The new status reflects a growing population of doctoral students and an increased focus on research and scholarship Wilkes University has been categorized as a doctoral university in the revised 2018 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the highest classification for institutions in the country. Of approximately 80 private …
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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 pursue their education in another country. The award was established by Panos Kalaritis, a member of the Class of 1977, and his wife, Deborah Stephens Kalaritis, a member …
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To kick-off a sweet spring semester, Wilkes President Patrick F. Leahy invited the Colonel community to join him in Weckesser Hall for complimentary coffee and donuts. The dough- lightful event took place on Jan. 6. Students who stopped by could chat with Leahy, Vice President for Student Affairs Paul Adams …
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Distinguished Authors Dave Eggers, Carmen Maria Machado and NoViolet Bulawayo To Read Their Work The Wilkes University English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Writers Series brings three distinguished writers to campus in the spring 2019 semester. Each of the writers will visit campus to read from their work and conduct …
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Wilkes University will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Thurs. Jan. 24 with an event, “Do The Right Thing.” This event has been rescheduled from the original Jan. 22 event, due to weather. Sponsored in collaboration with the Campus Interfaith office and the office of Diversity Affairs, it will …
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Wilkes University will award 386 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees when it holds its winter commencement ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 20. The event will be held at 1 p.m. in the Arnaud C. Marts Center, 274 South Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre. The commencement address will be delivered by Paul Riggs, …
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Visit the two exhibitions opening Jan. 15 at Wilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery – Peasant War and Sacred Sisters – and you’ll never guess the hours of work that went into creating the experience. Preparing for the opening required much more than pounding in a few nails to hang pictures …
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The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Peasant War and Sacred Sisters from Jan. 15 to March 1. The exhibitions offer insight into the female perspective through visual arts and poetry. During the exhibitions, the Sordoni Art Gallery will be divided into two spaces, each exhibition showing concurrently. Peasant …
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Jason Aristizabal of Lansdale, Pa., wakes up before 6 a.m. to make sure everything is neatly in place and he is ready to lead his ROTC Detachment. Aristizabal, a junior in Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 at Wilke, has his sights set on a future with the armed forces. As …
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Sarah Hoffman of York, Pa., danced soon after she learned to walk. At Wilkes University, she achieved the role of a lifetime as Clara in the University’s production of The Nutcracker even as she studies to become a math teacher. “I cried when I found out. I was overjoyed. I never dreamed …