Showing posts with label wilkes university. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wilkes university. Show all posts

Thursday 9 April 2015

Wilkes University - University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students.Wilkes was founded in 1933 as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, and became an independent institution in 1947, naming itself Wilkes College, after English radical politician John Wilkes.

Address: 84 W South St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, United States
Phone: +1 570-408-2000 
Former names
Bucknell Junior College
Motto"Unity Amidst Diversity"
Established1933
TypePrivate
Endowment$44.6 million
PresidentPatrick F. Leahy, Ed.D
ProvostDr. Anne Skleder
Academic staff
157 Full Time
Undergraduates2,245
Postgraduates2,254
LocationWilkes-Barre, PA, USA
Campus35 acres; Urban
ColorsBlue and Gold            
MascotColonels
Websitewww.wilkes.edu