News Releases

A memorial concert honoring one of Wilkes University’s beloved music professors will be held this spring. Musical remembrances for professor emeritus, Steven Thomas, will take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1 at St.…

Audiences can enjoy a week of performances during Wilkes University’s Theatre Winter Festival. This is the first year for the festival and includes performances of three plays: Silent Sky by Linda Gunderson, Laundry and Bourbon…

Wilkes University awarded 277 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees to winter graduates. Among those receiving their degrees are the University’s first graduates from the elementary and early childhood education degree-completion program. The online program caters…

One workshop encourages health care professionals to write pandemic stories using the tools of narrative medicine. The Wilkes University Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing will host a variety of writing workshops in February,…

Wilkes University Provost David M. Ward announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester.

The Wilkes University English Department will host the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series featuring Richard Boada, Jason Schneiderman and Margaret Atwood. Throughout the spring 2022 semester, the guest artists will visit campus to…

Students from SHINE of Luzerne County at Wilkes University spread holiday cheer to residents of area nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. The SHINE students from Maple Manor Elementary Center in Hazleton created hand-written holiday cards…

A team of two Nesbitt School of Pharmacy students won second place in the National Pharmacists Clinical Skills Competition hosted by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. (ASHP) on Dec. 5 and 6, 2021.…

Wilkes is the highest ranked institution in Luzerne County and within the top 25 percent of independent institutions in the nation. Wilkes University is once again being recognized for its commitment to social mobility. In…

Wilkes University held a very special Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on 11/11/21 in the McHale Athletic Center. Planned by the Wilkes Veterans Council, the program honored Korean War veterans with the Korean Ambassador…