Wilkes University junior DeAndre DePass has earned an unofficial title on campus. “They call me the mayor of Wilkes even though I’m from Philly,” explains DePass, a marketing and management major in the Sidhu School…
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Richard Supkowski builds career potential through a combination of classwork and hands-on experience. When Richard Supkowski, a junior mechanical engineering major from Mountain Top, Pa., graduates from Wilkes University, he’ll have more than a transcript…
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Wilkes Senior Ashley Abbey Positions Herself for Future in Marketing as Kirby Scholar of Business Development
by Vicki MaykSenior Ashley Abbey found her way to Wilkes University while taking a college tour road trip with her family. While checking out universities along her route from her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., Abbey quickly fell…
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Wilkes University Junior Juan Astegiano Travels Through Europe During Study Abroad Semester
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…
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Calling The Shots: Wilkes Senior Ben Mandell Pairs Student Athletics with Career in Sports Broadcast
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…
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Wilkes Celebrates Its Commitment To First-Generation College Students on Nov. 8
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…
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Wilkes Senior Cabrini Rudnicki Makes Headlines as Editor-in-Chief of The Beacon
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…
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Wilkes University Junior Jason DeBoard Explores World of Medicine in Greece
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…
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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…
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Student Pharmacist Alexis Nicholson Focuses on Patient Care as PQA CVS Scholar
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…