Students Attend Jesuit Leadership Conference

Fourteen University of Scranton students participated in the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference held at the University of Detroit Mercy this summer.

The national conference, held at a different Jesuit University each summer, entails group discussions, a day of service and various workshops focused on furthering the development of students’ leadership from a Jesuit perspective.  

Maria R. Marinucci, director of the Cross Cultural Centers at the University, and Ozzie Brown, track and field coach at Scranton, served as chaperones for the conference. Marinucci and Aubrianna Rice, a senior physiology major at Scranton with a concentration in women’s and gender studies, presented about healthy relationship programming at Scranton at a leadership session at the conference.

Scranton students who participated in the leadership conference and the University department they represented are:

Kevin Ambicki of Middlesex, New Jersey, who represented University Police;

Fahad Ashraf of Clarks Summit, who represented Student Government;

Mollie Boyd of Old Forge, who represented Off Campus and Commuter Student Life;

Jeffrey Colucci of Mahwak, New Jersey, who represented Student Government;

Erin Doran of Branchburg, New Jersey, who represented Campus Ministries;

Megan Fabian of West Seneca, New York, who represented Campus Ministries;

Corinne Freivald of Huntington Station, New York, who represented the Center for Health Education and Wellness;

Joseph Fullam of Coatesville, who represented Student Government;

Abril Lopez of Scranton, who represented Campus Ministries;

Conor Nealon of Duryea, who represented Athletics;

Bridget Pynn of Brooklyn, New York, who represented the Center for Student Engagement;

Rice of Apalachin, New York, who represented the Cross Cultural Centers and also presented at the conference;

Julia Romanovich of Peckville, who represented Off Campus and Commuter Student Life;

Simone van der Lee of Mount Joy, who represented University Police.