05/18/2013
The Scranton Times-Tribune
When Edward G. Boehm Jr., Ed.D., arrived at Keystone Junior College 18 years ago, he found a school on the verge of collapse. With plummeting enrollment, shaky finances and campus facilities falling into disrepair, the board of trustees had a plan for shutting the school down. Dr. Boehm took a look around and started pulling weeds.
04/11/2013
WNEP-TV
Power to Save segment highlihting Keystone's third annual Green Vendor Fair.
04/04/2013
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Years of studying, working late into the night in the studio and diligently crafting a portfolio to carry them to the next stage of life culminates in one final exhibition.
02/28/2013
WNEP-TV
"On the Pennsylvania Road" segment featuring the Keystone College Wilbur Myers glass collection
02/26/2013
The Scranton Times-Tribune
David Coppola, Ph.D., could have been a Keystone College student. The first in his family to graduate from college, he will become Keystone's 10th president on June 1.
02/26/2013
WNEP-TV
Keystone College has a new president: Dr. David Coppola will be the tenth president of the school on the Lackawanna/Wyoming County line.
02/26/2013
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
David Coppola knows strategic planning and growth. And he hopes to bring that knowledge with him this summer when he becomes the 10th president in the 145-year history of Keystone College
02/26/2013
WBRE-TV
After a six month search, Keystone College named its tenth president Monday afternoon.
02/15/2013
WNEP-TV
With all the action in the sky Friday it has astronomers in our area talking and watching the sky closely, too.
01/22/2013
WNEP-TV
Many people spent their Martin Luther King Junior day doing some volunteer work that will benefit homeless shelters affected by hurricane Sandy. Students of Keystone College and people from the community came together on Martin Luther King Jr. day for one purpose.
01/21/2013
The Sunday Times
Keystone College Instructor Brian Fanelli knows well the people and streets of Scranton, a city where he grew up and whose working-class side winds its way into the fabric of his poems. At 28, he already has established himself as one of Northeast Pennsylvania's most prominent writers, publishing his work in esteemed literary magazines and sharing it with the public at readings around the region.
01/11/2013
PAHomepage.com
Keystone College will join a nationwide celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with several community service activities on Monday, January 21.
11/14/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
The path to Harris Hall from the center of Keystone College now marks the school's past and continuing commitment to veterans.
11/13/2012
WNEP Home and Backyard segment highlighting Keystone's Visiting Chefs Series and Chef's Table Restaurant.
11/13/2012
WNEP-TV
Associate Professor Melodie Jordan was featured in this WNEP segment on food trucks.
10/26/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
He was the captain of the soccer team, a member of the drama club and the Army ROTC. He was one of 259 passengers on the fateful Pan Am Flight 103, which was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all those on board and 11 people on the ground. The 21-year-old had been a student at Syracuse University, after graduating from Keystone Junior College where he was involved in a range of campus activities
10/20/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Just two weeks after her last radiation treatment, Heidi Harvey of Hop Bottom went to Keystone College on Friday to see her daughter's part in the fight against breast cancer.
10/10/2012
Wyoming County Press Examiner
Probably like most Americans, the students at Keystone College were divided over the outcome of the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney last Wednesday night.
10/10/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
One plate held a handful of luggage tags. Another held a Patsy Cline cassette tape, the next one down, a handful of cigarettes. One just had a photo of a 19-year-old woman killed by domestic violence - the smile on her face her most lasting impression. The place settings were among about two dozen arranged at a table at Keystone College for "An Empty Place at the Table," an exhibition presented by the Women's Resource Center on Tuesday.
09/19/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Amid their search for a new president, administrators and the board of trustees at Keystone College face another pressing issue - how to manage an increase in enrollment at a college with limited on-campus housing.
09/13/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
For the sixth year in a row, Keystone College made the grade in national rankings.
09/05/2012
Scranton Times-Tribune
Edward G. Boehm Jr., Ed.D., who guided Keystone College from the brink of closing and put it on the path to becoming a university, said Monday he will step down as school president at the end of the current academic year.
09/04/2012
WBRE-TV
After nearly two decades, there will be a big change at Keystone College.
08/17/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Luquillo is a great place to soak up Puerto Rico culture and speak Spanish. So that's where Keystone College students in Joyce Avila's Spanish 101/2 and Sociology of Diversity 301 and Dorothy Anthony's Public Health 301 courses went to study. In addition to their lessons, they toured two hospitals and volunteered in a senior center.
08/12/2012
The Sunday Times
For Factoryville resident Gary Shaw, 68, Christy Mathewson represents more than baseball excellence - he is a standard that an entire community rallies behind.
08/05/2012
The Sunday Times
Seventeen years ago, Factoryville residents organized a one-day celebration to honor a hometown hero whose list of baseball-related accomplishments are engraved on a bronze plaque hanging in Cooperstown, N.Y.
07/27/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
As a teacher, Christine Fuller is constantly looking for opportunities to expand her knowledge. The seventh-grade science teacher at Stroudsburg Middle School has attended several seminars and a couple of science conferences this summer. But she said her most valuable learning experience has come for a weeklong intensive program held in a small building set behind Keystone College.
07/26/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Over the past six years, Tanner Snyder has spent hundreds of hours practicing on his beginner's drum set in the basement of his Moscow home, slowly teaching himself the basics and developing into what he describes as a "pretty good drummer."
07/22/2012
The Sunday Times
Ghana native Dr. Adwoa Badoe has rhythm in her soul and believes everyone else does too.
07/12/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Keystone College's The Gathering appeals to M.T. Anderson precisely because it's not the typical literary conference.
07/05/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Nine local teachers and two Keystone College students dipped glass slides into a container of water, gathering plankton caught that morning.
06/25/2012
The Sunday Times
Nearly 40 years ago, Gail Parry and her Miami Dade Community College teammates achieved greatness. Then, they were not allowed to pursue a dream.
06/12/2012
The Sunday Times
Highlights programs local colleges and universities offer to help graduates find jobs.
06/06/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
It was brief. It was fleeting. But for a few moments, a little black dot was visible against the orange glow of the sun. Space enthusiasts gathered at Keystone's Thomas G. Cupillari Observatory to get a glimpse of the transit of Venus.
06/04/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Members of Keystone Iron Works participate in Arts on Fire Festival.
05/24/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Keystone alumna Maggie Calpin '09 was honored with the U.S. Small Business Administration's Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Eastern Pennsylvania.
05/15/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Keystone College begins its quest to return to the NCAA Division III World Series on Wednesday in the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Regional.
05/10/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
To Nora Dillon, protecting the environment doesn't need to be confined to Earth Week. That is why Ms. Dillon, assistant director of the Environmental Education Institute at Keystone College, applied for a state Department of Environmental Protection grant in 2010 to develop a rain garden at the college.
05/07/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
On Monday afternoon, the Keystone College baseball team did something that sent waves throughout NCAA Division III athletics. It lost. Oswego State pounded the Giants, 10-2. A four-run sixth inning doomed them to far and away their worst loss of the season. Their regular season ended on what most programs would consider the lowest of notes. At Keystone, though, losing is news because it is such an anomaly.
05/07/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Police Chief Dan Duffy has gotten much more than a bachelor's degree out of his time at Keystone College.
05/01/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Down a dirt road just off Route 107 in Fleetville, the Thomas G. Cupillari Observatory sits on a bed of green grass, its powerful telescope housed safely within a metal dome. On Saturday starting at 7 p.m., Lackawanna Astronomical Society will host an evening of free activities celebrating the fascinating hobby of observing the skies while also educating interested parties about it.
04/26/2012
Huffington Post
Associate Professor Jeff Brauer is quoted.
04/25/2012
WNEP-TV video
With graduation right around the corner many of the seniors at Keystone College in La Plume hope they are taking the proper steps to enter the work force, but they are still concerned it might not be enough to land a good job.
04/12/2012
The Wyoming County Press Examiner
Graduating students from Keystone College’s four-year art program found their work in an art gallery in downtown Scranton Friday afternoon.
04/05/2012
WNEP-TV - Watch Video
With a pitching staff among the best in all of college baseball and an offense that has found its stroke as of late, the Keystone baseball team is turning heads and people are noticing.
04/04/2012
Go Lackawanna
For the third consecutive year, Keystone College has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
03/28/2012
The Abington Journal
Few modern playwrights are as adept at writing comedy as Neil Simon. His classic crowd pleaser, “The Odd Couple,” which will be presented by The Keystone Players March 30 and 31 at 7:30 p.m. and April 1 at 2 p.m. in Brooks Theatre at Keystone College, serves as a perfect training vehicle for young actors, according to Jane Honchell, Director of Theatre at Keystone.
03/20/2012
The Abington Journal
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Keystone College Concerts and Lectures Series will present a poetry reading by acclaimed poet Patricia Smith April 3 at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall, Hibbard Campus Center, La Plume. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
03/20/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
William Tersteeg educated aspiring artists a Keystone College for 40 years before retiring last May. And during that time, the Dalton resident and well-known ceramicist kept busy with his own work, several pieces of which will go on display this week in a retrospective exhibit at the La Plume college.
02/22/2012
Penn State Worthington Scranton
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has awarded a research grant to Dr. Janet Melnick, senior instructor in Human Development and Family Studies and HDFS program coordinator at Penn State Worthington Scranton; and Dr. Heather Shanks-McElroy, MSW, B.Ed., associate professor and coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Teaching: Child and Society program at Keystone College.
02/20/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
A shot by a Marywood University player hits the front of the rim and caroms to a Keystone College player. Seeing his teammate with the rebound, Kenneth Hardnett immediately begins to sprint to the other end of the court.
02/05/2012
The Sunday Times
Former Riverside football standout now leads the nationally ranked Keystone College cheerleading squad
02/03/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Keystone College helped give Jennie Barrese the tools and inspiration she needed for a successful career in the arts. Now, she's coming back to her old stomping grounds.
01/20/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Manuel Scott was a high school dropout, on his way "to an early grave at a forgotten cemetery." On Thursday night, the doctoral candidate who was portrayed in the movie "Freedom Writers" brought his "message of hope" to Keystone College, challenging students to serve others and to transcend mediocrity.
01/16/2012
WNEP
These cold winter nights can be brutal, imagine sleeping outside in nine degree temperatures. An extra blanket this time of year can mean so much. That's why some students at Keystone College decided to make sleeping bags to help the homeless stay warm
01/11/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
More than 400 high school students gathered at Keystone College on Tuesday hoping to earn a spot at the Future Business Leaders of America state competition.
01/08/2012
The Sunday Times
This article answers the question of where the name "La Plume" originated and also provides a history of the village.
01/06/2012
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Keystone College hosted students from 12 area high schools on Thursday for a daylong event illustrating their connections to the watershed
12/29/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Brenda Lidy, associate professor of hotel and restaurant management, is quoted in this article.
12/15/2011
Scranton Times-Tribune
Keystone College senior Phil Lipton is the first to admit his ability to wrap presents could use a little practice.
11/22/2011
Colleges of Distinction
In many ways, the annual Keystone College Undergraduate Research and Creativity Celebration has come to signify the type of intellectually talented and engaged students that Keystone College has been fortunate to attract. Now in its third year, the Undergraduate Research Celebration features more than 100 exhibits highlighting year-long faculty mentored research projects, creative works, and senior capstone projects.
11/16/2011
The Wyoming County Press Examiner
World War II Tuskegee Airman Roscoe C. Brown Jr. and college senior Tara Gwilliam of Harvey’s Lake shared the spotlight at Thursday’s scholarship luncheon at Keystone College.
11/03/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Eyes wide and feet swinging excitedly back and forth, Gavin Williams sat near the back of Evans Hall at Keystone College on Wednesday morning.
10/21/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
When Jane Honchell heard the news that Libyan terrorists had brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, all she could think of was Timothy Cardwell "dancing around in the aisles" in the soccer shorts the 21-year-old from Cresco seemed to always be wearing
10/05/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
As a guest speaker showed a crowd of Keystone College students a photo of a car wreck that killed his best friend in 2001, Katelyn Wilson found herself in tears Tuesday.
09/24/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
The American Red Cross and Keystone College are teaming up to help flood victims in the region
09/16/2011
Scranton Times-Tribune
Two local galleries are coming together to showcase the work of some talented artists from third world Haiti. Keystone College's Linder Gallery is presenting the exhibition "3 Pent Ayisyen (Three Haitian Painters)" in conjunction with an exhibition at Moscow Clayworks entitled "The Haitian Clayworks Project."
09/13/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
U.S. News & World Report rankings, released today, give area schools another point to list in their guidebooks.
08/27/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
College is back in session - with more students living in Lackawanna County than ever before.
08/24/2011
The Times Leader
The first local look at the magnitude-5.8 earthquake that hit Mineral, Va., wasn’t available until more than 90 minutes after it occurred, an area educator said Tuesday afternoon.
08/15/2011
Scranton Times-Tribune
The antique pumper trucks, youth sports teams and bands marching past century-old, flag-draped Factoryville homes for Saturday's Christy Mathewson Days 16th annual parade, would all be familiar to the baseball great.
08/14/2011
Sunday Times
Deborah Doyle Belknap, J.D., Ph.D., started her professional career in the courtroom. From there, she ventured into the halls of academia. Now, she's back to where it all started.
08/12/2011
The Scranton Time-Tribune
It takes a whole community to celebrate a local man who became one of baseball's most famous players and one of the Baseball Hall of Fame's first inductees.
08/12/2011
WBRE-TV - Watch Video
In an early 20th century world of top athletes, Christy Mathewson ranked among the very best. This big-time baseball player was born in the small town of Factoryville. Pictures of the Hall of Fame Hurler adorn the post office in the town that honors him each August during Christy Mathewson Days -- complete with a parade and much more. "What a perfect way to bring the town together than to celebrate Christy Mathewson Days," said Ed Nowakowski of the Factoryville Men's Civic Club
07/28/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
For Jim Buckley, an opportunity to pass along his love of jazz music to promising young musicians is his way of leaving a legacy. On Wednesday, the saxophone player and music teacher, a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, stood among the 22 students enrolled in this year's Jazz Institute at Keystone College and reflected on the ways he has helped influence dozens of musicians.
07/05/2011
The Times-Tribune
The second straight former Poet Laureate to attend "The Gathering," following Billy Collins' appearance last year, Mr. Kooser will be the featured speaker on Saturday, July 16, and on Sunday, July 17, he'll participate in a conversation with Ms. Cooper, an English-born author living in America whose work often reflects feelings of homesickness.
06/24/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Eric Frazier checked and rechecked his bike Thursday morning as he waited for the start of a 120-mile journey that traces the path of a local baseball legend.
06/22/2011
Scranton Times-Tribune
June 22, 2011
05/24/2011
WBRE-TV - Watch Video
2011 grad Nicole Kaspar will volunteer her time in tornado ravaged Joplin, Missouri to help with disaster relief.
05/22/2011
The Sunday Times
Northeast Woman: Dunmore's April Guse follows muse along related career paths
April Guse isn't afraid to try new things. The 25-year-old Dunmore resident has worn many hats in her life: actor, singer, publicist, producer and writer.
05/22/2011
The Sunday Times
Gabe Torres' single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Roberto Santana from second base with the winning run Saturday and Keystone College rallied past Cortland State, 5-4, to win the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament at Auburn, N.Y.
05/22/2011
The Sunday Times
Keystone College celebrated its 140th commencement during ceremonies Saturday on at Bailey Field. Degrees were conferred upon 339 students.
05/09/2011
Scranton Times-Tribune
On her birthday, Dorothy Gaughan of Swaresville wanted to see stars - and a few planets, too. She and her family, including her husband, Sean, and son, Conner, attended Keystone College's Thomas G. Cupillari Observatory on Saturday night for an event that celebrated national Astronomy Day.
04/21/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
The Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit sponsored its fifth annual Regional Pennsylvania Middle School Computer Fair on Wednesday at Keystone College. Seventy-four students from 10 middle schools in the region competed.
04/20/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
An official from the Lackawanna County Prison visited Keystone College on Tuesday and recruited about 50 students into a gang.
04/15/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
The suspension bridge bounced above the creek as the first-graders bounded across to the trail.
04/13/2011
Wyoming County Press Examiner
Take a Keystone College instructor, toss her into the world of Tunkhannock Area Middle School art students for two months, and what do you get?
03/31/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Showing early promise are art students from Keystone College, who will present their collective works in an exhibit titled "Side by Side" at two downtown galleries Friday: Afa Gallery at 514 Lackawanna Ave., and across the street, - hence, the exhibit name - at ArtWorks Gallery and Studio at 503 Lackawanna Ave. The opening reception will be 6 to 9 p.m.
02/17/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Ellen Fallon can't believe how time has flown.
02/09/2011
WBRE-TV - Watch Video
Months after an animal shelter in Lackawanna County said it was in financial despair, its community has come together in a big way.
01/12/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
About 350 students from 11 area high schools converged at Keystone College on Tuesday to compete in the regional Future Business Leaders of America conference.
01/12/2011
The Scranton Times-Tribune
There are few things more utilitarian than a rain barrel. But transform a dull, 55-gallon barrel into a work of art, and Nikki Moser thinks there is the potential to inspire people to take a broader, more rounded view of their place in the world - and how we need to care for it.
12/16/2010
The Scranton Times-Tribune
With a week's worth of exams to prepare for, Keystone College biology/chemistry major Isabel Castro has given little thought to Christmas. But on Wednesday, she found herself getting into the holiday spirit as she wrapped dozens of presents bound for senior centers and nursing homes across the region.
12/09/2010
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Bracelets that a Keystone College sophomore designed to raise money for the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter have been selling quickly since word of the nonprofit shelter's financial difficulties spread last week.
12/09/2010
Rocket Courier
Letter to the Editor: As a recent graduate of Elk Lake High School, I thought it was extremely important to the current parents and students that I pass along my experience with the dual enrollment program offered.
12/03/2010
The Scranton Times-Tribune
Members of the Keystone College community gathered to honor the donors and recipients of 138 donor-funded 2010-2011 scholarships at a luncheon on campus.
11/11/2010
WBRE News, on the PA Homepage
Keystone College honored members of the Keystone College community who are currently serving in the armed forces at held its sixth annual Veterans Day Luncheon on campus.
09/23/2010
Campus Technology
The right combination of wireless network hardware and network access control software has freed the IT crew at this small college to focus on user demands other than access problems.
