Students Attend Jesuit Leadership Conference

Six University of Scranton students participated in the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference held at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts 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.  

Michael Ritterbeck, director of Center for Student Engagement at the University, and Kayla Betacchini, assistant director of the Center for Student Engagement, served as chaperones at the conference. Ritterbeck presented a breakout session titled “What’s Next? Bouncing Back from Rejection in Student Leadership,” which included information about the University’s resiliency programming.

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

Mia N. Familetti, an English and advertising/public relations double major from Dalton, represented Student Government and Orientation;

Daylene Marin Garzon, a criminal justice major from Liberty, New York, represented University Police and Orientation;

Hannah M. Kohrn, a sociology major from Hamden, Connecticut, represented the University of Scranton Student Programming Board and Residence Life;

Maria D. Manno, a biochemistry, cell, and molecular biology major from Blue Bell, represented the Center for Health Education and Wellness and Peer Health Educators;

Simal Sami, an information technology major from Jessup, represented Student Government and Residence Life;