Lackawanna College

Lackawanna College
	Lackawanna College Seal
Former names	Lackawanna Junior College, Scranton Business College
Motto	Spes Sibis Quisque
Motto in English	Let each be a hope unto himself
Type	Private college
Established	1894 (130 years ago)
Endowment	$6.82m
President	Jill Murray
Provost	Erica Barone Pricci
Academic staff	68
Students	2,043
Location	Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Campus	Urban
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Nickname	Falcons
Website	www.lackawanna.edu

Short description: College in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna College (Lackawanna or LC) is a private college in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It also has satellite centers in Hazleton, Hawley, Sunbury, Towanda, and Tunkhannock, and an Environmental Education Center in Covington Township.

Academics

Lackawanna College Building in Scranton, 2019

The private four-year college has evolved with an open admissions policy and enrolls approximately 1,991 students.

While the college offers a variety of traditional academic programs, many of its popular majors are centered on vocations, such as law enforcement, culinary arts, and accounting. Lackawanna has invested in several Health Sciences programs including Cardiac Sonography, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vascular Technology, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Surgical Technology. Lackawanna has established transfer agreements with a number of colleges in Pennsylvania and is part of the state's academic passport system.^[1]

Industry-specific degrees were created at the School of Petroleum and Natural Gas to fill the demand of the Marcellus Shale career opportunities in the work force. According to "Petroleum-schools.com", Lackawanna College ranks seventh in Pennsylvania among top academic petroleum programs. Those programs were moved to the college's new Tunkhannock Center upon its opening in the Fall 2021 semester.

Lackawanna College also operates police academies at its Scranton campus and Hazleton Center. The academy was originally certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission in Harrisburg, on April 21, 1977. Lackawanna is the first and continues to be the only private college in Northeastern Pennsylvania authorized to provide police education and training.

As of July 1, 2020, Lackawanna's president is Jill Murray, who succeeded former Lackawanna College president Colonel Mark Volk. The college is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Notable alumni

Mike Balogun, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Washington Redskins
Jaquan Brisker, professional football player, Chicago Bears
Jermaine Eluemunor, professional football player, Las Vegas Raiders
Mark Glowinski, professional football player, New York Giants
Bryant McKinnie, former professional football player, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, and Minnesota Vikings
Bob Mellow, former President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate
Gale H. Stalker, former U.S. Congressman from New York
Lorenzo Taliaferro, former professional football player, Baltimore Ravens
Emmanuel Ubilla, professional basketball player, BK NH Ostrava
Kevin White, former professional football player, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints, and San Francisco 49ers
Kyzir White, professional football player, Arizona Cardinals