outstanding adult learner

Wilkes University recently named Trystan Griffith, Fairfield, Pa., as the recipient of the Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year Award for 2022. Griffith graduated on Saturday, May 21 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and with minors in sociology and women’s and gender studies. Griffith transferred to Wilkes from …

Wilkes University recently named Rebekah Cleary of Edwardsville, Pa., as the recipient of the Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year Award for 2021. Cleary graduated in January of 2021 with a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a 3.39 GPA. She is currently enrolled in the University’s 4+1 MBA …

Hannah Griffiths of Mountain Top, Pa., received the 2020 Outstanding Adult Learner Award for Wilkes University. The award is presented by the Luzerne County Council on Adult Higher Education.  Griffiths began her college career at Wilkes in 2015. Midway through her junior year, she received a devastating diagnosis: she was …

Debra Taylor of Forty Fort, Pa., received the 2019 Outstanding Adult Learner Award for Wilkes University not just because her path to a degree was different, but because it was marked by hard work, dedication and determination. The award is presented by the Luzerne County Council on Adult Higher Education.  …