Seventeen MMI students place in top 10 at Pennsylvania FBLA state leadership conference   (Freeland, PA – May 1, 2017) – Eight MMI Preparatory School students advanced to the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) national leadership convention and 9 additional students placed in the top 10 in their respective competitive events during the Pennsylvania…

Marywood University to Offer Applied Guitar Course   SCRANTON, PA (April 25, 2017)—Marywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will offer a new applied guitar course during the fall 2017 semester. The course will teach the guitarist how to improvise solos in the classic style of the great Blues-Rock musicians revered by so many. The…

Marywood’s Annual Community Leadership Celebration to include Selections from Godspell, Aerialists, Living Statues, and Plants that Move SCRANTON, PA (April 21, 2017) – This year, when hundreds of business professionals, community leaders, and friends of Marywood University come together on May 4 to attend the University’s fourth annual Community Leadership Celebration, they are going to soon…

Marywood University’s Holds 16th Annual “Release the Light” Sexual Assault Awareness Program SCRANTON, PA (April 18, 2017)—Marywood University will hold its 16th annual “Release the Light” Sexual Assault Awareness program, in conjunction with National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The event will take place on the campus green, in front of the…

Susquehanna Community High School 3rd Marking Period Honor Roll Highest Honors 93 -100 – 12th Grade –  Madison Canfield, Hannah Day, Garret Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, Robert Murphy, Saige Perry, Shayna Slocum, Casey Staerker, Jonathan Teribury, Kathryn Woodruff   11th Grade –  Isabella Abruzzo, Alexis Beach, Chelsea Bush, Kendra Colwell, William Dixon, Emily Frye, Bridget Iveson,…

West Scranton’s School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Program Honors the March Students of the Month Eight students were recently chosen as Students of the Month at West Scranton High School. Freshmen Abbie O’Brien and Jamie Spindler,     Sophomores Alyssa Cooper and Guillermo Gomez   Juniors Irvin Rodriguez and Lin Zou,   Seniors Matt Drumsta and Callie…

Old Forge High School Devil Pride March Students of the month. Left to Right: Madeline Hopkins – Grade 7, Chester Lenceski- Grade 8, Andrew Cummings- Grade 9, Michael Mucciolo- Grade 10, Colleen Santos- Grade 11, Robert Wormuth- Grade 12. Mr. Jack Schalk – High School Principal

Valley View High School Voice of Democracy Essay contest winners. Pictured left to right: Emily Yontas, VFW Post 5937, Dickson City;  Vinny Betti, VFW Post 5544, Jessup; Conner Judge, VFW Post 7251 Throop; James McKane, VFW Post 7963, Eynon; and Kathleen Myers, Valley View High School English Department

People on the Move – Col. (Ret.) Lorraine Breen; Mary Ellen Coleman; William R. Lynett; Marywood University   A trio of organizers is working to ensure the success of Marywood University’s Fourth Annual Community Leadership Celebration. Col. (Ret.) Lorraine R. Breen, Alexandria, Va.; Mary Ellen Coleman, Jefferson Twp., Pa.; and William R. Lynett, Clarks Summit, Pa., have spent the…

CNN Correspondent to Address Marywood Graduates   SCRANTON, PA (April 7, 2017)— Jill Dougherty, CNN foreign correspondent and former Moscow bureau chief, distinguished Visiting Practitioner at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., will be the…