Coming to see basketball legend, activist, author and humanitarian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar deliver the Rosenn Lecture on Sunday at Wilkes? He will speak about “Becoming Kareem” in a conversation with University President Patrick F. Leahy on Sunday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. in the McHale Athletic Center in the University Center…
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Renowned chemist, Geraldine Richmond, Ph.D., presidential chair in science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, will deliver Wilkes University’s Catherine H. Bone lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 17. She will speak at 7 p.m. in Stark Learning Center, room 101. Richmond will deliver the lecture “Mulling Over Emulsions:…
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Women’s empowerment from an educational and humanitarian perspective will be the topic when Wilkes University hosts its United Nations Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Patience Stephens, former director and special advisor on education at United Nations Women, an organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, will…
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Wilkes senior Romeo Rosario marches to the beat of his own drum—and now he’s leading other students as the head drum major of the Marching Colonels. “With music, it’s been part of my life since I was young. Being Puerto Rican…I’ve grown up with music and it’s probably led me…
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First-year and transfer students were welcomed into the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership family during a celebration on Sept. 18. The event was hosted by Sidhu School Dean Abel Adekola, who gave welcoming remarks. Faculty, staff, current students and graduate students shared their experiences with the new students…
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Wilkes University welcomes alumni back to campus for Homecoming Weekend 2018. The event, held Oct. 5 to 7, celebrates old friends, new memories and exciting campus improvements. Festivities will begin with the Gateway to the Future capital campaign kickoff on Friday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m at the McHale Athletic…
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The 26th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Alicia Upano of Wahiawa, Hawai‘i, for her novel titled Big Music. The competition is co-sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and the James Jones Literary Society. The first runner-up…
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Wilkes University students will complete internships as part of their academic work in fall semester 2018. Internships complement academic work, provide students with practical experience in their field of study and prepare them to enter careers. Students participating in Wilkes’ internship program, from left to right, first row, are: Summer…
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Sincavage is among seven national awardees of the foundation Heather Sincavage, director of the Sordoni Art Gallery and assistant professor of art at Wilkes University, is one of seven artists and artistic organizations from around the country recognized for artistic achievement by the Tanne Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to…
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The state-of-the-art engineering facility in Stark Learning Center is named in honor of local business leaders Randy and Robin Mark Wilkes University’s newest facility, the Mark Engineering Center, officially opened with a dedication ceremony on Sept. 14. The dedication is the culmination of a 16-month, $8 million renovation to the…