{"id":2484538,"date":"2026-07-02T05:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2484538"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:46:48","slug":"campus-catch-up-welcoming-the-class-of-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/campus-catch-up-welcoming-the-class-of-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Catch-Up: Welcoming the Class of 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>This Year\u2019s Leaders Share Advice\u00a0for New Student Orientation<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of this year&#8217;s New Student Orientation, Royal News caught up with the four current undergraduate students who served as Orientation Team Leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/06\/news-student-orientation-2026.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read<\/a> what Mary McAlpin, Michael Mancini, Gavin Kovaleski and Michael Zipay shared with readers and incoming students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Pope Francis Co-author Speaks at University&#8217;s Judaic Studies Lecture<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Individual in a suit and glasses speaks at a podium labeled &quot;The University of Scranton&quot; in a lecture hall.\" class=\"\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/06\/images\/i-skorka.webp\" width=\"1512\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While the University turns its attention to the upcoming school year, we aren&#8217;t too far removed from the end of the past school year.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights late in the spring term included Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Ph.D., a globally recognized scholar, author and longtime collaborator of Pope Francis, who visited Scranton to deliver the Judaic Studies Institute Lecture.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/06\/news-skorka-lecture-post.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more<\/a> about Dr. Skorka&#8217;s appearance.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>University to Honor Robert S. &#8217;68 and Marilyn A. Weiss at President&#8217;s Medal Gala<\/h4>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Announcing The 2026 President&amp;apos;s Medal Honorees\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICv3J8OXvL8?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>In case you missed it, the University announced this year&#8217;s President&#8217;s Medal Gala will be held Thursday, Oct. 1, at Pier Sixty in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/06\/alum-pmg-june-2026.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more information<\/a> about the upcoming event and the President&#8217;s Medal recipients, Robert S. &#8217;68 and Marilyn A. Weiss.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>In addition to the regular Wednesday email newsletter, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/\">The University of Scranton&#8217;s Royal News website<\/a> is updated continuously throughout the year with new stories, features and announcements. Readers may visit at any time to find the latest news from across the University.<\/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>\u00a0 This Year\u2019s Leaders Share Advice\u00a0for New Student Orientation Ahead of this year&#8217;s New Student Orientation, Royal News caught up with the four current undergraduate students who served as Orientation Team Leaders. 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