family of colonels

A year after they officially earned their degrees, Wilkes University will honor the Class of 2020 during Commencement at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 22 in the McHale Athletic Center at the University Center on Main. The ceremony, originally scheduled for May 2020, was postponed (twice!) due to the global…

Although the face-to-face commencement ceremony scheduled for May 16 has been postponed until September, Wilkes University students in the Class of 2020 are still officially graduating this weekend. And there is a lot to celebrate about these wonderful students – both undergraduate and graduate — who persevered to complete their…

Wilkes University’s campus will be the hub for future Colonels during Accepted Students Day this Saturday, March 23. Accepted students are invited to tour campus, eat lunch and attend sample classes taught by Wilkes professors. As the admissions staff and campus community prepare for the event, here are 10 things…

Brooke Ariel Giarratano of Mountain Top, Pa., is part of a family of colonels. Her grandfather, Anthony Michael ’74, mother, Barbara Michael Giarratano ’89, and sister Tara Giarratano Morrison ’17 all attended Wilkes.  When Giarratano was thinking of her college future, they encouraged her to wear blue and gold. But…