Four Marywood University graduate and undergraduate students were recently notified that they won top awards in X-Culture’s International Business Competition. Every semester, thousands of students and professionals from more than 40 countries take part in the X-Culture competition. For several months, they work together on business projects presented by X-Culture’s corporate partners. Students and professionals…
Marywood University’s Art Galleries will host an opening reception for its three exhibits on Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Mahady Gallery, on the first floor of the Shields Center for Visual Arts. This event, as well as the exhibits, are free and open to the public. The 2018 Marywood Art…
Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department recently announced music audition dates for new students. Saturday, November 17, 2018, voice and keyboard auditions will be held. Friday, December 7, 2018, winds, strings, and percussion auditions will be held. Saturday, January 12, 2019, winds, strings, and percussions auditions will be held. Saturday, January 19, 2019,…
Marywood University’s Student Activities and Leadership Development office will hold its second annual CONQUER Student Leadership Conference on Sunday, November 4, 2018, at 11 a.m. In preparation for the conference, proposals are being accepted from now until Friday, August 24, 2018, for those who want to present at the conference. Faculty and staff from Marywood…
Marywood University’s Service Committee is holding its fall service project, “Filled with Care,” with a back-to-school focus. The committee is collecting donations of back-to-school supplies including: backpacks, lunch boxes/bags, notebooks, pencils/pens, and art supplies. All supplies will be donated to the Isaac Tripp Elementary School, Scranton, Pa. Marywood University’s Service Committee previously ran its winter…
The Scranton School District is pleased to announce it has received a $6 million dollar Ready to Learn Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The grant will support the Scranton School District Strategic Plan. The strategic plan was inspired by and prepared for the students of the Scranton City School District and aligns with…
The play, Guarding the Bridge, written by theatre program director Chuck Gorden, will have two performances in New York City this month. Winner of the John Cauble Short Play Award, the play deals with the legacy of racism in white America, and will be performed on Wednesday, July 18 (International Nelson Mandela Day), and…
Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department, in partnership with the Scranton Jazz Festival, will host Camp Crescendo Jazz, a week-long dynamic musical experience for instrumental and vocal students in grades 7-12. Camp Crescendo Jazz will take place from July 23–July 27, 2018, at Marywood University’s Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts. A Festival Performance…
Marywood University’s Chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ) took home sixteen awards and an honorable mention in the national contest for students’ work at The Wood Word, Marywood University’s online news source, and TV-Marywood, the campus television station. In addition to first place awards to The Wood Word for Online News Website Overall…
Marywood University’s Athletics department will hold a Competitive Swimming Skills Clinic on Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, 2018, in the Aquatics Center at the Center for Athletics and Wellness. The morning sessions, ages 7-11, will run from 9 a.m. to Noon; and the afternoon sessions, ages 12-18, will run from 1-4 p.m. The…