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Alumni Association Awards

Nominations for the 2025 Alumni Association Awards will be accepted through November 15, 2024.  Alumni are encouraged to use the nomination form to submit deserving alumni for consideration during the next awards cycle.

The 2024 awards recipients will be honored at the Immaculata University Awards Reception on October 4, 2024.

The Awards

The Alumni Medal was reinstated by the Alumni Board of Governors in November 1984. In 1991 the decision was made to expand the award process to more fittingly recognize the accomplishments and dedication of all of our alumni, at which time the Amethyst Award was created.  In April 2017, the Alumni Board of Governors instituted a new award to acknowledge achievements of recent alumni, the Scientia Floret Virtute Award, which was presented for the first time in 2018.

Award Eligibility

  • Nominees for all awards must be Immaculata University alumni, with either an undergraduate or graduate degree.
  • For the Scientia Floret Virtute Award, nominees must have graduated with their first degree from Immaculata University within the last 10 years.
  • Current members or outgoing members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors and Board of Trustees are not eligible for nomination.
  • Nominees for all awards should be actively engaged and support Immaculata University
Previous Scientia Floret Virtute recipients at the 2023 Awards Reception
Previous Alumni Medal recipients at the 2023 Awards Reception.

Criteria and Recipients

The Alumni Medal is presented in recognition of outstanding volunteer service to and active support of Immaculata University. The recipient exemplifies the goals and ideals of Immaculata University in her/his daily life. This recipient also strongly advances the mission of the Alumni Association of Immaculata University which is to actively serve and promote the mutual interests of Immaculata University and its alumni.

2023 Kathleen Mulhern Clark ’70*
2022 Roberta Regetta ’81
2021 Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
2019 Kathleen Mendte Logan ’60
2018 Mary Louise Cassidy Kramer, Esq., ’70
2017 Sara Pletcher ’08
2016 Clarita Rapagnani Landaiche ’61
2015 Berenice Carroll Mauch ’47
2014 Barbara Crea Shannon ’70
2013 Dianne Majer Mundy ’64
2012 Edith M. Petillo ’75
2011 Dorothy Walsh Kelly ’49
2011 Lisa A. Dougherty, Esq. ’02
2010 Mary Elizabeth Devine, Esq. ’89
2009 Sally Tamburello Winterton ’68, Ed.D.
2008 Jo Anne L. McAdams ’84, ’87 M.A., ’96 Ed.D.
2007 Bernadette L. Maguire ’57
2006 Mary Carole Barringer ’82
2005 Mary Daly Gallagher ’44
2004 Cecile Sullivan Blanche ’55
2003 Carolyn Fagan ’80
2002 Carolyn Johnson DiFilippo ’86
2001 Monique Adams Coval ’82
2000 Rosemarie Gallo ’81, ’92 M.A.
1999 Joan Stephens Healy ’48
1998 Jeanne A. di Toro ’47
1997 Ann Yeager Daly ’44
1996 Mary Chialastri Rigolizzo ’34
1995 Stella M. di Toro ’39
1994 Jeanne M. Gelbach ’66
1993 Rita Ryan Harkins Callahan ’44
1992 Catherine Loeper Cook ’29
1991 Joan Hefton Lynn ’49
1990 Margaret O’Donnell Donohue ’73
1989 Margaret Martin Roach ’51
1988 Winifred McSorley Allen ’37
1987 Sister Mary of Lourdes McDevitt, I.H.M., Ph.D.
1986 Rose Marie Smith Harootunian ’49, ’85 M.A.
1985 Margaret S. McKelvey ’28

*Awarded Posthumously

The Amethyst Award is presented to an alumna/us in recognition of her/his outstanding contribution to or achievement in a church, community, or professional activity. The recipient exemplifies the goals and ideals of Immaculata, and demonstrates the value of an Immaculata University education, and actively supports Immaculata’s mission, while maintaining active participation and support of the University and her endeavors.

2023 Patricia McAdams ‚ ’65, Ph.D.*
2022 Nicole Lacoste Folks ’91
2019 Melissa Smola George ’00, D.O.
2018 Norma Hall Brown ’85
2017 Susan Jezsik Varlamoff ’71
2016 Dr. Patricia Bomba ’72
2015 Kathleen James ’74
2014 Peggy Ann Behm ’81
2013 Margaret Monahan Hogan ‘63, Ph.D.
2012 Judith Graham Jester Durante ’87
2011 Patricia Crea LaRocco ‘71, M.D.
2010 Michael V. Ziccardi ’03, ’08 M.A.
2009 Mary Carole Barringer ’82
2008 Margaret O’Donnell Donohue ’73
2007 Alvina DeLazzari Long ’57
2006 Mary Quinn Miller ’46
2005 Iris Roberta Maloney ’79
2004 Eileen Monahan Chopnick ’73
2003 Catherine Shipman Gavin ’68
2002 Rosemary Duddy McFadden ’46
2001 Mary Crowley McDonald ‘66, Ed.D.
2000 Sister M. Cor Immaculatum Connors, I.H.M. ’48
1999 Jo Anne L. McAdams ’84, ’87 M.A., ’96 Ed.D.
1998 Emily Jordan Kirsch ’54
1997 Phyllis Bellopede ’82
1996 E. Gail de Planque ‘67, Ph.D.
1995 Florence McCrystal Dalton ’49
1994 Edith McGarry Cunnane ’64
1993 Sister Anna Polcino ’48, S.C.M.M., M.D.
1992 Maureen H. McCullough ‘75, J.D.

*Awarded Posthumously

The Scientia Floret Virtute Award recognizes a recent alumna or alumnus who has graduated within the last 10 years. This award honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their profession, community, or service to Immaculata University, while also upholding the mission and values of Immaculata University and staying active and engaged since graduation.

2023 Melanie Dudley ’14
2022 Fr. Kyle Adamczyk ’12
2019 Betsy Trego ’10, Michael Ventola ’10
2018 Paul McAndrew ’10, ’15 M.A.

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