LCCC Foundation receives donation to establish Teddi Janosov Scholarship

April 05, 2019

The Irem Women's Auxiliary will hold a card party from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 6 at the Irem Country Club.

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at any club meeting or by calling Janet at 570-824-6418 or Suanne at 570-822-4976. There will be no tickets sold at the door. Price of the ticket includes a buffet lunch and a chance for the door prizes.

Parking is free and the facility is handicapped accessible.

April 05, 2019

DALLAS TWP. - The Misericordia University Gabriel Bernabeo Distinguished Speaker Series is presenting two nationally and internationally recognized experts on fluency disorders for the 2019 symposium, "Real-Life Solutions to Working with Clients with Fluency Disorders,'' on Friday, May 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall.

Kathleen Scaler Scott, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-F, associate professor of speech-language pathology at Misericordia University, and Glen Tellis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, professor and chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Misericordia University, are presenting an interactive workshop that will provide speech-language pathologists with the tools they need to determine the most practical and time efficient way to evaluate and treat people who have fluency disorders.

The Misericordia University professors will offer differential diagnosis and an individualized approach for treatment geared toward specific clients and family needs, while offering practical treatment strategies for all diagnoses. Program participants also will review video vignettes that provide real-life case studies in stuttering, cluttering, atypical disfluency and fluency plus concomitant disorders.

Dr. Scaler Scott is a practicing speech-language pathologist, board certified fluency specialist and author. In 2018, she was the recipient of the Deso Weiss Award for Excellence in the Field of Cluttering and the Professional of the Year Award from the National Stuttering Association. She also published her third book, "Fluency Plus: Managing Fluency Disorders in Individuals with Multiple Diagnoses." Her research interests include cluttering, atypical disfluency, and clinician training and treatment effectiveness.

A certified special education and elementary education teacher, Dr. Scaler Scott was the first coordinator of the International Cluttering Association. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech-language hearing science from Douglass College of Rutgers University, a Master of Science degree in communication disorders from Emerson College, and a Ph.D. in applied language and speech sciences from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

A board certified fluency specialist, Dr. Tellis is an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) fellow. In 2014, he received the Honors of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language Hearing Association. His research interests include fluency disorders, research designs, treatment efficacy research and clinical outcomes. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language Hearing Association. Dr. Tellis also has served as an editorial consultant and reviewer for several highly respected research journals, including the Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research, Journal of Communication Disorders and more. He has served on several boards, including ASHA's Academic Affairs Board, the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders, and the National Stuttering Association's Insurance Advocacy Board.

Dr. Tellis earned his Ph.D. in communication sciences and disorders from The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a master's degree in speech pathology from California State University, and a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology with a minor in anthropology from St. Xavier's College, the University of Bombay.

Sponsored by the Misericordia University Department of Speech-Language Pathology, the annual workshop is for speech-language pathologists, special education teachers, general education teachers, occupational therapists, students and parents. The program offers Continuing Education Units and Act 48 credits. Occupational therapists will receive a certificate of attendance.

For more information about the program, contact Pamela Rogers, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, at 570-674-8255 or progers@misericordia.edu. To register and pay for the workshop online, please visit misericordia.edu/dss. Deadline for registration is May 3.

April 05, 2019

The Family Business Alliance of Wilkes University presents a half-day program, "Improve Family Business Communication," on April 16 at Wilkes University. The program, presented by family business experts in fields such as accounting, law, communications, psychology, succession planning and more, will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the ballroom of the Henry Student Center, 84 W. South St. in Wilkes-Barre. The public may attend the program as a free trial session before joining the Family Business Alliance.

The program begins with networking at 8 a.m. and presentations start at 8:30 a.m. The first presentation, "Parameters for Healthy Family Connection," will be given by Patricia Fox, clinical psychologist from Clarks Summit.

Gary Plaster, principal, and Erich Bergen, director, both of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, will present "Is Your Business Ready for Transition? A Family Assessment" from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.

A panel discussion titled "What Works/What Does Not Work in Running a Family Meeting," begins at 10:30 a.m. The panel includes Steven Roth, attorney at Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP; Daniel Haggerty, attorney and president of PJM Productions in Clarks Summit, Pa.; Bill Corcoran, president of Corcoran Printing in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; and Gerard Donnellan, business advisor and consulting psychologist.

Keynote speaker Donnellan will present "Family Secrets and Ghosts" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donnellan is a family business advisor and consulting psychologist who focuses on family dynamics, succession planning and governance issues. He is also an adjunct professor at Boston College and the author of "Who Will Drive the Bus? Guidance for Developing Leaders in the Family Enterprise."

For more information and to register, visit www.wilkes.edu/FBA or contact Sue Reilly, executive director of the Family Business Alliance, at 570-408-2120 or susan.reilly@wilkes.edu.

April 05, 2019

The Board of Directors of the Back Mountain Food Pantry in Trucksville has again approved providing baskets of food for their clients to help them have a nice Easter meal with their families. Participation from the community is needed to help make this happen.

All non-perishable foods are welcome at this time and any time. Individuals or groups wishing to donate food may call the pantry at 570-696-2917 for more information or to arrange a mutually convenient time for volunteers to be on duty to receive the food.

Nonperishable food may also be dropped off at Hilbert's Tractor Store in Dallas, Cook's Pharmacy in Shavertown, and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Dallas during regular business hours.

Monetary donations may be sent to: The Back Mountain Food Pantry, c/o Trucksville United Methodist Church, 40 Knob Hill Road, Trucksville, PA 18708. The Back Mountain Food Pantry is an approved 501c3 charity and donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.

April 05, 2019

The Friends of the Back Mountain Memorial Library will host their 31st annual Luncheon with a Special Author at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 18 at the Appletree Terrace, Newberry Estate, Dallas. The guest speaker will be local author and educator Joyce Victor.

The event will begin with a time for hospitality at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served at noon. This year's menu will be a buffet luncheon, including an appetizer table, an entrée table with a wide variety of meats and vegetables, assorted salads, breads and muffins, and will be topped off with a dessert bar featuring ice cream and assorted pastries.

The cost is $27 per person with all proceeds benefitting the library. Tables of eight are encouraged and may be reserved. Checks should be made payable to the Back Mountain Memorial Library and received at the library at 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas, PA 18612 by April 9. Invitations have been mailed to previous attendees. Additional reservation forms are available at the library.

April 05, 2019

Misericordia University recently hosted more than 200 students and 21 faculty facilitators from five colleges and universities in northeastern and central Pennsylvania for the 10th annual Northeastern/Central Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition's (NECPA-IPEC) Collaborative Care Summit.

Sponsored by NECPA-IPEC, the conference promotes interprofessional approaches to health care. The coalition is comprised of Johnson College, King's College, Lackawanna College, Lock Haven University, Luzerne County Community College (LCCC), Marywood University, Messiah College, Misericordia University, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Penn State-Hazleton, The University of Scranton, and Wilkes University. NECPA-IPEC's mission is to provide vision and leadership to foster and support interprofessional education in health care.

King's College, LCCC, Johnson College, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, and the University of Scranton also hosted programs. Working in small, interprofessional groups of students, facilitators discussed the importance of working in cooperation with health care providers and others who contribute to or support the delivery of quality health care services. They also compared and contrasted the roles and responsibilities of other health care providers and how interprofessional teams work together to provide safe and effective patient care.

Participants recognized the importance of patient-centered care and reflected upon individual interpersonal communication skills, such as active listening, encouraging ideas and opinions of team members, as well as respecting others.

The conference brought together students studying health and medical sciences at participating institutions. At Misericordia University, students majoring in diagnostic medical sonography, exercise science, medical imaging, medical physician, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, social work, and speech-language pathology learned from each other with a collaborative approach to patient care.

Established in 2008, NECPA-IPEC is a collaborative effort between local colleges and universities that offer health care programs. The organization is leading the way in the development of innovative, collaborative approaches in health care professional education that focus on affecting the delivery of health care and improving patient outcomes. The joint effort is one of the first in the country to introduce the concept of interprofessional education using a regional approach from independent institutions of higher education. For more information about NECPA-IPEC, please log on to www.necpaipec.com.

April 05, 2019

The Department of English at Misericordia University, with support from the Soyka Fund for the Humanities, is presenting, "The Soyka Shakespeare Birthday Lecture,'' on Monday, April 15 at 4:30 p.m. in Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall's Huntzinger and Alden Trust Rooms 218-219. The free event is open to the public.

The Bard was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. In celebration of the 455th anniversary of his birth, Misericordia University is hosting notable scholarly experts Christopher Orchard, Ph.D., professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and D.J. Hopkins, Ph.D., professor of critical studies, dramaturgy, theatre history and theory, and Weber Honors College Faculty Fellow at San Diego State University.

Professor Orchard is making the presentation, "Thugs, Drugs and Witches in 1970s Scotland: Jo Nesbo's Macbeth Reimagined.'' He directs Ph.D. dissertations, and teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, 19th century British travel narrative and the post 9-11 novel. In addition, he has published several articles in Renaissance literature and British civil war drama. Dr. Orchard's current book project is concerned with the theory and practice of drama and other entertainments in the 1640s and 1650s in Britain as a sign of a civil war in poetics. The book is under contract with Routledge.

The former director of the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University, Professor Hopkins is a graduate of Dallas High School. He is presenting the lecture, "Mad as Hell: Contemporary Shakespeare, Contemporary Audiences.'' As a scholar, his research interests include Shakespeare in performance, especially contemporary productions and Shakespeare on film, and the relationship between performance and the production of urban space. His publications have appeared in journals, such as TheatreForum, Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics and Modern Drama, and in collections, including "Shakespeare After Mass Media,""Performing Transversally" and "Rematerializing Shakespeare." In 2011, Professor Hopkins was the recipient of the Elliott Hayes Award for Achievement in Dramaturgy in recognition of 10 years as editor of Review, the online journal of dramaturgy.

April 05, 2019

Katie Kemmerer, Community Affairs Analyst, and George M. Johnson, Jr., Director, Client Management for Highmark visited King's College campus on March 25 to present Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., President of King's College with a check for $20,000 in support of the college's Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program. Highmark donated to King's as part of the state's Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. King's College will utilize the funds for its Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program, in which scholarships are provided to income eligible families with young children enrolled in King's College's Early Learning Center's Pre-K program located in O'Hara Hall. From left, are Katie Kemmerer, Community Affairs Analyst, Highmark; Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., President of King's College; and George M. Johnson, Jr., Director, Client Management, Highmark.

April 05, 2019

Members of the Nursing Forum from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences at the Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center at Luzerne County Community College recently made a donation to the American Red Cross. The Nursing Forum held a sweatshirt sale to raise the funds. The donation will be used to support the chapter's disaster relief fund. From left, are Peggy Sosnak, Wilkes-Barre, advisor, Nursing Forum and professor, nursing, LCCC; Neesha Turner, Forty Fort, vice president, Nursing Forum; Martine Manning, Hazleton, president, Nursing Forum; and Bill Goldsworthy, West Pittston, executive director, Red Cross.

April 05, 2019

The Luzerne County Community College Wellness Committee recently held its sixth annual wellness fair at the college's Campus Center. The fair included college departments and community organizations which provided information and demonstrations. Members of the LCCC Wellness Committee are, from left, seated, Miranda Costa, Wapwallopen, fitness center/gymnasium attendant and chair, Wellness Committee; Rob Armillei, Plains, instructional technology support specialist; Machelle Smith, Ashley, secretary, college relations and secretary, Wellness Committee; and Julie Cleary, Macungie, professor, dental hygiene. Standing, Ed Gurtis, Kingston, professor and chair, health and physical education; Sandy Cumberland, Nanticoke, information technology technician; Jeff Schultz, Wilkes-Barre, associate professor, social science/history; Mary Sullivan, Swoyersville, director, student activities and athletics; Dr. Kate Clemente, Kingston, professor, hospitality business management and co-chair, Wellness Committee; David Pembleton, CEC, CCE, Shickshinny, professor, food production management; and Thomas P. Leary, Kingston, president, LCCC.

April 05, 2019

Four MMI Preparatory School students received awards in the 24th annual Israel T. & Mildred Klapper Memorial Holocaust Essay Contest, marking the first time in the history of the contest that one school won all four awards in the Middle School and High School categories.

Eighth-grader Jakob Narrow placed first in the Middle School division and junior Adam Tron won the High School division. Eighth-grader Lauren Urosevich was second in the Middle School category and senior Wesley Guarneri was second in the High School category.

The contest, which is open to students in grades 7-12 as well as post-high school students, is sponsored jointly by the Hazleton Jewish Community Council and the Greater Hazleton Ministerial Association. Mrs. Jennifer Novotney serves as the MMI faculty advisor for the contest.

This year's essay topic discussed Timothy Snyder's fourth lesson from his book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," which states: "Take responsibility for the face of the world. The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so." Students were asked to reflect on how we oppose swastikas and other signs of hate and still preserve freedom of speech.

A panel of judges chosen by the Greater Hazleton Ministerial Association read each essay and selected the winners. Prize-winning entries will be read by the students and prizes will be awarded at the Hazleton Holocaust Community Service on Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at Beth Israel Temple in Hazleton.

Jakob Narrow is the son of Howard and Marie Narrow, of Hazleton; Adam Tron is the son of Dr. Eduardo Tron and Dr. Graciela Bianco, of Mountaintop; Lauren Urosevich is the daughter of Dr. Thomas and Lori Urosevich, of Mountaintop; and Wesley Guarneri is the son of Vincent and Sop Guarneri, of Wilkes-Barre.

April 05, 2019

Three senior King's College psychology students presented their research "BAS Reward Responsiveness Moderates the Relation Between Peer Victimization and Aggression in Children," at a recent Society for Research in Child Development (SCRD) Conference in Baltimore, Md.

The students include two local residents Natasha Tullo, of Pittston, and Nathaniel Dyanick, of Wilkes-Barre, along with Celyna Jackson (Fort Washington, Md.). The students worked with Dr. Christopher Aults, assistant professor of psychology, in his Social Development Lab at King's.

Their presentation resulted from a study of 170 middle school-aged children and found that bullied children who were highly sensitive to positive social reinforcement were more likely to become aggressive toward their peers. The goal of the students was to find the pathways that ultimately lead to aggressive behavior in children. They hope their research can aid school counselors, teachers, and psychologists who work with children.

SCRD is a membership association that advances developmental science and promotes its use to improve human lives.