When Liv Serkosky, ‘26, earned an elementary school role in a production of The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. at KISS Theater, she knew she was bound for the stage. “It wasn’t a question of if I should perform, but when,” said Serkosky, an Exeter, Pennsylvania native who wanted …

Erica Acosta was born and raised in a Latino family in Brooklyn, New York, and she now lives with her husband and daughters in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. She’s had an office at Wilkes University, where she currently serves as director of diversity initiatives, for 13 years. Whether she’s at home, …

Wilkes University is pleased to share the digitally immersive Fall 2024/Winter 2025 issue of the Wilkes magazine! In each issue, we have the privilege of showcasing all our collaborative work and successes across campus through featured stories about student involvement, exciting academic updates, campus renovations, alumni announcements and more.  Learn more …

Though marketing and engineering students seemingly come from two different worlds, they have a lot in common when it comes to envisioning their next start-up. Through a unique learning collaboration in BEGR 411, students in the College of Business and Engineering (COBE) experienced the power of  blending their majors and …

Members of the Wilkes University community gathered in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme of this year’s celebration was, “It takes a village.” Erica Acosta, director of diversity initiatives at Wilkes, explained that the program’s theme was …

Whether he’s working with old video or new technology, Eric Ruggiero, associate professor and chair of digital design and media art, shows his students how he turns classroom skills into action and gives them a glimpse of the many facets of a creative career. He even picked up another award …

With the start of a new year, many people decide to make changes for the better — stress less, drink more water, eat healthier, get eight hours of sleep. Whether or not these promises are considered New Year’s resolutions, they can be tough to keep once classes start and work …

The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing will host its Winter Reading Series at Wilkes University from Jan. 4 to 9. Held in conjunction with the graduate creative writing program’s January residency, the event features program faculty, alumni and guest writers spanning the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, …

While the hottest new toys or the latest electronics may lose their sparkle, the impact of learning lasts a lifetime. So earlier this year, when SHINE of Luzerne County faced funding cuts, a group of local organizations came together to address the shortfall. AllOne Foundation, AllOne Charities, Earth Conservancy, the …

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 …