Dr. Akira Shimizu and Dr. Jonathan Kuiken of the History Department welcomed their colleague Dr. Yanqiu Zheng from Misericordia University on Thursday, Oct. 23 as a part of the Division of  Global Cultures’ Contemporary History Project. Zheng talked about the global trade war between the United States of America and his home country, China. He…

On Oct. 10, at approximately 2:30 p.m. a burglary was reported on campus in the Henry Student Center. The suspect entered the Student Center in the late afternoon before fall break and is suspected to have removed property from the building, according to a notice sent by the university. “The suspect calmly entered several rooms…

On Oct. 16 Wilkes University welcomed UN Speaker Dr. Patience Stephens as apart of the annual UN lecture series. Stephens is the first speaker of the fall 2018 semester. Stephens was the 29th speaker brought to the campus to speak to students, faculty and staff who are interested in the various issues regarding the United…

On Oct. 17, Dr. Geraldine Richmond was invited to campus as apart of the campus’ Catherine H. Bone lecture. The Catherine H. Bone lecture in chemistry was instated in memoriam of Bone who began her 20-year teaching career at Wilkes College in 1946 and after retiring she continued to be a huge part of Wilkes….

On Sunday, Sept. 30 Wilkes University welcomed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the campus as apart of their Max Rossen Lecture in Law and Humanities. Abdul-Jabbar’s lecture was titled “Becoming Kareem” and chronologically captured his life as not only an athlete but as an activist, author, philanthropist, etc. Abdul-Jabbar was the thirty-seventh speaker in the lecture series….

On Saturday, Sept. 29, Wilkes-Barre, with the help of the ChalkFest and Hydromania organizers, attempted to break the Guinness world record for the longest chalk pavement drawing. Greely, Colo. currently holds the record with a three and a half mile drawing, and the City of Wilkes-Barre and the volunteers are hoping to beat it. Taylor…

On Tuesday, Sept. 18, Dr. Kyle Kreider of the political science department held a talk titled “Supreme Court Appointments and the Battle for the Constitution” by Widener University Commonwealth School of Law professor Michael Dimino. Dimino graduated from State University of New York- Buffalo with a degree in history and political science. Dimino then earned…

On Sept. 11, Wilkes University’s ROTC Detachment 752 and campus members came together to commemorate the lives of those lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. On this infamous day in 2001, an estimated 2,996 people died from the terror attacks and more than 6,000 were injured. These attacks targeted both the North…

On Sept. 14 the newly renovated engineering center of Stark Learning Center was dedicated to Randy and Robin Mark. Students, faculty, and family joined together to celebrate the dedication and official opening of the Mark Engineering Center. The Marks are also local business owners of Pulverman in Dallas, Pa, and have been on the board…