Award-winning writer and historian Jill Lepore will deliver the Wilkes University Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. A bestselling author, journalist and professor of history, Lepore’s books and essays explore absences …
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Judging by the awards on her shelf, 2022 has been a great year for Erica Acosta, Director of Diversity Initiatives at Wilkes University. She was honored with the 2022 Young Professionals Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion of the Year by the Elevate Young Professionals Network and the Diversity …
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For Megan Boone Valkenburg, coordinator of civic engagement, a focus on food insecurity is more than part of her job, it’s a passion. Thanks to her efforts, Wilkes University can boast its status as a food dignity game changer — with an official badge to prove it. Boone Valkenburg collaborates …
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The 31st Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Beenish Ahmed of Detroit, Michigan, for her novel titled “Every Song an Elegy.” She was selected from 584 entrants in the competition co-sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and …