May 20, 2021 – King’s College is pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year Award is Kevin Fahey. Kevin recently graduated from King’s with a double major of Psychology and Philosophy. A native of Nanticoke, Pa., Kevin is the son of Mary Therese Fahey, and has two siblings, sister Catherine Fahey, and brother Jack Fahey.
May 6, 2021 – King's President Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C. recently announced to the Class of 2021 that on May 16, 2021, King’s will celebrate Commencement in person with the graduates, their guests, faculty, staff, and administration at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. It is the College's intention to honor its graduates and celebrate their achievements with its traditional in-person ceremony, but with changes in place to comply with safety regulations due to the ongoing pandemic.
April 29, 2021 – Diane M. DellaValle, Ph.D., RDN, LDN, an associate professor teaching in the new Master of Science in Nutrition Sciences program within the Department of Sports Medicine at King’s College, reports a novel way to increase the uptake of iron supplementation in iron deficient women in the Journal of Dietary Supplements.
April 22, 2021 – King’s College is proud of its longstanding, successful Physician Assistant (PA) program that has been one of the College’s academic majors for more than 40 years. Recently, PA faculty members and students volunteered their time to assist at two mass immunization clinics that Crestwood Pharmacy was holding at Crestwood High School to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty member Dr. Jennifer Domzalski was alerted to the opportunity by PA student Cara Henahan and contacted the pharmacists to volunteer her time. Domzalski and Henahan volunteered at the first clinic on March 14, 2021 and assisted in the distribution of more than 900 COVID-19 vaccines that day. On April 11, five additional students and instructors volunteered alongside Domzalski and Henahan at a second clinic to screen and prepare 1,255 patients for their vaccines. The PA students were instrumental in how smooth the process was to administer all of these vaccines in a timely manner.
April 19, 2021 – On April 21, 2021, King’s College will host its annual Give Day. This day of unity calls on the entire King’s Community: alumni, staff, faculty, corporations, organizations, community partners and friends, to come together in support of the College’s mission through 24 hours of philanthropic giving. The goal of Give Day is to gather momentum over the course of one dedicated day of investing in King’s students through individual donations and matching challenge gifts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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