A new Title IX guidance issued by the Trump administration on Feb. 2 that reversed federal protections for transgender students will not affect protections on the Wilkes campus, administrators say. In May, The Departments of Education and Justice jointly issued a “Dear Colleague” letter which reinterpreted Title IX to include gender identity as well as […]

In January, Title IX Coordinator Samantha Hart announced to the Beacon that Wilkes received a grant from the Department of Education for the It’s On Us Campaign, a program whose goal is to end sexual assault through awareness and activism. Hart applied for the grant with the intention of organizing a week long event “that […]

In the aftermath of Stella, four Wilkes students showed what it means to “Be Colonel,” using their snow days as an opportunity to do some good in the community. On one of their days off, when about 22 inches of the fluffy white stuff were dropped on the city, students Cody Morcom, Dylan Fox, Teddy […]

On Feb. 28, the women’s and gender studies department hosted a Reproductive Health Panel alongside a few “Planned Parenthood Meetups” where students were invited to write postcards to senators and representatives urging them not to vote to defund Planned Parenthood. According to its website, Planned Parenthood is one of the nation’s leading providers of affordable […]

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into The United States” prohibiting the entry of all refugees into the United States for four months, and the entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely. In addition, the order prohibits the re-entry of visa holders from seven countries […]

Pennsylvania is the home of the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, housed the first home computer in 1946, and contains the nation’s original capital, Philadelphia.   Pa. is also the home of the most deaths by drug overdose in males between the ages of 17-25.   Lackawanna County District Attorney, Shane Scanlon, visited Wilkes on Nov. […]

Last Wednesday, on the night of the third and final presidential debate, a focus group discussion of young voters was held in the basement of the Stark Learning Center. The approximately 50 minute discussion, which prefaced a group-viewing of the debate, was led by Dr. Jane Elmes-Crahall, professor of communication studies. This discussion was in […]

President Patrick F. Leahy announced on Friday a new, $3.5 million dollar project that is scheduled to begin in May 2017  and to be completed by fall of 2018. The project, Leahy announced, would be the creation of a South Campus Gateway. The gateway, he said, would not be dissimilar to the East Campus Gateway […]