officer, Havas Group, and Tom O’Brien ’86, P’19, senior managing director, SumRidge Partners, a Raymond James company, with the President’s Medal at New York City’s Gotham Hall. The gala welcomed 470 attendees and raised more than $1.1 million for the Presidential Scholarship Endowment Fund. For more information, visit scranton.edu/pbcdinner.

Presidential Christmas Receptions

In December, alumni, parents and friends of the University in Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia celebrated the Christmas season with Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., president of the University.

Several members of The Class of 2006 recently reunited with the class banner they signed at their Grad Finale in 2006 at the Philadelphia Presidential Christmas Reception at The Bellevue Hotel. They took the opportunity to mark the occasion by posing for a photo with the Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., University president. Front row, from left:

Caleb Knippenberg ’07, G’08, Dan Kottke ’06, Colin Hendsey ’06, Kevin Farrell ’06, Jason A. Shrive, Esq. ’06, Father Marina, John “Bud” Heppler ’06, David Ganley ’06, Michael J. Jenkins, Ph.D. ’06, and Michelle Jastrzemski Ganley ’06. Back row: Colin Flannery, D.P.M. ’06 and Drew Clancy ’06.