Three Wilkes University students are spending part of the summer at the Toolik Lake Field Station, 170 miles north of the Arctic Circle, researching the effects of climate change on plants. The students – seniors Stephen Turner of Plains, Pa., Darrel Dech of Allentown, Pa., and Steve Forney, from Easthampton Township,…
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Family business owners can learn the keys to success at the seminar “Eleven Best Practices of Successful Family Businesses” at Wilkes University, Thursday, February 26. The event is presented by the Wilkes University Family Business Alliance. The seminar will be at the Henry Student Center Ballroom, 84 W. South St.,…
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UGI Utilities, Inc., recently made a gift of $40,000 to Wilkes University through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program. This gift will support the Women Empowered by Science program at Wilkes University. This program offers 6th grade girls the opportunity to engage with Wilkes faculty and science students in…
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Wilkes University’s Maslow Faculty Reading Series will be held nightly from Sunday, Jan. 4 to Thursday, Jan. 9, 2015. The series, which is part of the January residency for the University’s Graduate Creative Writing Program, features readings by faculty and alumni of the program. The Sunday reading will take place…
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Wilkes University will be the educational host for Luzerne County SHINE, an afterschool program aimed at improving educational opportunities for schoolchildren in the county. University President Patrick F. Leahy joined Congressman Lou Barletta, state Sen. John Yudichak and Anthony Grieco, executive director of the Luzerne Intermediate Unit #18 for an…
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Wilkes University will be the educational host for Luzerne County SHINE, an afterschool program aimed at improving educational opportunities for schoolchildren in the county. Wilkes President Patrick Leahy joined Congressman Lou Barletta, state Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne/Carbon), and Luzerne Intermediate Unit #18 Executive Director Anthony Grieco and dozens of educators,…
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Wilkes University Scientist Leads Research Team Awarded $1 Million National Science Foundation Grant
Team Will Study Effect Of Climate Change On Plant Life Ned Fetcher, scientist and coordinator of the Institute for Environmental Science and Sustainability at Wilkes University, is the principal investigator on a research team that has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the…
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Area bus riders can look forward to a new year of words and images to brighten up their daily rides when the eighth year of Poetry in Transit launches on Friday, Dec. 19. Eleven new placards showcasing the original work of 11 area poets will be unveiled at a special event at…
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Wilkes University alumnus Jay S. Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bancorp, has been honored by Philadelphia Business Journal with its Most Admired CEOs award. The University’s Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership is named for Sidhu, who is a 1973 MBA graduate of Wilkes. http://www.marketwatch.com/ story/jay-sidhu-announced-as- award-recipient-at- philadelphia-business- journals-most-admired-ceos- event-2014-12-03-9173615? reflink=MW_news_stmp
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Disasters and bio-terrorism pose special challenges for nurses. Senior nursing students in Wilkes University’s Advance Care Concepts class learned how to handle special situations in a special disaster drill. The training was highlighted in a story that appeared in the Dec. 3, 2014 issue of the Times-Leader. http://www.timesleader.com/ news/local-news/50789579/