Wilkes University is once again ranked among national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges ranking of American colleges and universities. Wilkes stands at 288 among 436 national universities in the 2025 report. This is the 21st consecutive year Wilkes has been recognized by U.S. News and World …
For Ashley Gangaware ’24, coming to Wilkes was like coming home — in more ways than one. Gangaware found a home — and multiple families — during her Wilkes career. When Ashley Gangaware first came to the Wilkes campus from her home in Ohio, there was a strong sense of …
Wilkes University hosted its annual Homecoming weekend on Friday, Sept. 27-29, 2024. Hundreds of alumni arrived in WIlkes-Barre to attend the weekend’s plethora of festivities that provided nostalgic ground for memories to be harvested and for new memories to be planted. The weekend opened with student-led walking tours where alumni …
Gina Zanolini Morrison, professor of global cultures, plans to retire in August of 2025, but shows no signs of slowing down her academic pursuits. Instead, she’s using her Fulbright Scholar award to put a different spin on her research in hopes of reaching new audiences with her play, The Women …
Wilkes University’s Maslow Graduate Program in Creative Writing and the James Jones Literary Society have named two fellows in their James Jones First Novel competition. For the first time since the James Jones First Novel Fellowship was established in 1992, judges have selected two writers rather than one to jointly …
Class is in session as Wilkes University Theatre presents Kimberly Belflower’s riveting comedy/drama John Proctor Is the Villain, running Oct. 3-6, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Under the direction of Alison Morooney, assistant professor of theatre, John Proctor Is …
Wilkes University will hold its annual Homecoming Weekend on Sept. 27 – 29, 2024, including its annual Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 28. Over 400 students and their families will be together on campus, mingling with over 400 of our alumni, faculty and staff as they all take part in …
Greg Cant, Ph.D. was named the seventh president of the University in December 2019 and assumed official duties in May 2020. The renewal will extend his tenure through 2029. Wilkes University’s Board of Trustees has announced the renewal of President Greg Cant’s contract for another five year term. “Greg has …
Club Day Student Government and the Office of Student Life and Success showcased activities on campus on Sept. 5, with a student favorite: Club Day! Students lined the lawn with posters, swag and chatter to catch up with old friends and potential recruits (aka members). Clubs give students a chance …
Wilkes University’s AFROTC Detachment 752 will host the Third Annual Kisses to Cancer 5K on Saturday, Sept. 28. The Homecoming weekend 5K honors Major Candice Adams Ismirle, an alumna of Wilkes University, who passed away from triple negative breast cancer in 2016. The race begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, …