King’s College to Host Author Vicki Mayk as Part of Visiting Writer Program

April 6, 2021 – King’s College will welcome author Vicki Mayk in April, the second of two Visiting Writers for the 2020-2021 academic year, as part of an annual program sponsored by the College’s English Department. As part of her virtual residency, Mayk will work with King’s students in conjunction with the Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop in an online learning environment. Mayk will also hold a free, virtual reading of her work focusing on her first non-fiction book, Growing Up On The Gridiron. The reading will be open to the public and conducted over Zoom on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. with a Q&A session to follow.

King’s College Announces Plans for Bookstore and Campus Spirit Store

March 10, 2021 - King’s College announced today that in August 2021, upon the expiration of the lease agreement of the joint bookstore initiative undertaken with Wilkes University, it intends to establish a new King’s bookstore and spirit store within the heart of the King’s campus, at the location formerly occupied by S&W Restaurant at 149 North Main Street. The new location will open in August 2021. The College has selected eCampus, a well-respected online retailer of new, used, and electronic textbooks for sale or rent, study materials, and book buyback services to be its new provider for textbooks and materials for the new location as well as management of the campus store.

King's College to Host Author Brenda Miller as Part of Visiting Writer Program

March 4, 2021 - King’s College will welcome author Brenda Miller in March as one of two Visiting Writers for the 2020-2021 academic year as part of an annual program sponsored by the College’s English Department. As part of her virtual residency, Miller will work with King’s students in conjunction with the Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop in an online learning environment. Miller will also hold a free, virtual reading of her work that will be open to the public and conducted over Zoom on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session.

Luzerne County’s Poetry in Transit Project Seeks Submissions

February 1, 2021 – King’s College is a proud to be a partner of Poetry in Transit, an award-winning program that showcases poems on Luzerne County buses. The program is currently accepting submissions for the 2021-2022 season. Submissions are open to any writer, regardless of age or location. The submission deadline is Friday, May 14, 2021. Winning submissions will be featured on advertising displays inside Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) busses from August 2021 to July 2022.

King's College Welcomes Texas A&M and MDA Leadership to Campus for Virtual Leadership Program

Organizations utilize weConnect virtual classroom at King’s

December 9, 2020 – Texas A&M’s Center for Executive Development and MDA Leadership partnered to deliver an engaging and interactive leadership program on Adaptability and Resilience to the senior leadership of a global financial services organization, utilizing the King’s College Barco weConnect virtual classroom located in the Sikorsky Innovation Lab in the William G. McGowan School of Business (MSB).

King’s College Suspends In-person Instruction Effective Friday, November 13, 2020

November 12, 2020 - King’s College announced today to members of its community that it made the difficult but necessary decision to suspend in-person instruction and co-curricular activities, such as athletics, for the fall semester as of the end of the day on Friday, November 13, 2020. In-person classes (both hybrid and traditional formats) will resume through distance learning on Tuesday, November 17 and end as scheduled on Wednesday, November 25. Courses that are currently conducted online will continue as scheduled without disruption. The final exam period will be held virtually, as was previously planned and scheduled, from Monday, November 30 through Friday, December 4.

King's College Athletic Training Program Moves from Bachelor of Science to Master of Science

November 9, 2020 - King’s College is proud to announce that the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) has voted to approve a request for a degree change for its Athletic Training Program from a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training to a Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT), effective immediately. The accrediting body’s review concluded that the King’s College Athletic Training Program has no citations and is compliant with all reviewed standards. CAATE’s next comprehensive review of the program will be performed during the 2024-2025 academic year.

King’s College Students Learn Values of a Job Shadow

October 14, 2020 – King’s College Computer & Information (CIS) students are shadowing IT professionals so that they can get a better understanding of their career path and explore their career options. This semester, twelve students have the opportunity to job shadow at the following companies and organizations: William Blagmom, United One Resources; Geno Casceillo, Golden Technologies; Gavin Clarke, King’s College; William Eppley, United States Department of Agriculture; Caleb Graham, The Vanguard Group; Tiffany Guerrero, InterMetro Industries Corporation; Jess Lutz, Tobyhanna Army Depot; Girard Scatena, Benco Dental; Peter Shay, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Company; Paramvir Sidhu, APCO Holdings; Tyler Sindel, Bandwidth Corporation; and Alexander Solano, biBERK Insurance Services, Inc.

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