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Sept. 21, 2016 - Dr. F. Daniel Davis, director of bioethics at Geisinger Health System and formerly a senior advisor for bioethics and policy with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy, will deliver a free public lecture titled “Organizational Ethics in Healthcare: Thinking and Doing,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College. The event is sponsored by the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at King’s.

Sept. 12, 2016 - Local high school students will showcase a variety of original creative works during “The 14th Invitational Emerging Artists Exhibition” through September 23 in the Widmann Gallery at King’s College. 

Sept. 12, 2016 - Sixty one students recently completed the physician assistant (PA) studies master’s degree program at King’s College and received their degrees at the College’s annual summer commencement ceremonies.

Sept. 12, 2016 - King’s College appoints five new full-time faculty members for the 2016-17 academic year.

Sept. 12, 2016 - The King’s College Theatre kicks off the season with performances of the award-winning musical, “Godspell,” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29-30, Oct. 1, and Oct. 6-8, and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the George P. Maffei II Theatre.

Sept. 9, 2016 - Ryan Rosenthal of Pittston has been named Web Systems Manager in the Office of Marketing and Communications at King’s College. 

Sept. 8, 2016 - Twenty-two King’s College students have begun a 14-week student teaching experience at area elementary, junior-high, and senior-high schools. The supervised student teaching experience is necessary to fulfill King’s degree requirements and to obtain a Pennsylvania Teacher Certificate.

Sept. 7, 2016 - Atty. Robert Vischer, Dean and Mengler Chair in Law, University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, will explore the tension between individual autonomy and state power during the Constitution Day Lecture, at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College. 

Sept. 1, 2016 - King’s College and Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) have announced the creation of a 1-2-1 Dual Bachelor of Nursing Degree program based on students doing course work on both campuses. A national search for a director/program chair will begin shortly.

Aug. 30, 2016 - For the seventh consecutive year, King’s College has been recognized as among the best master’s degree granting institutions in the country in a national ranking by “Washington Monthly” magazine which recognizes higher learning institutions for service to the community and social mobility of the student body. King’s placed 136^th of almost 650 colleges and universities in the final rankings.