Wilkes University News

Recipients were Kassandra Edmonds, of West Side Career and Technology Center, Hailey Ann Williams, of GAR High School, and Kyle Smith, of Wilkes-Barre Area.

The Ocean City Board of Education recognized the Top 10 scholars of the graduating Class of 2013 during a public meeting on Wednesday .

Join Kathy Schrock and faculty members of the Discovery Education/Wilkes University Instructional Media team as they share some of the best Summer Learnin' opportunities for you to take advantage of! From MOOC's to EdCamps, classes and conferences, you'll discover exciting ways to keep the heat on throughout the coming months.

The Parkland School Board appointed Jeffrey Bartman as assistant principal at Springhouse Middle School during its Tuesday night meeting.

Voter turnout in Luzerne County will probably be slightly below average, a member of the county board of elections predicts.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- Nearly 750 Wilkes University students graduated in the 66th annual commencement Saturday at the Marts Center on campus.

"There were very rarely races with no candidates years ago," said Pizano, a former Luzerne County election office head and elected commissioner.

With a pipe and drum band playing for them, the Wilkes University Class of 2013 walked down South Franklin Street together to take their seats in a packed Arnaud C. Marts Center.

Wilkes University will hold its graduate student commencement at 10 a.m. today and its undergraduate ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center, 84 W. South Street, Wilkes-Barre. Misericordia University will hold graduation ceremonies at 2 p.m. today in the Anderson Sports and Health Center on its Dallas Township campus.

Darin E. Fields will join the University of Findlay in July as vice president for academic affairs.

Students from Chambersburg Area and Greencastle-Antrim school districts participated in a mock trial during a Law Day observance on May 3. About 120 eighth-grade students from Chambersburg and Greencastle attended the event in the main courtroom of the Franklin County Courthouse.

They work long hours outside the home, take their kids to school, appointments and practices and still find time to grocery shop, make dinners and do laundry.

Monday: Management Development Certificate Series, Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Top of the 80's, Hazleton.

A group of Wilkes University students that traveled to Bangladesh this month to help a rural school got an education of their own as they survived riots and a monsoon.

The aspiring doctor plans to attend Wilkes University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as part of a seven-year joint program for his undergraduate and medical degrees.

Candy's Place hosts this 16th annual event, featuring a 2.5-mile walk. Registration begins at 9 a.m., walk starts at 10.

Cell phones are among our most valued devices we carry with us. They're also the valued target of robbers committing a crime called "Apple Picking" -- a reference to the Apple iPhone.

Within the span of an hour Tuesday night, police in Luzerne County said two college students were robbed of their cell phones.

Two college students - one from King's College and the other from Wilkes University - were attacked by a group of young men within one-half hour Tuesday night.

Assini, a Deptford Township resident, has been teaching at Delsea since 2004. She recently earned her master's degree in 21st Century Teaching and Learning from Wilkes University.