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The Wilkes University English Department will open the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with guest artist Indra Novey at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Kirby Hall Salon, 202 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Novey is a novelist, poet and translator. Her most recent novel, Take What You Need, was a New …

Wilkes University recently welcomed four new members to the Board of Trustees, which oversees and evaluates the University’s operations including fiscal affairs and academic program quality. Susan Davis ’85  Susan Davis graduated from Wilkes University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in health care …

Wilkes University Theatre will present the magical musical Between the Lines at 8 p.m. on Feb. 20, 21 & 22, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 22 & 23, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts,  239 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  Between the Lines is based on …

Hosted by the Wilkes University English Department, the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series features a variety of authors, poets, directors and other accomplished writers annually. Guest speakers read selections from their works and answer questions at each event. Guest speaker Idra Novey, a novelist, poet and translator, will open …

When Heather Sincavage, director of the Sordoni Art Gallery, performed at the University of Colorado, she had a chance to see Minor Threat, an exhibition by Gregg Deal. Her first thought was how Wilkes University students would respond to Deal’s work, and her second thought was how to get his …

“The educational opportunities are what brought me here,” says Faizan Ali, a P3 pharmacy major of the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy who is also pursuing the MBA program at Wilkes University. “I loved the idea of earning three degrees in six years – a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate.” …

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, will deliver the Wilkes University Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. How good do you really …

Erica Acosta was born and raised in a Latino family in Brooklyn, New York, and she now lives with her husband and daughters in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. She’s had an office at Wilkes University, where she currently serves as director of diversity initiatives, for 13 years. Whether she’s at home, …

Wilkes University is pleased to share the digitally immersive Fall 2024/Winter 2025 issue of the Wilkes magazine! In each issue, we have the privilege of showcasing all our collaborative work and successes across campus through featured stories about student involvement, exciting academic updates, campus renovations, alumni announcements and more.  Learn more …

Members of the Wilkes University community gathered in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme of this year’s celebration was, “It takes a village.” Erica Acosta, director of diversity initiatives at Wilkes, explained that the program’s theme was …