Built 61 years ago in 1964, the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center is a staple of Wilkes University. Housing the performing arts ...

Wilkes University recognized 11 faculty and staff members at the 2025 Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness Committee (TREC) Awards Ceremony. David M. Ward, provost and senior vice president for ...

Etruscan Press awarded its annual Etruscan Prize to Ciahnan Darrel for his fiction piece All She Said She Wouldn’t at the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing’s June residency. The prize ...

The Wilkes University Colonels football team will have a mix of familiar faces and a lot of new ones heading into the 2025 season. Head Coach David Biever is in his second year after a successful ...

Wilkes University’s Programming Board hosted its first event on Aug. 23. The annual first-year “Drag Bingo” took place during Welcome Weekend and provided students with a memorable introduction to a ...

Wilkes is launching a national search to find its next women’s lacrosse head coach. University Athletic Director Scott Musa announced earlier this month that Maegan Laymon, women’s lacrosse head coach ...

The third annual Athlete of the Year tournament completed its two-day Semifinal Round on Tuesday, advancing two athletes on each side of the bracket to the Championship Round. Action concluded in the ...

Coming off of an 8-17 overall record and a 5-1 conference record last season, the Colonels are looking to turn things around and have a winning season. In his ninth season as head coach, Izzi Metz ...

The third annual Athlete of the Year tournament will begin today. All voting polls will be conducted through the @WilkesBeacon Twitter account. Voting will begin on the men’s side. The Opening Round, ...

Three Colonels broke six school records in a split with King’s College and Hood College. In the 3-2 loss to King’s, junior Noah Taylor set the school record for single- match kills with 24. He also ...

All Belgium is a brand new food truck that will be driving along the streets of Wilkes-Barre in the future. Keep an eye out, and be sure to grab a waffle when you see it. They are currently creating ...

Fantasy sports have become part of the fandom that exists in the sports world, as they pit friends, family and random strangers against each other week after week by competing to prove who is the best ...