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February 12, 2020 - Hazleton Area High School student, Oscar Gonzalez Tejada, is this year’s recipient of the Presidential Scholarship from King’s College.

February 11, 2020 - Dr. Joseph Evan, provost and vice president for academic affairs at King’s College, recently announced the students who have qualified for the Fall 2019 dean’s list.

February 6, 2020 – Mark Doty, distinguished poet and essayist, will be visiting King’s College on March 23-24 as part of the English Department’s Visiting Writer Program. He will be conducting a public reading, question-and-answer session, and book signing at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, in the Burke Auditorium in the McGowan School of Business.

February 6, 2020 - Poetry in Transit, an award-winning program that showcases poems on Luzerne County buses, is currently accepting submissions for the 2020-2021 season. Submissions are open to any writer, regardless of age or location. The submission deadline is Friday, May 8.

January 30, 2020 - The King’s College Theatre Department will present one of William Shakespeare’s most tragic plays, “King Lear,” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 20-22 and 2:00 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the George P. Maffei II Theatre. This will be the 70^th consecutive year that King’s has performed a Shakespeare production for local audiences.

January 30, 2020 – Tom DelVecchio, Account Manager from Waste Management, recently visited King’s College campus to present a check for $5,000 to Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., President of King’s College, in support of two innovative education programs. Waste Management 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.

January 30, 2020 - The effect that the growing interest in genetic ancestry exploration through the availability of home kits has had on racial and ethnic identity will be the topic of the Annual Science and Humanity Lecture at King’s College. The presentation by Wendy D. Roth, Ph. D., associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, in the Burke Auditorium of the McGowan School of Business, located on the corner of N. River and W. Jackson streets in Wilkes-Barre.

January 28, 2020 - Janet Kobylski has been appointed Vice President for Business Affairs, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at King’s College following a national search.  She joined the King’s community in mid-January.

January 27, 2020 - Nine King’s College Education Studies majors are currently interning with local early learning facilities.

January 24, 2020 – Phil Johnson, M&T Bank Regional President, recently visited King’s College campus to present a check for $7,500 to Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., President of King’s College, 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.