Student Spotlight

Wilkes University student pharmacist Mia Lussier of Somerset, Mass., isn’t waiting until she receives her degree to start educating others about addiction. Lussier, a second-year student pharmacist, is starting the “Luzerne County Faces of Addiction” campaign which aims to raise awareness of the effects of addiction — all through the…

An internship at the United Nations put Jillian Ehret face to face with leaders from around the world Jillian Ehret started mapping out her future when she declared an international studies major at Wilkes University. She attended the U.N. Lecture Series, a program that brings U.N. officials to campus to…

Three Wilkes University students are spending part of the summer at the Toolik Lake Field Station, 170 miles north of the Arctic Circle, researching the effects of climate change on plants. The students – seniors Stephen Turner of Plains, Pa., Darrel Dech of Allentown, Pa., and Steve Forney, from Easthampton Township,…