Student Life

Don’t worry, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you—there are actually three sets of twins in the Passan School of Nursing graduating class of 2022.

Alyssa Roberts loves to put artistic talent on display, whether it’s someone else’s work or her own. As the student design fellow for the Sordoni Art Gallery, the senior digital design and media art major mentors five other students on the gallery’s design team and assigns project tasks to bring …

Many Wilkes University graduating seniors have already been hired for a position in the field they were trained for. Eleven of those students share their Senior Destination stories below:

Wilkes University senior Jessica Smith of Millersville, Maryland, is the recipient of the 2022 Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Award for Excellence in Accounting from Wilkes University. Smith, an accounting and corporate finance major, was chosen for her academic achievements and for her leadership on campus. During her …

Two Wilkes Sidhu School of Business students win top prize at TecBridge, an annual business plan competition promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and economy in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership juniors Billy Berry and Toon De Schepper had a sweet idea a few years ago while rooming together as …

Twenty-four cadets were presented with awards during the Wilkes University Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 annual awards ceremony on Thursday, April 21. The ceremony took place in the ballroom of the Henry Student Center. The highlight of the event was the presentation of the Maj. Candice Adams Ismirle Leadership Excellence …

The “Wilkes Mural” is displayed on the first floor of the Eugene S. Farley Library. Wilkes University’s graduating class of 1958 recognized the importance of capturing the history of the then 25-year-old institution. More than 60 years later, a new generation of Wilkes students, faculty and staff can enjoy its …

The Nesbitt School of Pharmacy student chapter of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) held an Opioid Awareness Walk on Wednesday, April 13 that begin at the Fenner Quadrangle, continued to Kirby Park and returned to campus. The annual event returned after a two-year hiatus, and kicked off with a visit …

Most college students create an online presence, but Tatiana Mancera of Miami, Florida, shows next-level social media savvy as a Kirby Scholar and intern for the Wilkes women’s soccer team. Kirby Scholars are members of a highly selective internship program based in the Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise …

Esther Orlando ’24 is a biology major who is also following the pre-medical track at Wilkes.