Events

Wilkes University students are becoming part of the solution one step at a time. Wilkes held its annual Alcohol Awareness Walk on Tuesday, Oct. 23. at noon in conjunction with Alcohol Awareness week. The event raises awareness of the dangers of excessive and underage drinking. The one-mile walk began at …

Wilkes University Theatre celebrates musical legend Andrew Lloyd Webber with an evening of songs and dance in its production of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.   The performances will take place on Nov. 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. with matinee performances on Nov. 17 and 18 at 2 …

The Office of Internships and Cooperative Education in collaboration with the Center for Health Sciences and Student Success at Wilkes University hosted a fall internship, career and professional and graduate school fair on Thursday, Oct. 18. Nearly 120 companies and universities attended the event to allow students to market themselves …

Wilkes University’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee is holding a community trick-or-treat night from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, in the McHale Athletic Center, 169 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Twenty-three Wilkes University athletic teams will each have a table where attendees can trick-or-treat and play an interactive game …

Jake Wood, co-founder of Team Rubicon, will deliver the Allan P. Kirby Lecture in Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at Wilkes University on Nov. 15. Wood, a former Marine scout sniper and University of Wisconsin football player, will speak about The One and the Nine: Building Teams and Organizations That Win …

A group of nursing students stopped by the John Wilkes statue on the Fenner Quad to wish “J Dubs” a happy 293rd birthday. Wilkes was an English radical, journalist, and politician. He was born in 1725 to Sarah and Israel Wilkes, Jr., a successful distiller. Known as a champion of liberty, …

Event Features Screening of National Theatre of London’s Film Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Spend Halloween eve celebrating the 200th birthday of Frankenstein as the Wilkes University English Department commemorates the anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s novel. A talk about the legendary novel and a film screening of the National …

Piotr Wilczek was scheduled to lecture at 7 p.m. this evening Piotr Wilczek, Ambassador of Poland to the United States, has cancelled his appearance at Wilkes University due to illness. The lecture, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, may be rescheduled on a future date. Questions may be directed to …

The possibility of a China and United States “trade war” and its historical significance will be explored in a lecture sponsored by Wilkes University’s Contemporary History Project. “Beyond the Trade War: Historical Reflections on U.S.-China Relations” will be the topic of the lecture by Yanqiu Zheng, assistant professor of history …

Homecoming Weekend 2018 – a time for remembering the past — opened with a celebration of Wilkes University’s future. Wilkes alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered in the McHale Athletic Center for the Gateway to the Future Campaign Kick-Off Celebration.  The event launched the public phase of the $55 million …