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…
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The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Loud Silence: Expressions of Activism Oct. 23 to Dec. 16
by Web ServicesThe exhibition features the work of a Fulbright scholar, as well as Guggenheim, MacArthur and National Endowment for the Arts fellows The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Loud Silence: Expressions of Activism from Oct. 23 to Dec. 16. Curated by Heather Sincavage, assistant professor and director of the…
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Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Holds Brown Bag Medication Review on Oct. 30
by Web ServicesWilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, sponsors Brown Bag Medication Review during American Pharmacists’ Month in October in Agency on the Aging Centers. The event will occur on Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 17…
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Wilkes University is beaming with Colonel pride as Spirit Week is held on campus from Sept. 30-Oct. 6. The week of events is the prelude to 2018 Homecoming activities that kick off on Friday, Oct. 5. The blue and gold week kicked off on Sunday, Sept. 30, with the 2018…
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Ready to celebrate with Colonels of today and yesterday? Wilkes homecoming weekend kicks off on Friday, Oct. 5 and concludes Sunday, Oct.7. But what happens behind the scenes? Jacqueline Lukas, manager of alumni relations, shared seven things you might not know about preparations for homecoming weekend: 750— That’s the number…
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Bestselling Author and Journalist Richard Louv Explores Nature-Deficit Disorder During the Oct. 17 Lecture at Wilkes University
by Web ServicesThe negative consequences of separating children from the natural world will be explored when bestselling author, journalist and nature advocate Richard Louv speaks at Wilkes University. Louv will deliver his lecture, “The Nature Principle: Nature-Deficit Disorder, Vitamin N, and the New Nature Movement” on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in…
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Hall of Fame center, author and activist, was interviewed by Wilkes President Patrick F. Leahy for the Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities. The conversation between Leahy and Abdul-Jabbar encompassed key highlights from the athlete’s life. They included reflections on growing up in Harlem, his time…
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Coming to see basketball legend, activist, author and humanitarian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar deliver the Rosenn Lecture on Sunday at Wilkes? He will speak about “Becoming Kareem” in a conversation with University President Patrick F. Leahy on Sunday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. in the McHale Athletic Center in the University Center…
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Wilkes University’s Catherine H. Bone Lecture Series Features Renowned Chemist Geraldine Richmond, Oct. 17
by Web ServicesRenowned chemist, Geraldine Richmond, Ph.D., presidential chair in science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, will deliver Wilkes University’s Catherine H. Bone lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 17. She will speak at 7 p.m. in Stark Learning Center, room 101. Richmond will deliver the lecture “Mulling Over Emulsions:…
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Former Director, Special Advisor on Education at U.N. Women Speaks About Women’s Empowerment on Oct. 16 at Wilkes University
by Web ServicesWomen’s empowerment from an educational and humanitarian perspective will be the topic when Wilkes University hosts its United Nations Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Patience Stephens, former director and special advisor on education at United Nations Women, an organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, will…