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The University of Scranton conferred more than 800 bachelor s degrees at its in-person undergraduate celebration ceremonies on May 23. Degrees were conferred to graduates who had completed their academic degree requirements in August and December of 2020, as well as January and May of 2021. (Photo courtesy University of Scranton)
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania Bryn A. Onoshko, of Union, was among more than 800 bachelor s degrees at its in-person undergraduate celebration ceremonies on May 23. Degrees were conferred to graduates who had completed their academic degree requirements in August and December of 2020, as well as January and May of 2021.
Due to capacity restrictions in place because of the pandemic, separate ceremonies were held for the University s Panuska College of Professional Studies, the Kania School of Management and the College of Arts and Sciences at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre.
The Rev. Andrew R. Gallia, pastor emeritus of St. Maryâs Assumption, Jessup, died on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, at the Allied Hospice Center.
Father Gallia, son of the late Andrew P. and Jennie (Regni) Gallia, was born in Old Forge on May 21, 1935. Father graduated from Old Forge High School, class of 1952. He attended the University of Scranton, where he earned a B.S. in education in 1956. He served as a teacher in the Morris Plains School District in New Jersey from 1956 to 1957.
Father Gallia entered the St. Jerome Minor Seminary in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in 1958.
He then entered the seminary and completed his studies for the priesthood at St. Maryâs Seminary, Baltimore, Md. Father Gallia was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1962, by the Most Rev. Jerome D. Hannan, D.D., late Bishop of Scranton, in St. Peterâs Cathedral.