University of Scranton faculty members were honored for their contribution toward enhancing the university community at a ceremony held during the spring semester.

Mary Jane Hanson, Ph.D., Lehighton, received the Excellence in Scholarly Publication Award.A professor in the Nursing Department, she joined The University of Scranton faculty in 1996.She has served as the director of the graduate program in nursing since then.Since 1997, Dr. Hanson has secured more than $2 million dollars in federal funding for nursing program grants and graduate student traineeships.She has published several papers in peer-reviewed and professional practice journals, and has presented at numerous national and international conferences.She also serves as a nurse practitioner at Penn-Kidder Medical Center in Albrightsville.Dr. Hanson earned her doctoral and master's degrees in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from Cedar Crest College.