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Category: News
Leaves of Class XXI – January Winner!
JANUARY ~ Congratulations to Kate Leahy of Waverly, who won the following prizes:
Entertainment: Actors Circle (two tickets to Wait Until Dark – Jan 31, Feb 1-10); Broadway Theatre League of NEPA (two tickets to the opening night of The King and I – Mar. 29); Scranton Cultural Center (one voucher for up to 4 complimentary tickets to a membership season of shows presented and produced exclusively by the Scranton Cultural Center); PNC Bank (four club seats at the Mohegan Sun Arena to see the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – Feb. or Mar.); Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic (two orchestra seats to the PNC Pops Performance: Imagine, Music of the Beatles at the F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre — Sat., Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.)
Culinary Delights: Aramark (25 free coffee or café beverage gift certificates); P.J. Scanlan’s ($25 gift certificate); Sidel’s Restaurant ($30 gift card); Starbucks (4 – $10 gift cards – courtesy of Gretchen Welby).
Wellness: Montage Mountain Resorts (four Extended Lift Tickets); Crunch Fitness (1 – three month Peak Plus membership with 2 personal training sessions).
Memberships: AAA Travel Agency (Basic Membership).
Celebrating Black Women Authors
The Jane Kopas Women’s Center is making selected works of Black Women Authors available around campus in little free libraries. Look for this box in the library!
Environmental Art Show — Call For Art — 2019
The library is seeking submissions for the 9th Annual Environmental Art Show. The art show will be held from April 10 to April 24.
The Environmental Art Show promotes the natural beauty of our environment and the ideal practice of sustainable living through artworks of all types, including painting, photography, repurposed goods, sculpture, and more. The art show relies on submissions by University of Scranton student, staff, and faculty, so please consider contributing!
The deadline for submissions is set for Friday, April 8. All works of art can be dropped off at either the Circulation or Research Services desks of the library. All artwork is returned after the art show ends.
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon Seminar- Trudy Rubin
Free for University students, faculty, and staff
For more information and to RSVP contact Alicen.Morrison@scranton.edu / 570-941-6206
For more information on upcoming Schemel Forum events, click here.
Closing Early Today (1/29/2019)
The University and library will be closing today, Tues 1/29 at 1 p.m. Students can swipe for library access.
It’s National Handwriting Day!
McHugh Special Collections is celebrating National Handwriting Day with a writing specimen from penmanship master Daniel Ames (1841-1909).
Inclement Weather Sunday
The weather continues as expected, so we will be closed again today 1/20. Stay safe everyone!
Inclement Weather Saturday
Due predicted weather conditions the library will be CLOSED on Saturday 1/19. Students can still swipe into 24 hour areas. A decision about opening on Sunday will be made Sunday morning.
Leaves of Class XX – December Winner!
DECEMBER ~ Congratulations to Linda & Harold Newberry of Scott Twp., who won the following prizes:
Mindfulness: iPad (courtesy of The University of Scranton, Division of Information Technology); $100 Amazon gift card (courtesy of Sherman Wooden); Comics on the Green ($20 gift card); The University of Scranton Bookstore: $150 gift card.
Wellness: Handmade, fleece throw (courtesy of Annette Kalwaytis); University of Scranton fleece blanket & Weinberg Memorial Library bag and more (courtesy of The Weinberg Memorial Library); Broadway cast recording CD of “Dear Evan Hansen” (courtesy of Charles Kratz).
And More!: 6 bottles of Nimble Hill wine (courtesy of The Weinberg Memorial Library); Longaberger Christmas basket (courtesy of Charlene Reese).
Didn’t win this yet? That’s ok, because we’ll be drawing our first winner for Leaves of Class XXI on Thursday, January 31st. Get your entries in now and you’ll have TWELVE chances to win in 2019!
To purchase entries online, visit: www.scranton.edu/leaves. To request mailed brochures, contact Kym Balthazar Fetsko – kym.fetsko@scranton.edu, 570.941.7816.
Thank you & good luck!