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

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COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: SECTION
AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: Elementary and Early Childhood OF
Communication Studies, Education (Pre-K-4), Middle
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Sociology, Spanish, Theatre Arts, Nursing CALL
Theatre Design and Technology
SIDHU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND AND LEADERSHIP: Accounting,
ENGINEERING: Corporate Finance, Financial
I M A G I N E Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Investments, Hospitality SUNDAY,
Leadership, Management,
Computer Information Systems,
Computer Science, Earth Marketing, Sports Management
and Environmental Science, PROGRAMS: Pre-dentistry, Pre-
Applied Engineering, Electrical
A nationally ranked Engineering, Environmental law, Pre-M.B.A., Pre-medicine, FEBRUARY
Engineering, Engineering
Pre-occupational therapy,
Management, Environmental Pre-optometry, Pre-physical
research university Science, Geology, Mechanical therapy, Pre-physician assistant, 28,
Pre-podiatry, Pre-veterinary, 4+1
Engineering, Mathematics,
Medical Laboratory Science, B.S./M.S. Bioengineering,
close to home Physics Pharm. D. /M.B.A. 2021

Learn more at www.wilkes.edu/majors.

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