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Ceremony Moves to New Location in McHale Athletic Center of University Center on Main Wilkes University is expected to award nearly 800 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at its 71st spring commencement ceremonies on May 19. The ceremony for graduate students receiving doctoral and master’s degrees will be held at 10…

Wilkes senior Michelle Lehman is graduating with more than a diploma. The marketing major in the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership has earned $10,000 and $100,000 in in-kind services as the winner of the collegiate division in the annual TecBRIDGE annual business plan competition. Lehman was announced…

Three Wilkes University students received a scholarship opportunity to study abroad this summer in Spain. Gabriel Velez, Madison Trauger and Cassie Oldt, received the Dr. Joseph Donald Stephens, DDS Global Scholars Award. The Dr. Joseph Donald Stephens, DDS Global Scholars Award provides students with scholarships to pursue their education in…

Students from the Wilkes University Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership presented their research at the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference. The conference was held April 12 through the 14 at Renaissance Hotel in Providence, R.I.  Nine undergraduate and graduate students presented research. Attending the conference were faculty…

Wilkes University student, Danielle McGlynn of Langhorne, Pa., received a scholarship for a summer study abroad experience in Spain. McGlynn was awarded the Cultural Study Abroad Award, sponsored by Eric Pape, an alumnus of Wilkes University. She will study in Madrid, Barcelona and surrounding regions this July. Along with the…

“Of Fire, Floods and Penguins: Earth Observations and Their Use in Public Policy” will be the focus of the annual Kimball Lecture on April 19 at Wilkes University. It will be presented by Ann Bartuska, a 1975 Wilkes graduate and vice president for the Land, Water and Nature Program at…

Wilkes University pharmacy student, Dylan Fox, was named a top ten finalist for the 2018 National Patient Counseling Competition. He was recognized at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting held March 16 to 19 in Nashville, Tenn. Fox, who is only a second-year pharmacy student in the four-year program, was…

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has rescheduled his appearance at Wilkes University’s Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities. The lecture, originally scheduled for April 29, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in the University’s McHale Athletic Center, 169 S. Main St. Registration will open June 1.…

Wilkes University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death with an event on April 5. The event, sponsored in collaboration with the Campus Interfaith office and the office of Diversity Affairs, will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Henry Student Center Ballroom, 84…

The match rate in the Nesbitt School of Pharmacysurpasses the national average   Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy continues to match pharmacy students seeking residency training at a rate above the national average. Eighty-one percent of students and alumni from Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy were successfully matched…