Student Life

The Karambelas Media and Communication Center is home of the student-run organizations, The Beacon, WCLH radio, Wilkes Now and Zebra Communications. Students can try their hand at print, radio, and broadcast media as well as control the message with the student public relations agency. Check out the behind-the-scenes tour of …

Three Wilkes University international students participated in the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Schools Global Student Conference at Cedar Crest College in Allentown on Feb. 23. The international students created posters and conducted research on global topics. International students were given the opportunity to present their research to an audience …

Lawrence Kopenis Circulation Supervisor E.S. Farley Library 1. What do you do as the Farley Library Circulation Supervisor?  As circulation supervisor I’m responsible for creating staff schedules, posting library hours, hiring work study assistants and retrieving lost and overdue books (among many other things). 2. How long have you worked …

Dave Eggers, best-selling author and founder of McSweeney’s, will be the featured writer opening the Wilkes English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series on Feb. 28. But what does it take to bring in such an accomplished writer, educator and philanthropist to campus? News@Wilkes chats with Mischelle Anthony, …

Joan Ford ‘75 Library Technician, Library Acquisitions E.S. Farley Library 1. What do you do as a technician and working in acquisitions in Farley Library? I catalog new books for the library and help maintain the collection, purchase library supplies and prepare invoices for payment and do whatever I can …

If you stop by Chad Stanley’s Kirby Hall office, you might be greeted by someone who isn’t a member of the Wilkes University English Department. Stanley, an associate professor of English, often brings his dog Bonita Rosa – her name means “beautiful rose” in Spanish – to his office on …

Mary Watkins Interlibrary Loan Technician E.S. Farley Library 1. What do you do as the interlibrary loan technician at the library? Interlibrary loan offers access to materials needed for research which are not available at Farley Library. I process the interlibrary loan requests on ILLiad (an electronic system used to …

Brooke Ariel Giarratano of Mountain Top, Pa., is part of a family of colonels. Her grandfather, Anthony Michael ’74, mother, Barbara Michael Giarratano ’89, and sister Tara Giarratano Morrison ’17 all attended Wilkes.  When Giarratano was thinking of her college future, they encouraged her to wear blue and gold. But …

Holly Trostle Brigham, award-winning artist from Philadelphia, and Heather Sincavage, director of the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University, were interviewed by Erika Funke on WVIA Radio’s ArtScene program. Sincavage and Brigham were speaking about the exhibition, “Sacred Sisters,” a collaboration between Holly Trostle Brigham and poet Marilyn Nelson. The …

Brian Sacolic Head of Public Services E.S. Farley Library What do you do as Head of Public Services at the Farley Library? In that capacity, I supervise the three departments of public services at Farley: circulation, reference, and interlibrary loan.  I spend a lot of time working with students and …