Wilkes University News

Artistic Director Kristin Degnan has announced that Ballet Northeast will present its 26th annual full-length traditional "Nutcracker" at Wilkes University 's Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec.

Wilkes University announced its new doctor of nursing practice degree Thursday afternoon.

A Dauphin County jury on Thursday acquitted former Rep. Sean Ramaley of six felony counts in the first of 22 legislative corruption cases to go to trial.

Congress faces some daunting economic issues but it also has a chance to act quickly on a home run for taxpayers and consumers.

Bonnie Culver, director of the graduate creative writing program at Wilkes University, was named president of the James Jones Society.

GRADUATE STUDIES INFORMATION SESSION: Monday, 6-8 p.m., Wilkes University Henry Student Center, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre. Faculty will be available to answer questions about master's programs in business administration, creative writing, education, electrical engineering, engineering management with a concentration in operations and strategy, ...

Unemployment in northeastern Pennsylvania edged up in October, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Department of Labor.

A Philadelphia advertising agency is going back to school to find new clients. 160over90, a Center City branding agency, has done extensive work for colleges and universities in recent years.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this The Wilkes University Faculty Exhibition is currently on display at the Sordoni Art Gallery, 150 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, in the university's Stark Learning Center.

DOWNTOWN HAZLETON HOLIDAY MIXER: Thursday, 5-7 p.m., Church Street Station intermodal facility, located at Church and Mines streets.

Zebra Communications, the student-run public relations agency at Wilkes University is partnering with TGI Friday's in Wilkes-Barre to raise money for the local Salvation Army.

Area lawmakers agree with much of what governor had to say about reform, but differ on some details.

Wilkes-Barre police are looking for the person who stabbed 18 year old Edward Maye in an alley near Slocum Hall on South River Street on the Wilkes University campus yesterday afternoon around 4:20. The Wilkes student encountered two men who asked the victim for money then stabbed him during a tussle.

Wilkes University President Joseph "Tim" Gilmour's compensation has risen faster and higher than any other local president of the area's five private institutions, soaring by 78 percent since his first year in 2001-02. In fact, the compensation for the Wilkes president has more than doubled since 1999-2000, rising by 111 percent.

BARRE City police are investigating a strong-armed robbery that occurred Thursday night.

Friday morning jurors in Luzerne County will have to decide the fate of two men accused of beating and trying to rob a well-known Hazleton couple.

Cell phones and computers. We love them, we use them, and some of us just can't live without them.

Two men approached the victim, whose name was not released, in the area of 262 S. River St.

Krina H. Patel, PharmD Assistant Professor Pharmacy Practice Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing Wilkes University Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania US Pharm.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks at the Westmoreland Club on Tuesday night.