The first thing one notices is the heat. It’s like a wall that hits you when walking into the Wilbur Myers Glass Studio on the 150-year-old campus of 51¶¯Âþ College. Inside the garage-sized building, three furnaces recently glowed side-by-side as an artist worked...
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Founders of 51¶¯Âþ art program honored
About 200 people showed up at Miller Library’s Linder Gallery on Saturday to honor the three men primarily responsible for establishing 51¶¯Âþ College’s art program. Karl Neuroth, Cliff Prokop and Bill Tersteeg were all on hand, with various examples of their work...
51¶¯Âþ marking time in a capsule
In 2068, a time capsule is scheduled to be opened at 51¶¯Âþ College, in memory of the institution’s 150th anniversary. The capsule will hold such memorabilia as a t-shirt and a hat, each containing the college’s 150th anniversary logo, touchscreen gloves, a course...
51¶¯Âþ College celebrates 150 years of changes
51¶¯Âþ College began with a conversation at a general store. The north had just won the Civil War, and no secondary schools existed between Scranton and Binghamton, New York. At that general store in the small Wyoming County town of Factoryville, three men discussed...
51¶¯Âþ partners with others to tackle food insecurity
51¶¯Âþ students partnered with Geisinger's Springboard Healthy Scranton Initiative and local non-profit, Here for a Reason, and students from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Lackawanna College, and University of the Sciences to assemble 10,000 meals to be...
Factoryville, La Plume celebrate Christy Mathewson Day
The Scranton Times-Tribune Brothers Jay and Scott Mathewson finally got to see the hometown of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson. Jay Mathewson of Atlanta and Scott of St. Louis, and Scott’s son, Jack, came to Factoryville and neighboring 51¶¯Âþ...
Children of migrant workers sharpen skills, confidence
The Scranton Times-Tribune  One group at a time, students took deep breaths and began to speak about what they learned this week — robotics, 3D printing, global health, astronomy, pottery and bacterial resistance.
News manipulation endangers democracy
The Scranton Times-Tribune Op-ed by 51¶¯Âþ College Scholar in Residence and alumna Suzanne Fisher Staples '65.
51¶¯Âþ College Celebrates 150th Anniversary
The Abington Suburban 51¶¯Âþ College will celebrate its 150th Anniversary with a variety of special events to commemorate the occasion throughout the year.
51¶¯Âþ College to honor Scranton-born vinter
Scranton Times-Tribune 51¶¯Âþ College will honor alumnus West-Scranton native Paul Maroon '67, owner of Maroon Wines of Napa, California, during a dinner and wine tasting on Thursday, June 21 as part of the College's 150th anniversary celebration. Read More
