Osterhout library plans summer events Jun 19, 2008
Poetry Workshops with Wilkes University s Jim Warner this summer are Tuesdays July 1 and Aug. 5, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Youth Services Department. Ages 12-18. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Butler picks Robert Morris Jun 17, 2008
Scranton graduate Walter Pabst will continue his football and academic careers at Wilkes University. As a middle linebacker and two-year starter with the Knights, Pabst earned Lackawanna Football Conference Division I first-team honors as a senior and second-team honors as a junior. (Scranton Times, PA)
COLLEGE BRIEFS Jun 15, 2008
Participants can receive Act 48 credit hours, NEIU 19 Continuing Professional Education Credits, Keystone College credits or Wilkes University graduate education credits. Other programs for educators teaching students in grades seven through 12 include Forests and Society, July 13-18 and Climate Change and the Energy Challenge from July 20-25. (Scranton Times, PA)
Drums educator’s work rewarded with state honor Jun 9, 2008
Members of Project ABLE work with education students at Luzerne County Community College, Wilkes University and King s College, and the founding members have traveled as far as California to promote their work and give presentations. When Redwinski started to assist those with disabilities, she worked one on one with Francis s son, Billy Francis. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Delayed hand-off Jun 4, 2008
"But, I have noticed this is the attitude of some of the youngest workers entering the depot." Borosky has earned an associate degree, and is now attending Wilkes University while he works to earn a bachelor's degree. He has mixed feelings about an eventual retirement. (Pennsylvania Northeast Business Journal, PA)
Wilkes students’ internships take on Olympic feel Jun 1, 2008
Wilkes students internships take on Olympic feel BY HEIDI RUCKNOSTAFF WRITER 06/01/2008 Two Wilkes University student athletes will have Olympic summers this year as they plan to do internships on the world s athletic stage. Alyssa Koncelik, a field hockey player who will enter her senior year next fall, and junior tennis player Xaioqiao Zhang will spend their summer working for the 2008 Olympic Games. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Wall Street West grants pour in May 31, 2008
Wilkes University, $219,727, to develop an accelerated bachelor s degree program in business administration with a specialization in financial services operations ... Junior Achievement, $374,000, to be shared with Wilkes University for scholarships to allow students to attend Finance Park Program or CEO Program; and $55,000 to develop hands-on middle and high school programs to teach economics and financial literacy. (Scranton Times, PA)
PIAA Softball Playoffs May 31, 2008
June 2 -- Brandywine Heights vs. Mifflinburg at Fleetwood, 5 p.m.; Philadelphia Masterman vs. St. Pius X at Temple University, 2 p.m.; Loyalsock vs. Pequea Valley at Elm Park, Williamsport, 4 p.m.; Nanticoke vs. Penn Argyl at Wilkes University, 5 p.m. PIAA CLASS A. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
More girls should be scientists May 28, 2008
To reverse this trend, Deb Chapman, a teacher at Wilkes University has created a program called WEBS, Women Empowered By Science. It brings sixth-grade girls from local schools to the university one day a month to do experiments. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Program hopes to create interest in science among girls May 27, 2008
Chapman, an education specialist and science instructor at Wilkes University, has a career in science, and happens to be a woman ... That s why five years ago Chapman started the program Women Empowered By Science, or WEBS. In the WEBS program, sixth-grade girls come to Wilkes University once a month to work with science professors ... Since the Wilkes University science department received a $1 million grant, the program will receive additional funding, and a name for the program will reflect... (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
New dean of Wilkes law school initiative ready for the challenge May 27, 2008
The second is starting as the appointed dean for the Wilkes University Law School Planning Initiative ... It s a law school that Prescott hopes will open its doors at Wilkes University by 2010, graduating its first class by 2013 ... It s also a law school that Prescott sees as a bold move by Wilkes University, which will benefit Wilkes-Barre and Northeastern Pennsylvania upon its completion. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Tuition rates climb higher due to rising costs May 26, 2008
Wilkes University sophomore Michael Carnevale is struggling with a 4. 5 percent increase that will bring his tuition costs for 2008-09 to $25,170. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Entertainment guide May 26, 2008
CINDERELLA: Ballet Northeast, Friday through June 1, Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes University, $15/$20. MOVIN OUT: Broadway Theatre League of NEPA, Friday through June 1, Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple. (Scranton Times, PA)
Wilkes students endorse a political party May 23, 2008
The students in Professor Jane Elmes-Crahall s Controlling Spin: Public Relations, Politics and News class at Wilkes University crafted the endorsement earlier this month after each wrote a personal letter of endorsement for the candidate he or she chose. Valerie Martinez, a junior, wrote the post. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
LCTA sees more bus riders as gas prices rise May 21, 2008
Authority officials also discussed increasing service to King s College, Wilkes University and Luzerne County Community College. I think with the price of gas the way it is, we are going to get more reaction from the schools, Strelish said. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
URBAN FARMING IS TAKING ROOT May 21, 2008
Urban farming is really becoming not just a trendy, nice thing to do, but it s becoming a real significant way to address issues related to the environment, food safety and food security, said Ellen Flint, Ph. D., an associate professor of music at Wilkes. (Scranton Times, PA)
City woman dies in a freak crash May 20, 2008
Herr, a senior at Wilkes University who is an emergency medical technician, said she tried to comfort the victims until emergency crews arrived. No one in the apartment complex was injured. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Wilkes confers more than 700 degrees May 18, 2008
Graduation is a significant milestone in life and I ask our graduates to take time today to reflect on how much they have accomplished, said Dr. Joseph Tim Gilmour, Wilkes University president. As he addressed the graduates, Gilmour reflected on the past year, during which Wilkes University was in the national spotlight several times. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Students getting a say in speakers May 15, 2008
Students are getting a say in commencement speakers - USATODAY.com. Get information on education programs that could help you increase your earning power. (USA Today)
HP acquires EDS for $13.2 B May 14, 2008
A graduate of Wyoming Seminary and Wilkes University, Rittenmeyer is married to the former Hedy Wrighton, of Nicholson, another Wilkes alumnus. Before his time at EDS, Rittenmeyer held high-level positions at big names in American business like PepsiCo Food, Frito-Lay International, and Ryder TRS Inc., the truck rental company. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
HP pays $13.2B for EDS May 14, 2008
A graduate of Wyoming Seminary and Wilkes University, Mr. Rittenmeyer is married to the former Hedy Wrighton, of Nicholson, another Wilkes alumnus. TIMES-TRIBUNE STAFF contributed to this report. (Scranton Times, PA)
Flying squirrels getting help May 12, 2008
In Pennsylvania, we are losing our northern flying squirrels, Wilkes University professor Michael Steele, Ph. D., said. (Scranton Times, PA)
Wilkes law school welcome in NEPA May 9, 2008
Wilkes University on Wednesday announced that it has selected a dean for a law school it plans to establish. The new dean is Loren C. Chip Prescott Jr.. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
10th District rep backs constituents’ choice May 9, 2008
D., a Wilkes University political science professor, said he was unsurprised by Carney s choice because of the promise to follow the will of Democratic voters. Obama s got it (the nomination) locked up, Baldino said, reflecting a judgment made by many analysts even though Obama still doesn t have enough delegates to earn the nomination. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Wilkes announces dean of law school initiative May 8, 2008
School officials on Wednesday announced Loren D. Chip Prescott Jr. has been appointed dean for the Wilkes University Law School Planning Initiative, a dream they hope would come to fruition by 2010 and graduate its first class by 2013. Even though the law school is still in the preliminary stages, the university s trustees began discussing its potential in 2004 and voted last June to put a leader with legal education experience at the helm. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Weekend entertainment guide May 8, 2008
CINDERELLA: Ballet Northeast, May 30 through June 1, Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes University, $15/$20. MOVIN OUT: Broadway Theatre League of NEPA, May 30 through June 1, Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple. (Scranton Times, PA)
Clean team keeps downtown sparkling May 5, 2008
King s College, Wilkes University and Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania are the largest nonprofits making voluntary contributions. Only nine property owners 3 percent of the property owners in the business improvement district opposed the district in writing last year. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
How humans react to changing climate more important than cause May 5, 2008
There is no question it will affect us. If not us, our grandchildren, Leakey said about climate change. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Wilkes makes pitch to Scranton senior May 5, 2008
One sign: Our goal at Wilkes University is to be as much a mentor as your mother has been ... The sign on gas pumps features several locations Miss Pollock may be driving to, like cheerleading practice or her job at Gerrity s Supermarket, and the statement We just hope you re also on your way to Wilkes University next year. (Scranton Times, PA)
Macs in the enterprise: How d'you like them Apples May 4, 2008
Wilkes University has also pulled the plug on PCs in favor of Macs, saying the move--which actually began last year--will save the Pennsylvania liberal arts college more than US$150,000 while still letting students and faculty continue to run Windows applications. Touted by Apple Inc. as one of the first colleges to mandate a campus-wide shift from Windows PCs to Macs, the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Computerworld)
NEPA unemployment rate declines to 5.8 percent May 2, 2008
D., business professor at Wilkes University. It looks like we don t know what we are talking about, he said, but many economic indicators are tentative because the data is complex. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Newly Registered Likely To Support Obama Apr 23, 2008
Madonna noted that a record number of students signed up through one of the several voter registration efforts on college campuses across the state, an observation that fits well with the data: In addition to Philadelphia and its neighbors, other counties with the highest number of newly registered Democrats are Allegheny (home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, and several other post-secondary institutions) and Luzerne (home to two Penn State satellite campuses, Wilkes... (CBS News)
‘Clinton Country’ theory holds true Apr 23, 2008
Clinton held a town-hall meeting at King s College in Wilkes-Barre on April 1, the same day Obama made his only appearance in the city, at Wilkes University five blocks away ... Clinton s husband, former president Bill Clinton, spoke at Coughlin High School on March 19 and again at Wilkes University last Saturday. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
‘The Early Show’ broadcasts from Wilkes Apr 22, 2008
The Early Show broadcasts from Wilkes BY MICHAEL R. SISAKSTAFF WRITER 04/22/2008 WILKES-BARRE Fifteen minutes before the start of The Early Show on Monday, co-host Harry Smith explained the significance of his live broadcast from the Henry Student Center at Wilkes University to colleagues and viewers across the country. In a series of short on-air chats promoting the show, Smith told local anchors in major cities like Albany, N.Y., Tampa and Dallas, Texas, how Wilkes-Barre, with a population of... (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
National survey shows metro area increased economic momentum Apr 22, 2008
D., a professor of business and economics at Wilkes University. We re kind of in the middle but moving up, said Christopher Haran, CEO of the Great Valley Technology Alliance, which promotes high-skill employment. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
CBS gets opinions of youth at Wilkes Apr 22, 2008
In a series of short on-air chats promoting the show, Mr. Smith told local anchors in cities like Albany, N.Y., Tampa, Fla. and Dallas, Texas, how Wilkes-Barre, with a population of less than 50,000, had attracted visits from both Democratic presidential candidates Sen. (Scranton Times, PA)
CBS’s ‘The Early Show’ is live from Wilkes this morning Apr 21, 2008
CBS s The Early Show is live from Wilkes this morning 04/21/2008 The Early Show will broadcast live Monday from Wilkes University. Harry Smith of The Early Show will interview students about the presidential campaign and Tuesday s primary election at the Henry Student Center. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Talk of the Times with Estella Parker Killian Apr 21, 2008
Education background: Bachelor of arts degree from Wilkes University. Title: Northeast Regional director of Greater Pennsylvania Chapter, Alzheimer s Association. (Scranton Times, PA)
School notes Apr 21, 2008
The Meteor Chronicle, the student newspaper, won five second-place awards at the eighth annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference at Wilkes University. In addition to second in best overall newspaper, staff members Francesca Edgington-Giordano, Courtney Haggerty, Megan Henry and Amanda Rebello placed in sports and opinion writing as well as sports and news/feature photography. (Scranton Times, PA)
Bill Clinton's Golden Oldies act Apr 21, 2008
Bill Clinton stumps for his wife, Hillary, in the Wilkes University gymnasium in Wilkes-Barre, Pa ... At a wan rally at Wilkes University here Saturday morning, he squinted at a card listing local dignitaries and confessed, "You'll have to forgive me. I'm getting old. I can't read well this early in the morning." Burbling about building cars that could get 100 miles to the gallon at a Friday night town meeting in Fort Washington, just outside Philadelphia, Clinton remarked, "Whenever I say this... (Salon)
Event will raise funds for those who can’t remember anymore Apr 20, 2008
Participating artists who work in a variety of mediums will include: Allison Maslow, Shavertown; Shirley Trievel, Bear Creek; Maria Burd, Madison Township; Mike Burnside, Harveys Lake; Carol Swan, Kingston; Maria Livrone, Plains; Bill Maile Jr., Scranton; Eileen Sharp, Wilkes University and Brian Blight, King s College. Estella Parker Killian, regional director of the Alzheimer s Association Greater PA Chapter, which serves a 15-county area of central and Northeastern PA, said the disease... (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Bill Clinton makes Wilkes stop Apr 20, 2008
Speaking at the Marts Center of Wilkes University, he told the crowd that if Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., wins Pennsylvania, the victory would have repercussions nationwide. (Scranton Times, PA)
Pennsylvania Dems consider candidates Apr 20, 2008
"No one has a clear definition of what a Pennsylvanian is," said Harold Cox, a professor emeritus of history at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre. Analysts joke that the state is America's Yugoslavia, a whole of rival parts, or two big industrial cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with Alabama in between. (AZCentral -- News)
ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR Apr 18, 2008
NOW through MAY 4 -- Sweetheart Like You: Roller Derby Portraits at the Sordoni Art Gallery on the Wilkes University campus by Michael Poster. Gallery hours are noon to 4:30 p.m. daily. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Earth Day festivities expected to draw crowd Apr 17, 2008
Wilkes University s Women Empowered by Science will race mini-solar cars. Brian Oram of Wilkes University Center For Environmental Quality will have a display on water quality. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
New safety measures abound on one-year anniversary of Virginia Tech Apr 13, 2008
LCCC, King s College and Misericordia University have all signed up, while Wilkes University has implemented a voice and text-message system of its own. After Virginia Tech, we really rushed to get it up, and so far it s going well. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Leighton, Doherty react to Obama’s ‘bitter’ comment Apr 13, 2008
Obama visited Scranton on March 17 and spoke at Wilkes University and in Dunmore on April 1, the same day Clinton appeared at King s College, five blocks away. Sen. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Star power for Hillary Apr 12, 2008
Hi, Astin said, standing in front of more than 100 people at the Henry Student Center. I m running for student body president. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Meet The New Kid: Britney Scott Apr 12, 2008
Her father played football for Wilkes University of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Purduesports.com)
CNN segment focuses on city’s ‘fragile rebirth’ Apr 10, 2008
Others who were featured on the CNN Money televised report and/or in an online article included Wilkes-Barre residents Lorna and Jerry Altavilla, Joseph Rembis, who works in Wilkes-Barre; Bob Scocozzo, co-founder and chief executive of Scent-Sations, which produces Mia Bella Candles; Anthony Liuzzo, professor of business and economics at Wilkes University; Scott Sanfilippo, president and co-founder of Solid Cactus, and Teri Ooms, executive director of the Joint Urban Studies Center. Golf course... (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Foy credited with hate crime arrest Apr 9, 2008
The Victims Resource Center, in cooperation with Wilkes University and King s College, will sponsor its annual Take Back the Night march and rally next Wednesday, April 16, at 6 p.m. on Public Square ... At 5:45 p.m., students, faculty and staff of Wilkes University, Victims Resource Center staff and members of the community will meet on West South Street at the Wilkes University Henry Student Center. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Barletta: Three presidential candidates hesitant to visit Hazleton Apr 8, 2008
Dr. Tom Baldino, political science professor at Wilkes University, said immigration is likely the main reason candidates have avoided Hazleton. I can say yes, but I can t say yes absolutely, Baldino said. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Local man part of effort to help uninsured get health care Apr 7, 2008
The clinics work together with the Commission on Economic Opportunity and Wilkes University, which offers some medications at no cost. The clinics are only open one night a week for a few hours, but a full-time clinic will open soon. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Obama supporters told candidate gives hope Apr 7, 2008
Just the other day, I was going to the Barack Obama rally at Wilkes University, and I saw, scrawled over a Jewish synagogue, swastikas, Youngblood said. In 2008. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Wilkes-Barre rallies gave fans chance to meet presidential hopefuls Apr 6, 2008
Barack Obama Godspeed during a brief encounter with the Democratic presidential front-runner outside the Arnaud C. Marts Center at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre last Tuesday. He looked me square in the eyes and thanked me, Brown, of Wilkes-Barre, said later. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
People of NEPA are the deciders Apr 6, 2008
Thousands more registered to vote in the upcoming April 22 Pennsylvania primary election. At a dinner at the home of Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty, donors contributed the astounding sum of $250,000 to the Clinton campaign. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Obama's economic advisers are brainy academics Apr 5, 2008
Barack Obama speaks April 1 at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . (Anchorage Daily News)
Eight proposals for surveillance camera system submitted Apr 3, 2008
Wire Free Wilkes-Barre, a nonprofit partnership between the city, Luzerne County, King s College and Wilkes University, could select a vendor from the responses or could revise the plan and ask for more proposals, Lau said. The city applied for $2. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Obama Frames Race As Match With McCain Apr 2, 2008
speaks at a town hall meeting at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. (CBS News)
wilkes-barre counts Apr 2, 2008
Obama at Wilkes University in the morning, Clinton at King s College in the afternoon. For a scant few hours, Wilkes-Barre seemed more like a town in Iowa, home of the caucuses that kick off the battle for the White House, rather than Pennsylvania, which for years has been a political afterthought and postscript during primary season. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
‘Road to Change’ tour brings Obamamania Apr 2, 2008
Supporters began lining up outside the Arnaud C. Marts Center at Wilkes University as early as 6 a.m. By 10 a.m., the line wrapped around Ross Street all the way to South Main Street. The crowd chanted things like, Fired up. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Obama makes first stop in Wilkes-Barre Apr 2, 2008
Obama spoke for 68 minutes at The Marts Center on Wilkes University s campus, spending one half hour on his stump speech and reserving the rest for questions and comments from the audience. His speech dutifully addressed the pressing national issues that have become staples of the campaign trail the war in Iraq, the credit market and mortgage crises, education, health care, green technologies and the environment and, of course, fiscal responsibility and the national debt. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
No room for all ticket-holders at Wilkes event Apr 2, 2008
The dejected trio of Sen. Barack Obama supporters were among dozens of ticket-holders snubbed from seeing Obama s stump speech Tuesday when officials told the waiting crowd the Arnaud C. Marts Center was filled to capacity. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
City police busy with political visits Apr 2, 2008
I got to see some of the action Tuesday at Obama s event outside Wilkes University. Several hundred excited people, many chanting, were anxiously waiting in line, but there were no problems. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Clinton vows she will keep fighting for nomination Apr 2, 2008
Obama, who leads Clinton 1,626 to 1,486 in pledged delegates, with 189 at stake in the April 22 Pennsylvania Primary, campaigned earlier Tuesday at Wilkes University, five blocks away. Even with sizeable victories in the eight primaries after Pennsylvania, neither candidate can reach the 2,024-delegate threshold required to clinch the nomination and the race will likely be decided by superdelegates a group of party leaders and elected officials that will comprise about one-fifth of the party s... (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
