The Wilkes University Office of Alumni Relations will host a webinar with Jay S. Sidhu, MBA ’73, Chairman and CEO of Customers Bank. He will discuss the topic, “Surviving and Thriving During COVID-19,” focused on how organizations can adapt and overcome economic challenges in light of the pandemic. The webinar will be held at 1 p.m. …
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Hannah Griffiths of Mountain Top, Pa., Wins Outstanding Adult Learner Award for Wilkes University
by Web ServicesHannah Griffiths of Mountain Top, Pa., received the 2020 Outstanding Adult Learner Award for Wilkes University. The award is presented by the Luzerne County Council on Adult Higher Education. Griffiths began her college career at Wilkes in 2015. Midway through her junior year, she received a devastating diagnosis: she was …
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The Family Business Alliance of Wilkes University and Penn State Worthington Scranton is offering a new program to help support family and closely held businesses impacted by the pandemic. The Family Business Support Initiative was created to build a network of family business owners who will meet in peer groups to offer support and share their …
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The Center for Global Education and Diversity at Wilkes University recently presented its 2020 multicultural awards. The awards recognize students, faculty and staff who have supported and improved the diversity climate on campus, increased international awareness and promote cross-cultural awareness. The following students, faculty and staff received awards: Global Scholar …
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Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Continues to Match Graduates and Alumni at Rate Above National Average Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy continues to match student pharmacists seeking post-graduate residency training at a rate above the national average – with a match rate 11 percentage points higher than the national average …
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Wilkes University Student Pharmacist Harrison Ferro of Berwick, Pa., Receives U.S. Public Health Service Award
by Web ServicesHarrison Ferro of Berwick, Pa., a student in Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, is the recipient of a United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award. Ferro received an additional recognition for being among the top ten students nationally who received the award, which was given …
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Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Receives National Award For Substance-Use Awareness
by Web ServicesThe Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy was awarded the 2018-2019 Generation Rx National Award from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Student Pharmacists. The award recognizes a student chapter of Generation Rx that increases public awareness of prescription-medication misuse, a key factor in the opioid epidemic. It encourages health …
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Wilkes Graduate Emily Russavage of Dunmore, Pa., Wins National Science Foundation Research Fellowship
by Web ServicesEmily Russavage, a 2020 graduate of Wilkes University, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Russavage, of Dunmore, Pa., earned a bachelor of science degree in biology. The fellowship, which is awarded to early-career scientists, includes a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 and an annual $12,000 allowance …
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Wilkes University Junior Juan Astegiano Recognized for Outstanding Position Paper by Model United Nations Program
by Web ServicesWilkes University junior Juan Astegiano received the Outstanding Position Paper award from the 2020 Model United Nations Committee in New York. He is the first Wilkes student participating in the model U.N. program to win the honor. Astegiano, who is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a member of the University’s …
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Wilkes University’s final United Nations Lecture of the spring semester 2020 will be made available to the community via Zoom. The Permanent Representative from Costa Rica to the United Nations, Ambassador Rodrigo A. Carazo, will be presenting the lecture “Small Country in World Affairs.” The lecture is at 4 p.m. …