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School Slang
  • COB: Rare to hear it, but some profs and alumni may still call Breiseth Hall COB, for Classroom-Office Building. Before it was named, that was the nickname.
  • NEPA: Short for Northeast PA
  • SG: Student Government
  • The SUB: The Student Union Building
  • UCoM: The University Center on Main
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • All the extra money I’d need for parking tickets from the city meter maid.
  • The parking situation.
  • You need an Ethernet splitter for your dorm room.
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christinaaa93

Drama and Theatre Production '15

3.5
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Unique

Wilkes University is a unique college in that it is set in a very old town, and it has a lot of character which you do not see in other colleges. All of the programs in the school are great especially the nursing program because that is what Wilkes focuses on most in my opinion. The facilities I feel could be better. We pay a lot of money to live in the dorms and by the end of the year everything was breaking and falling apart, but that may be because the dorms are very old. In Wilkes there are many events that we can go on only available to us and they're great to get away from the campus for a day.

May 23, 2012

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justin07

Pharmacy Studies '16

4.6
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Wilkes Family

I chose Wilkes University as all the professors and staff treat you like family as I have been accepted to other pharmacy schools but you are just a number no one on one contact.

May 08, 2012

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buff82887

Registered Nursing (RN) '14

4.6
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Nursing

The Nursing program at WIlkes is one of the best around and thats why I wouldlove to have the chance to go back and finish my Nursing career there.

May 07, 2012

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User rating for Wilkes University - Inside Scoop is 4.6 out of 5 based on 5 user reviews.

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Traditions
  • The Block Party: This event, held in April, is held on the campus Greenway. There is plenty of free food and usually some sort of live music. Activities are also held, and have included sumo-suit wrestling, inflatable bouncing games like the bungee walk and moonwalk, and other fun things.
  • Winter Weekend: Every year, usually in February, students form teams of 20 (10 guys and 10 gals) and compete against each other in spirit events, karaoke, and sporting events/relay races. Students come up with clever team names based on a decided theme, and in the past, themes have ranged from superheroes to Disney movies. Many people throw off-campus parties to celebrate the weekend.
Urban Legends
  • In Kirby Hall, a poker game supposedly went wrong and some say a ghost lives there now.
  • In Weiss, there was a fire that killed a little girl and now some say you can hear footsteps running up and down the steps.

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