Events

Members of the Wilkes University community gathered in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme of this year’s celebration was, “It takes a village.” Erica Acosta, director of diversity initiatives at Wilkes, explained that the program’s theme was …

The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing will host its Winter Reading Series at Wilkes University from Jan. 4 to 9. Held in conjunction with the graduate creative writing program’s January residency, the event features program faculty, alumni and guest writers spanning the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, …

Wilkes University presents their next theatre production, And the World Goes ‘Round, which opens Thursday, Nov. 14, through Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. A musical revue, this production celebrates the work of the infamous Broadway songwriting duo, John Kander and Fred …

Wilkes University hosted its annual Homecoming weekend on Friday, Sept. 27-29, 2024. Hundreds of alumni arrived in WIlkes-Barre to attend the weekend’s plethora of festivities that provided nostalgic ground for memories to be harvested and for new memories to be planted.  The weekend opened with student-led walking tours where alumni …

Nancy E. Levinger, professor of chemistry at Colorado State University, will deliver the Catherine H. Bone Lecture in Chemistry at Wilkes University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Stark Learning Center 105. Levinger’s lecture, “Save the Plants! Visualizing Cryoprotectant Permeation and Location Confined in Plant Cells and Tissues,” …

Class is in session as Wilkes University Theatre presents Kimberly Belflower’s riveting comedy/drama John Proctor Is the Villain, running Oct. 3-6, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Under the direction of Alison Morooney, assistant professor of theatre, John Proctor Is …

Wilkes University will hold its annual Homecoming Weekend on Sept. 27 – 29, 2024, including its annual Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 28.  Over 400 students and their families will be together on campus, mingling with over 400 of our alumni, faculty and staff as they all take part in …

Club Day Student Government and the Office of Student Life and Success showcased activities on campus on Sept. 5, with a student favorite: Club Day! Students lined the lawn with posters, swag and chatter to catch up with old friends and potential recruits (aka members). Clubs give students a chance …

Wilkes University’s AFROTC Detachment 752 will host the Third Annual Kisses to Cancer 5K on Saturday, Sept. 28. The Homecoming weekend 5K honors Major Candice Adams Ismirle, an alumna of Wilkes University, who passed away from triple negative breast cancer in 2016. The race begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, …

Wilkes University awarded more than 300 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees during its summer commencement ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 8. The event was held at the McHale Athletic Center in the Simms Center on Main, 169 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Andrew Miller, professor of political science and chair of …