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Wilkes University is pleased to share the digitally immersive Fall 2024/Winter 2025 issue of the Wilkes magazine! In each issue, we have the privilege of showcasing all our collaborative work and successes across campus through featured stories about student involvement, exciting academic updates, campus renovations, alumni announcements and more.  Learn more …

Members of the Wilkes University community gathered in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme of this year’s celebration was, “It takes a village.” Erica Acosta, director of diversity initiatives at Wilkes, explained that the program’s theme was …

With the start of a new year, many people decide to make changes for the better — stress less, drink more water, eat healthier, get eight hours of sleep. Whether or not these promises are considered New Year’s resolutions, they can be tough to keep once classes start and work …

The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing will host its Winter Reading Series at Wilkes University from Jan. 4 to 9. Held in conjunction with the graduate creative writing program’s January residency, the event features program faculty, alumni and guest writers spanning the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, …

While the hottest new toys or the latest electronics may lose their sparkle, the impact of learning lasts a lifetime. So earlier this year, when SHINE of Luzerne County faced funding cuts, a group of local organizations came together to address the shortfall. AllOne Foundation, AllOne Charities, Earth Conservancy, the …

Earlier this fall, President Greg Cant, Angela Cant and Kimberly Niezgoda, EdD, director of the English Language Center and program coordinator for the master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), traveled to Japan to visit three study abroad partner universities: Tamagawa University, International Christian University and Kanagawa …

Traveling to the other side of the world is filled with new opportunities for learning, growing and exploring. Soon, Wilkes University students as well as students from schools in Egypt and Pakistan will have the opportunity to do just that. In November, Abel Adekola, dean of the College of Business …

Students enrolled in the Personal and Professional Development (PPD) program this semester got down to business by getting out of the classroom.  The four-credit PPD series, required for all undergraduate majors in the Sidhu School of Business and Leadership, gives students opportunities to take part in career planning, explore professional …

Works of science fiction and fantasy often contain a wizard who acts as the keeper of wisdom and knowledge. Here at Wilkes, that’s Brian Sacolic, director of the Eugene S. Farley Library. And while Sacolic spends his days in the library surrounded by books, he wants the campus community to …

There’s something special about sharing a favorite dish with friends or family. For 15 talented chefs, the 32nd Annual Taste of Wilkes event on Nov. 12 offered the perfect opportunity to showcase their culinary skills to the Wilkes community. Taste of Wilkes is best described as a potluck where Wilkes …