Mentoring Workshop for Marywood's S.T.A.R.S. Program Students at Geisinger
Marywood University's S.T.A.R.S. (Students Together Achieving Remarkable Success) Program helps first-generation Latin X students with career exploration and academic support. Recently, the group, which is directed by Jenny Gonzalez-Monge, took part in an interactive workshop at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton. Paola Giangiacomo, reporter for Eyewitness News, covered this mentoring experience in the story, Marywood offers mentoring workshop for students.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE S.T.A.R.S. PROGRAM
While the STARS Program’s focus is on Latinx youth, the program is open to all students in grades 7 through 12 regardless of race, color, and national and ethnic origin.
Marywood University admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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Fall Theatre Production: Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill (Oct. 3-6)The Marywood University Music, Theatre, and Dance department will present Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill as its major fall theatre production. Performances will run from Thursday, Oct. 3, through Sunday, Oct. 6.
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Nuns on the Bus & Friends Stopping at Marywood for "Vote Our Future" Town HallThe Marywood stop on Tuesday, October 1, is part of a nationwide nonpartisan voter education effort conducted by NETWORK, a national Catholic advocacy organization.
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Constitution Day Talk: History of Voting Rights in Pennsylvania (Sept. 17)Local historian EJ Murphy will explore voting rights in Pennsylvania in the late 1830s and the subsequent constitutional changes that came with the intense debates over suffrage and voting rights for Black Pennsylvanians.