Don’t Miss the MSC Talent Show The Multicultural Student Coalition will hold a talent show at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5, in the Henry Student Center Ballroom. Students can sign up by fillinging out the Google forms on the MSC Talent Show Wilkes Today page. Admission is free and there will be food provided…

Wilkes Residence Life will host their biggest event of the year, the Battle of the Halls on Sunday and first-year students are getting excited for the event. With posters around campus and resident assistants (RAs) talking to students in their respective halls, everyone is gearing up to get ready. Battle of the Halls is a…

Come to the Spring Fling Student Government will host this year’s Spring Fling from 6 to 11 p.m. on Friday, March 29 at Genetti’s. The theme this year is Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Get your tickets in the Henry Student Center during club hours. Tickets are $5 each and will be on sale until Friday, March…

As housing selection for the fall semester begins it is important for students to understand how housing selection works as well as the new options available for upperclassmen on campus. The schedule for the housing selection process is laid out on the webpage, wilkes.edu/housingselection. Some of the important dates include that housing applications opened on…

Pain and Addiction Summit accepting student abstracts The Pennsylvania Pain and Addiction Summit is now accepting student research abstracts for their Summit on Friday, Apr. 12 at Mohegan Sun: Poconos. The Summit is looking for all majors who are completing or have completed research revolving around the idea of substance use, harm reduction, stigma reduction…

On Feb. 13, licensed clinical social worker Beth Ann Delaney spoke to students in a sit-down lecture about drug addiction, titled “Telling the World About Addiction: What You Need to Know”. “I love the title,” said Delaney. “There is so much to talk about. “What is really important to talk about is why does addiction…

On Feb. 19 the Family Business Alliance will be hosting an event on campus on the second floor of the Henry Student Center, in the Miller Room. Registration for the event will be at 11:30 a.m. and the workshop titled “Boost Your Social Presence” will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. with two guest speakers,…

While the Beacon was off for the holidays and break, Student Government held their last three meetings of the fall semester. The events of those meetings will be detailed later, but some major changes to Student Government were made while the Beacon was off. Student Government made revisions to their constitution, these revisions included: Adding…