veterans

Veteran’s Week Event: Blessing Bag Donations @ WUPB Event.

Veteran’s Week Event: Veteran’s Day Ceremony.

Veteran’s Week Event: Shawnee Cemetery Cleanup.

Veteran’s Week Event: Send a Holiday Card!

Veteran’s Week Event: Veteran’s Council Cookout.

Veterans Week Event: Mindfulness & Meditation Night.

Wilkes University was recognized as a 2022-2023 Guard Friendly School by the Pennsylvania National Guard Associations (PNGAS). This program is designed to recognize high schools, colleges, universities and trade schools that meet or exceed the standards that support and promote not only the Pennsylvania National Guard, but the recruitment and…

Wilkes University senior Justin Newcomer of Newfoundland, Pa., has received a 2020 Student Veteran Leadership Award from G.I. Jobs magazine. Newcomer, an electrical engineering major, is one of 48 student veterans nationally receiving the award. He will be featured in the publication’s August issue.  The award recognizes student veterans who have demonstrated a…

Wilkes University students, faculty and staff will commemorate Veterans Day across campus with a variety of events. November 7, 4-6 p.m. Henry Student Center first floor lounge, 84 W. South St. Wilkes-Barre: First-year student mentors are hosting a donation drive to prepare baskets and cards for local veterans to be…

 The dedication was held on June 6, the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Wilkes University dedicated Veterans Memorial Court on June 6, the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II. Veterans Memorial Court is located near the flagpoles on the university’s Campus Gateway in the Fenner…