Events

NPR Book Critic Maureen Corrigan Highlights the Week’s Readings Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the June  2019 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Program, features debut authors and program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, as guest readers. Readings are …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Lit by Lyn Godley from June 11 to Aug 4, 2019. Curated by Heather Sincavage, assistant professor and director of the Sordoni Art Gallery, the exhibition is a wide range of light sources, applications and effects in the merging of art and …

Wilkes University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 held a commissioning ceremony on May 17 in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center. Students from Wilkes University, King’s College, Marywood, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Misericordia University, University of Scranton and East Stroudsburg University were commissioned and received the rank of second lieutenant in the …

Students in Wilkes University’s Sidhu School of Business and Leadership placed third in the fifth annual Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Investment Challenge. The Wilkes team, called Wilkes Gold, competed against 50 teams, beating students from The University of Chicago, CalTech, Carnegie Mellon MBA, Duke University, Cornell University, University of Michigan, …

Pictured above is the Upward Bound Class of 2019, front row, left to right, Van Bui, GAR; Johanna Kiska, Dallas Area; Allison Lecitshon, Pittston Area; Nancy Andrade, Meyers; Samantha Levy, GAR; Gladynette Hernandez, Wyoming Valley West; Emily Arroyo-Mejia, Meyers; Aliyah Becker, Crestwood; Samantha Nay, Hanover Area; Alexis Colon, Pittston Area; …

Wilkes University awarded 797 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at its 72nd spring commencement ceremonies on May 18. The ceremony for graduate students receiving doctoral and master’s degrees was held at 10 a.m., while the ceremony for undergraduates receiving bachelor’s degrees was held at 3 p.m. Both ceremonies were held …

The Center for Global Education and Diversity at Wilkes University presented its 2019 multicultural awards. The awards recognize students, faculty and staff who have supported and improved the diversity climate on campus, increased international awareness and promote cross-cultural awareness. The awards included: Global Scholar and Citizen Student Award: Senior political …

It was a big day to make a big difference when more than 250 Wilkes University students, alumni and faculty members participated in the eighth annual Big Event on April 27. Volunteers pitched in to work at 16 sites in Luzerne County, doing everything from painting and grounds cleanup to …

Wilkes University faculty, staff, alumni and friends joined to celebrate a room dedication in memory of John Anthony “Beno” Borzell, who graduated in 2011 with a degree in environmental science from Wilkes. President Patrick F. Leahy and Jack Borzell, Mary Claire Borzell, Julianna Borzell and Prahlad Murthy, interim dean of …

Dan King, advocacy journalist for Young Voices and digital coordinator at In Pursuit Of, LLC will be the keynote speaker at Wilkes University’s 19th annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Tom Bigler Journalism conference invites …