August 16, 2018 - Two King’s College students, a recent graduate, and an administrator attended the three-day Student Ambassador Leaders Together (SALT) Summit, held recently at Loyola University and the headquarters of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), both in Baltimore, and at Capitol Hill.
August 7, 2018 – Poetry In Transit, an award-winning community program, will host a free public launch party to announce the 13 contributing poets whose work will be featured on Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) buses in the coming year. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at the Barnes & Noble Wilkes-Kings Bookstore on the Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. The event will be part of Third Friday Art Walk.
August 6, 2018 – Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward, associate professor of history at Shippensburg University, will examine the labor landscape of Pennsylvania’s workforce during the 2018 Labor Day Lecture at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College. Titled “Pennsylvania’s Working Landscapes: Rust, Revival, and the Future of Labor in Penn’s Woods,” the lecture is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at King’s.
July 31, 2018 – Tom Smith, a dedicated alumnus, mentor, and current chair of the King’s College Board of Directors, has been selected as the fifth recipient of the Rev. James Lackenmier, C.S.C., Award for Achievement and Leadership. The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held Thursday, October 18, at the Union League of Philadelphia.
July 20, 2018 – Twenty local grade school students and 13 candidates for a Master’s degree in reading from King’s College recently completed the College’s annual Reading Clinic.