Members of the Wilkes University football team were practicing at Artillery Park on an October day in 1967 when the weather turned nasty. As practice ended, the players clambered down the steps, grumbling about having to play in a chilling mix of rain and sleet. Suddenly a man walking among …
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A town hall meeting to discuss racial violence and injustice was organized on June 18 by Wilkes University’s Multicultural Student Coalition and the Office of Diversity Affairs in what will be the first in a series of initiatives to raise awareness and educate the campus community. The meeting, which was …
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Two students in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University were awarded scholarships. The scholarship awards were announced during the creative writing program’s June residency, which was held virtually. The two students receiving scholarships are: Wayne Benson of Easton Pa. was awarded the Jennifer Diskin Memorial Scholarship. Benson, who …
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More than 100 middle and high school girls received a special delivery from the Women Empowered by Science (WEBS) program at Wilkes University. A team of seven Wilkes students who are group leaders in the program’s popular summer camp took to the road to present past program participants with lawn …
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Sydney Lovett has been awarded the first Wilkes University/Weis Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Residency. The residency, awarded to a doctor of pharmacy graduate in the first post-graduate year, is a comprehensive experience for Doctor of Pharmacy graduates to develop and implement patient care programs in a community pharmacy setting. Lovett will …
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Wilkes University has announced faculty who have earned promotion and been awarded tenure. The faculty member receiving promotion is: Donald Mencer was promoted to professor of chemistry. Mencer joined Wilkes University in 2001 and was tenured in 2005. During his time at the University, Mencer has served as chair and co-chair of the Chemistry and …
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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 …