Two King’s College students were selected to receive scholarships from Delta Epsilon Sigma, a national scholastic honor society for students in Catholic colleges and universities.
Ashley Panko, a senior English major, received a Delta Epsilon Sigma Graduate Fellowship for 2014-15. She has been accepted into a master’s degree program in English at University of Virginia, where she will begin her studies in the fall.
April 15, 2014 - King’s College sophomore business majors had the opportunity this semester to participate in the Target Case Competition. The College received a $3,500 grant from the retail giant to use as prize money for a competition involving teams of students who are given a case study from Target and have to design a solution and present their findings to a panel of judges.
Representatives of Target and faculty of the McGowan School of Business at King’s comprised the judging panel for the final group of three teams.
April 4, 2014 - Two members of the King’s College community recently participated in a panel presentation as part of a Women’s History Month program, titled “Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment,” which was held at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre.
April 2, 2014 - The enchantment of Sirens will lure audiences to a deserted island, where magic, fairies and romance collide in a moonlit forest during the King’s College Theatre Department’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s classic comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at 7:30 p.m. April 9-12 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, in the George P. Maffei II Theatre.
March 31, 2014 - Eight local residents were recently inducted as members of the King’s College Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL), a national honor society which celebrates the scholarship and leadership of adult students in higher education.
The aim of ASL is to provide recognition to highly motivated adult students who have demonstrated academic excellence while facing competing interests of family, community, and work. The national organization was founded in 1946. The King’s Alpha Omega Chapter was established in 1974.