Wilkes University kicks off the 2023-24 academic year with Welcome Weekend, Aug. 24 to 27. The weekend of events is a prelude to the start of classes on Monday, Aug. 28. Welcome Weekend Wilkes student-athletes, resident assistants and staff came together to help first-year and transfer students move in on …
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In recognition of 50 years of arts, culture and community, the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University will open the 2023-24 season by featuring the life and work of Wilkes-Barre native Rose O’Neill. The One Rose: Celebrating The Life and Legacy of Rose O’Neill will be displayed from Aug. 25 …
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Labs and classrooms across campus were filled with 110 budding biologists, engineers, doctors, pharmacists, geneticists and anthropologists during the annual WEBS (Women Empowered By Science) summer camp hosted from July 24 – 28. Wilkes faculty and students across the sciences, math, computer science and engineering disciplines joined forces to create …
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As an English and psychology double major, Drew Haritos spends plenty of time pondering words and their meanings. When she’s not in class, Haritos serves as a peer consultant at the Writing Center, executive editor for Manuscript literary magazine and an intern for Etruscan Press. She’s also a member of …
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“Are they willing to put the work in?” That’s the question Linda Gutierrez, professor of biology, asks herself when students express an interest in a career in medicine. Through his hard work in class and in the lab, she’s sure the answer for Isaias Torres is YES. “That is the …
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The international Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) named Wilkes University to its 2023 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of its service, support and friendliness to transfer students. The Transfer Honor Roll is measured by 40 key metrics related to the support and success of transfer students, including college cost …
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Wilkes University will host the third annual LitFest, sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, from June 17 to 22 as part of the program’s annual June residency. The celebration of the written word features literary readings and book signings from program alumni, faculty and guest artists. …
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The Creative Center for the Arts will feature the world premiere of “A Ticket to the Circus” by playwright Bonnie Culver. Directed by Michelle Danner and starring Anne Archer, the one-woman show is based on the memoir of the same name by Norris Church Mailer, the sixth and last wife …
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Tyler Dragon, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, will graduate from Wilkes with a double major in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, but he didn’t spend all of his time in the lab. His passion for percussion earned him a spot in the 75th Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band, which performed this spring at Commonwealth …
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Wilkes University recently named Cristina Spradlin of Exeter, Pa., as the recipient of the Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year Award for 2023. Spradlin will graduate on Saturday, May 20, with a bachelor of arts in psychology. While Spradlin initially attended college after graduating from Wyoming Area, a change in …