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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 2017 John Anthony “Beno” Borzell Golf Tournament. The event, now in its seventh year, has raised $105,900 to …

Hatwig is the second consecutive Wilkes honoreeof the Tillman Foundation For the second year in a row, the Pat Tillman Foundation has recognized a Wilkes University student among their annual Tillman Scholars. Dana Hatwig, a lieutenant in the United States Navy Nurse Corps, is among 60 scholars in the foundation’s …

The chairman of Benco Dental was the recipient of the President’s Medal at the University’s annual event on June 2 Wilkes University celebrated its legacy of educating first-generation college students at the 2018 Founders Gala on Saturday, June 2 at the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes-Barre. The highlight of the event …

Wilkes University recognized 16 faculty and staff members with nine awards for excellence in teaching and advising at the 2018 Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness Committee (TREC) Awards Ceremony. The recipients of this year’s awards are: Edward Foote, professor of pharmacy practice and department chair, received the Carpenter Award for Teaching. …

Wilkes University launched more than $3.3 million in campus enhancements during a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, May 21. The projects, primarily focused on the Fenner Quadrangle and the area around the Henry Student Center, will transform Wilkes into a park-like campus in the heart of the City of Wilkes-Barre. The …

The nearly 800 degrees awarded on Saturday brings Wilkes University’s 2017-18 total degree conferral to 1,585. Only five other private universities in Pennsylvania with Wilkes’ program mix can boast this figure. Wilkes University awarded 781 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at its 71st spring commencement ceremonies on May 19. The …

Ceremony Moves to New Location in McHale Athletic Center of University Center on Main Wilkes University is expected to award nearly 800 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at its 71st spring commencement ceremonies on May 19. The ceremony for graduate students receiving doctoral and master’s degrees will be held at 10 …

Wilkes senior Michelle Lehman is graduating with more than a diploma. The marketing major in the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership has earned $10,000 and $100,000 in in-kind services as the winner of the collegiate division in the annual TecBRIDGE annual business plan competition. Lehman was announced …

Wilkes University pharmacy student, Dylan Fox, was named a top ten finalist for the 2018 National Patient Counseling Competition. He was recognized at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting held March 16 to 19 in Nashville, Tenn. Fox, who is only a second-year pharmacy student in the four-year program, was …