Wilkes University’s annual Family Day is scheduled for Nov. 1 and aims to show the families of current students the different elements of campus as well as introduce them to faculty, staff and administrators. Family day is a collaborative event hosted by the Division of Student Affairs.​ Activities are to begin with registration and a bagel […]

Attention Students Graduating in May 2015 For bachelor’s and doctor of pharmacy degree students: Diploma Order and Cap & Gown Order forms for processing for May Commencement are available at the Student Services Center, or on-line under the Registrar Forms area. Completed forms, signed by advisor, are due back in the student services center by […]

On  Saturday, 12 Wilkes students traveled to Centralia for a day of cleanup volunteer work. Approximately 45 volunteers gathered at the Centralia Municipal building to help with the elimination of trash and debris from the Centralia coal mine area. Robert Hughes, coordinator of the project and Executive Director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned […]

This evening on a relaxed schedule, Wilkes University Student Government tackled Casino Week budget. Treasurer Anthony Fanucci took the multiple prize suggestions into account from the previous meeting and was able to get multiple deals on many of the prizes, including cheaper sound speakers in order to lighten the proposed budget. The new prizes for […]

Attention Students Graduating in May 2015 For bachelor’s and doctor of pharmacy degree students: Diploma Order and Cap & Gown Order forms for processing for May Commencement are available at the Student Services Center, or on-line under the Registrar Forms area. Completed forms, signed by advisor, are due back in the student services center by […]

Dr. Mischelle Anthony, a Wilkes University English professor, has a class attendance record that few of her students or her colleagues share. Anthony proudly stated, “I have only ever missed one class as both a student and a professor.” This exceptional record is now broken but with good reason as Anthony has recently returned from […]

October, 1962. Leaves were shifting their color from green to fiery shades of orange and red. The air was growing more and more brisk with every passing day. The inevitability of winter was becoming more and more real. And under millions of desks in America, school children huddled and hoped that this drill was just […]

On Oct. 5, Dr. Maria Grandinetti led a group of 75 Wilkes University students in the annual Walk-A-Thon event benefiting Ruth’s Place House of Hope. Ruth’s Place, which is a program of Volunteers of America Pennsylvania, is the only homeless shelter in Luzerne County and provides emergency shelter and services for roughly 2,000 homeless women. […]

Wilkes University Office Assistant in Communication Studies, Michele Geiser,  has incorporated a Breast Cancer Awareness fundraiser into her business, Bepa Studio. Bepa Studio, which specializes in fine art photography, is holding a “Think Pink” 20% off sale in all framed and unframed sales for the month of Oct. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the […]

About 45 miles north of Wilkes University, in the small town of Forest City, the Steamtown Marathon, which has taken place since 1996, begins at Forest City Regional. On Sunday, October. 12th, the 19th Annual race occurred. The 26.2-mile marathon begins at the school and travels to Courthouse Square in Scranton. All the proceeds from […]