On Wednesday, October 17, the Mountain View (MV) Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Club volunteered their assistance at the Wednesday Night Soup Kitchen, Montrose, PA. As an effort to lend a helping hand to those in need of a warm, home-cooked meal, the FACS club worked together to prepare enough homemade pumpkin bars for dessert…
Congratulations to the Mountain View Junior High School’s Girls Cross Country Team for winning the Lackawanna League “Class A” Season Championship with a record of 18 wins and 3 losses. They also finished in 3rd place among “Class A” schools at the Vince Fedor Lackawanna League Junior High Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 20.…
Marywood University’s Symphony Orchestra will perform a Family Concert on Friday, November 9, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts. The performance is free and open to the public. The concert will feature the world premiere of a piece by composer, Karen Neifeh-Harmon, titled “Celtic Princess of the Danube.” Nearly…
The cast and crew of Marywood University’s production of Wonder of The World were recently notified that they are the recipients of several special recognitions from the American College Theatre Festival respondent who saw the show at Marywood on October 6, 2018. Sarah Wagner, senior theatre student; and Angela Klawiter, freshman elementary education and theatre…
Marywood University senior physician assistant students recently placed second in the Pennsylvania Society Physician Assistant (PSPA) Conference Challenge Bowl. Marywood students competed against eight other schools in answering questions on medical knowledge. Marywood students and faculty attended the 43rd Annual PSPA fall Conference, which was held at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, Pocono Manor, Pa., from…
As part of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) National Memory Screening Program, Marywood University will offer free, confidential memory screenings on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. The screenings will be held from 9 a.m.–7 p.m., at the Psychological Services Center in the McGowan Center for Graduate and Professional Studies. The screenings are free and open…
Happy Halloween! If you are taking children out trick-or-treating or going to be driving on the roads tomorrow make sure you are staying safe! Here are some Halloween Safety Tips that you should follow to ensure you and everyone around you stays safe.
Keystone College is well known for preparing fine arts students for specialized careers in the field of glass making. The College’s on-campus glass studio, featuring all the equipment and technology needed to produce fine works in the artistic medium of glass, is regarded as the best in the region. Now, thanks to state funding and…
Scranton High Knight Players are pleased to announce two programs revealing the extraordinary story of Sala Garncarz Kirschner’s survival and courage during the Holocaust. The Play: Scranton High Knight Players will present the play, “LETTERS TO SALA,” by Arlene Hutton and based on the book, “Sala’s Gift” by Ann Kirshner, on November 16 & 17,…
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…