{"id":2829312,"date":"2023-11-07T12:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.stfrancis.edu\/?p=2829312"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:45:59","slug":"molly-gunning-scordo-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/molly-gunning-scordo-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight: Molly Gunning-Scordo &#8217;19"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2829312\" class=\"elementor elementor-2829312\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d76c1b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d76c1b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f1a156\" data-id=\"9f1a156\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c66c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2c66c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunning_Molly_RadTherapy-866x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2829314\" alt=\"Molly Gunning-Scordo &#039;19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunning_Molly_RadTherapy-866x1024.jpg 866w, https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunning_Molly_RadTherapy-400x473.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunning_Molly_RadTherapy-768x908.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunning_Molly_RadTherapy-1299x1536.jpg 1299w, https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gunning_Molly_RadTherapy-1732x2048.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe9e12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abe9e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Molly Gunning-Scordo, B.S., RTT graduated from the USF&#8217;s Radiation Therapy program here at the University of St. Francis in 2019 and is continuing her studies as a Saint by pursuing a master\u2019s degree in Health Administration.<\/p><p>Molly ended her clinical internship at University of Chicago Medicine at Silver Cross Hospital and was hired as a staff therapist there following graduation. She took part in the Student Alumni Mentoring (SAM) program at USF both as a student and alumna. She is very involved as a clinical instructor for current USF radiation therapy students.<\/p><p>Molly plans to utilize the Health Administration graduate degree to pursue additional leadership roles and teach classes to radiation therapy students.<\/p><p><b>Molly&#8217;s advice to current radiologic science students: <\/b>\u201cBeing able to help patients every day is a gift. Show them compassion and love with everything you do. Work hard and soon you will be taking the radiation therapy world by storm.\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/stfrancis.edu\/academics\/radiation-therapy\"><em>Click here for or more information on the Radiation Therapy program at University of St. Francis!<\/em><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly Gunning-Scordo, B.S., RTT graduated from the USF&#8217;s Radiation Therapy program here at the University of St. Francis in 2019 and is continuing her studies as a Saint by pursuing a master\u2019s degree in Health Administration. 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