Students Serve Communities During Spring Break

Twenty-one University of Scranton students participated in spring break service trips offered by the University’s Center for Service and Social Justice. The students helped to build and renovate homes and assist women and children experiencing homelessness at service projects in Los Angles, California, Martin, Kentucky and Juticalpa, Honduras.

The following students went to Los Angles, California to work with Homeboy Industries and Dolores Mission:

Erin Burch, Harleysville, a psychology major;

Abigail Casal, South Abington Township, an early and primary teacher education major;

Stefania Gomes, Staten Island, New York, a nursing major;

Cassidy Morganstern, Staten Island, New York, a counseling and human services major;

Samuel Peters, West Hartford, Connecticut, a theology and religious studies and philosophy major;

Ousmane Thiam, Dumont, New Jersey, a kinesiology major;

Maria Vyzaniaris, Furlong, a neuroscience major.

University graduate assistant Brooke McNabola ’24, Wallingford, Connecticut, and Christian Krokus, Ph.D., professor of theology and religious studies, served as chaperones.

Read more about the service trip to Honduras in this student story published in Royal News.

The following students went to Martin, Kentucky to work with the Christian Appalachian Project:

Brooke Dodge, Hackettstown, New Jersey, an occupational therapy major;

Zoe Honney, Scranton, a cybercrime and homeland security major;

Isabelle Kostiak, Ransom Township, an advertising/public relations and sociology major;

Theodore Krokus, Scranton, a history major;

Angelo Ledda, Bronx, New York, a computer science major;

Michael Peterson, North Wales, an environmental science major;

Morgan Tullio, Olyphant, a biochemistry major;

Regan Welsh, Philadelphia, an occupational therapy major;

Brian White, Brooklyn, New York, a biology and philosophy major.

University graduate assistant Isabella Wohlleber ’24, Hazleton, and Richard O’Hara, faculty specialists for the Accounting Department, served as chaperones.

The following students went to Juticalpa, Honduras to work with Olancho Aid Foundation:

Jack Burke, Scranton, a psychology major;

James Gammello, Hellertown, a criminal justice and history major;

Angelina Guido, Nashua, New Hampshire, a biology major;

Corinne Langowski, Delran, New Jersey, a communication sciences and disorders major;

Sara Wynne, Staten Island, New York, a forensic chemistry major.

Brian Snee, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and media, Amy Hoegan, campus minister for retreats, and Avianna Carilli, coordinator of domestic and international service trips, served as chaperones.