Wilkes University Scholarship Highlights Faculty Scholarship In Presentations From April 2-5
Wilkes-Barre, PA (04/02/2018) — Media contact for this release: Gabrielle D'Amico, 570-408-4510; gabrielle.damico@wilkes.edu
The Second Annual Wilkes University Scholarship Symposium celebrates the outstanding faculty research and scholarship taking place throughout Wilkes University's spectrum of disciplines. The event takes place from 4 to 7:30 p.m. from Monday, April 2 through Thursday, April 5, and includes numerous research, performance and poster presentations. The event is free and open to the public.
The symposium kicks off on Monday, April 2 at 4 p.m. in Room 106 of Breiseth Hall. After a welcome from Wilkes President Patrick Leahy, Thomas Baldino, professor of political science, will begin the event with a lecture titled "Unlocking the Keystone State: Using elite interviews to uncover the differences between the theory and practice of Pennsylvania's government in the 21 st Century."
The event closes Thursday at 6 p.m. with the O'Hop Final Word Lecture. The lecture will be in the McHale Athletic Center of the University Center on Main. It will be delivered by Helen Davis, associate professor of English. Her presentation is titled "Ambitious Women Then and Now: Charlotte Brontë to Hillary Clinton."
Presentations throughout the four-day symposium covers topics as diverse as research science impacting health care, social media marketing, neonatal mortality in Africa, entrepreneurship, literature and creative writing. To view the complete 2018 schedule, visit www.wilkes.edu/symposium.
Leahy committed $1 million to create the Research and Scholarship Fund at Wilkes University in 2016. The fund provides financial support to faculty for their work as scholars and creative practitioners. Faculty, students and Research and Scholarship Grant recipients will share their work at the annual symposium.
About Wilkes University:
Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 43 bachelor's degree programs, Wilkes offers 25 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.
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