Talk:Wilkes University

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"Wilkes has the premier Education Department in Northeastern Pennsylvania Teacher Education Department." -- I am deleting this line as this is as "premier Education Department" is not objective. I have seen similar sentences appear on more than one occasion in the past. Please back this up with a reference if you feel it should be in the article.Jrmski 02:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Todo

  • Add a history section
  • Rewrite the lead section to be representative of all the detail sections
  • Condense the clubs section
  • Photo + details of the purchase of the 10 East South Street apartment building.
  • Media (newspaper, tv station, wclh, ...)
  • Graduate programs
  • Student Life: Dining Facilities
  • Major Buildings

Add additional noteworthy events:

  • Programming board events

Academic

  • Max Rosenn Lecture (Annual)
  • Kirby Lecture (business)

Cultural

  • performing arts

Jrmski 02:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clubs

It is ridiculous to list one club. Several other clubs had been listed and unnecessarily deleted. Selective editing of the entries could have salvaged useful content. A fuller list of clubs can be found at www.wilkes.edu -> Campus Life -> Clubs & Organizations. ManthonyK

Agreed. Adding these additions back in. But these will require some cleanup. Jrmski 02:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

IMO most of the club list isn't really significant within the context of the rest of the article. In any case, there is not enough information on each club to warrant separate sections with headings. This needs to be condensed so that the Table of Contents is not overwhelming. Jrmski 16:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other

Potentially useful additions:

  • proximity to several other Northeast PA Schools
  • Urban Studies center located in the Innovation Center
  • Transitioning to an (the first?) (almost) all-macintosh computer campus
  • Notable benefactor: Jay S. Sidhu
  • Master plan summary
  • Mentoring program
  • Large commuter population

[edit] Wilkes Neologisms?

1. Are these really notable enough for an encyclopedia page? I'm still undecided myself 2. Should this be titled "Wilkes Vernacular" or "Wilkes Slang" perhaps? Neologism suggests to me that the words are used outside the campus community. Jrmski 01:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two snippets that need to be replaced

I removed these because they didn't fit where they were replaced. If there is a new section that can accommodate them, they would be useful.

"and a student-run public relations agency ("Zebra Communications")."
"Wilkes has also recently opened "The Studio" which houses the Integrative Media Program, it contains a modern integrated digital media lab. " —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jrmski (talk • contribs) 15:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
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