study abroad

College offers students an opportunity to expand their horizons. Derek Donaldson, a pharmacy and Spanish double major, goes the extra mile, taking advantage of study abroad opportunities in Peru and Spain, and collaborating with a professor to craft a chapter of a Spanish-language textbook for medical professionals. As a student…

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…

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…

Three Wilkes University students were awarded the Dr. Joseph Donald Stephens, DDS Global Scholars Award. The award provides students with scholarships to enhance their education via study abroad opportunities. The award was established by Panos Kalaritis, a member of Wilkes University’s Class of 1977, and his wife, Deborah Stephens Kalaritis,…

It wasn’t enough for Wilkes University junior and Argentina native, Juan Astegiano, to spend his high school years in the States at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa. When Astegiano began his college search, he once again included institutions in the United States. Now at Wilkes, the triple major in political…

Wilkes University junior Jason DeBoard never imagined that changing his academic focus could eventually lead to a trip to Greece.  As a pre-med student at Wilkes, he spent summer 2019 shadowing surgeons in that country as part of his study abroad experience – an opportunity he never considered when he…

Three Wilkes University students were awarded the Dr. Joseph Donald Stephens, DDS Global Scholars Award. The award provides students with scholarships to pursue their education in another country. The award was established by Panos Kalaritis, a member of the Class of 1977, and his wife, Deborah Stephens Kalaritis, a member…

Wilkes fourth-year pharmacy student Michael Hummel knew he needed more practice doing blood pressure screenings. After helping with a screening event attended by more than 150 people at a church in Kijinjubwa, Uganda, he felt like a pro. “People were talking, trucks were going by outside, as I tried to…