Falls Church native Kyle Drake was recently awarded a Master of Science in Education from Wilkes University. His degree was one of 372 doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degrees awarded to Wilkes students graduating after the completion of the 2016 summer semester.

Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs.

Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities, and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. For more information, visit wilkes.edu.