Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership

Jay S. Sidhu MBA ’73, chairman and CEO of Customers Bancorp, Customers Bank, BankMobile – a division of Customers Bank, and BankMobile Technologies, offered insights about how to survive and thrive in the economic climate brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sidhu’s remarks were delivered as part of the Wilkes…

The Wilkes University Office of Alumni Relations will host a webinar with Jay S. Sidhu, MBA ’73, Chairman and CEO of Customers Bank. He will discuss the topic, “Surviving and Thriving During COVID-19,” focused on how organizations can adapt and overcome economic challenges in light of the pandemic.  The webinar will be held at 1 p.m.…

Taylor Hubiak Bachelor of Business Administration, Management and Marketing (Double Major) Hometown: Glen Gardner, N.J. Activities and Achievements: Hubiak is the recipient of the Academic Achievement Award for Management recognizing the highest grade-point average in the major. A member of the Honors Program, she was a dean’s list student every semester…

Wilkes University senior Samantha Trobe is spending spring break face-to-face with tigers and wildcats. If you’re thinking African safari – think again.  Trobe is leading a team of fellow students who are spending their week-long spring break at the North Carolina Tiger rescue, a non-profit organization that saves and protects…

Senior entrepreneurship major Cody Geidel was in a pickle when he had to come up with a business idea for one of his classes. Luckily, pickles were just what he needed to turn his college assignment into a full-fledged business.  “[Geidel’s Pickles] started as a simple project in one of…

Accounting students at Wilkes University’s Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership will offer free tax preparation to the public through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. The service will be offered February 1, 8, 15, and 22 by appointment only from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in…

January is Mentoring Month and this News@Wilkes story highlights the strong mentoring culture and the many mentoring relationships on campus. When McKaylah McKay, a digital design and media arts major, needs encouragement on a creative project, she knows she can count on assistant professor Lisa Reynolds. “She always gives you…

Wilkes University junior DeAndre DePass has earned an unofficial title on campus.  “They call me the mayor of Wilkes even though I’m from Philly,” explains DePass, a marketing and management major in the Sidhu School of Business and Leadership. “People joke around and say I know everyone… I’m just a…

Four Wilkes University students in the Sidhu School of Business and Leadership received a scholarship from the Northeastern Chapter of Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accounts. The scholarship fund is provided by the proceeds from the annual tax clinic established by the accounting organization. Partial tuition scholarships are awarded to…

Senior Ashley Abbey found her way to Wilkes University while taking a college tour road trip with her family. While checking out universities along her route from her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., Abbey quickly fell in love with the University. Now the marketing and management double major is spreading the…