M&T Bank Donates EITC Proceeds in support of King’s College’s innovative educational programs

February 12, 2019 – Phil Johnson, M&T Bank Regional President, recently visited King’s College campus to present a check for $10,000 to Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., President of King’s College, and Freddie Pettit, ‘96, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, in support of two innovative education programs. M&T 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. 

Drums Resident Participates in Mathematics Meeting

February 8, 2019 – Carol Yaracz of Drums, a student at King's College, recently presented original research at the Joint Mathematics Meeting held in Baltimore, Md. The Joint Mathematics Meeting is the largest mathematics meeting in the world; it is a national conference sponsored by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. Yaracz presented a “Wide and Latin Integer Partitions” poster, which is an ongoing research project with Dr. Janine E. Janoski.

King's College Nursing Program receives $60,000 grant award

February 5, 2019 – King’s College announced today that the Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation (NPHCF) has awarded its Nursing program $60,000 in support of its Nursing Scholarship Program. The award will provide support in the amount of $20,000 per year over a three-year period. Through the Nursing Scholarship Program, six students from Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties who have earned their Associate Degree in Nursing will receive financial assistance to help them to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) in a learning environment that combines academic rigor with personalized attention.

Bishop Bambera to Deliver Annual Grimes Lecture at King’s College

February 4, 2019 - Bishop Joseph Bambera, Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, will present the annual Donald Grimes Lecture at King’s College at 7 p.m. Monday, February 18.  Titled “The Challenges to Interreligious Understanding Posed by Rising Nationalism,” the free public lecture will be held in the Burke Auditorium of the McGowan School of Business.

King's Student Places High in National Writing Contest

January 30, 2019 – Jill Patton of Monroe Township, a student at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, recently received a second place award and two honorable mentions in the Delta Epsilon Sigma (DES) National Writing Competition. Patton received second place for Poetry and honorable mentions in Critical Essay and Creative Non-Fiction. Patton’s poem will be published in an upcoming edition of the “DES Journal” and she was awarded $250 for her second place finish.  

King’s College to Host Two-Day Conference on the Horizons of Business Education

January 23, 2019 - “The Horizons of Business Education’,” a two-day conference on non-profit leadership and social entrepreneurship, will be held at King’s College on March 28-29.  Sponsored by the College’s McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility and the William G. McGowan School of Business, the free public event is designed to explore the question of what sort of jobs and careers a Catholic business school should be preparing its students for.

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