Join us on\u00a0Saturday, May 30, 2026<\/b>, as we celebrate Wilkes University\u2019s legacy and honor those who make a lasting impact on our students. This year\u2019s\u00a0Founders Gala\u00a0<\/b>pays tribute to some of our esteemed pillars of the community, celebrating those who have contributed to make a real difference in the Wilkes Community. Together we celebrate our rich heritage while supporting our mission of serving first-generation students by raising money for the First Generation Scholarship Fund. In this spirit, we are honored to recognize:<\/p>\n
<\/b>Jay S. Sidhu MBA \u201973 \u2013 President\u2019s Medal Recipient<\/b>\u00a0for his generosity and contributions to fostering the creation of new generations of business leaders.<\/p>\n
The Borzell Family P \u201911 \u2013 Chairperson\u2019s Award Recipient<\/b>\u00a0recognized for their extraordinary generosity in honoring the legacy of their late son, John \u201cBeno\u201d Borzell \u201911, through their support of students.<\/p>\n
Current Wilkes faculty and staff members are invited to attend at the University Family rate of $150, which also extends to your guest. Proceeds from the event support first-generation college students.<\/p>\n
RSVP by Monday, May 4, 2026<\/b>\u00a0by completing\u00a0this form<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and for more details about the event, visit\u00a0wilkes.edu\/foundersgala<\/b><\/a>. We look forward to celebrating with you!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Join us on\u00a0Saturday, May 30, 2026, as we celebrate Wilkes University\u2019s legacy and honor those who make a lasting impact on our students. This year\u2019s\u00a0Founders Gala\u00a0pays tribute to some of our esteemed pillars of the community, celebrating those who have contributed to make a real difference in the Wilkes Community. Together we celebrate our rich… Read More »Join us at the 2026 Founders Gala on May 30th!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31632,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31633","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=31633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31658,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31633\/revisions\/31658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}