Budgeting can help you navigate your way to affording the vacation of your dreams with going into to debt or save to buy a first home. That was the message Marianne Rexer, professor of accounting the Sidhu School of Business and Leadership, shared with young alumni and recent graduates in …
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SHINE of Luzerne County at Wilkes University is bringing the summer camp experience directly to the homes of elementary and middle school students who participate in the after-school program. SHINE is offering a virtual summer camp with weekly themed activities that include hands-on STEAM-based projects and physical activity. The camp, …
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Wilkes University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 has announced the commissioning of officers in the Class of 2020. Ten graduating students received the rank of 2nd lieutenant in the United States Air Force. The newly commissioned officers earned bachelor’s degrees at Wilkes University in May 2020. The newly commissioned officers and …
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Wilkes was named a tier 1 university by Educate To Career in its 2020 college rankings. Wilkes University was ranked as a tier one institution in the latest rankings by Educate To Career. The rankings recognize a school’s ability to “offer a quality education under any conceivable scenario: in-classroom, online and …
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Students in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing are used to working in the virtual world. During the semester, they attend classes and work one-on-one with their mentors online. But in the hybrid program, students also complete two in-person residencies on the Wilkes campus in January and June …
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After earning her undergraduate degree at Wilkes, Sara Pisak ’16 has continued on in the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Program at Wilkes. She will complete her MFA in nonfiction this year. Her Bichon Frise Ditto has accompanied her on every step of her Wilkes journey. Writing is a solitary occupation, …
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Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the June 2020 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, will be available for free to the public virtually via online videos. The series features alumni, guests and creative program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, …
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Jay S. Sidhu MBA ’73, chairman and CEO of Customers Bancorp, Customers Bank, BankMobile – a division of Customers Bank, and BankMobile Technologies, offered insights about how to survive and thrive in the economic climate brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sidhu’s remarks were delivered as part of the Wilkes …
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Wilkes University senior Moustafa Almeky apologizes because his voice is hoarse when he joins an interview on Zoom. Although he might appear to be losing his voice, Almeky has actually found it as he’s become a vocal part of recent protests against racial injustice. He has been an ally to …
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Under a new model, Wilkes-Barre’s downtown institutions will start and end their fall semesters early. Wilkes University and King’s College today announced plans to welcome students back to their respective campuses for in-person instruction this fall. The institutions will start their fall semesters one week early, on Monday, Aug. 24, and …