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LCEEC Announces Expansion of Conservation & Natural Resource Certificate Program
The ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Environmental Education Center (LCEEC) has announced the expansion of its popular Conservation and Natural Resource (CNR) certificate program. Now, students can take the [...]
Rally for Restaurants Announces Not Just One, but Five #RallyFinale Contest Winners
SCRANTON, Pa. – May 10, 2021 – ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Rally for Restaurants and Metz Culinary Management had committed to raising up to $10,000 for the #RallyFinale Contest through their final dinner [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Expands Medical Assistant Program to Support Demand
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú is launching its Medical Assistant (MA) program at its satellite centers in Sunbury and Hazleton in Summer 2021. The College will also launch the program at its main campus in [...]
Rally for Restaurant Partners in Final Push to Support Restaurants Impacted by COVID-19
SCRANTON, Pa. – April 23, 2021 – After raising nearly $50,000 for restaurants and over $12,000 for student scholarships, ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Rally for Restaurants and Metz Culinary Management have [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú and Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance Partner to Help Local Hospitality and Leisure Industry
A new partnership between ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Lake Region Center and the Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance aims to help local hospitality and leisure businesses grow their staff and train their existing [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Partners with CHOP for Pop-Up Food Pantry
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Towanda Center students, faculty, and staff joined Child Hunger Outreach Partners (CHOP) for a pop-up food pantry at the Center to benefit individuals in need in Bradford [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Announces Tunkhannock Center Director
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 22, 2021 – Kayla Guilford, Associate Director of Institutional Research at ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú, has been named the director of the new satellite center located in [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú and Johnson College Sign Articulation Agreement
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 29, 2021 – Recently ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú and Johnson College signed an articulation agreement that gives Johnson College students the opportunity to transfer credits to [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú to Hold Raffle to Benefit Pinky Swear Foundation
The ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Pinky Swear PACK (Pinky Swear Ambassadors on College Campuses to Help Kids with Cancer) is selling raffle tickets for a large spring-inspired basket. Proceeds from the raffle [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Plans for Return to In-Person Instruction for Fall 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 24, 2021 – After a year of adapting to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through virtual and hybrid courses, ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú is planning a return to normal, [...]
City of Scranton Awards ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú CARES ACT CDBG-CV Technology Assistance Grant to Help Local Restaurants Boost Sales
SCRANTON, PA. – March 17, 2021 – Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti has announced that ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú has been awarded a $150,000 CARES Technology Assistance Grant to support an initiative that [...]
Allied Services Establishes Full Scholarships for ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Nursing Students
Allied Services has created the Allied Services Nursing Scholarship to provide full tuition for eligible students in ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú’s nursing associate degree [...]
LACKAWANNA COLLEGE NAMED TO FAST COMPANY’S WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES LIST
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú has been included in Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2021 for its Level Up [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Named a Military Friendly® School
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School. Being designated as Military Friendly® means that ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú shows a commitment to creating sustainable civilian [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Sunbury Center Receives Grant to Open Medical Lab, Launch Programs
The ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Sunbury Center has received a $12,500 grant from The 1994 Charles B. Degenstein Foundation that was used to purchase equipment for its new medical lab. The lab houses the [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Athletics Administrators Transition into New Roles
SCRANTON, Pa. – Feb. 8, 2021 – ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú has announced that Athletic Department administrators will transition into new roles. Current Director of Athletics Joya Whittington will [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú’s Rally for Restaurants Aids Local Restaurants, Scholarships
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú's Rally for Restaurants, an initiative to help restaurants during COVID-19, raised over $30,000 for participating restaurants, and over $7,000 for student scholarships. [...]
¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú Awarded $300K Grant to Expand NEPA Healthcare Workforce
SCRANTON, Pa. – Jan. 27, 2021 – ¾Ã¾Ã¸£Àû¹ú²ú has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the NEPA Health Care Foundation to help grow and retain northeastern Pennsylvania’s healthcare [...]
