A veteran focused career and education fair will be held on the second floor of the Henry Student Center on May 12 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. While all students are invited to attend, the fair will focus on helping the veteran population. The fair is an excellent opportunity to meet with potential employers, especially for […]

On April 21, Dr. W. John Kress delivered a lecture on the topic “Beyond the Tree of Life: Valuing Museum Collections in the Age of Biodiversity,” as part of the Grace Kimball Lecture Series. Kress is the director for Science in the Grand Challenges Consortium at the Smithsonian, as well as a distinguished scientist and […]

As of April 20, for the very first time, the face of the US $20 bill will display someone who is not a white man. Rather than the longstanding image of Andrew Jackson, the front of the bill will picture Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who led many other slaves to freedom through the Underground […]

A panel discussion entitled “Frack It Or Leave It” will be presented at Wilkes on April 14 at 4 p.m. in the Henry Student Center Ballroom, funded by a grant from Pi Sigma Alpha The panel will be moderated by political science professor Dr. Thomas Baldino. “The purpose of the panel is to take a […]

A lunchbox from the 1970s was the focal point of a lecture given on March 29 in honor of Women’s History Month. The lunchbox belonged to Marilyn McCusker, who was one of the first female coal miners in the region. McCusker faced gender discrimination in the process of being employed as a miner in Rushton, […]

ISIS is repeatedly committing a heinous crime on humanity, one that is spoken about markedly less often than the group’s other acts of terrorism that make headlines. Sex slavery is a growing epidemic in the Islamic State. According to Dr. Jonathan Kuiken, assistant professor of global history and languages, sex slavery is permitted by the […]

At the Allan P. Kirby lecture Mary Fisher gave at the Dorothy Dixon Darte Center on March 16, Fisher spoke on such topics as the epidemic of xenophobia and the “othering” of groups of people, in wake of the rhetoric of “certain republican candidates.” Fisher related this to her plight as an HIV positive individual, […]

Forty-three years, 23 hours a day spent in a room alone. Only a few books and magazines to pass the time, and only one hour a day spent out of the room, handcuffed and leg ironed in a small fenced off area outdoors, rain or shine. This was the plight of Albert Woodfox, a former […]

A free self-defense seminar will be held on Feb. 23 in the Ballroom on the second floor of the Henry Student Center, beginning at 11:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. In addition to receiving a free T-shirt, students in attendance will learn some basic skills that can protect them in the event of an […]

The Clery report, otherwise known as the Annual Security and Fire Safety report, states that there were 10 sex offenses reported on campus in 2014, and one incident of dating violence. Since Nov. 30, Samantha Phillips has been employed as a full time Title IX coordinator who can hopefully bring these numbers down to zero, […]