Four Receive Sursum Corda Awards at Scranton
The University of Scranton presented Sursum Corda (Lift Up Your Hearts) Awards to four staff members at a convocation held on campus. From left, are: Tracy Stewart, Ph.D., interim senior provost and vice president for academic affairs; Rev. Joseph Marina, S.J., president; Sursum Corda Award recipients Rose Corrigan, administrative assistant for the vice president for University Advancement; Susan Shoemaker, zone supervisor for campus housing; Stephanie Adamec, assistant dean for student wellness at the University’s Center for Health Education and Wellness; and Brian Loughney, human resources manager; and Patricia Tetreault, vice president for human resources.Sursum Corda Awards were presented to four staff members by University of Scranton President Rev. Joseph Marina, S.J., who also delivered his State of the University address at the Spring Convocation. The event took place in the McIlhenny Ballroom of the DeNaples Center in February. Staff members who joined the University between Feb. 1, 2024, and Jan. 31, 2025, were also recognized at the event.
Sursum Corda (Lift Up Your Hearts) Awards recognize members of the University’s professional/paraprofessional staff, clerical/technical staff and maintenance/public safety staff who have made outstanding contributions to the life and mission of the University. This year’s recipients were: Stephanie Adamec, assistant dean for student wellness at the University’s Center for Health Education and Wellness; Rose Corrigan, administrative assistant for the vice president for University Advancement; Brian Loughney, human resources manager; and Susan Shoemaker, zone supervisor for campus housing.
“Sursum Corda, or lift up your hearts, what a great name for these awards and how fitting they are for Susie, Rose, Stephanie and Brian,” said Father Marina. “Seventy-four years of service when you add them up, across the areas of advancement, facilities, student life and human resources. All that good work directed toward one goal: helping our beloved University move forward in its mission. That is why these awards are so well deserved.”
Speaking to the more than 300 University employees attending the event, Father Marina said, “You are all here as living testimony to support for our mission, and so certainly I am grateful for the work of our awardees today, but also for your work and for your love, of our students and our mission.”
Also speaking at the convocation were Tracy Stewart, Ph.D., interim senior provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Peggy Doolittle, advancement coordinator, Office of Annual Giving.
