On the Commonson the Commons
On the CommonsOn the Commons University News Scrantastic! Office Convention Puts Scranton in National Spotlight In many ways, the Office Convention Beginning in the of Scrantonians Michele Dempsey, DX was much like the Emmy-award winning wee hours of the Dempsey Architecture, Tim Holmes ’88 sitcom The Office. No one could have morning of Oct. 26, of Times Shamrock Newspapers, and Sara predicted the magnitude of its success. students lined up Hailstone of the City of Scranton, who The three-day Convention, chaired in the cold to give collectively chaired the event. The week- by a triumvirate of Scrantonians and a warm welcome to end-long festivities were organized by the organized by a handful of people who Al Roker of NBC’s City of Scranton, the Lackawanna County ultimately enlisted the support of Today show in a Convention & Visitors Bureau, WBRE-TV, hundreds of volunteers, drew throngs live broadcast from Times Shamrock Newspapers, The Uni- of Office fans, not only from Scranton, campus that kicked versity of Scranton, The Greater Scranton but as far away as Wyoming, California, off The Office Con- Chamber of Commerce and Mohegan Sun. Canada and Ireland. vention. In all, more To view the full text of this story, visit the Many of the events were held on the than 3,000 people, The Convention Web at www.scranton.edu/officeconvention. campus of The University of Scranton, including 2,500 included Dunder which was an organizer of the Conven- University students, Mifflin Infinity’s “Iggy” got in the fun (and the photo) with tion and host to thousands over the turned out in Scran- Office Olympics, University President Rev.
[Show full text]