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Clarks Summit University

Jackson Hall

Clarks Summit University celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Jackson Hall in 2019. The century-old stone building is named after past university president Dr. Paul R. Jackson. The north wing was constructed in 1919 for the Venard Apostolic College known as Maryknoll Junior Seminary. The south wing was completed in 1929. Today, the detailed architecture is the backdrop for library study sessions, faculty offices, classrooms, meeting spaces and the science lab. The bell tower, built in Spanish Romanesque style, stands tall atop Jackson Hall overlooking the scenic campus. This recognizable stone tower has been a symbol of the university since the school moved to the Clarks Summit campus from Johnson City, New York, in 1968. Traditionally, students begin their CSU experience with “Tower Time,” an event with singing and testimonies as worship to God, held at the top level of the tower. Seniors get to bookend their journey with a final “Tower Time” before graduation. Among other

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usages, Jackson Hall is also home to the university’s science laboratory where biology majors are frequently found being equipped for a wide range of professions in science and medicine.

Marywood University

New Esports Center is the

premier esports facility in Northeastern Pennsylvania that provides a powerful experience for those competing and for visiting students. This 2,000 square foot center, located within Marywood’s Nazareth Student Center, blends function and practicality into an exciting, state-ofthe-art gaming center. Aside from the 30 gaming stations, this hightech facility features additional ultra-modern lighting, chairs, a gaming lounge and equipment. With the esports industry continuing to explode throughout the country, Marywood is one of a select number of universities across the nation to offer a competitive esports program. Also known as electronic sports, esports is organized, competitive video gaming. Marywood launched its esports program at the start of the Fall 2021 semester under the direction of Paul Capoccia, a Marywood graduate. Paul’s love of esports and his extensive expertise in the field, including functioning as a player, coach, administrator, manager, tournament organizer, caster, producer, observer, social media/ marketing director, event lead, collegiate consultant, content creator, curriculum creator and coordinator, and more, were vital to the design of the new Esports Center, which incorporates function at its highest level and also features an energizing environment where students can interact and be supported.

East Stroudsburg University

East Stroudsburg University

Science and Technology Center

ESU’s Warren E. ’55 and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, which opened in August 2008, is home to the Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium, which offer programs and events to thousands of visitors each year. The Museum and Planetarium provide opportunities for people of all ages with a passion for exploration, including ESU students, prospective students and their families, to reach for the stars and discover nature’s wonders. The Science and Technology Center includes an observatory, teaching laboratories, research laboratories, a 200seat auditorium, classrooms and offices, and allows ESU students and faculty to conduct research, offers sophisticated teaching environments that utilize innovative educational methodologies and technologies, creates opportunities for faculty development, and helps recruit, retain, and enhance collaborative research across disciplines and with partners from outside the university. The facility houses academic programs in biology, chemistry, computer science and security, mathematics and physics.

King’s College

Mulligan Engineering Center

King’s College is celebrating the second year of a special renovation made to The Spring Brook Water Supply Co. on Franklin Street. The building is over 100 years old and is taking on a new life. It hosts student engineers and faculty, but also represents an encompassing destination of learning. The King’s College Mulligan Engineering Center was recognized so eloquently by

Freddie Pettit, VP for Institutional Advancement: “This is one of the most important academic buildings in our history, and of the most important to our future.”

This endeavor was made possible by the generosity of the

Mulligan family, Eileen and

William. It was their wish to contribute an impactful gift at just the time King’s was answering the call to bring more engineers into the workforce.

King’s College invites high school students to experience and tour this innovative facility. On tour, visitors will see everything from labs for hydraulics and fluid mechanics to charming fireplaces and classrooms with exceptional technology.

Wilkes University

Karambelas Media and Communication Center

The Karambelas Media and Communication Center is home to Wilkes University’s communication studies program. The 14,000-square-foot facility consolidates all communication studies and activities into one modern facility and includes offices and workrooms for the student organizations, as well as state-of-the-art television and radio studios, an audio room, a video editing room, faculty offices and classrooms. It also brings the various communication studies co-curricular activities under one roof, so that students can participate in

Wilkes Now Television, The

Beacon student newspaper, the student-run public relations agency Zebra Communications and the speech and debate team. The student-run radio station, WCLH, broadcasts live onto S. Main St. in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

Wilkes University’s communication studies major in four concentrations: media production, multimedia journalism, rhetorical studies or strategic communication. Dedicated in 2017, the building is named in honor of Clayton and Theresa Karambelas, who made one of the largest gifts in Wilkes history to support the project. It shares space with the 7,000-square-foot Sordoni Art Gallery which enriches the arts for students, faculty and staff while contributing to cultural life in the local community.

The University of Scranton

Science Labs

Biology, chemistry, molecular biology, kinesiology, nursing, biomechanics, physics, human physiology – or the even the newest lab space on campus for mechanical engineering – the science labs at The University of Scranton are world class – and have been square-foot, four-story facility incorporates innovative science teaching techniques into a dynamic, modern design that includes inviting spaces for student/faculty collaboration, visible glass-walled laboratories and the efficiencies of using shared instrumentation. The University’s $47.5 million, eight story Leahy Hall, dedicated in 2015, has 25 state-ofthe-art laboratories for the undergraduate and graduate departments of exercise science, occupational therapy and physical therapy. The building is designed to facilitate research, expand servicelearning projects, and put the best simulation environments, appliedscience laboratories, equipment and technology directly in the hands of students and faculty.

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nationally recognized for years. The Princeton Review has included Scranton in its listing of the nation’s “Best Science Lab Facilities” for six consecutive years in its Best Colleges guidebook. The ranking, which placed Scranton at No. 8 in the nation in the 2021 edition, is based entirely on surveys of students at colleges selected by The Princeton Review for inclusion in its guidebook. The Loyola Science Center serves as the home for all the natural sciences research and instruction at The University of Scranton. The nearly 150,000-

Misericordia University

Misericordia University Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Science Center

This building is the largest academic building on the more than 124-acre Dallas campus. The Center features a deliberate mix of classroom space, technology, and teaching and research laboratories. The design of the Henry Science Center puts science clearly on display while meeting the demands of the 21st-century model of learner-based and discovery-based teaching, which requires a mix of modern laboratories, technologies and learning

spaces. A two-story glass curtainwall on the north façade of the new wing permits views from the center of campus into the new teaching labs. Generous amounts of glass in the Henry Science Center Commons provide abundant daylight and views from the second-floor entryway through to the science courtyard. The Center’s design provides dedicated laboratories and workspaces for specific areas of inquiry, including a small mammal vivarium, aquatic/invertebrate vivarium, electronics/computer lab and 10 new teaching labs in biology, chemistry and physics. An organic chemistry lab is adjacent to the learning center dedicated to the 300mHz nuclear magnetic resonance instrument. A cold room enables advanced molecular experiments, while a cadaver suite, complete with an integrated control room, Anatomage room, and laboratory and preparatory space, expands learning opportunities for students.

Penn State Scranton

Engineering Building

Purchased by the campus in 2018, the building, formerly the Grainger industrial supply facility, has undergone a nearly $9 million renovation to become the campus Engineering Building. While the main construction and renovations have been completed, finishing touches to the labs are being completed. In addition to the Mechanical Engineering program, it now houses the Center for Business Development and Community Outreach and the Police and Public Safety office. The use of space in the Engineering Building was designed to be both efficient and aesthetically pleasing, including state-of-the-art, handson engineering labs where faculty and students will work together on real-life projects. There will be a fabrication or ‘maker’ space where students can work with local companies, helping them develop possible new products. Unique features will include study rooms, or ‘pods,’ where students can break out for individual or group study work. Like any other University construction or renovation project, the Engineering Building features energy-efficient systems such as natural gas for the building automation system (BAS), occupancy sensors to adjust temperature outputs, and LED lighting with motion sensors.

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Keystone College

Keystone College

The Commons

From the day it opened its doors in 2020, the purpose of the Keystone College Commons has been to serve both the college and the local community. Today, it’s abundantly clear that its mission is being accomplished. Located in the heart of Keystone’s campus in La Plume, the The Commons includes a Steak ‘n Shake Restaurant, the Keystone Eatery & Market, the Keystone Fitness Center and the Penn East Federal Credit Union, all of which are open to students, faculty, and staff, and the general public. The Steak ‘n Shake and the Eatery & Market, are partnerships between Keystone and Sodexo, the international company which manages Keystone’s dining services. Keystone Fitness and the Penn East Federal Credit Union are independently owned and open to the public. While the initial creative concept of the new center was to provide a variety of student recreation and dining experiences to students, that idea soon expanded to include serving residents of Wyoming and

Lackawanna College

Lackawanna counties alike. The past few months have seen its popularity increase even more. Sodexo Operations Manager Eric Shotto reports a significant sales increase for the Steak ‘n Shake and the Eatery and Market. The new complex is a great example of a college facility that serves an entire local community.

Lackawanna College

Venture Lab

Venture Lab helps dreams come true for enterprising students and hopeful small business entrepreneurs in the community. New businesses can be launched at home in Northeast Pennsylvania with the assistance of the Venture Lab which offers professional services, innovative programs and industry connections within a supportive peer-to-peer learning environment. The Venture Lab specializes in disadvantaged entrepreneurs -- entrepreneurs who lack adequate access to capital or other resources -- by creating microenterprises and applying a lean startup approach. Microenterprises are very small-scale businesses that often provide vital sources of supplemental self-employment income for individuals and families. The lean startup approach is a set of principles, models and concepts that accelerate new business launches using an iterative (repetitive) feedback learning loop. Disadvantaged entrepreneurs can leverage this lean approach for microenterprise creation to overcome many of the traditional barriers to starting a business, such as a scarcity of startup capital. Venture Lab services include co-working space, a fabrication center, Microsoft® teams, advisors and mentors, professional services, events and the Titan Startup Challenge: Business Launch Competition.

Luzerne County Community College

Technology Center

LCCC’s Technology Center houses the area’s most technologicallydeveloped communications department equipped with a full television studio, radio station, audio recording studio, radio and television production/editing suites, computer graphics labs and more. The commercial art area also holds a full size photo studio, darkroom, digital editing equipment, art/sculpting studio and digital design multimedia labs. The Communications Arts wing of the Technology Center is home to degrees in Audio/Video Communications, Digital Marketing, Digital Media Design, Fine Arts, Integrated Media & Design, Music Recording Technology and Photography. The Center also houses engineering and manufacturing technology labs including automotive bays, diesel technology equipment, manufacturing process, robotics, welding, engineering, 3-D printing, and computer drafting. Degree programs offered in the applied technical field include: Architectural Engineering Technology, Automotive Technology, Computer Systems and Security Technology, Computerized Numerical Control Technology, Diesel Truck Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology Dual Track Automated Systems/ Robotics, Engineering Design & Manufacturing, Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology - Electronics Track/ Science Track, Sustainable Energy Technology and Welding. H