{"id":227703,"date":"2026-06-25T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227703\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:08:12","slug":"local-high-school-students-graduate-from-university-of-success-scranton-times-tribune-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227703\/","title":{"rendered":"Local high school students graduate from University of Success \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton\u2019s University of Success class of 2026 members recently gathered as they prepared to graduate from high school. The University of Success is a fully funded, four-year, pre-college mentorship program that assists first-generation, college-bound students in successfully completing high school and confidently advancing to the next part of their careers. From left, first row: Elany Nunez, West Scranton, to Lehigh University; Vishwa Gandhi, Riverside, to the U of S; Emily McDonald, Wyoming Valley West, to Luzerne County Community College; and Layla Weeks, Abington Heights, to the U of S. Second row: Yadhira Paromo, West Scranton, to the U of S; Lucianna Gonzalez, Abington Heights, to Liberty University; K\u2019lea Palukonis, Abington Heights, to the University of Pittsburgh; Sophia Chen, Delaware Valley, to Penn State; and Corey Condon, Dunmore, to Marywood University. Third row: Royli Jesus Ayala, West Scranton, to Loyola University; Engel Ovalles, West Scranton, to Marywood; Juan Ramos, West Scranton, to the U of S; Elias Rios, West Scranton, to the U of S; and Nmesoma Clare Udoye, Scranton, to Howard University. Fourth row: Luis Angel Espino, West Scranton, to Misericordia University. Absent from photo: Brandon Sanchez, West Scranton, to gap year and business entrepreneurship; Trent Coffield, Commonwealth Cyber School, to Harrisburg University; and Joshua Miranda, Cyber School Scranton, to art pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s University of Success class of 2026 members recently gathered as they prepared to graduate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[524,201,182,803,28,727,4399,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-227703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-community","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-pike-county","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}