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Wilkes University seeks $500,000 state LSA grant to equip nursing simulation lab

Wilkes‑Barre City Council (work session) · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Council reviewed a $500,000 Commonwealth Financing Authority local share assessment grant application to buy mannequins and simulation equipment for Wilkes University’s Phase 2 nursing simulation lab; councilors asked about student counts and equipment costs.

Wilkes University representatives asked the Wilkes‑Barre City Council, during a Nov. 18 work session, to designate city officials to execute documents supporting a proposed $500,000 Commonwealth Financing Authority local share assessment (LSA) grant to purchase equipment for the university’s Phase 2 nursing simulation lab.

The request would fund equipment, fixtures and furnishings “to purchase equipment,…

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