Wilkes University Theatre invites audience members to fall in love with Sweet Charity at 8 p.m. on Feb. 23, 24 and 25, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 25 and 26, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. Sweet Charity, with a book…
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Nicholas Antolick, a junior political science major at Wilkes University, was awarded a 2022 Norton Writer’s Prize for his essay, “Learn to Be Nice: How Aristotle Offers a Solution to Rape Culture.” Antolick crafted the essay during his fall 2021 English composition class with Mischelle Anthony, associate professor of English.…
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The Wilkes University English Department will open the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series with a reading by Zakes Mda at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Kirby Hall Salon. Mda is a South African and American-African Appalachian writer, painter and music composer. He has published 24…
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James is a 2006 graduate of the Maslow Graduate Creative Writing program and 2015 winner of the Man Booker Prize. The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing will host the Maslow Winter Reading Series at Wilkes University from Jan. 7 to 12. Held in cooperation with the Creative Writing…
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Five Wilkes University students have been selected to perform with the 75th Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band from March 10-12, 2023, at Commonwealth University at Mansfield. Featuring student musicians from colleges and universities across the state, the organization is the oldest continuously performing intercollegiate band in the nation. Wilkes students named to…
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Wilkes University’s School of Education honored alumni with Celebration of Education Awards recognizing each recipient’s outstanding contributions on campus and in the community. The awards represent the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels of study available to education students at Wilkes and help commemorate American Education Week. The following educators were…
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Wilkes University Theatre invites audience members to join the March sisters for a musical retelling of Little Women at 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, 18, and 19, and 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20 at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Little Women is based on…
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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…