Places and Spaces

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…

Room in E.S. Farley Library is Replica of Pulitzer Prize-winning Writer’s Study Wilkes University becomes the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer’s personal collection of manuscripts and memorabilia when a reception opens the Norman Mailer Room and Collection on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the E.S. Farley Library.…

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 faculty, staff, alumni and friends joined to celebrate a room dedication in memory of John Anthony “Beno” Borzell, who graduated in 2011 with a degree in environmental science from Wilkes. President Patrick F. Leahy and Jack Borzell, Mary Claire Borzell, Julianna Borzell and Prahlad Murthy, interim dean of…

February is Library Lovers Month – and on a college campus, few buildings deserve more love than the library. At Wilkes University, the E.S. Farley Library, provides a quiet, comfortable place to study, 24/7. No matter how familiar the library may seem to students, faculty and staff, it’s a building…

Ghostly presence makes way for unseen roommates, coworkers on Wilkes campus The classified ad in the Valentine’s Day edition of The Beacon read: “WANTED: One ghost exterminator. References necessary. Contact Pat Hill or Bonnie Gellas at Sturdevant Hall.” The year was 1969 – and Wilkes co-eds claimed that a ghost…

As part of an on-going series introducing campus departments and the people who work there, News@Wilkes looks at members of the Public Safety Department. Meet public safety officer, Alexis Baez, rolling through campus on patrol and on the roller derby rink as a blocker. Favorite Color: Purple If you could live…

As part of an on-going series introducing campus departments and the people who work there, News@Wilkes looks at members of the Public Safety Department. Meet the director of public safety, Christopher Jagoe, the eyes and ears of Wilkes University. Favorite Color: Green If you could live anywhere, where would it…

Bulldozers and sod. Researchers, writers and school children. Events in the Sordoni Art Gallery. Summer classes and international travel. Summer was no time to snooze at Wilkes. The diversity of the activities, people and events that highlighted summer at the University might surprise those who think that a college campus…