任务
拉克万纳大学’s mission is to provide a quality education to all persons who seek to improve their lives 和 better the communities in which they live.
核心价值观
Lackawanna’s 核心价值观 include a commitment to:
- 剩下的一个 负担得起的 open-enrollment college which offers both associate 和 bachelor level degrees
- 提供严格的, 引人入胜的, 和 transferable education that exceeds academic expectations for students at all learning levels
- Ensuring excellent educational opportunities for students academically under-prepared for college-level work
- Nurturing students’ sense of self-worth 和 capacity to make a difference
- Cultivating 和 maintaining active partnerships with our regional community, 包括其他教育机构, 企业, 非营利机构
- Delivering high-quality degree 和 non-degree 项目 that prepare students to succeed in the workforce
目标
历史
Nestled in the heart of downtown Scranton, 拉克万纳大学 remains one of the oldest educational institutions in the region. 120多年来, College has been empowering students to become the next generation of leaders, 它在斯克兰顿的根基很深.
自1894年成立以来, College’s mission has always been to provide a quality education to all persons who seek to improve their lives 和 better the communities in which they live.
在它长达一个世纪的历史中, College has seen many distinctive transformations of educating 和 preparing students to meet the ever-changing dem和s of the 20th 和 21st century workforces. This was true in its earliest days, when prominent local educator, John H. 斯利,采用 拉克万纳商学院 on North Washington Avenue in 1902, which he merged ten years later with the neighboring 斯克兰顿商学院.
全新的 斯克兰顿拉克万纳商学院 was built in the city’s flourishing downtown. The newly formed institution primarily supported Scranton’s emergence as the hub of the nation’s coal industry 和 served as a place to educate the breaker boys of the area’s anthracite coalmines. The College demonstrated that it could effectively change to the adapting needs of the region through the addition of civil service courses 和 a condensed effort to train women professionals. 二战后, 学院证明了它的适应性, 再一次, 和 made additional modifications to accommodate the returning veterans seeking new career opportunities.
拉克万纳初级学院 was chartered in 1957 as a nonprofit institution, 和 course offerings exp和ed to include humanities 和 the social 和 behavioral sciences; Lackawanna could now award associate-level degrees, reinforcing its purpose as the community’s college.
The College further strengthened its place in the Scranton l和scape when it purchased 和 renovated the former Scranton Central High School in 1994. As a signal of its continuous growth as a thriving academic institution, College dropped “junior” from its name in 2001.
Presently, College has satellite centers in Hawley, 黑泽尔顿, 森伯里, Tow和a, Tunkhannock, 环境教育中心 in Covington Township; 和 a rapidly exp和ing main campus in Scranton with six total operational buildings. 而学院继续蓬勃发展, its role in the city of Scranton has become stronger than ever.
拉克万纳大学, which is accredited by the Commission of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges 和 Schools, 是许多成功项目的发源地吗, 和 today offers nearly 30 bachelor’s 和 associate degrees as well as 证书 项目 和 a competitive training institute.
The College prides itself on its focused class sizes, which allow for personalized attention from skilled 和 extremely passionate faculty; its progressive curriculum, 创新项目, 和 cutting-edge learning studios that better prepare students; 和 the unparalleled student support services 和 active student life community that deepens each student’s college experience.
The College has always placed incredible importance on remaining an 负担得起的 choice, while still preserving rigorous 和 引人入胜的 academics. The College continued that tradition when it chose to offer its first-ever bachelor’s degrees beginning in the fall of 2017, yet again adapting to the current educational l和scape.
拉克万纳大学 is proud to have been a significant part of Scranton’s incredible history 和 is eager to be part of its exciting future.