{"id":2439407,"date":"2026-05-31T20:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2439407"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:05:29","slug":"campus-catch-up-april-news-and-notes-from-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/campus-catch-up-april-news-and-notes-from-scranton\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Catch-Up: April News and Notes From Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The countdown to commencement is on.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Scranton&#8217;s 2025-26 academic year is winding down, as the last day of class is Friday, May 15, with undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies to follow on Sunday, May 24.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, here are some of the many University students, employees and groups putting in hard work to finish the year strong.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Scranton FBLA Students Win 4 State Championships, Place in 16 Events<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><span>The University of Scranton\u2019s rise to the top as a premier institution for Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) continued with its most recent performance.\u00a0<\/span><span>Scranton students combined to place in 16 events, winning four state championships with five runner-up finishes, at the recent FBLA State Leadership Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/04\/news-fbla-states.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more<\/a>\u00a0about this year&#8217;s champions and the categories they won.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Restored 500-Year-Old Painting With Hidden Figure Unveiled at University of Scranton<\/h4>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Restored 500-year-old painting with hidden figure unveiled at University of Scranton\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oefJEf4yYRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The University held a public unveiling of &#8220;Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist,&#8221; a 16th-century painting, which, during restoration, revealed an original background that was long covered.<\/p>\n<p>For additional coverage, visit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/04\/28\/taylor-native-uncovers-hidden-figure-in-painting-donated-to-university-of-scranton\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Times-Tribune<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fox56.com\/news\/local\/university-of-scranton-spotlights-discovery-of-saint-john-in-restored-renaissance-work\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox56<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/article\/news\/local\/lackawanna-county\/restoration-of-centuries-old-painting-at-university-of-scranton-reveals-hidden-st-john-the-baptist-art-jesuit-madonna-and-child-mother-mary\/523-34d0ebc9-f2b9-4661-92df-4c1ec7ba1474\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNEP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Scranton Professors Win Coveted National Ethics Award a Third Consecutive Time<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Side-by-side headshots of two individuals in business attire, one wearing a red tie and the other wearing glasses and smiling.\" class=\"\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/04\/images\/i-ima-ethics-1.jpg\" width=\"1280\"\/><\/p>\n<p>University of Scranton professors are influencing financial professionals worldwide, while their work earns top national honors. The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) recently recognized the distinguished contributions of<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Douglas M. Boyle, DBA \u201988<\/strong>, professor and chair of accounting, and Daniel P. Haggerty, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, two of three authors of the article that earned the 2026 Curt Verschoor Ethics Feature of the Year Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/04\/news-ima-ethics-award.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more <\/a>about Dr. Boyle, Dr. Haggerty and their award-winning research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.scranton.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown to commencement is on. 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