An environmental engineering major, a sustainability management minor, a mine reclamation intern, an Eagle Scout, a Bonner Leader, a director and producer for WilkesNOW, a bassist, a drummer and a scare actor walk into a professor’s office. The professor says, “Hi, Ian.” All kidding aside, the amount of course work, …
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As a science fiction fan, James Cousins is well-versed in the concept of an alternate timeline — a version of reality where one event or choice has radically changed the future. In another version of his story, Cousins might have decided on a career in urban planning. “I would be …
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Ready to go back to high school? Under the direction of Sean Patrick Gibbons, assistant professor of theatre, when the cast and crew of Speech & Debate take the audience back to 2006, it’s not for a reunion, but a reckoning. Speech & Debate, written by Stephen Karam, a Tony …
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Robert Dean Johnson’s work life has taken him from Disneyland to ad agencies to the college classroom to the Bluegrass Writers Studio. In the latest plot twist, Johnson has stepped into the role of director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. While he’s only been on campus …
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Wilkes University has been awarded $200,000 in funding through the Statewide Local Share Account program to purchase equipment and technology for an enhanced, state-of-the-art Nursing Simulation Center. “This investment will help prepare the next generation of nurses at a time when healthcare providers across Pennsylvania face unprecedented staffing challenges,” says …
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At one time, Erica Roszko dreamed of becoming a real-life Clarice Starling, the determined FBI trainee in the 90s thriller Silence of the Lambs. Though she visited the FBI headquarters in Quantico, Virginia, Roszko followed a different career path. Now, she brings the skills developed through work in higher education, …
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Lauren O’Dell, assistant professor of philosophy, has made a career out of questions. She received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and went on to earn her master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Kentucky. O’Dell served as a lecturer at …
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Amy Yanagitsuru’s curiosity about why animals do what they do led her to a career in biology. A lingering question from her doctoral research led to a prestigious fellowship and an opportunity for Wilkes students to take part in the Maine event — studying Atlantic puffins at a seabird colony …
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Wilkes University Theatre recently announced its 2026-27 season, and the slate of shows promises love, laughs, lust, scandal, sightseeing and Shakespeare. Speech & Debate | Oct. 8-11 The season opens with the scandal at the heart of Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam, a Tony Award-winning playwright raised in Scranton, …
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Sydney Allabaugh ’25 wrote her own strong story as a communications and media studies major at Wilkes University. As the editor-in-chief of The Beacon newspaper and director of the Wilkes Now TV news show, she gained hands-on experience that complemented her stellar work in the classroom. “Co-curriculars definitely helped me …