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It all started with a question. Wilkes University student Alec Levin attended a youth leadership conference in high school where a motivational speaker asked, “How do you want to be remembered?” The answer was Actions Over Words, the clothing line Levin created before he came to Wilkes.  The company’s name…

Can you be a star on the stage AND the soccer field? Yes you can! Meet Micaela Oliverio, who double-majored in Wilkes University Theatre and Communication Studies at Wilkes University, was a member of the championship Wilkes Women’s Soccer team, and credits her ability to have done so many things to “the people at Wilkes. They…

“This week on the Colonel Journal I’m going to show you…” who is Caroline Rickard. Wilkes junior Caroline Rickard combined her textbook knowledge as a communication studies student with hands-on experience to produce one of the University Marketing Communication Department’s most popular social media features. The Orwigsburg, Pa., native is…

Wilkes University student pharmacist Mia Lussier of Somerset, Mass., isn’t waiting until she receives her degree to start educating others about addiction. Lussier, a second-year student pharmacist, is starting the “Luzerne County Faces of Addiction” campaign which aims to raise awareness of the effects of addiction — all through the…