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With a nod to its storied past and a focus on its next chapter, members of the Wilkes University community and honored guests gathered to welcome James Cousins, PhD as the institution’s eighth president.  John Kuiken, associate professor of history and director of the Honors and Scholars Program, as well …

Are you ready to transform the way you teach and connect with students? Reimagine classroom management, further empower your students and make a deeper impact through the “Wired for Connection” event at Wilkes University from 4:30 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for …

Memorial services will be held in both Putnam Center, NY and Wilkes-Barre, PA.  Wilkes University mourns the passing of Dr. Christopher N. Breiseth, who served as Wilkes University’s fourth president from 1984 to 2001.  He died peacefully at home surrounded by family in Ticonderoga, NY, on June 27, 2026 from …

Mya Corcoran ’25 crafted an impressive list of accomplishments while she was an English major at Wilkes. She was president and captain of the dance team, editor-in-chief of the Inkwell Quarterly, secretary of the Alpha Gamma Alpha Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta honor society, a peer writing consultant, an intern …

Before New York Magazine named her to a list of “The 49 Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of,” Alia Hanna Habib was a student at Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, curating a love for words in Mrs. Barbara Chamberlain’s English class.  Now the vice president and literary agent …

The Borzell family presented Wilkes University with a check for $10,000 and awarded an additional $5,100 in scholarships to three Wyoming Area High School graduates. The gifts are proceeds from the 2025 John Anthony “Beno” Borzell Golf Tournament. The event, now in its fourteenth year, has raised more than $290,000 …

When Cameran Costello, from West Chester, Pennsylvania, came to Wilkes, she thought she knew her future. Costello initially began as an engineering major but soon realized that her heart was not fully in it. Instead of feeling lost, she found clarity. Specifically, she discovered that her love of math, physics …

The Wilkes University Board of Trustees announced today that James Cousins, Ph.D. has been named the University’s eighth president, effective August 1, 2026. A lifelong educator and historian, Cousins has served as president of Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, Kentucky since 2024.          “We are thrilled that Dr. Cousins will take …

Wilkes University has long had a history of supporting first generation college students. On May 30, more than 250 members of the community gathered at the Westmoreland Club to celebrate that legacy at the University’s Founders Gala. The annual Founders Gala was introduced in 2014 to raise money for the …

“Mommy is going to be a doctor,” is what Cindy Rosario’s oldest son says of her journey to becoming a pharmacist. Rosario, who will be a P3 pharmacy student in Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy this fall, recently received the Luzerne County Council on Adult Higher Education’s Outstanding Adult …