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Wilkes held an orientation for over 20 new international students who arrived on campus this week. The students hail from countries around the world including India, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Vietnam, Pakistan, Morocco, Greece and one student from Kiev, Ukraine. The students were celebrated during a ceremony with welcome messages from…

What a year! There were so many great happenings at Wilkes in 2022 – here’s a look back at 10 of our top stories from this past year: Wilkes launched a multiphase project at 116 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. Residential, student and community destination plans were shared for this…

Wilkes University’s School of Education honored alumni with Celebration of Education Awards recognizing each recipient’s outstanding contributions on campus and in the community. The awards represent the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels of study available to education students at Wilkes and help commemorate American Education Week. The following educators were…

Matthew S. Finkenbinder, Wilkes University associate professor of geology, was part of a team of scientists who published “700,000 years of tropical Andean glaciation” in Nature, regarded as the world’s leading journal of peer-reviewed science research. The paper, led by Donald T. Rodbell of Union College, is based on data…

Story and audio by Jordan Daniel ’23, Communication Studies Have you ever wondered why Wilkes University’s Alma Mater plays from the Burns Bell Tower everyday at noon? This symbolic gesture has an important history, and only resumed as of recently. First, the Burns Bell Tower was constructed back in 1987…

Judging by the awards on her shelf, 2022 has been a great year for Erica Acosta, Director of Diversity Initiatives at Wilkes University. She was honored with the 2022 Young Professionals Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion of the Year by the Elevate Young Professionals Network and the Diversity…

Story and photos by Jordan Daniel ’23, Communication Studies Wilkes University’s Center for Career Development and Internships presented their Career, Internship and Grad School Fair on Thursday, Oct. 20 in the McHale Athletic Center. Colonels looked ready for success dressed in their business professional attire and with their resumes in…

Gretchen S. Yeninas, a breast cancer survivor, shares her story and advice for early detection. As a breast cancer survivor, what advice do you have for others in monitoring their own health? I was 41 and just had my second mammogram when my cancer was found. And despite it being…

The Wilkes community found out last week that doing yoga with goats, well, isn’t baaaaaad at all! BACCHUS, a student-run club at Wilkes dedicated to student health and well-being, scheduled a goat yoga session to provide students, faculty and staff a few hours of stress relief and relaxation on Fenner…

Wilkes University invites students in grades seven through nine to participate in the free STEM Discovery Day on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the state-of-the-art laboratories in Stark Learning Center and Cohen Science Center on the Wilkes campus. Students will experience six different hands-on lab…