February 27, 2019 – Recently, representatives from First Keystone Community Bank visited King’s College campus to present a check for $1,000 in support of the College’s Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program. Linda Meshinski, Vice President and Regional Branch Administrator; Matthew Mensinger, Senior Vice President and Director of Lending; and Tom McGrath, Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending visited with Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., President of King’s College during the check presentation. First Keystone Community Bank donated to King’s as part of the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
February 26, 2019 - Two King’s College faculty were recently granted tenure by the College’s Board of Directors. Granted tenure and promoted to associate professor were Karen McCready, Ph.D., mathematics, and Anne Szklarski, Ph.D., organic chemistry.
February 25, 2019 – Elissa Schappell, author, short-story writer and editor, will serve as the King’s College Visiting Writer for the current academic year. Schappell will visit King’s from Monday, April 1 through Tuesday, April 2 as part of the program sponsored by the College’s English department She will present a reading from her book “Blueprints for Building Better Girls,” that is free and open to the public on Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Burke Auditorium. She will also meet with students in a short story and literature class during her two-day residency.
WHERE: King's College, William G. McGowan School of Business, Burke Auditorium
WHEN: Monday, February 18, 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Bishop Joseph Bambera, Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, Chairman of the United States Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, “The Challenges to Interreligious Understanding Posed by Rising Nationalism”
WHERE: George P. Maffei II Theatre, Administration Building
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-16 and 21-23, and 2:00 p.m. Feb. 17, 2019
A comedy play written by Christopher Durang. The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha, who supports them. Admission: $12; students/senior citizens, $7. INFO: (570) 208-5825.