Student Life

Jivan Sidhu achieves success in the classroom, on the ice and in the office. Senior accounting major Jivan Sidhu is a long way from home in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada — 2,884 miles. He transferred to Wilkes to take the ice for the men’s hockey team and found that his spot on the roster …

Wilkes University fourth-year student pharmacist Alexis Nicholson was overjoyed when she found out she had been accepted in the national Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and CVS Health Foundation scholars program. Nicholson is one of just 15 student pharmacists across the nation to be accepted into the program based upon their …

News@Wilkes introduces a new feature, Office Visits. Over the course of the year, we’ll be visiting the offices of faculty, staff and students to learn what workspaces reveal about their inhabitants. Even before you enter Wilkes University Interim President Paul Adams’s office on the first floor of Weckesser Hall, there’s …

Wilkes University Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Doubt, A Parable. The performances will take place on Sept. 26, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. with matinee performances on Sept. 28 and 29 at 2 p.m. The production is at Wilkes’ Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the …

Wilkes University senior Victoria Morrison is an international traveler with a sweet local business. The hospitality leadership major recently opened her own home bakery, The Salty & Sweet Baking Co., as part of the class Entrepreneurship 398: Launch Your Business. Just because class is over doesn’t mean the pastries are …

Wilkes University yoga enthusiasts gathered behind Evans Hall on Tues., Sept. 10 to try out downward facing… goat? The Residence Hall Council invited students to participate in goat yoga with instructor Ashley Raspen, owner of Buttinhead Farms. Students were able to find their Zen with the help of their four-legged …

Wilkes University senior Olivia Caraballo combines her love of education and creating inclusive art activities as the educational outreach ambassador for the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes. In her role, Caraballo plans programs, tours and activities geared for K-12th grade. Caraballo works within the community, running a Sordoni booth at …

A drumroll please, for the new spirit mark. Wilkes University students, faculty and staff gathered outside of Weckesser Hall on Aug. 29, rallying with the Colonel athletic teams as the new spirit mark was unveiled from the balcony. The mark is a new logo to be used by athletics and …

The resident assistants lined the pathway of Waller North and South, clapping and cheering for the newest class of Colonels. This was just one of many residence halls where students were moving in. Welcome Weekend at Wilkes University kicked-off at 8 a.m. with move-in day for first-year students across campus. …

Summer isn’t sleepy at Wilkes University. Residencies for master’s and doctoral degree programs, students and faculty engaging in research, camps and more kept campus busy during June, July and most of August. Summer was also a time of transition, with the official departure of President Patrick F. Leahy on July …