Shannon Broderick of New Fairfield Among Outstanding Graduates Recognized at University of Scranton

Shannon M. Broderick of New Fairfield was among the 62 members of The University of Scranton's undergraduate class of 2022 honored for academic excellence, service or both at a Class Night ceremony on campus May 20.

Students with the highest GPA in each of the University's three undergraduate colleges were presented Frank J. O'Hara Awards for General Academic Excellence, a memorial to the late administrator who served the University for 53 years.

Class of 2022 O'Hara Award recipients were: Marissa Emily Angelo, Dickson City, for the Kania School of Management; Stephanie Michele Hoffmann, Staten Island, New York, for the Panuska College of Professional Studies; and Sarah Veronica White, Brooklyn, New York, for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Also recognized at the ceremony were two members of the class of 2022 who received prestigious student Fulbright Awards. Peter Anthony Amicucci, Poughquag, New York, won a Fulbright-Lappeeranta University of Technology Graduate Award to Finland, and Crysta O'Donnell, Riegelsville, won an English Teaching Assistantship to Andorra.

Broderick, recipient of the Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing Award, earned a bachelor's degree in nursing with a minor in psychology. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Sigma Nu, and Psi Chi honor societies. At the University, she was also a member of the Student Nurses Association. She will begin her career as a cardiac registered nurse. She is a graduate of New Fairfield High School in New Fairfield, Connecticut.

The University of Scranton is a Jesuit university located in Northeastern Pennsylvania.