Student Spotlight

A group of students from the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy have been out in northeastern Pennsylvania encouraging the public to “Stick to the Script.” Matt Trbuza, a P3 pharmacy major from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Go Mounties!) is one of the team members determined to highlight the importance of medication adherence in …

Script Your Future is a national campaign designed to educate consumers about the need to take medication as prescribed. Steph Nowak, a P3 pharmacy student from Exeter, Pennsylvania, is one member of the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy team hosting community engagement events to help people “Stick to the Script.” Why …

Script Your Future is a national consumer education campaign designed to raise awareness about the importance of medication adherence.  Nori Zaccheo, a P3 pharmacy student from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is one member of the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy team who is out in the community encouraging people to “Stick to the …

Who do you get when you combine a martial arts expert with an ambitious computer science major? You get Nate Martes, a junior honors student who is also minoring in cloud computing. Born in the Bronx, Martes now lives in Wilkes-Barre. He chose Wilkes not only because it is local …

Fanta Ballo often says that growing up in Harlem raised both the artist, and the activist, in her. As a teenager, Ballo found that her voice was routinely silenced or overlooked, and so she turned to writing as a way to reclaim her agency, and help process the world around …

Channeling creativity is something that has always come naturally to Rocco Pugliese. A lifelong performer, the senior from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, began his Wilkes journey as a sophomore in the Upward Bound program. His passions eventually led him to study music recording technology at Luzerne County Community College before transferring to …

Assetou Xango started their journey to Wilkes University in Colorado. Angelique Palmer started hers in the desert of New Mexico. While the student and faculty member’s paths had different first steps, each led to the discovery of a home in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. Xango, a …

At Wilkes, Isabella “Bella” Lesante will “turn passion into purpose, and purpose into impact.” Lesante, a transfer student, is following her vision to help others.  For over 20 years, Lesante, from Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, has been involved with Community Services for Sight, a local, non-profit organization whose mission is to help …

When Josh Dombrowski started his college search, he knew about Wilkes University’s small class sizes and personal connections between faculty and students. He liked the fact that Wilkes was only about an hour drive from his hometown of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Then a visit to campus sealed the deal. “I fell …

When Minnie Nguyen, a senior from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, came to Wilkes, she thought a pharmacy major was the path to her future. After experimenting with plants, birds and bacteria, she discovered a love for lab work and a major in biology. Before she changed her major, Nguyen served as …