Events

Multi-Day Observance Honors Those Who Served from WWI to Present Day Wilkes University pays tribute to veterans both past and present with events to celebrate Veterans Day. Events will begin on Nov. 8 with a ceremony presented by the Wilkes Veterans Council, followed by a lecture on Nov. 12 and …

Faculty, staff and students got into the Halloween spirit in and outside of class. Even our buildings dressed up for the holiday! SPOOKY HALLOWEEN FACTS: The first Jack O’Lanterns were actually made from turnips. Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday after Christmas. The word “witch” comes from the …

The Wilkes University Sidhu School of Business and Leadership, in partnership with the northeastern chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), will host their annual tax clinic, now in it’s 65th year. The clinic will be held on Friday, Nov. 16, in the Henry Student Center, 84 …

Students from Holy Redeemer High School in Wilkes-Barre attended High School Finance Day at the Sidhu School of Business at Wilkes University. Students were welcomed by President Patrick F. Leahy, attended sessions given by Wilkes professors on investing and the stock market, visited the school’s Bloomberg finance lab, and met …

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, …