On Sunday, March 1st Felician participated in the 3rd Annual Rutherford St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Felician University students, administrators, faculty, alumni, and staff joined hundreds of parade participants proudly wearing Felician green as they marched down Park Avenue. Frankie the Falcon was front and center giving out candy to folks along the parade route.

Marybeth O’Flanagan, Felician’s Associate Registrar, was honored at the parade as Member of the Year for the Rutherford Irish American Association (RIAA) and said, “The parade is a great day for the town of Rutherford and surrounding communities. I am thrilled that Felician continues to support the town and the RIAA.”

Felician takes an active part in the civic life of Rutherford most recently hosting an Emergency Services Thank You Reception at Iviswold Castle in honor of emergency services personal. Along the way Felician has sponsored a local hero event honoring Rutherford Firefighter Tyler Hanson, a Dr. Seuss reading event, and is an annual sponsor of the Labor Day Festival, as well as the summer concert series.

But at the St. Paddy’s Day Parade it was all about everyone having the spirit of the Irish, and many including Dr. Stephanie McGowan, Dean of the School of Education have the last name to prove it.

Of course, whatever your last name- on St. Patrick’s Day- everyone is Irish!

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Felician University engages over 2,300 undergraduate, graduate, and adult students through programs in Arts & Sciences, Business, Nursing, and Education. Universal Franciscan values of social justice, compassion, and respect for human dignity serve as an inclusive foundation for transforming the lives of tomorrow’s leaders. Felician University’s education is ranked 3rd best return on investment for private colleges in New Jersey 2018 by the PayScale.com College ROI Report and is ranked #1 safest college campus in the state by niche.com.