{"id":30216,"date":"2026-02-18T09:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=30216"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:28:09","slug":"seeking-nominations-for-outstanding-adult-learner-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/seeking-nominations-for-outstanding-adult-learner-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking Nominations for Outstanding Adult Learner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkes University\u2019s Office of Admissions is seeking nominations for the 2026 Outstanding Adult Learner Award.\u00a0 To be considered for the award, the adult learner must:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0 be 24 years of age or older at time of graduation.<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0 graduate with a bachelor\u2019s degree from Wilkes in January, May, or September 2026.<\/p>\n<p>(3) have a Wilkes cum gpa of 3.00 or better.<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00a0 have overcome obstacle(s) in order to attain their degree.<\/p>\n<p>(5) be active in the Wilkes community and\/or the community at large.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you know a deserving adult learner who meets the aforementioned requirements, please email the student\u2019s name along with 1-2 paragraphs explaining why the student is deserving of the award to amy.patton@wilkes.edu before March 4.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkes University\u2019s Office of Admissions is seeking nominations for the 2026 Outstanding Adult Learner Award.\u00a0 To be considered for the award, the adult learner must: &nbsp; (1)\u00a0 be 24 years of age or older at time of graduation. (2)\u00a0 graduate with a bachelor\u2019s degree from Wilkes in January, May, or September 2026. (3) have a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/seeking-nominations-for-outstanding-adult-learner-25\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seeking Nominations for Outstanding Adult Learner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30269,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30216\/revisions\/30269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}