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The bustling Karambelas Media and Communication Center is the home to the student-run
                                                                     newspaper and public relations agency, as well as television and radio stations.













          Internships, real-world experience yield                                              WHERE ARE WILKES GRADS NOW?

          job success for Wilkes grads                                                         • Doctoral student in software engineering at
                                                                                                 Carnegie Mellon University
                           Communication studies    at the Allan P. Kirby Center for Free      • Digital designer at FOX Sports in Los Angeles
                           graduate Caroline        Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.” The
                           Rickard (pictured left),  Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, native also     • Medical student at Penn State College
                           Wilkes University        credits her professors and experiences in    of Medicine
                           class of 2020, landed    the state-of-the-art Karambelas Media      • R.N. at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
                           her dream job as a       and Communication Center.
                           media strategist at a                                               • Engineering manager at Amazon in
          Philadelphia advertising and marketing    Caroline’s story is not unique, however.     Fresno, California
          firm thanks to internships and other      “All of my friends either have positions   • Ph.D. candidate in biomedical sciences at
          opportunities she had at Wilkes.
                                                    in their fields or are continuing their      University of Texas
          “What really set me apart from other      education in grad school.”                 • Captain and pharmacist in the U.S. Air Force
          candidates was all of the experience I                                               • Electrical engineer at Lockheed Mart
          gained at Wilkes. I interned with a local  With a 96% job placement rate and a
          media company developing a new app,       team of professionals at the university’s
          worked as a social media ambassador for   Center for Career Development and
          the admissions and marketing offices,     Internships, Wilkes prepares graduates
          and helped clients create marketing plans  for a world of opportunities.                       wilkes.edu/visit.


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                                                                          COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES  SCHOOL OF EDUCATION:
                                                                          AND SOCIAL SCIENCES:         Elementary and Early Childhood
                                                                          Communication Studies,       Education (Pre-K-4), Middle
                                                                          Criminology, Digital Design  Level Education (4-8), Secondary
                                                                          and Media Art, English,      Education
                                                                          History, Individualized Studies,
                                                                          International Studies, Musical  NESBITT SCHOOL OF PHARMACY:
                                                                          Theatre, Neuroscience,       Pharmacy (guaranteed seat)
                                                                          Philosophy, Political Science,
                                                                          Public Administration,Psychology,  PASSAN SCHOOL OF NURSING:
                                                                          Sociology, Spanish, Theatre Arts,  Nursing
                                                                          Theatre Design and Technology
                                                                                                       SIDHU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
                                                                          COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND       AND LEADERSHIP: Accounting,      A Special Advertising Section of The Morning Call
                           I M A G I N E                                  ENGINEERING:                 Corporate Finance, Financial
                                                                          Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry,
                                                                                                       Investments, Hospitality
                                                                          Computer Information Systems,  Leadership, Management,
                                                                          Computer Science, Earth      Marketing, Sports Management
                                                                          and Environmental Science,
                A nationally ranked                                       Applied Engineering, Electrical  PROGRAMS: Pre-dentistry, Pre-
                                                                                                       law, Pre-M.B.A., Pre-medicine,
                                                                          Engineering, Environmental
                                                                          Engineering, Engineering     Pre-occupational therapy,
                research university                                       Management, Environmental    Pre-optometry, Pre-physical
                                                                          Science, Geology, Mechanical
                                                                                                       therapy, Pre-physician assistant,
                                                                          Engineering, Mathematics,    Pre-podiatry, Pre-veterinary,    |
                      close to home                                       Medical Laboratory Science,  4+1 B.S./M.S. Bioengineering,
                                                                                                       Pharm. D. /M.B.A.
                                                                          Physics


                                                                              Learn more at www.wilkes.edu/majors.                      Sunday, June 27, 2021


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