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Tri-County Lumber and Truss of Berwick, Pa., received the Eastern Pennsylvania Entrepreneurial Success of the Year Award. A client from Wilkes University’s Small Business Development Center is among the 2020 Small Business Week Award Winners from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Tri-County Lumber and Truss of Berwick, Pa., is the…

Wilkes University’s new Hometown Advantage Award will reward undergraduate students from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties with a $2,000 annual scholarship. “Wilkes University has a long history of opening the doors of opportunity to local students and helping them climb the economic ladder,” said President Greg Cant. “This new scholarship continues…

Recent rankings recognize the University’s commitment to academic excellence, social mobility and return on investment. Wilkes University is once again ranked among top national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges ranking of American colleges and universities. In the 2021 edition, Wilkes is ranked 217 among nearly 400…

Those earning degrees include the University’s first Ph.D. in nursing graduates. Wilkes University awarded 270 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at a virtual degree conferral ceremony on Sept. 12. The virtual degree conferral, livestreamed from campus, included remarks from Wilkes President Greg Cant and interim Provost Terese Wignot. Among those…

Wilkes University is celebrating a major milestone: the first graduates of the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program. The four Passan School of Nursing graduates hail from Ohio and New Jersey and completed the requirements for the Ph.D. this summer. They are the first to earn a Ph.D. from Wilkes…

Wilkes University and Luzerne County Community College have expanded a dual admission agreement between the two institutions which guarantees admission to Wilkes for community college students and offers more opportunities for them to earn scholarships at the University. The agreement was signed by Wilkes President Greg Cant and LCCC President…

Wilkes University is welcoming three new faculty members at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. The new faculty and their areas of specialization are: David Hicks has joined the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing as its director and as faculty of practice in the program. Prior to joining…

The Wilkes University School of Education is offering two days of free professional development training for classroom teachers on Aug. 18 and 19. The two day-long sessions, which will be presented as online webinars on Zoom, are designed to address the unique challenges being faced by educators as they return…

The 29th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Morgan M.X. Schulz of Wilmington, N.C., for his novel titled “Good Morning, Dr. Du Bois.”  The competition is co-sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and the James Jones Literary…

The Borzell family has presented Wilkes University with a check for $10,000 and awarded an additional $10,200 in scholarships to six Wyoming Area High School graduates. The gifts are proceeds from the 2019 John Anthony “Beno” Borzell Golf Tournament. The event raises money for scholarships and facilities that benefit students…