Ready to celebrate with Colonels of today and yesterday? Wilkes homecoming weekend kicks off on Friday, Oct. 5 and concludes Sunday, Oct.7. But what happens behind the scenes? Jacqueline Lukas, manager of alumni relations, shared seven things you might not know about preparations for homecoming weekend: 750— That’s the number …
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Celebrating the role of mentors in nurturing entrepreneurial endeavors, Wilkes University’s Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship is hosting the third annual mentor breakfast honoring three executive mentors. The event will occur at 8 a.m. on Oct. 25 in the ballroom of the Henry Student Center. The …
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The negative consequences of separating children from the natural world will be explored when bestselling author, journalist and nature advocate Richard Louv speaks at Wilkes University. Louv will deliver his lecture, “The Nature Principle: Nature-Deficit Disorder, Vitamin N, and the New Nature Movement” on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in …
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Hall of Fame center, author and activist, was interviewed by Wilkes President Patrick F. Leahy for the Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities. The conversation between Leahy and Abdul-Jabbar encompassed key highlights from the athlete’s life. They included reflections on growing up in Harlem, his time …
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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 Public Safety Department. Meet communications officers Michelle Donohue and Jill Lewis, who man the communications desk in the department. In addition to facilitating calls and requests received by public …
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September is National Campus Safety month. But at Wilkes University, the Department of Public Safety makes campus safety a priority every month. Director of Public Safety Christopher Jagoe explained that the department has changed over the four years he’s been at the University, but it’s only the beginning. “When I …
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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 …