FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS INTO BEING THE PRESIDENT OF WILKES University, I find myself more passionate than ever about the future of the City of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where we are located. Nearly $150 million worth of construction and renovation have begun in the downtown alone. And more is on the way as the city gets back on its feet again.
Here in Wilkes-Barre, as elsewhere, presidents of universities large and small increasingly must become part of the economic development solution ...