Librarian Sheli McHugh featured in Scranton Journal

Prof. Sheli McHugh is featured in the Scranton Journal for her volunteer work with Scranton Reads, the city’s community reading initiative. Prof. McHugh has been a member of the Scranton Reads committee since 2006. Scranton Reads is jointly sponsored by … Continue reading

Call for Artists

  The library will be hosting the 3rd Annual Environmental Art Show during the University’s Earth Week Celebration (April 18-25). The purpose of the Art Show is to showcase the artistic talents of our students, staff, and faculty while promoting … Continue reading

Trail Clean-up

The Weinberg’s Green Team participated in a trail clean-up Saturday morning along their adopted section of the LHVA Heritage Trail. The team worked for two hours and made it through half the trail.  In that short amount of time, they … Continue reading

Earth Week 2011 Wrap-up and Green Team First Year in Review

This year marked the second year the library celebrated Earth Week in order to raise awareness about sustainable issues… Even though I’m happy to report our structural engineering skills have improved from 2010; unfortunately, our sustainable use of paper did … Continue reading

Hands on Civil War History

We’re in the Scranton Times-Tribune today!  Many thanks to reporter Josh McAuliffe and photographer Michael Mullen for sharing the story of our exciting Civil War project.  Here’s what it’s all about: This semester, students from Dr. Kathryn Shively Meier‘s Civil … Continue reading

Think Spring – Think Schemel!

Northeastern Pennsylvania is expected to get 3-5 inches of snow tonight – but according to us, it’s not too early to be thinking Spring! Our Schemel Forum spring semester schedule is about to be posted to our website, and the … Continue reading

Schemel Forum Videos Posted

Did you miss some of this fall’s Schemel Forum World Affairs briefing luncheons? You can catch two more of them online, thanks to the University’s Public Relations office. On October 22nd, Northeast Pennsylvania native Michael Greenberger, who served with the … Continue reading

Health Care Reform Discussion

The Schemel Forum is collaborating with the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce to host a discussion of how health care reform will affect businesses. This Health Care Reform Panel Discussion will be held on Monday, October 18 from 8 a.m. … Continue reading