Category Archives: February 2025

Marywood recognized by 2024 Campus Prevention Network

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Marywood University has been honored to receive the 2024 Campus Prevention Network (CPN) Seal of Prevention™. Presented by Vector Solutions, the CPN Seal of Prevention™ recognizes institutions of higher education that demonstrate leadership in the areas of student safety, well-being, and inclusion to improve student well-being and success. 

Each recipient of this recognition has acted to create a safer, more inclusive campus through comprehensive, evidence-based digital prevention education on issues such as sexual assault, alcohol misuse, mental health, and discrimination. The CPN Seal of Prevention™ establishes guidelines for discerning quality online prevention education and implementation practices and positions prevention as central to key institutional outcomes.

Marywood educates first-year students on issues of alcohol use/prevention education, sexual assault prevention, and inclusion issues using the Vector’s digital modules, reflecting the university’s comprehensive, mission-driven commitment to fostering a respectful, safe, and healthy community for all members. 

Cheryl Radkiewicz retiring as Dunmorean food editor

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The Dunmorean’s longtime Food Editor, Cheryl Sempa Radkiewicz, is retiring after many years with this newspaper. 

Cheryl also worked for many years as a school teacher and with the NEIU. 

Cheryl has previous experience in the newspaper business with the former Scrantonian Tribune, which her father, Frank Sempa, served as City Editor for many years. At the Trib she worked as correspondent and reporter for local communities. She  also worked for decades on various publications founded by the late John M. Hart Jr., including The Dunmorean, as well as with current Dunmorean editor, Maureen (Garcia-Pons) Hart.

She is the wife of John Radkiewicz, daughter of the late Frank and Minerva Sempa, and sister of Msgr. John Sempa, Attorney Fran Sempa, and Barbe Sempa. 

Maureen Hart and publisher John M. Hart III, Esq., extend their best wishes for Cheryl’s retirement and deep appreciation for her many contributions to local journalism and education over many decades.