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Wilkes University will celebrate Black History Month with a variety of lectures and events.  Pan-African Flag Raising and Coffee Hour Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 11:00 a.m. to noon outside the E.S. Farley Library Join the Office of Diversity Initiatives, E.S. Farley Library, and Black Student Union for a Pan African …

Wilkes University has announced the following faculty members have been promoted to the rank of full professor: Edward Bednarz III was promoted to professor of mechanical engineering. Bednarz joined Wilkes University in 2013. A Wilkes alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and physics, Bednarz earned his master’s degree …

Wilkes University has received a $2 million gift to support its School of Education. The gift, given by local physician and philanthropist Dr. Richard Abbas Alley, will be used to support the University’s mission of providing transformative educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students in the study of education.  The …

Wilkes University Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, a comedic play full of wit and romance, at 8 p.m. on April 10, 11 & 12, and at 2 p.m. on April 12 & 13 in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. River …

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author visited campus for the 43rd annual Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities on Sunday, March 16. The Rosenn Lecture was established in 1980 in honor of Judge Max Rosenn’s extraordinary life of law and public service. Over four decades, the …

Dearest reader, you are invited to the most romantic literary birthday party of the last 250 years. Please join the Wilkes University English Department from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in Weckesser Hall for a ball in honor of novelist Jane Austen. Austen published four novels during …

Ross Hall was abuzz with laughter and chatter on Feb. 4 as community members came together to celebrate the completed renovations that transformed the former residence hall into a student-centered space serving the needs of campus clubs and organizations.   Student Government chose Ross Hall as a new location for dedicated …

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, will deliver the Wilkes University Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. How good do you really …

Earlier this fall, President Greg Cant, Angela Cant and Kimberly Niezgoda, EdD, director of the English Language Center and program coordinator for the master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), traveled to Japan to visit three study abroad partner universities: Tamagawa University, International Christian University and Kanagawa …

Students enrolled in the Personal and Professional Development (PPD) program this semester got down to business by getting out of the classroom.  The four-credit PPD series, required for all undergraduate majors in the Sidhu School of Business and Leadership, gives students opportunities to take part in career planning, explore professional …