To kick-off a sweet spring semester, Wilkes President Patrick F. Leahy invited the Colonel community to join him in Weckesser Hall for complimentary coffee and donuts. The dough- lightful event took place on Jan. 6. Students who stopped by could chat with Leahy, Vice President for Student Affairs Paul Adams …
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Wilkes University English Department Hosts Authors for the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series
by Web ServicesDistinguished Authors Dave Eggers, Carmen Maria Machado and NoViolet Bulawayo To Read Their Work The Wilkes University English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Writers Series brings three distinguished writers to campus in the spring 2019 semester. Each of the writers will visit campus to read from their work and conduct …
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Rescheduled: Wilkes University Observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Event on Jan. 24
by Web ServicesWilkes University will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Thurs. Jan. 24 with an event, “Do The Right Thing.” This event has been rescheduled from the original Jan. 22 event, due to weather. Sponsored in collaboration with the Campus Interfaith office and the office of Diversity Affairs, it will …
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Wilkes University will award 386 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees when it holds its winter commencement ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 20. 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, …
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Visit the two exhibitions opening Jan. 15 at Wilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery – Peasant War and Sacred Sisters – and you’ll never guess the hours of work that went into creating the experience. Preparing for the opening required much more than pounding in a few nails to hang pictures …
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The Sordoni Art Gallery At Wilkes University Presents Peasant War and Sacred Sisters January 15 to March 1
by Web ServicesThe Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Peasant War and Sacred Sisters from Jan. 15 to March 1. The exhibitions offer insight into the female perspective through visual arts and poetry. During the exhibitions, the Sordoni Art Gallery will be divided into two spaces, each exhibition showing concurrently. Peasant …
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Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series at Wilkes University Highlights Maslow Family Creative Writing Program from Jan. 6-10
by Web ServicesWilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the January 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 held nightly from Jan. 6-11. The week-long series will …
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Sidhu Business School students shared their research and case studies at the Student Showcase on December 3.
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Best-Selling Author Dave Eggers Opens Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series at Wilkes University Feb. 28
by Web ServicesDave Eggers, best-selling author and founder of McSweeney’s, will be the featured author opening the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series at Wilkes University on Feb. 28. The reading, hosted by the Wilkes English Department, will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing …
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The Wilkes University Flute Ensemble will present the concert “A Night at the Opera.” The performance is Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. on the main stage of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts at Wilkes University. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public. …