Colleges across the country are recognizing students from West Scranton High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from West Scranton High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
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ESU to Graduate 472 Students at Winter Commencement Exercises
A total of 472 students will receive degrees from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania at the Winter Commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 15 at 9:45 a.m. in Koehler Fieldhouse. There will be 422 bachelor's degrees, 46 master's degrees and four doctoral degree awarded.
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2018 Dec 13
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students host successful Turkey Trot
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) medical students hosted their ninth annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K run in downtown Scranton on Sunday, Nov. 4. The event also featured a Tiny Trot, including crafts, games, face painting and relay races, for children ages 13 and younger. Proceeds benefitted Friends of the Poor's holiday food giveaways. Student organizers reported that 261 runners and walkers participated. Also, a series of fundraisers at local restaurants, a penny war and a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders event preceding the run helped augment monies raised from race registrations to make the 2018 Turley Trot the most successful to date, with close to $17,000 raised.
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2018 Nov 19
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students organize ninth annual Turkey Trot to benefit Friends of the Poor
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students have planned and organized the school's ninth annual Turkey Trot, which will take place on Nov. 4. All proceeds benefit Friends of the Poor.
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2018 Oct 15
Wilkes University Awards Degrees
Wilkes University awarded 418 doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees to students graduating at the summer commencement ceremony held on Sept. 9.
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2018 Sep 10
Wilkes University Students Join the Marching Colonels
Nineteen Wilkes University students joined the Marching Colonels for the 2018-2019 academic year. The band is the first collegiate marching band in northeast Pennsylvania.
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2018 Sep 4
Students Study Abroad through Travel Courses and Service Trips during Summer 2018
Forty-three University of Scranton students who studied abroad during the Summer 2018 semester.
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2018 Aug 30
Wilkes University Welcomes Class of 2022
Wilkes University welcomes nearly 700 first year students who make up the University's newest class.
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2018 Aug 21
Wilkes University Students ConductSummer Research
During summer 2018, more than 150 undergraduate students at Wilkes University are engaged in research. Working with faculty on meaningful research is one of the hallmarks of a Wilkes education. Students at Wilkes have all of the educational opportunities of a large university in the mentoring culture of a small college.
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2018 Aug 13
Spring 2018 Dean's Award with Distinction
Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher while completing at least three courses for a conventional letter grade during the spring 2018 semester earn the Dean's Award with Distinction.
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2018 Aug 1
Local Students Named to Dean's List at Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University Maryland has announced the members of its spring 2018 Dean's List. In order to qualify for the Dean's List at Loyola, a student must achieve a minimum QPA of at least 3.500 for the term, provided that, in the term they have successfully completed courses totaling a minimum of 15 credits.
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2018 Jul 17
Long Term Service
Fifteen members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 committed to post-graduation long-term service projects.
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2018 Jun 29
Spring 2018 Dean's List
The University of Scranton announced more than 1,650 students were named to The University of Scranton's Dean's List for the 2018 spring semester.
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2018 Jun 27
Students Receive Bachelor's Degrees from University of the Sciences
University of the Sciences held a bachelor's degree conferment ceremony on Friday, May 18, 2018, to recognize graduates who received a bachelor's degree during the 2017-18 academic year.
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2018 Jun 21
Students graduate from RIT
RIT conferred 4,747 degrees this academic year at all its campuses-including in Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo and China. The university held its 133rd annual commencement celebration in May.
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2018 Jun 27
USciences Students Named To Spring 2018 Dean's List
The following students have been named to the spring 2018 Dean's List at University of the Sciences. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a "C" and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the spring of 2018.
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2018 Jun 27
Kutztown University Announces Spring 2018 Dean's List
Nearly 1,700 students have been named to the Spring 2018 Dean's List at Kutztown University. To be eligible for the Dean's List, an undergraduate student must be registered for at least 12 credits and have a minimum grade point average of 3.60.
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2018 Jun 19
Wilkes University Students Named to Dean's List
Wilkes University Provost Dr. Anne Skleder announced the Dean's List for the spring 2018 semester.
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2018 Jun 12
Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Honors Program
Thirty-five members of The University of Scranton's class of 2018 to graduate from its Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Honors Program (SJLA), which is one of Scranton's programs of excellence. Students in SJLA pursue a rigorous education designed to develop enhanced writing, oral and critical-thinking skills through specially designed courses in philosophy, theology and literature.
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2018 Jun 8
Spring 2018 Dean's List Announced
A total of 1,621 students have been named to the Dean's List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Spring 2018 semester of the 2017-2018 academic year, according to Joanne Bruno, J.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs. Students eligible for the Dean's List are those who have attained a 3.50 quality point average or better and are enrolled full-time. The letter grade "B" earns 3 quality points per credit, and the grade "A" earns 4 quality points per credit.
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2018 Jun 5
University of Scranton Undergraduate Commencement
The University of Scranton conferred more than 890 bachelor's and associate's degrees at its undergraduate commencement on May 27 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre. Very Reverend Timothy P. Kesicki, S.J., president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, read the remarks of the principal speaker Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J., Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, who was unable to attend the ceremony in person because he is undergoing treatment for a form of acute leukemia. Both Father Kesicki and Bishop Murry, in absentia, received honorary degrees from the University. Honorary degrees were also presented to Sister Ann Walsh, I.H.M., former CEO and current assistant director of Friends of the Poor; William Whitaker, founding president of the Washington Jesuit Academy, Washington. D.C.; and Cecelia Lynett Haggerty, Times-Shamrock Communications and former University trustee.
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2018 May 29
University of Scranton Confers Master's and Doctoral Degrees
The University of Scranton conferred nearly 600 master's and doctoral degrees at its graduate commencement ceremony on May 26 in the Byron Recreation Complex. Graduates recognized at the ceremony include those who completed their degree requirements in August and December of 2017, as well as January and May of 2018.
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2018 May 29
Loyola University Maryland Welcomes the Class of 2020
Loyola University Maryland welcomed the members of its class of 2020. As first-year students embark on their college experience, they will all take part in Loyola's living learning program, Messina. The common text for Messina is How to Win an Election, Quintus Tullius Cicero's letter to his brother, Marcus Cicero, a candidate for Consul (the highest office in the Roman church) in 64 B.C.
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2016 Oct 6
USciences Students Receive Their Pharmacy White Coats
Students in Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences received their white coats at a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. The white coat ceremony is an annual rite of passage for students in their first professional year (third year) of USciences' six-year pharmacy program, and symbolizes their dedication to the profession of pharmacy and to the care of others.
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2016 Sep 27
Students Participate in RHA at Alvernia University
The following students participated in the Residence Hall Association at Alvernia University during the spring semester of 2016.
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2016 Sep 12
Students Participate in Crusader Crazies at Alvernia University
The following students participated in the Crusader Crazies Club at Alvernia University during the spring semester of 2016.
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2016 Sep 12
Students Participate in CURE-sader Club at Alvernia University
The following students participated in the CURE-sader Club at Alvernia University during the spring semester of 2016.
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2016 Sep 12
Wilkes University Welcomes the Class of 2020
Wilkes University would like to welcome over 700 students into the class of 2020.
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2016 Aug 23
Alvernia Students Inducted into Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society
Hard-working Alvernia University students were inducted into the Beta Kappa Chi honor society this semester.
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2016 Jul 15
USciences Students Named To Spring 2016 Dean's List
The following local residents have been named to the spring 2016 Dean's List at University of the Sciences. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a "C" and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the spring of 2016.
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2016 Jun 29
Academic Excellence
Graduate students recognized for academic achievement at The University of Scranton's post-baccalaureate degree commencement, which was held on May 28 on campus.
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2016 Jun 27