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Distinguished Authors Dave Eggers, Carmen Maria Machado and NoViolet Bulawayo To Read Their Work The Wilkes University English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Writers Series brings three distinguished writers to campus in the spring 2019 semester. Each of the writers will visit campus to read from their work and conduct …

Wilkes University will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Thurs. Jan. 24 with an event, “Do The Right Thing.”  This event has been rescheduled from the original Jan. 22 event, due to weather. Sponsored in collaboration with the Campus Interfaith office and the office of Diversity Affairs, it will …

Wilkes University will award 386 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees when it holds its winter commencement ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 20. The event will be held at 1 p.m. in the Arnaud C. Marts Center, 274 South Franklin St. in Wilkes-Barre. The commencement address will be delivered by Paul Riggs, …

SBDC Garners Highest Amount of Financing For Clients in Center’s History  Wilkes University’s Small Business Development Center has set a record for the amount of financing that it secured for clients in 2018. More than $17,456,000 was secured by the SBDC to help clients to start or expand their businesses. …

Wilkes doctor of education student Marilyn Pryle has been named the 2019 Teacher of the Year. Pryle received the honor during the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s annual professional development conference in Hershey. Pryle is currently pursuing her Ed.D. degree at Wilkes University. She teaches English at Abington Heights High School. …

Wilkes University inducted 13 students as full members into the Theta Delta Chapter of the Beta Beta Beta national biological honor society at an induction ceremony held during the fall 2018 semester. An additional nine students were inducted as associate members. Full members are juniors or seniors who have completed …

Wilkes University and Luzerne County Community College have entered into a new articulation agreement that will help LCCC graduates transfer to Wilkes to complete their bachelor’s degree. Under the new agreement, students who earn an associate degree in early childhood education from LCCC can transfer into the Wilkes bachelor’s degree …

Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the January 2019 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Program, features debut authors and program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, as guest readers. Readings are held nightly from Jan. 6-11. The week-long series will …

Three Wilkes University students were commissioned and received the rank of second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. The commissioning ceremony was hosted on Dec. 6 by Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 at Wilkes. The event was held in the Henry Student Center and was attended by family, friends …