The Lackawanna College 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 will go to the Pinky Swear Foundation.
Lackawanna College’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.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Nov. 17, 2020 – A new Pennsylvania law requiring all surgical technologists to graduate from an accredited program, pass an accredited exam and complete 15 hours of continuing education each year was signed by Governor Tom Wolf on October 29. Prior to the new law, unlike surrounding states, surgical technologists in PA […]
The Lackawanna College Rocket League team will participate in the first-ever Maui Esports Invitational from November 14 to 20. Various stages of the tournament will be broadcast on the official Rocket League Twitch channel at twitch.tv/rocketleague and ESPNU, with the finals set for broadcast on ESPN2. Lackawanna joins an impressive list of Division I esports […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – May 14, 2020 – Lackawanna College and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology signed a transfer agreement that will make it easier for students in Lackawanna College’s RN-to-BSN program to continue their education through Harrisburg’s Master’s in Nursing program. The agreement was signed during a virtual signing ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Attending the ceremony from […]
SCRANTON, Pa. – April 15, 2020 – The Lackawanna College Hazleton Center recently donated toilet paper, cleaning supplies and non-perishable items to Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton in Hazleton. “As a part of the Hazleton community, our faculty, staff and students are honored to donate what we are able to during this […]
Lackawanna College President Mark Volk has released a new message to students 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 Students: I wanted to reach out to keep you up-to-date on the […]
Some things just go together like peanut butter and jelly, peas and carrots, cookies and milk. Seemingly disconnected (very good) things join together to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts. In higher ed, we are constantly thinking about how to make the academic experience outstanding, about how to connect apparently separate […]
Students from the Culinary Arts program and Chef Mark Seibert were featured on the WNEP morning news with Ryan Leckey on Friday, March 25. Students and Chef Seibert shared a variety of ham glazes prepared using natural ingredients ahead of the Easter holiday, but they can be used any time of the year. Now, the […]
The inaugural recipients of the Lackawanna College Community Opportunity Scholarship have nearly completed their first full year of college courses. The scholarship, established in the spring of 2013, awards each student with full tuition for two years at the College. Among the first-ever recipients is 18-year-old Olyphant resident Danielle Priblo. The 2013 Mid Valley High […]