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The Center for Global Education and Diversity at Wilkes University presented its 2019 multicultural awards. The awards recognize students, faculty and staff who have supported and improved the diversity climate on campus, increased international awareness and promote cross-cultural awareness. The awards included: Global Scholar and Citizen Student Award: Senior political …

Wilkes University recognized 14 faculty and staff members at the 2019 Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness Committee (TREC) Awards Ceremony. Nine awards are presented for excellence in teaching and advising.  The recipients of this year’s awards are: Helen Davis, associate professor of English, received the Carpenter Award for Teaching. The award, …

Junior mechanical engineering major Ethan Schwartz is gaining real-world experience in the classroom as an honors program student and as the Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship  Kirby Scholar of engineering. The Northampton, Pa., native knows that hands-on experience will put him at the top when it …

Wilkes sophomore Jess Morandi, a digital design and media arts major from Wantagh, N.Y., is a familiar sight in Towers residence hall because of her four-legged roommate – Shadow, a mixed-breed dog with ancestry that includes pit bull and West Highland white terrier. Morandi, who is completing minors in sociology …

Four Wilkes University seniors presented their research as part of the Guthrie Scholars program. The presentation concludes the Guthrie Clinical semester. The presentation occurred on May 3 at Wilkes University. The students will also present their findings at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. The students and their studies are: Zoya Rahman, …

Wilkes University recognized more than 95 students, faculty and staff at the Extracurricular Awards Luncheon for their contributions to activities outside the classroom. The event was held April 25. Honored by Wilkes Student Government, Michael Steele, professor of biology was the recipient of the Faculty Choice Award.  Jill Price adventure …

The Wilkes University Theta Delta chapter of Beta Beta Beta national biological honor society has been recognized as the top chapter in the nation with the 2017-2018 Lloyd M. Bertholf Award.  The award recognizes a chapter which has best promoted the triple aims of Beta Beta Beta: scholarship, dissemination of …

In its new series, “First Year Q&A,” News@Wilkes will highlight the journeys of first-year students. Meet Andrew Kovalick Major: Biology Hometown: Dallas, Pa. Activities: Basketball, Research, Biology Club, Commuters Club, National Society of Leadership and Success Favorite class: Principles of Modern Biology II Why did you choose Wilkes? “I chose Wilkes because my whole …

Applications Are Being Sought for Position to Coordinate Program Wilkes University has received a grant that will help to bring the America Reads America Counts, Study Buddies program to the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. The University received the AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Program grant through the Campus Compact …

Wilkes University professor of political science Thomas Baldino concluded class for the final time on May 1. As left the classroom for the last time, faculty, staff and students lined the hall of Breiseth to applaud Baldino as he exited the classroom. Baldino has been an educator for more than …