The Title IX Department and It’s On Us Club will welcome author Sarah Vaughan to campus for a virtual Q&A and discussion of her bestselling novel Anatomy of a Scandal at noon on Thursday, April 24, in the Miller Room on the second floor of the Henry Student Center. Since …

The Diamond City Partnership and Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University are proud to announce a new community event, SOMA Night Lights, on Friday, April 25 from 6 to 11 p.m. on the 100 block of South Main Street in Downtown Wilkes-Barre. This event is free and open to the …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University will close its season with Family Tree, a show that brings together the work of four sisters to look at a common subject in a variety of unique and beautiful ways. “We have a family reunion in the Sordoni,” says Heather Sincavage, gallery …

Wilkes University Marketing Communications was recently recognized by CUPRAP (College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals) at the 18th annual CUPPIE Awards and Spring Professional Development Conference held from March 12 to 14 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Over 440 entries spanning nine different categories were received from colleges, universities and …

The Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Employment Coalition and the human services agency Step By Step visited the Henry Student Center to honor Wilkes University and campus food service partner Aramark for a job well done. The organizations presented certificates of appreciation to recognize Aramark and Wilkes for promoting employment opportunities for individuals …

Wilkes University announced that it has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly® School designation. Wilkes was recognized with silver distinction, which is for institutions offering exceptional military and veteran programs that scored above 21% in the survey and have three or more qualifying benchmarks. Wilkes is in the category for private …

Three-dimensional game design, “The Witcher 3” video game and history are just a few of Koel Kurash’s favorite things. Wilkes has always been a second home for Kurash, a junior in the digital design and media art program with a cognate minor in gaming and emergent technology.  “It [Wilkes University] …

The Wilkes University English Department will close its 2025 Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with a reading by guest artist George Saunders at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre.   Saunders is the author of …

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 …

The Board of Trustees of Wilkes University approved the following faculty members for tenure and promotion: Danielle Kieck was promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice and granted tenure. Kieck joined the faculty at Wilkes University in 2019. She earned her doctor of pharmacy degree from the State University of …