Food services staff hosted this month’s food advisory board meeting last Tuesday. The meeting was broken down into four sections: discussion about Henry’s Food Court, Starbucks, Rifkin Cafe and the POD. Executive Chef Matt Moss spoke about Taco Tuesdays and how they have continued to implement it throughout this semester. The station has been popular…

The university’s first-ever Giving Day was held on Feb. 20, 2020. With the theme of “20,” Wilkes hoped to receive 220 gifts over the course of the day. The university broke that goal by the end of the day with 527 total gifts. The gifts were all monetary donations to the campus from alumni, families,…

Six P1 pharmacy students presented a group presentation on strategies to improve learning and studying to all interested students on Tuesday night. Amanda Albright, Timothy Hendershot, Auri Glucksnis, Morgan Casciole, Dani Francisko and Jeffrey Eager-Heffner presented together for their Foundations of Pharmacy course. The presentation focused on how students could use the VARK system of…

Last Tuesday, Luzerne County SHINE (Schools and Homes in Education) hosted a resource night for families and members of the community. The event featured representatives from a dozen social service agencies including: The Domestic Violence Service Center, Catholic Social Services, Volunteers in Medicine, Victims Resource Center, Children’s Service Center, CEO, Fortis, Advantage, Pennsylvania CareerLink, Luzerne…

Science fiction author Alice Sola Kim kicked off the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series as the first author to visit campus. Dr. Mischelle Anthony, associate professor and chair of the English department, oversaw contact and reservations with students for the events throughout the day. “I was happy to have Alice Kim visit our department…

Feb. 20 marks the beginning of a new 24-hour long online fundraising effort by the university. Throughout the day the SUB will be filled with students, deans, coaches, other faculty and alumni as the university pushes toward its goal of raising the most amount of money for the university in a single day through donations….

On Feb. 3, the Iowa caucus was officially underway. As results began to come in, official statements were released indicating it would take additional days to get the full report of results. As the week went on and results trickled in, discussions about the Iowa caucus began to circulate from what the results meant to…

Throughout February, accounting majors and other students from the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership are working to provide members of the community with free tax preparation. Students will be helping community members with tax returns every Saturday throughout the rest of the month with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. While…

On Jan. 29, Student Affairs sent an email to the student body addressing a false report that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was present on Wilkes campus. Student Affairs stated in the email, “With growing concerns about the coronavirus, false reports of the spread of the virus are occurring across the country. These reports tend…

Coming into the new year, President Donald Trump was officially impeached by the House of Representatives. The case to remove President Trump from office was brought before the Senate on Jan 21. As of Jan. 26, the hearings had been going on for five days. This past week saw both the Democrats make their case…