Marywood University and Scranton Reads will present two survival discussions this month to celebrate H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, at Marywood University’s Learning Commons, Room 206. The discussions are free and open to the public. On Monday, October 29, 2018, from 6:30 – 8 p.m., Christopher Brey, Ph.D., associate professor in the science…
Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will hold its fall Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony concert on Sunday, November 11, 2018, at 4 p.m., in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. Marywood University’s Wind Ensemble specializes in music for winds and percussion requiring smaller…
The Business Education Partnership (BEP) is a grant awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry to connect Local Workforce Development Boards to area schools. The BEP falls under Gov. Wolf’s initiative to tie in opportunities and exploration of in-demand technical careers to Pennsylvania students grades K-12. Lackawanna County Workforce Development Board’s Project Manager, Maria Bernardo has partnered…
An upcoming continuing education program at Marywood University will examine issues veterans face and discuss resources they need. “Serving and Understanding our Veterans: Suicide Prevention, PTSD and Trauma Treatment, Regional Resources” will be presented on Friday, November 16, 2018, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., in the Upper Main Dining Hall, at the Nazareth Student…
On Saturday, October 20th, 2018, Wells Fargo will bring more than 70 volunteers from across Northeast Pennsylvania to McNichols Plaza Elementary School to make a great school even better. Volunteers will assemble playground equipment, create a mural, plant perennial flowers, create educational games on the parking lot surface and paint various items in the school…
Geisinger Health and Wellness and Valley View School District have teamed up to fight Pennsylvania’s current substance abuse epidemic. Breanna Grzech and Sara Miraglia, employees of Geisinger Health and Wellness, bring prevention to life as they are spending several weeks at Valley View High School teaching and collaborating with Ninth grade students on substance use…