University Dedicates the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Wilkes University has received significant financial support to benefit its graduate creative writing program. Given by local businessman and philanthropist Richard Maslow, of Dallas, Pa., and Naples, Fla., the gift will be used to enhance the creative writing program through …
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The U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas and NAFSA: Association of International Educators has announced that Wilkes University has received a 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund Grant. The $25,000 grant was awarded to Wilkes and its partner, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá. It will be used to …
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Wilkes University Honors Faculty and Staff With Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness Awards
by Web ServicesWilkes University recognized 12 faculty and staff members with nine awards for excellence in teaching and advising at the 2017 Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness Committee (TREC) Awards Ceremony. The recipients of this year’s awards are: Lisa Kadlec, associate professor of biology, received the Carpenter Award for Teaching. The award, considered …
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Wilkes University awarded 782 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at its 70th spring commencement ceremonies on May 20. The ceremony for graduate students receiving doctoral and master’s degrees was held at 10 a.m., while the ceremony for undergraduates receiving bachelor’s degrees was held at 3 p.m. Both ceremonies were in the …
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MacArthur Genius Grant Winner and Actress Anna Deavere Smith Delivers Rosenn Lecture On April 30 at Wilkes University
by Web ServicesPlaywright, actor and professor Anna Deavere Smith will deliver the Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities on April 30. The event will be at 7 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Arts. Her presentation, “Snapshots: Portraits Of A World In Transition,” will explore the school-to-prison pipeline, …
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Wilkes University Offers Accelerated Path To Law Degree With Penn State Law, University Park
by Web ServicesThe path to law school will be shorter for some Wilkes University students thanks to a new agreement with The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law at University Park. Called a 3+3 accelerated bachelor’s/juris doctor degree program, it allows exceptional students in their third year of study to apply …
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The issue of violence against women will be explored when Wilkes University holds It’s On Us Week from March 27-31. The week begins with the keynote address “Men, Women, Sex and Violence” by Jackson Katz on March 27 at 7 p.m.in the Henry Student Center Ballroom. Katz, an educator, author, filmmaker and …
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Frank Martz Henry To Be Honored With President’s Medal at Fourth Annual Event Wilkes University will hold its Founders Gala 2017 on June 3 celebrating its heritage of educating first-generation college students. The gala, now in its fourth year, will be at 6 p.m. at the Westmoreland Club, 59 S. …
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WILKES-BARRE, PA (Dec. 20, 2016) — The Luzerne County SHINE Program at Wilkes University marked its first year of bringing educational opportunity to students with a Dec. 20 celebration at the West Side Career and Technical Center. The after school program, launched in 2015, now serves more than 300 students …
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University to Receive Multiple Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Grants Wilkes University today announced plans for the $3.5 million South Campus Gateway initiative. The three-part project includes improvements and additions that will transform Wilkes and the streets bordering it into a park-like campus in the heart of the City of Wilkes-Barre. …