March 1, 2019 – On February 21, King’s College Office of Alumni Engagement and its Student Alumni Association hosted Dinner with Monarchs, an annual networking event that allows current students to interact with alumni and community leaders.
February 28, 2019 - Cantores Christi Regis, the King’s College all-student choral ensemble, will perform its 17th annual spring concert 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, in the Chapel of Christ the King. The concert is free and open to the public.
February 27, 2019 – Recently, representatives from First Keystone Community Bank visited King’s College campus to present a check for $1,000 in support of the College’s Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Program. Linda Meshinski, Vice President and Regional Branch Administrator; Matthew Mensinger, Senior Vice President and Director of Lending; and Tom McGrath, Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending visited with Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., Ph.D., President of King’s College during the check presentation. First Keystone Community 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.
February 26, 2019 - Two King’s College faculty were recently granted tenure by the College’s Board of Directors. Granted tenure and promoted to associate professor were Karen McCready, Ph.D., mathematics, and Anne Szklarski, Ph.D., organic chemistry.
February 25, 2019 – Elissa Schappell, author, short-story writer and editor, will serve as the King’s College Visiting Writer for the current academic year. Schappell will visit King’s from Monday, April 1 through Tuesday, April 2 as part of the program sponsored by the College’s English department She will present a reading from her book “Blueprints for Building Better Girls,” that is free and open to the public on Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Burke Auditorium. She will also meet with students in a short story and literature class during her two-day residency.
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.
February 11, 2019 - Seventy-seven King’s College junior, senior, or graduate students are interning for academic credit at local, regional, and national sites during the fall semester.
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.
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.
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.
