Marywood University Students Hold Book Drive for Catherine McAuley Center SCRANTON, PA (December 12, 2017)—Students in Marywood University’s organizational behavior class recently held a book drive for the Catherine McAuley Center, Scranton, Pa., which provides assistance to women and children in crisis. An assignment for the class was to read a work of…
MMI students advance to state finals of PA School Press Association’s Student Journalism Competition (Freeland, PA – December 12, 2017) – Senior Julia Snyder and junior Bailey Slusser will represent MMI Preparatory School at the state finals of the Pennsylvania School Press Association’s Student Journalism Competition. The state finals will be held on March…
MMI students compete in annual Sixth Grade Science Fair (Freeland, PA – December 14, 2017) – Lauren Talbott, Robert Orbin, and Nathaniel Neidlinger placed in the top three during MMI Preparatory School’s Sixth Grade Science Fair, which was held on December 1 in the MMI Cafeteria. Talbott captured first place for her project entitled “What’s…
The Valley View Middle School Guidance Office along with the Blakely/Peckville Woman’s club coordinated the 24th annual Career Shadowing program. The entire 8th grade class had the opportunity to experience a variety of vocations in order to assist with future Career Choices. The students pictured participated in careers such as Teaching, engineering, Physical Therapy, automotive…
Marywood University to Conduct Emergency Drill Simulating Life Threatening Attack SCRANTON, PA (December 8, 2017) — On Monday, December 18, beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m., Marywood University, along with local law enforcement officials, will be conducting an emergency drill to simulate a life-threatening attack on the Marywood campus. The drill will take place in and…
Joseph A. Polizzi, Ph.D., associate professor of Education and director of the School Leadership Academy at Marywood University was recently nominated to the Editorial Board of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Journal, Educational Studies: A Journal of the American Education Studies Association. In his role as an editorial board member, Dr. Polizzi is…
William W. Scranton III and Maryla Scranton Will Be Honored at Marywood University’s Fifth Annual Community Leadership Celebration SCRANTON, PA (December 6, 2017)—Marywood University’s Fifth Annual Community Leadership Celebration on Thursday, May 3, 2018, will honor former Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, William W. Scranton III and Maryla Scranton, North Abington Township. Mr. Scranton is…
Neil Dadurka’s Technical Education (Shop) Students at Old Forge High School completed a project for SNOW FORGE which was held December 3rd… Here is a brief Summary of the project: Students were given the task of building a full size modular gingerbread house for Snow Forge. The challenge in this project was to come up with a…
West Scranton SADD Club Participates in Lackawanna County’s Annual Festival of Trees Once again, West Scranton High School’s SADD club has entered a Christmas tree into the annual Festival of Trees competition. The trees are currently on display at the Electric City Trolley Museum. Winners are chosen by the public. (L to R): Emily Rose, Liz Pfohl, and…
Marywood University Arts Galleries to Exhibit Graduate Students’ Works SCRANTON, PA (November 29, 2017)—Marywood University’s Art Galleries will be exhibiting work by three graduate students from December 2, through January 8, 2018, in the Mahady Gallery, in the Shields Center for Visual Arts. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, December 9, 2017,…