The Mark Engineering Center at Wilkes University was awarded the 2019 Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania. The award was granted in the building and technology systems category. Borton-Lawson Engineering, Inc. was the engineering firm for the renovation. A formal ceremony was…
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Impeachment and control will be the topic of discussion when Wilkes University’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, Sigma Pi, hosts a lecture on March 26. The lecture entitled, “The Legal and Political Checks on the President,” will feature Scott Meinke professor and chair of political science at Bucknell University and…
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Eight Wilkes University students are participating in a LEAP-AB trip to the Carolina Tiger Rescue in North Carolina. LEAP-AB stands for Leadership, Education, Advocacy, and Partnerships-Alternative Break, coined by student leaders in 2016. Students are donating their time at the tiger rescue, doing work which addresses animal welfare issues. Activities…
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Carmen Maria Machado, author of the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties, will read from her work on March 18 as part of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series at Wilkes University. The reading, hosted by the Wilkes English Department, will be at 7 p.m.…
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Rhonda Rabbitt, dean of the School of Education at Wilkes University, visited Wilkes-Barre area school district Dodson Elementary School with special guest— Wilkes University mascot, the Colonel—for Read Across America Day. Rabbitt read to an elementary class. Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually…
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The Karambelas Media and Communication Center is home of the student-run organizations, The Beacon, WCLH radio, Wilkes Now and Zebra Communications. Students can try their hand at print, radio, and broadcast media as well as control the message with the student public relations agency. Check out the behind-the-scenes tour of…
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Bryan Stevenson, attorney, human rights activist, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and author of Just Mercy, will deliver the Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities on April 14 at Wilkes University. Stevenson will speak about “American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference.” The event will be at…
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Three Wilkes University international students participated in the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Schools Global Student Conference at Cedar Crest College in Allentown on Feb. 23. The international students created posters and conducted research on global topics. International students were given the opportunity to present their research to an audience…
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Lawrence Kopenis Circulation Supervisor E.S. Farley Library 1. What do you do as the Farley Library Circulation Supervisor? As circulation supervisor I’m responsible for creating staff schedules, posting library hours, hiring work study assistants and retrieving lost and overdue books (among many other things). 2. How long have you worked…
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Wilkes University’s Sidhu School of Business and Leadership is participating in the Barron’s in Education program. The Sidhu School’s participation in the program is made possible by a sponsorship provided by Michael Hirthler, founder, president and chief executive officer of Jacobi Capital Management. In 2011 and 2012, Hirthler was named…