75th Anniversary Today Magazine 2023 | Page 9

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GMercyU has been my anchor , my steadfast community , my rock and my joy these many years . I have made countless timeless friendships as well as connections with students . My love for Gwynedd Mercy University for these and so many other reasons is endless and forever engraved in my heart .
From my student worker days to today , every moment with the community has been a blessing and nourishing in my early career development .
STEPHANIE ALDERFER , MSEd ’ 91 , ’ 96 , ’ 04 DIRECTOR , TUTORING SERVICES AND PLACEMENT ASSESSMENT
ARMANI JAY RIVERA ’ 20 JUNIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST
AND ADJUNCT LECTURER

37 Professors Emeriti

33

Lindback awardees

30 Tender Courage awardees

I truly have and continue to LOVE what I do ! I love the culture of GMercyU — its mission , but most especially love the people who work here . GMercyU feels like a family to me .
TRICIA BROWN O ’ HARA , PhD PROFESSOR OF NURSING , ASSISTANT DEAN IN THE FRANCES M . MAGUIRE
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS

78 members of the 25-Year Club

Top Left : Sister Marie Madeline Smith , RSM , MSEd and Joan M . Iacocca , MSEd Top Right : Wade Luquet , PhD ; Daniel Schabert ; Bill Gavin , MSEd , RRT , CPFT , AE-C , FAARC , 2013 Center of page : Sister Mary Kathleen Scannell , RSM and students , 1975 gmercyu . edu / 75years
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Gwynedd-Mercy Junior College earns its first Middle States accreditation .
Sister Mary Gregory Campbell , RSM , PhD is named the college ’ s second president .
Lourdes Library ( now Keiss Library ) opens .
Seventy-two students graduate as part of the 10th anniversary class .
An associate in nursing degree is introduced , the first of its kind in a Catholic junior college in the U . S .
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