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March 21, 2016 - Philosopher Dr. Derrick Darby will discuss the persistence of racism in the American education system, including student tracking and school discipline practices, during a free public lecture titled “Old Poison in New Bottles: How Racism Thrives in Integrated Schools and Why This Is a Problem of Justice,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College. A reception with Dr. Darby will follow the lecture.

March 8, 2016 - King’s students Daniel Cabarcas, Camille Sandoval, and Steven Tlatenchi were selected to receive the 2015 McGowan Hispanic Scholarship.

March 7, 2016 - Three King's College faculty members were recently granted tenure by the College’s Board of Directors. Dr. Bernard Prusak, currently associate professor of philosophy, was granted tenure. Granted tenure and promoted to associate professor were David Reynolds, theatre; and Dr. Tammy Tintjer, biology. 

March 1, 2016 - Julie Walker, mother of a former King’s student who died of sudden cardiac arrest, recently visited the College to view a cardiac simulator purchased with funds provided by a Foundation established in her daughter’s memory.

Feb. 23, 2016 - Tom DelVecchio, left, regional sales representative for Waste Management, recently visited King’s College to announce a $4,000 contribution to the College through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.

Feb. 22, 2016 - Artist Mary Louise Good will display a collection of digital photographs focusing on self-expression during a free public exhibition, titled “Development,” from Monday, March 7, through Monday, April 18, in the Widmann Gallery at King’s College. 

Feb. 19, 2016 - The Knights of Columbus at King’s College will host a free public presentation titled, “The Relics of the Passion,” a meditative, musical program focused on Jesus’ Passion. The program will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, in the J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center and will end with an opportunity for personal veneration of the relics.

Feb. 19, 2016 - King’s students Tashianna Stockton and Jacob Rockovits have been awarded the Peyton Walker Foundation Scholarship, a scholarship that was created to help third-year physician assistant undergraduate students that was first awarded in 2014.

Feb. 17, 2016 - King’s College students recently swept the top four places in an annual collegiate stock market contest sponsored by the Kingston office of Janney Montgomery Scott (JMS) which involved students from regional colleges including King’s, Wilkes, the University of Scranton, and Misericordia.

Feb. 12, 2016 - The King’s College Theatre Department will present William Shakespeare’s dark tragedy "Macbeth" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-27, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 27-28 in the George P. Maffei II Theatre.