{"id":295788,"date":"2026-09-28T21:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295788\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:38:07","slug":"university-of-success-welcomes-class-of-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295788\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Success Welcomes Class of 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/pcps\/leahy\/success\/success1.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">University of Success<\/a> welcomed 21 new members this past summer, beginning their developmental and educational journey through the program.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their academic, cultural and social enrichment programming in July and August, students explored topics ranging from renewable energy and sustainability to physics and environmental science. Their hands-on activities included studying the cost effectiveness of the University\u2019s solar panels, examining the energy-efficient and LEED Gold-certified Weiss Hall, building wind turbine prototypes and participating in science-focused programs at the Franklin Institute, Knoebel\u2019s Amusement Park and the Lackawanna State Park.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Success is a four-year, pre-college mentorship program that provides its participants \u2014 first-generation, college-bound high school students \u2014 with educational opportunities and support designed to help them gain admission to a college or university. It is funded entirely by corporate and foundation grants, and there is no charge to the participants or their families. The program launched in 1996 and graduated its first full class in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2026\/05\/news-u-of-success-2026.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">most recent graduating University of Success class<\/a> included 18 members, 16 of whom matriculated to colleges including The University of Scranton, Harrisburg University, Howard University, Lehigh University, Liberty University, Loyola University, Luzerne County Community College, Marywood University, Misericordia University, Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The program was spotlighted in July as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\/news\/local-news\/university-program-inspires-first-generation-students\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a WBRE news feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Success\u2019 Class of 2030 includes:<\/p>\n<p>Alisha Anderson, Old ForgeJhonai Armstead, OlyphantErik Ayala Diaz, ScrantonNasir Brown, Jr., ScrantonGeraldine Donaciano, ScrantonAngus Finnegan, Old ForgeZiannalys Lopez, ScrantonEdgar Nolasco Hernandez, Scranton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s University of Success welcomed 21 new members this past summer, beginning their developmental and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,274,42872],"class_list":["post-295788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton","tag-university-of-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295788","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=295788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}