Wilkes University is thrilled to announce a transformative gift of $1 million from William Bush, a dedicated advocate for education and community engagement. This generous contribution will bolster the Bonner Leader Program and the Wilkes Fund, reinforcing our commitment to fostering student leadership and civic involvement. With a strong background …
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New Agreement Streamlines Path to Engineering Bachelor’s Degree at Wilkes University and Offers Scholarships to NCC Students Wilkes University and Northampton Community College (NCC) announced a new partnership to align their curricula for engineering students, creating a seamless transfer pathway for students pursuing an associate of science degree in engineering …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Nancy E. Levinger, professor of chemistry at Colorado State University, will deliver the Catherine H. Bone Lecture in Chemistry at Wilkes University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Stark Learning Center 105. Levinger’s lecture, “Save the Plants! Visualizing Cryoprotectant Permeation and Location Confined in Plant Cells and Tissues,” …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …