Senior Ashley Abbey found her way to Wilkes University while taking a college tour road trip with her family. While checking out universities along her route from her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., Abbey quickly fell in love with the University. Now the marketing and management double major is spreading the …
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Three Wilkes University students were awarded the Dr. Joseph Donald Stephens, DDS Global Scholars Award. The award provides students with scholarships to enhance their education via study abroad opportunities. The award was established by Panos Kalaritis, a member of Wilkes University’s Class of 1977, and his wife, Deborah Stephens Kalaritis, …
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Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the January 2020 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, features alumni, guests and program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, as guest readers. Readings are held nightly from Jan. 5-9, 2020. The series kicks off …
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Greg Cant, Ph.D. will join Wilkes in June 2020. Wilkes University’s Board of Trustees announced today that Greg Cant will be the University’s seventh president. Cant, currently serving as the dean of the Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University in New Jersey, will join Wilkes effective June 15, …
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The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University ushered in the holiday season with a cookie decorating event. Armed with icing, sprinkles and other tasty decorations, students turned sweater-shaped cookies into works of edible art. And just in case the cookies seemed too pretty to eat, there were extra sugar cookies …
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As part of an on-going series introducing campus departments and the people who work there, News@Wilkes looks at members of the Admissions Department. Meet admissions counselor, Maureen Iskra ’10. What do you do in your job as an admissions counselor? Depends on the season! Fall involves traveling to high schools and …
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It wasn’t enough for Wilkes University junior and Argentina native, Juan Astegiano, to spend his high school years in the States at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa. When Astegiano began his college search, he once again included institutions in the United States. Now at Wilkes, the triple major in political …
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The first doctor of education student participating in Wilkes University’s low-residency program in Dubai has successfully defended his research. Dr. Martin Thomas examined the relationship between teacher use of mobile apps for home-school communication and parent motivations for involvement in their child’s schooling. The study included data from 10 different international schools …
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As part of an on-going series introducing campus departments and the people who work there, News@Wilkes looks at members of the Admissions Department. Meet associate director of transfer and graduate students, Lauren Leighton. What do you do? I work with students who are interested in transferring in as a nursing or education major. Aside from these traditional …
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Wilkes University and the Illumination Early Learning Center have partnered to advance the preparation of future teachers. Wilkes early childhood education students will conduct field experiences at the center. In addition, select Wilkes undergraduate early childhood education classes will be taught at the center, allowing immediate hands-on learning within the …