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Luzerne County Community College honors graduates at spring 2024 commencement
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — More than 570 Luzerne County Community College graduates received their associate degrees, certificates and diplomas during the 56th annual commencement ceremony on Thursday. LCCC held the event at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, which featured internationally recognized humanitarian and founder of the because I...
Catch the Magic: King’s College provost continues family legacy of teaching, making dreams come true
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. For Joseph Evan, King’s College provost and vice president of academic affairs, teaching is in his blood. His father’s 40-year career as an educator included teaching social studies as well as sports and his mother served for many years as...
Junior Leadership Northeast celebrates Class of 2024 with graduation ceremony
WILKES-BARRE — Students who participated in the Junior Leadership Northeast (JLNE) program over the past year were honored in a special graduation ceremony on Wednesday at the F.M. Kirby Center for Performing Arts. The class included 68 high school juniors from 15 area schools. In addition to attending daylong...
Scranton Prep Captures First District Title over Crestwood, 10-4
Scranton Prep jumped out to an 8-0 lead and held on to defeat Crestwood in the District 2 AA championship game, 10-4. Sophomore Will McPartland lead the Cavaliers with five goals. Scranton Prep awaits the loser in the district 1 championship game between Marple Newtown and West Chester Rustin.
Students inducted into National Spanish Honor Society at Wilkes-Barre Area High School
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — 60 high school students were inducted into the Spanish National Honor Society (Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica) at a ceremony this Tuesday evening at Wilkes-Barre Area High School. Juniors received merit pins and seniors soon to graduate received their well-deserved honor cords. About 35 students were also...
New outdoor classroom opens in Luzerne County
DALLAS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A school in our area is adding more books and fresh air to its curriculum all part of a project years in the making. Planting fresh flowers and watering the garden bed, are not average classroom studies but now it’s day-to-day work for students at Dallas Intermediate in Luzerne County. […]
Adenike Adetule of Union Awarded Degree at Wilkes University
WILKES-BARRE, PA - Adenike Adetule of Union received the MSN in Nursing from Wilkes University. The University awarded over 700 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at the 77th spring commencement ceremonies held on Saturday, May 18, in the McHale Athletic Center in the Simms Center on Main, 169 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The degrees conferred include approximately 285 bachelor's, 359 master's and 95 doctoral degrees. Ann Marie Bartuska '75 delivered the commencement address at the morning ceremony and was awarded an honorary degree. Bartuska serves as a senior contributing scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, focusing on...
Wyoming Area School District approves budget with tentative 7.2% tax increase
EXETER — The Wyoming Area School Board during its regular session Tuesday approved a proposed general budget for the 2024-2025 school year of a little more than $46 million with a tentative 7.2% tax increase. The proposed budget is not final and does not take into account any state...
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