University of Scranton

The University of Scranton’s Center for Service and Social Justice Freshmen Involved in Reflective Service Together (FIRST) is a voluntary reflective service program. Students assisted several local nonprofit organizations.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey will serve as a Leahy Distinguished Fellow in Public Service at the University of Scranton. The three-term senator, who lost his seat last year, will mentor students, advise on initiatives and contribute to activities aligned with public service and leadership.

The Catholic Church has a new pope - the first from the United States. And, University of Scranton students preserve the life stories of local veterans.

WVIA's Kat Bolus sits down with Roger DuPuis to discuss his recent story about a collaboration between a University of Scranton communications class and the Gino J. Merli Veterans' Center in Scranton.

Students interview veterans at the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center for oral history project in University of Scranton media class.

More than 100 students from six high schools attended World Languages Day at the University of Scranton on Tuesday. In rapid, 15-minute sessions, students received exposure to Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Arabic and American Sign languages.

Presidents Day was a day of protest in Northeast Pennsylvania with a demonstration against Project 2025 in Wilkes-Barre, nurses on strike at several locations in Luzerne County, and a vigil to support immigrants and refugees in Scranton.

From film screenings and Super Bowl watch parties to lectures and historical walking tours, the region will celebrate Black history throughout the month.

Twice a month, attendees of the Memory Cafe, including those with memory loss diseases and their loved ones, gather for laughs, crafts and support.

At the University of Scranton's new amateur radio station, professors and students make connections worldwide and study the earth's atmosphere.