Events

Wilkes University’s U.N. Lecture series will host Ambassador Susan M. Elliott, president and CEO of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.  She will discuss the topic “What Do Ambassadors Do?” The lecture will take place March 19 at 4 p.m. in the Miller Room on the second floor of the Henry …

Acclaimed writer and translator Poupeh Missaghi will visit Wilkes University as part of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series. Missaghi will read an excerpt of her debut novel, “trans(re)lating house one,” published by Coffee House Press in February 2020. The event, hosted by the Wilkes English Department, will take …

Members of the  Wilkes University community will take an active role in preserving black history when they participate in a nationwide transcribe-a-thon on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, which honors both Frederick Douglass Day and Black History Month, will take place in Breiseth Hall, room …

Wilkes University will celebrate its legacy of educating first-generation college students at the 2020 Founders Gala on Saturday, June 6. Now in its seventh year, the gala will be held at 6 p.m. at the Westmoreland Club, 59 S. Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre. Proceeds from the event support the First …

Wilkes University Theatre presents the award-winning musical, “The Spitfire Grill.” Performances will take place on Feb 20, 21, and 22 at 8 p.m., and on Feb. 22 and 23 at 2 p.m. All performances are at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center, 239 S River St, Wilkes-Barre. General admission is $15, …

Wilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery is presenting “Year of the Vote: Gender, Politics, & Power,” a year-long event celebrating and recognizing the 100-year anniversary of women receiving the right to vote. Multiple events will take place each month, all centered around a specific theme.  “We’re not only looking to the …

Wilkes University will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Thurs., Jan. 23 with an event, “A Call for National Unity.” Sponsored by the Center for Global Education and Diversity, it will take place from 11 a.m. to noon in University Center on Main, rooms 126 and 127, 169 S. …

Series Kicks Off Feb.12 With Alice Sola Kim The Wilkes University English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series will bring three distinguished writers to campus in the spring 2020 semester. Each of the writers will visit campus to read from his or her work and conduct workshops with students. …

Wilkes University will award 300 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees when it holds its winter commencement ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 19. The event will be held at 1 p.m. in the Arnaud C. Marts Center, 274 South Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre. The commencement address will be delivered by Paul Riggs, …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Material Pulses: Seven Viewpoints from Jan. 28 to March 15. The exhibition, focused on the art of quilt making, presents 17 works by seven fiber artists representing the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Curated by internationally renowned artist and teacher Nancy Crow, Material Pulses contributes …