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Wilkes University alumnus Jay S. Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bancorp, has been honored by Philadelphia Business Journal with its Most Admired CEOs award. The University’s Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership is named for Sidhu, who is a 1973 MBA graduate of Wilkes.  http://www.marketwatch.com/ story/jay-sidhu-announced-as- award-recipient-at- philadelphia-business- journals-most-admired-ceos- event-2014-12-03-9173615? reflink=MW_news_stmp

Disasters and bio-terrorism pose special challenges for nurses. Senior nursing students in Wilkes University’s Advance Care Concepts class learned how to handle special situations in a special disaster drill. The training was highlighted in a story that appeared in the Dec. 3, 2014 issue of the Times-Leader. http://www.timesleader.com/ news/local-news/50789579/

Wilkes University’s veterans’ counselor Lt. Col. Mark Kaster leads programs that help veterans make the transition to college life. The Times-Leader featured Wilkes’ programs in support of veterans in this story that appeared in the Nov. 16, 2014 edition. http://www.timesleader.com/news/local-news/50642525/