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CHAMBER OPEN HOUSE:
A Little Pizza Heaven
Backyard Alehouse
The Barrel
Buffalo Wild Wings
Café Lilah
Café Sevda
Cooper’s Seafood House, Inc.
Electric City Bakehouse
Lackawanna College Celebrates Culinary Center
Lackawanna College recently held a ribbon cutting for its new Culinary Center
at 409 Adams Avenue in downtown Scranton. The two-story, 14,400 square foot
building includes industrial teaching kitchens for the Hospitality and Culinary
Arts programs, Baking and Pastry program, student study space, and a student
dining commons. The dining commons provides a crucial expansion necessary
to meet the needs of existing students as well future needs as Lackawanna
College’s growth continues.
Geisinger Offers On-Site MBA
Geisinger offers an on-site Master of Business
Administration (MBA) to its healthcare leaders,
with classes conducted by University of Scranton
professors at three hospital campuses. Twenty-
nine students have so far earned their master’s
degrees in healthcare from the unique two-year
program that began in 2015 and offers discounted
tuition and reimbursement. The program is offered
on-site at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical
Center (GWV) in Wilkes-Barre, Geisinger Medical
Center (GMC) in Danville and Geisinger Lewistown
Hospital (GLH). Most recently, 15 professionals
from GWV, including physicians and operations
and support services managers received their
MBAs in healthcare during a commencement
ceremony in Wilkes-Barre.
Marywood University Receives Moses Taylor
Foundation Grant
Marywood University recently
received a Moses Taylor Foundation
Grant to complete preventative
screenings and speech-language
stimulation with children enrolled
in Head Start Centers throughout
Lackawanna County. Marywood
University student clinicians will
conduct hearing and speech-language
screenings and facilitate language
stimulation groups for children, as well
as conduct professional development
activities for Head Start teachers to
help them identify speech, language,
and hearing challenges in children.
10 • The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce
Food & Fire BBQ Taphouse
Four Points by Sheraton Scranton
Fratelli’s
Gerrity’s Supermarket
Harvest Seasonal Grill and Wine Bar
The High Bridge House
Hilton Scranton & Conference Center
Kelly’s Pub & Eatery
Keystone Konfections
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Liuzzo’s Catering
Maines Food & Party Warehouse
Martz Trailways
Mendicino’s Pizza
Minooka Pastry Shop
Nina’s
Olive Garden
Peculiar Slurp Shop
Pizza by Pappas
Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
Rainstopperz Tents & Equipment
Sam’s Club
ShopRite of Daleville
Sibio’s Restaurant
Starbucks
Stirna’s Restaurant Bar & Catering
The Sweet Lush Cupcakery
Vincenzo’s Pizzeria
Wegmans Food Markets & Market Café
Zuppa Del Giorno
OCTOBER BUSINESS BREAKFAST BRIEFING:
McNees, Wallace and Nurick, LLC
LEADERSHIP LACKAWANNA CORE PROGRAM:
The University of Scranton
LEADERSHIP LACKAWANNA TOMORROW’S
LEADERS TODAY PROGRAM:
Penn State Scranton
OPERATIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA JUDICIARY
AND HOW THEY AFFECT BUSINESS:
Lackawanna College