Class of 2024 Graduate Chooses Long Term Service

Mitchell W. Sporing, a member of The University of Scranton’s class of 2024 from Mount Ephraim, New Jersey, has committed to a year-long, post-graduation service project offered through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest that will take him to Juneau, Alaska.

Sporing, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in operations management, will work with the Juneau Economic Development Council as a youth robotics/STEM coordinator with their For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology (FIRST) Program. For the long-term service project, he will assist with planning and organizing K-12 youth robotics and Lego robotics tournaments throughout the state of Alaska, in addition to assisting with new team recruitment and running several summer science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) camps and events, as well as providing ongoing support to individual coaches and their teams.

Sporing was commissioned for the long-term service project at the Class of 2024 Baccalaureate Mass at the University on May 18. He also received the Croteau and Marx Family Award for Excellence in Mechanical Engineering Award at Class Night on May 17.

Pictured below are, from left, Daniel Cosacchi, Ph.D., vice president for mission and ministries, and Sporing.

Nationally recognized for its commitment to service, The University of Scranton was among just 29 elite colleges in the nation selected to the Catholic Volunteer Network’s 2020 “Top Schools for Service.” The University is also among the nation’s top producers of participants for the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

Each year, more than 2,800 Scranton students volunteer for more than 175,000 hours of service.