SCRANTON, Pa. – May 13, 2020 – Lackawanna College has announced it will offer full-tuition and half-tuition scholarships to top-ranked students in each high school in forty-five participating school districts in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. Lackawanna College’s Honors Program is designed for top academically ranked high school seniors in the region. The new Honors Program Scholarship […]
Lackawanna College President Mark Volk has released a new message to parents and families regarding the decision to move all instruction online at the conclusion of the extended Spring Break for the main campus and all Centers Monday, March 23 through Sunday, April 5: Dear Families: Recognizing that your student may not always keep you up to […]
SCRANTON, Pa. May 4, 2020 – After graduating from Lackawanna College in May, Drums native Jessica Hoffman began her career as a surgical technologist at the Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York. In March– just a week after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a hold on elective procedures at hospitals– she began working at […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – April 30, 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty for college-bound students and their families about continuing their education this fall. To help keep local students on their educational path with the ability to stay close to home, Lackawanna College is providing a special scholarship to graduating seniors in the Class […]
Monday, April 20, 2020 President Mark Volk announces room and board adjustments, equating to 8 weeks’ worth of the semester’s room and board charges, will be credited to student accounts today. Dear Students and Families, I want to thank you for your patience, dedication and adaptability during this time of so much change. Everyone at […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – April 8, 2020 –Lackawanna College put up banners on Angeli Hall at 501 Vine Street and on the Mulberry Street side of the College’s building at 401 Adams Avenue to show appreciation and support for workers combating the coronavirus. Since the start of the pandemic, the College has donated Personal Protective Equipment […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 31, 2020 – Yesterday, the Lackawanna College Hazleton Center donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including gloves and alcohol wipes, to the Conyngham Care Center in Drums, Pa. to aid in the fight against COVID-19. “We are so grateful for the protective equipment and sanitizing supplies,” said Jessica DeAngelo, Personal Care Home […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 27, 2020 – With coronavirus cases rising in Pennsylvania, healthcare providers may experience shortages in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In an effort to help delay these shortages, Lackawanna College’s Allied Health Division gathered supplies from their labs that use PPE to donate to local hospitals and healthcare facilities. “Lackawanna College has excellent partnerships […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 16, 2020 – Lackawanna College President Mark Volk announced today that course instruction will continue online through the end of the semester amid coronavirus concerns. The College had previously announced that its courses would be held online through April 5 after its extended spring break. Over the next few days, the […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – March 11, 2020 – Lackawanna College President Mark Volk sent the following message to the College community regarding the extension of spring break by a week for Lackawanna College students at the main campus and all centers amid coronavirus concerns in Pennsylvania: Although Lackawanna College does not have any confirmed cases of […]