News Releases

Two students in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University were awarded scholarships. The scholarship awards were announced during the creative writing program’s June residency, which was held virtually. The two students receiving scholarships are:  Wayne Benson of Easton Pa. was awarded the Jennifer Diskin Memorial Scholarship. Benson, who …

Sydney Lovett has been awarded the first Wilkes University/Weis Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Residency. The residency, awarded to a doctor of pharmacy graduate in the first post-graduate year, is a comprehensive experience for Doctor of Pharmacy graduates to develop and implement patient care programs in a community pharmacy setting. Lovett will …

Wilkes University has announced faculty who have earned promotion and been awarded tenure.  The faculty member receiving promotion is: Donald Mencer was promoted to professor of chemistry. Mencer joined Wilkes University in 2001 and was tenured in 2005.  During his time at the University, Mencer has served as chair and co-chair of the Chemistry and …

SHINE of Luzerne County at Wilkes University is bringing the summer camp experience directly to the homes of elementary and middle school students who participate in the after-school program. SHINE is offering a virtual summer camp with weekly themed activities that include hands-on STEAM-based projects and physical activity. The camp, …

Wilkes University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 has announced the commissioning of officers in the Class of 2020. Ten graduating students received the rank of 2nd lieutenant in the United States Air Force. The newly commissioned officers earned bachelor’s degrees at Wilkes University in May 2020. The newly commissioned officers and …

Wilkes was named a tier 1 university by Educate To Career in its 2020 college rankings. Wilkes University was ranked as a tier one institution in the latest rankings by Educate To Career. The rankings recognize a school’s ability to “offer a quality education under any conceivable scenario: in-classroom, online and …

Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the June 2020 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, will be available for free to the public virtually via online videos. The series features alumni, guests and creative program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, …

Under a new model, Wilkes-Barre’s downtown institutions will start and end their fall semesters early. Wilkes University and King’s College today announced plans to welcome students back to their respective campuses for in-person instruction this fall. The institutions will start their fall semesters one week early, on Monday, Aug. 24, and …

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. …

Hannah 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 …