Around Town

The most exciting forum at Scranton for the on-line learner is that we get to join in whatever is going on at the school. We are able to participate in many schoolwide functions, ideas, contests, and exchanges, which are always made assessable to us.

On campus offers movies nights, comedians, concerts on weekends and weekday nights. There are plenty of restaurants, convenience stores, pharmacies, a mall and movie theater etc within walking distance from campus. There's is also beautiful Nay Park up the street which has a nature path, picnic areas and a gorge with a waterfall.

Scranton is a small city with a lot of things to do. There are a lot of restaurants nearby. There is a mall within walking distance of the school. Dickson city, a town close by, has a bowling alley, another mall, more restaurants and a movie theater.

If you're into drinking and partying, there's a ton to do on weekends. Scranton tries to provide alternative activities, but people are usually so busy partying that they don't show up to the activities. A lot of times when I go it's virtually just me, two or three of my friends, and the people running the event.

Go into town, ski, or go visit Dickson City.

The U provides a pretty good amount of on-campus entertainment throughout the week and on weekends. The university's programming board tries very hard to get quality and varied entertainment in for students and works to get students to attend. However, while this school may not be considered a party school by some, there is a high prevalence of partying on the weekends.

This may be Scranton's big draw back. The city of Scranton got hit hard by the recession and local business and entertainment has been decreased. However, The University always has events planned during the week and week ends for your entertainment. The U is also very well known for their parties.

Most people like to go to parties on The Hills on the weekends. If you don't want to do that the school offers a lot of Late Night activities that you can do. They show movies not yet on DVD, karaoke, comedians, bands and a lot more. They are good at creating alternative things that you can go to if you do not like to drink.

There are many events that go on at Scranton. They occur very often, too. Sometimes a carnival comes around, the next there's live performances, and one time a laser tag set up was here!

lots of great live music in scranton, skiing and snoboarding really close