The LCCC Alumni Association will meet on Tuesday, April 18 and Tuesday, June 13, at 5 p.m., at the Educational Conference Center.

The Luzerne County Community College Alumni Association will hold the 25th annual Flea Market and Collectibles Show on Saturday, June 10, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the College's Educational Conference Center parking lot.

The flea market will consist of collectibles, flea market items, crafts, direct sales vendors, and food vendors. The event also will feature a Hi-Lites Motor Club car cruise from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Technology Center parking lot.

The event is free and open to the public. Proceeds benefit Alumni Association student programs. Rain date is Sunday, June 11.

For more information, or to obtain an application to participate in the flea market, contact the LCCC Alumni Office at 570-740-0734 or blauer@luzerne.edu.

The 41st Annual Suzanne Maria Rossetti Memorial Juried Art Show Winners' Exhibit will be held at the LCCC Schulman Gallery beginning Sunday, March 5 through Wednesday, April 12. The exhibit features artwork by students in grades 7 through12 from the Back Mountain, Tunkhannock, and Northwest areas. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, March 5, from 1 to 4 p.m., with tours of the LCCC Art Department at 2 and 2:45 p.m. A presentation of special awards will be held in the James T. Atherton Gymnasium, at 4 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery also will be open on Saturday, March 18 and Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to noon. The annual exhibit is sponsored by Joe and Sue Hand.

The Career Services Office will hold the following Career Fairs:

March 28: Nursing and Dental Career Fair - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center

March 31: Surgical Technology and Respiratory Therapy Career Fair - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center

April 3: Nursing Career Fair - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Northumberland Center

April 5: Trades and Technology Career Fair - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Classes End for the Spring Semester on Friday, May 5. Final Exams will be held from Saturday, May 6 through Friday, May 12.

The College will be closed on Friday, May 26 and Monday, May 29.

A community egg hunt will be held on Thursday, April 6, at 10 a.m., at the Luzerne County Community College Greater Susquehanna Center.

The egg hunt will include candy and prizes for children ages three to eight, and all children under age three will receive a cupcake.

The egg hunt is free and open to the public. For more information, call the LCCC Greater Susquehanna Center at 570-740-0296.

The deadline for nominations for Graduation Awards is Friday, April 7.

The deadline for faculty and staff orders for Commencement attire is Friday, April 7.

The deadline for scholarship applications is Sunday, April 30.

ABLAZE!, the Digital Journal of Writing at LCCC, is accepting submissions for its spring 2023 issue. Genres include poems, short stories, features, and research essays. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, April 23. To make a submission, send from your LCCC email account; address to ablaze@luzerne.edu; place your full name and work's title in subject line; save your work as a Word document (.doc or .docx only -- NO .pdf or .pages files); and attach your file.

The deadline for submissions for the Student Art Exhibit is Monday, April 17.

The delivery date for the Alumni Candy Sale will be on Friday, March 31.

The Luzerne County Community College Alumni Association and Dental Health department from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences at the Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center at LCCC will hold the 24th Annual Dental Health Alumni Day on Friday, May 12, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the College's Educational Conference Center.

Featured speakers will include Angie Yorina, RDH, MS, PHDHP, who will discuss "Nutrition and Dentition" and Eva Grayzel, who will present "Fortune and Misfortune: A Story NOT Silenced by Stage IV Oral Cancer." The program is intended for all graduates of LCCC's dental programs, however, all medical professional including dentists are welcome to attend.

For more information, or to obtain a listing of registration fees, contact the LCCC Alumni Office at 570-740-0734 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7734 or email blauer@luzerne.edu or go to www.luzerne.edu/alumni/dental health.

Luzerne County Community College will offer courses during its eight-week summer session.

Classes begin on Monday, June 19 and end on Wednesday, August 9. Final exams will be held on Thursday, August 10.

Registration for the eight-week summer session will be held from Monday, June 12 through Friday, June 16 and on Monday, June 19 and Tuesday, June 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Registrar's Office.

For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0340 or 570-740-0337 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7340 or 7337 or go to www.luzerne.edu.

Luzerne County Community College will offer courses during its eleven-week summer session.

Classes begin on Wednesday, May 31 and end on Friday, August 4. Final exams will be held from Monday, August 7 through Thursday, August 10.

Registration for the eleven-week summer session will be held from Monday, May 22 through Wednesday, May 24 and from Tuesday, May 30 through Thursday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Registrar's Office.

For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0340 or 570-740-0337 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7340 or 7337 or go to www.luzerne.edu.

Luzerne County Community College will offer courses during its four-week first summer session.

Classes begin on Wednesday, May 31 and end on Wednesday, June 28. Final exams will be held on Thursday, June 29.

Registration for the four-week first summer session will be held from Monday, May 22 through Wednesday, May 24 and on Tuesday, May 30 and Wednesday, May 31, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Registrar's Office.

For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0340 or 570-740-0337 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7340 or 7337 or go to www.luzerne.edu.

Luzerne County Community College will hold an information night for its health sciences programs on Wednesday, May 10, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center.

Information regarding the College's nursing, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, dental hygiene, Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA), and emergency medical services programs from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences will be available as well as information on enrollment procedures, tuition, and financial aid. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to meet with faculty members to discuss educational and career opportunities and to tour the center.

The open house also will include the unveiling of a 50th Anniversary banner which will be used to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LCCC nursing program in September.

The information night is free and open to the public. For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0340 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7340.

Holiday Recess - College Closed from Friday, April 7 through Monday, April 10.

The Honors Luncheon will be held on Thursday, April 27, at 11 a.m., at the Educational Conference Center.

Luzerne County Community College will hold an information night for its hospitality and culinary programs on Wednesday, April 12, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the College's Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute.

Information regarding the College's pastry arts management and culinary arts programs will be available and tours of the Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute will be given. Information also will be provided on enrollment procedures, tuition, and financial aid and those in attendance will have the opportunity to meet with faculty members to discuss educational and career opportunities.

The information night is free and open to the public. For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0501 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7501.

The Luzerne County Community College Dental Department and the Northeast Pennsylvania Dental Hygiene Association (NPDHA) will hold a Kids' Dental Day on Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the LCCC Benco Dental Clinic at the Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center in Nanticoke.

The program is for children ages three to 17, and will include free dental exams, free sealants, free dental x-rays, free oral hygiene instruction, free fluoride treatments, and free dental health supplies.

LCCC dental students from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences will provide dental health information and prizes for children at several dental stations.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment to participate, call the LCCC dental department at 570-740-0446 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7446.

The Student Life Office and Athletic Office will hold March Madness Competitions at 11 a.m., at the James T. Atherton Gymnasium.

March 8: Hot Shot Competition

March 10: Skills Competition

March 13: Three Point Competiton

March 21: Three-Point Competition - hosted by the Business Club

March 23: Three Point Competition - hosted by the Business Club

March 24: Three Point Competition (2 p.m.)

March 31: Three-Point Competition

Luzerne County Community College will hold its 55th annual Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 25, at 6 p.m., at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Paul Pringle will be this year's Commencement speaker.

Pringle is a Los Angeles Times reporter who specializes in investigating corruption. He also is the author of Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels, a true-crime story which exposes institutional corruption. In 2019, Pringle and two colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for their work uncovering widespread sexual abuse at the University of Southern California, an inquiry that grew out of their reporting the year before on the dean of USC's medical school.

Pringle was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2009 and a member of reporting teams that won Pulitzer Prizes in 2004 and 2011. He won the George Polk Award in 2008, the same year the Society of Professional Journalists of Greater Los Angeles honored him as a distinguished journalist. Along with several colleagues, he shared in Harvard University's 2011 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting. Pringle and a Los Angeles Times colleague won the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Freedom of Information Award in 2014 and the University of Florida's Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award in 2015.

Pringle is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and California State University. He lives in Glendale, California and is a native of Luzerne County.

The Luzerne County Community College Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science Department from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences at LCCC will hold its annual Race for a Cause 5K Run/Fun Walk on Friday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m., at the College's campus in Nanticoke.

Participants can pre-register in advance or at the race. The first 60 registered participants will receive a free insulated tote bag. Registration fee is $20 per person. Awards will be given to the first overall male and female in the 5K Run. Awards also will be given to the top three finishers in the following age groups for both males and females in the 5K Run: 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and over.

For more information, or to register, contact Miranda Costa, race director, at LCCC at 570-740-0237 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7237 or mcosta@luzerne.edu.

Luzerne County Community College will offer courses during its six-week first summer session.

Classes begin on Monday, May 22 and end on Wednesday, June 28. Final exams will be held on Thursday, June 29.

Registration for the six-week first summer session will be held from Monday, May 15 through Friday, May 19 and on Monday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 23, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Registrar's Office.

For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0340 or 570-740-0337 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7340 or 7337 or go to www.luzerne.edu.

Snow Make-Up Day - No Classes unless needed on Thursday, April 6.

The Student Life Office will hold a History Talk, "Women in World War II" on Thursday, March 30, at 11 a.m., at College Hall, Room 920.

The Student Life Office will hold Stuffed Animal Making on Tuesday, March 28, at 11 a.m., at the Campus Center, third floor.

The Luzerne County Community College Wellness Committee will hold its ninth annual wellness fair on Tuesday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the College's James T. Atherton Gymnasium.

The fair will include College departments and community organizations which will provide information and demonstrations.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call LCCC at 570-740-0237 or (800) 377-LCCC, extension 7237 or email mcosta@luzerne.edu.

The Student Life Office will hold a Women's History Month Movie Series at 11 a.m., at the Campus Center, second floor.

March 3: "Captain Marvel"

March 10: "A League of Their Own"

March 17: "The Hustle"

March 24: "Battle of the Sexes"

March 31: "Erin Brockovich"