Five Wilkes University theatre majors were selected among thousands of applicants to audition at the highly selective Southeastern Theatre Conference convention in Lexington, Kentucky the first week in March. Jack Flynn of Doylestown, Kasey Karoll from Stewartstown, Madeline Meier of Mobile, Alabama, Jahel Duran-Diaz of Galloway, New Jersey and Jay’na…
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Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. and Wilkes University welcomed best-selling author, Ellen Galinsky, to the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts at Wilkes University on March 3, 2023. Galinsky presented “Learning and Thriving: Questions and Lessons Learned” to early childhood education staff at Head Start and aspiring educators…
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The unseasonably warm winter being experienced in northeast Pennsylvania has prompted questions about the impact on the pest population including ticks. Ticks belong to a group of invertebrates akin to spiders, and feed on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. Tick-borne illnesses can infect humans through…
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Colonels Are Covered, powered by Barnes & Noble College First Day Complete®, will launch this fall for matriculating undergraduate students. To help ensure a successful college experience for students, and to address the rising costs of books and course materials, Wilkes University will provide required course materials at no cost.…
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Many students, faculty and staff came out on Tuesday, February 14 to participate in the fourth annual Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon, an event held on the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass. The event, sponsored by the Wilkes University Division of Global Cultures, the Office of Diversity Affairs and the Sordoni Art…
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Wilkes students, faculty and staff gathered to honor the life of Tyre Nichols and bring awareness to his violent death. The event was hosted by the Multicultural Student Coalition at the Fenner Quadrangle near the center of campus. Kathrine Ermeus, president of the Multicultural Student Coalition, opened the program. Ermeus…
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When looking for a college, Hannah Hart of Hamilton, N.J. didn’t have to choose between her passions—she was able to pursue all of her talents and still graduate on time. As a high school student from Hamilton, N.J., Wilkes senior Hannah Hart had a dilemma. She was passionate about the…
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February is Black History Month, and Wilkes University is celebrating with a variety of lectures and events. Events are free and open to the public and presented by the Division of Global Cultures: History, Languages and Philosophy, the Center for Global Education & Diversity and the Sordoni Art Gallery. Art…
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On Thursday, Jan. 19, speaker, coach, consultant and pastor Rev. Shawn Walker spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in the Sordoni Art Gallery with an inspirational message of change honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Walker’s talk included reflections on personal experience with racism, and how we all need to move forward,…
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In recognition of her excellence in clinical practice, Dr. Kathleen Hirthler, associate professor of nursing at Wilkes University, is being honored by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® as the 2023 recipient of the AANP State Award for Excellence in Pennsylvania. Each year nurse practitioners across the nation are nominated by…