Student Spotlight

It wasn’t enough for Wilkes University junior and Argentina native, Juan Astegiano, to spend his high school years in the States at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa. When Astegiano began his college search, he once…

Wilkes University senior Ben Mandell has loved sports since he was a kid. While his friends were tuned in to Saturday morning cartoons, he was watching sports talk shows with his dad. It paid off…

As a University that was founded to provide an education for the sons and daughters of immigrant coal miners, Wilkes University continues that mission with a commitment of supporting students who are the first in…

Wilkes University senior Cabrini Rudnicki likes the challenge of assembling the weekly campus newspaper, The Beacon. “It’s really like putting the puzzle together,” she explains. “Putting together the elements to make one cohesive issue each…

Wilkes University junior Jason DeBoard never imagined that changing his academic focus could eventually lead to a trip to Greece.  As a pre-med student at Wilkes, he spent summer 2019 shadowing surgeons in that country…

Jivan Sidhu achieves success in the classroom, on the ice and in the office. Senior accounting major Jivan Sidhu is a long way from home in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada — 2,884 miles. He transferred to Wilkes…

Wilkes University fourth-year student pharmacist Alexis Nicholson was overjoyed when she found out she had been accepted in the national Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and CVS Health Foundation scholars program. Nicholson is one of just…

Wilkes University senior Victoria Morrison is an international traveler with a sweet local business. The hospitality leadership major recently opened her own home bakery, The Salty & Sweet Baking Co., as part of the class…

Wilkes University senior Olivia Caraballo combines her love of education and creating inclusive art activities as the educational outreach ambassador for the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes. In her role, Caraballo plans programs, tours and…

Have a question about campus happenings? Need advice on commuting to college? Wilkes University junior Alyssa DuBose has you covered as the weekly host of the Colonel Journal. As a marketing intern with Wilkes’ marketing…