King’s students participate in short-term study abroad experience in Greece

June 13, 2016 - Fifteen King’s College students and two faculty members recently completed a faculty-led study abroad experience to Greece with stops in Athens, Tolo, Ancient Olympia, and Delphi. This is the first time in the College’s history that a group of King’s students and faculty have studied cultural sites in Greece. 

Notable local artist Sue Hand to showcase artwork in the Widmann Gallery at King’s

May 23, 2016 - Sue Hand is best known for her artworks in watercolor and her hexagon-shaped historical illustrations of mining, “The Anthracite Miners and Their Hollowed Ground” which are on permanent display at King’s on the Square in Wilkes-Barre. Her newest work, to be exhibited at the Widmann Gallery at King’s College from Monday, June 6, through Friday, August 12, focuses on very large canvases filled with thick oil paint applied in layers with a palette knife. 

King’s College graduate students present at Education Department Master’s Symposium

May 18, 2016 - King’s College graduate students recently participated in the Education Department’s Master’s Symposium. The presentations were a culmination of research projects on a variety of topics to fulfill requirements in the College’s Master of Education programs. Reading research project topics included smart and mobile technology, student motivation, comprehension, note-taking technology, and project-based learning. Presentations for the curriculum and instruction program focused on English as a Second Language initiatives, computer-assisted instruction, telemedicine, phonemics, virtual field trips, effects of sports participation on academic performance. 

King’s mass communications professor Dr. Karen Mercincavage earns doctorate

May 16, 2016 - Dr. Karen Mercincavage, associate technical professor of Mass Communications at King’s College, earned a doctorate in Media Communications and Instructional Technology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation was titled “The Effects of Delivery Modes of HIV/AIDS Advertisements on Behavioral Change in Young Women,” a quantitative study focusing on the interplay between visual and health communication.

Local Attorney and Community Leader Allan Kluger to Receive Lackenmier Award for Achievement and Leadership from King’s

May 9. 2016 - Allan Kluger, Esq., a noted attorney for more than 60 years and a recognized public servant, has been selected as the third recipient of the Father James Lackenmier, C.S.C., Award for Achievement and Leadership.  The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held Thursday, October 20, at the Westmoreland Club.

Polish Ambassador Ryszard Schnepf to deliver free public lecture at King’s on May 9

April 29, 2016 - The Polish Ambassador to the United States Ryszard Schnepf will deliver a free public lecture on public policy, economic and cultural issues of interest to Polish Americans at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 9, in the Burke Auditorium, located in William G. McGowan School of Business at King’s College. The lecture is presented by Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-17). 

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