SCRANTON, PA (06/21/2013)(readMedia)-- Samer Bandak of Walnutport received the Outstanding Academic Award in Operations Management at The University of Scranton's College of Graduate and Continuing Education commencement ceremony. He was one of 32 graduate students honored for their academic achievements by the Jesuit university, which conferred 748 master's degrees and 65 doctoral degrees in physical therapy. Standing, from left, are Bandak and William Jeffrey Welsh, Ph.D., dean of the College of Graduate and Continuing Education.