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The University will present the President’s Award and the Chairperson’s Award at the annual celebration. Wilkes University will celebrate its legacy of educating first-generation college students at the 2025 Founders Gala at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, at the Westmoreland Club, 59 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. This year’s event …

Abas Sabouni, professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, has been selected to deliver Wilkes University’s 2025 Paul A. O’Hop Final Word Lecture in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons on the second floor of the Henry Student Center at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 7. His presentation, …

Students face plenty of questions during the college search process. Do you want a big school or a small one? Are you going to commute? What’s your major? While some students feel they have to commit to a major before starting their college journey, that wasn’t the case for Theresa …

Wilkes University will host the seventh annual Pennsylvania Pain and Addiction Summit from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 25. During this full-day conference, medical, legal and law enforcement professionals will discuss the current state of the opioid crisis, share approaches to critical issues and identify opportunities to …

Wilkes University recently welcomed four new members to the Board of Trustees, which oversees and evaluates the University’s operations including fiscal affairs and academic program quality. Susan Davis ’85  Susan Davis graduated from Wilkes University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in health care …

When Liv Serkosky, ‘26, earned an elementary school role in a production of The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. at KISS Theater, she knew she was bound for the stage. “It wasn’t a question of if I should perform, but when,” said Serkosky, an Exeter, Pennsylvania native who wanted …

Erica Acosta was born and raised in a Latino family in Brooklyn, New York, and she now lives with her husband and daughters in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. She’s had an office at Wilkes University, where she currently serves as director of diversity initiatives, for 13 years. Whether she’s at home, …

Wilkes University’s Passan School of Nursing was recently awarded $750,000 through a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). The funds will be used to create a new, state-of-the-art nursing simulation center, which will ensure that all nursing students will have the educational technologies needed to succeed in a rapidly changing healthcare …

Wilkes University’s commitment to recognizing the importance of entrepreneurial thinking, creativity and innovation will now have an even bigger impact through a $1.5 million leadership gift from the Cohen Family. The Cohen Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI) will be fully integrated into the academic portfolio of the College of …