King’s College has introduced a four-course program in Autism Spectrum Disorder that has been endorsed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).  The courses will be offered in an accelerated weekend format and the cost per credit will be discounted through the King’s Scholarship Incentive Program.

The first of the four classes to be offered, “Characteristics and Etiology of Autism,” will be offered March 15-17 and April 4-6.  Classes will meet Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  To comply with PDE endorsement guidelines, students in each of the four classes will be required to complete 20 hours of independent field study in addition to the classroom instruction to achieve the three graduate credits per course.

Other courses in the program, which will be offered at least once per academic year, are “Instructional Interventions and Methods for Autism Spectrum Disorder,” “Autism Assessment for Instructional Planning,” and “Collaboration with Families, Agencies, and Communities.”  All four of the courses will be offered for the first time in the next five months.  Individuals holding certification through PDE will be eligible to add the autism endorsement to their certification after completing all four courses.

The King’s Scholarship Incentive Program is designed to allow individuals involved in area education or human services to broaden their education and training at a reduced rate.  Cost per credit hour for all coursed in the education graduate and certificate programs is $300, more than a 67 percent discount from established prices per graduate credit hour.

The new program has been established in response to the increased diagnosis of individuals with autism spectrum disorders which has created a greater need for people trained to work with children and adults with resulting special educational needs.

“With the advent of better medical treatment and diagnosis, individual educational planning and strategies, and a better understanding that autism is made up of an array of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual symptoms within a spectrum of disorders, the prevalence of the Autism Spectrum Disorder within the population has increased from the early 1940s of five per 10,000 children to an average of one per 88 children currently,” said Dr. Denise Reboli, professor and chair of the education department.

Further information about the program is available by contacting the King’s College Graduate Division at 208-5991.

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WRKC 88.5 FM, the King’s College radio station, is a finalist for 11 awards from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), including Best College/University Station of enrollment under 10,000 students. The awards will be handed out at the 73^rd annual IBS Conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City in March.

“The amount and variety of work done by King’s College students is impressive,” noted Sue Henry, WRKC general manager. “The awards are for stories included in the “WRKC News at 5” and also for work done by students in other disciplines at King’s, including the theatre and English departments.”

Dr. Michelle Schmude, chair, Department of Mass Communications, said, “The outstanding stories produced by the members of WRKC have again been recognized by the IBS.  This achievement demonstrates the hard work, dedication, and extraordinary talent of our amazing students. It's an honor to be competing in 11 different categories especially for Best College Radio Station.”

The station and staff members received 10 nominations for last year’s IBS awards.

WRKC is a finalist for Best College Radio Station under 10,000 enrollment, competing against WGCS at Goshen College, WUTM at Unversity of Tennesse-Martin, WVYC at York College and WONC at North Central College.

The following students are finalists for IBS Awards: Best News Feature, "Spoonman" by Ashlee Jacobs; Best Spot News, "Casey and Kane Crush Competition" by Sarah Scinto; Best Campus News Coverage, "Rebecca Remembered" and "Veteran's Day: A Family Affair" by Sarah Scinto; Best Community News, "An Infamous Anniversary: Lee One Year Later" by Ashlee Jacobs; Best Public Affairs Program, "Tracey's Hope" by Janelle Marshallick; Best News Interview, "Author Finds Her Wings" by Sarah Scinto; Most Innovative Program- WRKC News at 5 Halloween Spooktacular by the News at 5 team; Best Specialty Show,  “Off the Page,” by Jen Momenzadeh, Linda Rowe and Nicole Lawler; Best Radio Drama, “The Adventures of Harry Flynn” with Lukas Tomassacci, Jen Momenzadeh, Cara Medwick, D.J. Nat and Nick Klem.

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First row, from left are Ashlee Jacobs, news director; Sue Henry, general manager; Sarah Scinto, station manager; Jen Momenzadeh and Janelle Marshallick; second row, Emily Sepela, music director; Kaitlin Falatovitch, program director; D.J. Nat and Lukas Tomasssaci.

March 4, 2013 – Ethics scholar Dr. Richard Miller will discuss “After the American Century: The Moral Challenge of China’s Rise,” at 7 p.m., Monday, March 18, at King’s College in the Walsh Room, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between North Franklin and North Main streets.

Miller will discuss whether the goal of preserving American pre-eminence in power is morally defensible. He argues that, in view of China’s economic ascent, a citizen of the United States ought to advocate a “graceful decline in American power.” The goal is not to cede preeminence to China, but to prepare the way for an international order based on willing cooperation.

Miller is the Wyn and William Y. Hutchinson Professor in Ethics and Public Life and director of the program on Ethics and Public Life in the Department of Philosophy at Cornell University. His research focuses on social and political philosophy and ethics, and includes academic journal writings on the ethics of war, moral problems of globalization and global climate change, and the moral implications of American power.

Miller came to Cornell in 1975, after teaching at M.I.T. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility and the Public Policy Institute at King’s. For more information, contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at 208-5900, ext. 5689 or e-mail BernardPrusak@kings.edu.

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The Campion Literary Society at King’s College will host a pair of free public events for creative writers: a writing workshop on the craft of poetry, fiction and non-fiction and an open reading to share original work with the King’s community and public.

The writing workshops will occur at 7 p.m. Monday, March 18, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in Room 117, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between North Main and North Franklin streets.  The reading will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Regina Court, located between North Main and Franklin streets.

The open readings are an opportunity for students, faulty, and community members to present their original creative writing or that of a published author in an informal atmosphere.

For more information, contact Jennifer Yonkoski, instructor of English, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5487.

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The Corporation for National and Community Service has named King's to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive year based on exemplary service efforts during the 2011-12 academic year. King's is the only Wyoming Valley institution of higher learning to be named to the Honor Roll each year since its 2006 launch.

During the 2011-2012 academic year, King’s students combined for more than 180,000 service hours.

"The entire King’s College Community is proud of this external validation of our commitment to helping others, a hallmark of a King’s education since its founding in 1946,” said Father John Ryan, C.S.C., president.

“It’s appropriate that the week the College received notice of our placement on the latest list, three groups of King’s students are spending their spring break in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia working on homelessness and poverty issues.”

The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to community service and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.

Approximately 77 percent King’s students participated in service efforts last year and the average student dedicated more than 69 hours to public service.

King’s has also been recognized on a national level for its public service commitment by “Washington Monthly” magazine for the past three years.  In its September/October 2012 issue, King’s ranked 11^th nationally among 682 institutions in the master’s degree category for community service participation and hours served.

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Dr. Atiya Stokes-Brown, associate professor of political science at Bucknell University, will present a lecture entitled “The Difference Women Candidates Make in Women's Political Participation” at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 25, in the Burke Auditorium, located in the William G. McGowan School of Business at King’s College.

Stokes-Brown will discuss how the presence of females in American politics can empower and mobilize women to feel less marginalized and more politically active. She will explore whether the gender of female candidates affects the strategies and outcomes of their campaigns.

The lecture is the keynote event for this year’s Women's Studies Conference, titled "Women, Leadership, and Power," sponsored by King's College and Wilkes University. In addition to the keynote address, students and faculty from King’s, Wilkes, Marywood University and the University of Scranton will present their research papers and creative writing that focus on gender issues in society.

The author of the book “The Politics of Race in Latino Communities: Walking the Color Line,” Stokes-Brown earned her doctorate in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park, a master's degree in political science from Temple University, and a bachelor’s degree in politics and dance from Randolph College.

She teaches courses on political campaigns and elections, political behavior, gender, race and ethnicity, with a focus on female representation in American politics.

The Women’s Studies conference will run from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. on Monday, March 25. Research presentations will be held in the Snyder, Fitzgerald and Walsh conference rooms in King’s Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center. Stokes-Brown’s lecture will begin at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, March 26, the conference concludes with additional research presentations and a creative writing reading in the evening.

The McGowan School of Business is located on the corner of N. River and Union streets.  For more information, contact Dr. Robin Field, Director of Women’s Studies at King’s College, at (570) 208-5900 ext. 5771.

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Dr. Atiya Stokes-Brown

Tina Arendash of McAdoo joined King’s College as a college counselor in the Counseling Center. She will provide individual and group counseling of students, consult with faculty and staff on student-related issues, provide on-call services and crisis intervention for students, and assist in the development of Counseling Center outreach programs in specialized areas.

Prior to coming to King’s, Arendash worked as a mental health professional at Northeast Counseling Services, where she provided individual, family and group therapy for students and families in the School Based Behavioral Health program. She also served as the lead therapist in the family support unit at The ReDCo Group in Pottsville.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in social work from Elizabethtown College, Arendash earned a master’s degree in social work at Marywood University, where she was a Graduate Research Award recipient for a paper on adolescent dating violence. She also completed a field placement at Hazleton General Hospital and has been a Pennsylvania Licensed Social Worker since 2006. 

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Tina Arendash

Father John Ryan, C.S.C., President of King’s College

“The name that a new Pope selects is very revealing.  St. Francis was a humble man and friend of the poor.  The new Pope’s selection of this name is a sign that he will extend his devotion for the poor and marginalized people of Argentina to the entire Church.”

Father Thomas J. O’Hara, C.S.C., Provincial Superior of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers and Immediate Past President of King’s College

“The United States Province joins our fellow Catholics around the world in praying for God’s blessings upon Pope Francis I. We trust in God’s Divine Providence that our new Pope will lead the Church with zeal and provide a faithful example of steadfast stewardship and love.”

The King’s College Theatre Department will perform William Shakespeare’s historic tragedy “Richard III” from April 11-13 and April 15 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 2 p.m. in the George P. Maffei II Theatre, located in the Administration Building on North River Street.

The play chronicles the antihero who embarks on a malicious rampage to gain the crown of England. The Machiavellian conqueror is driven “mad with power” and his story, and ultimate demise brings closure to the Wars of the Roses.

Productions of “Richard III” features King’s students, faculty and staff members, as well as local actors. Wilikes-Barre native Sean McKeown stars as the 15th century historical figure. King’s faculty performers include Dr. Brian Pavlac, history; Dr. Jennifer McClinton-Temple, English; and Sheileen Corbett, theatre.

Local student actors include Jarid Jopling, West Pittston (Lord Stanley); Konrad Kraszewski, Dallas (Sir Richard Ratcliff); Kyle McCormack, Mountain Top (Earl of Richmond); and Lukas Tomasacci, Shickshinny (Lord Hastings). The play also features McIntyre and Jameson Godwin, grandsons of the late J. Gerald Godwin, former chair of King’s Theatre Department, as Edward, Prince of Wales, and Richard, Duke of York, respectively.

Admission to the final production of the academic year is free. For more information or to reserve tickets, contact the box office at (570) 208-5825 or e-mail boxoff@kings.edu.

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Sean McKeown and Betty Montgomery rehearse for the upcoming theatre production of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” at King’s College.

While globalization can create opportunities and prospects for prosperity, it also has the potential to ignite crisis and disaster.  The issue of globalization will be examined by a variety of speakers, from scholars and students to community members and corporate presidents, as part of the 2013 Global Landscapes Conference at King’s College on April 17-18. 

The conference will feature 75-90-minute presentation sessions held from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. both days in the Snyder Conference Room, third floor of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between N. Main and Franklin streets. The conference also will include student research presentations.

Dr. Kim Lamberty, a senior program advisor at Catholic Relief Services and president of the non-profit Just Haiti, will present “Lessons from the Field,” as the keynote address at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, in the Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business on N. River St. The presentation will be a consideration of how outside groups can best intervene in contexts of crisis to serve communities in need.

Lamberty has been developing and managing faith-based justice, peace, cross-cultural, and community service programs for nearly 20 years. She has worked with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Colombia and Palestine, accompanying rural communities at risk of violence from armed groups, and on the U.S.-Mexico border with groups trying to prevent migrant deaths.

The conference, titled “Crisis, Cooperation, and Change,” is chaired by Dr. Bindu Vyas, associate professor of international business and management at King's.

King’s Global Landscapes Conference is sponsored by the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the William G. McGowan School of Business.

For more information on Lamberty’s lecture, contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at 208-5900, ext. 5689.

Registration information for the two-day conference may be obtained by contacting Dr. Vyas at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5787, or via the web at http://www.kings.edu/GLC.

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Dr. Kim Lamberty

Twenty nine King’s students and five members of the faculty or administration were recently inducted to the College’s chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma, the national honor society of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition. The national organization was founded in 1939.  Candidates for membership must have a record of “outstanding” academic accomplishment and have completed at least 50 percent of their course work for a bachelor’s degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.5.

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Pictured seated, from left, are student inductees Jennifer Momenzadeh, Margaret Troxell, Suzana Silva, Kayleigh De Mace, Ashley Panko, Jessica Rafalko, and Karlee Hantz.

Shown in second row, from left, are student inductees Robert Moulton, Christopher Uhl, John Prater, Lindsay Atchison, Connor Murphy, Molly Dahl, Rebecca Taylor, and Daniel Simpson.  Pictured at far right of second row is Father Tony Grasso, C.S.C., professor of English and moderator of the King’s chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma.

Pictured in top row, from left, are student inductees Patricia Manning, Kayla Rutkoski, Alison Kerns, Lindsey Jachim, and Sara Potteiger.

Absent from photo are student inductees Katheryn Avila, Luke Beerman, Kevin Conroy, Nicole Lawler, Elyssa Molino, Monika Williams, Robert Yanik, Sean Ziller, and Samantha Phalen.  Also absent are faculty inductees David Marchetti and Aaron Hand, Athletic Training Education Program;  Regan Reitsma, philosophy; Isaac Von Rue, chemistry; and Nicole Mares, history.

Anne Thompson, a 16-year veteran of NBC News, will deliver the address to graduates at the 64th annual Commencement exercises to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Mohegan Sun Arena. Approximately 500 students will receive either a bachelor’s, master’s or associate degree at the ceremony. In addition to addressing the graduates, Thompson will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree from King’s.

Thompson is currently NBC News’ Chief Environmental Affairs correspondent. Her reports appear across all platforms of NBC including “NBC Nightly News,” “Today,” MSNBC and NBCNews.com.

“Anne Thompson is a person who exemplifies outstanding personal and professional achievement, the kind of person we wish our students to emulate,” said Father John Ryan, C.S.C., King’s president. “We are most pleased to recognize Anne for her extraordinary professional accomplishments and service in promoting enlightened, engaged and responsible citizenship.

Since being hired by NBC News in 1997, Thompson has been a national correspondent and chief financial correspondent before being named environmental affairs correspondent in 2007. She led coverage of the Gulf oil spill, covering all aspects of the crisis from beginning to when the well was finally killed. This extensive coverage made Thompson the NBC news correspondent with the most airtime in 2010, according to the Tyndall Report.

Thompson received the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award, and she was part of the "Nightly News" team that won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Award and the Emmy Award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2006. She was also awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism for a series of reports that aired on "Nightly News" on the jobless economic recovery. She was also nominated for four business and financial news Emmys.

Prior to joining NBC News, Thompson was employed at television stations in South Bend, Ind.; St. Louis; and Detroit.

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Anne Thompson

Three student staff members of WRKC 88.5 FM, the King’s College radio station, won four first place awards in a national college radio station competition conducted the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS).

Pictured from left, are first place award winners Janelle Marshallick, Ashlee Jacobs, and Sarah Scinto.  Shown at right is Sue Henry, WRKC general manager.

Marshallick won first place for best public affairs program, Scinto was recognized for best campus news coverage and Jacobs won awards for best news feature and best community news.

In addition to the four first place awards, WRKC received seven finalist awards.

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Cantores Christi Regis, the choral group of King’s College, will perform a program of classical, contemporary, sacred and secular choral music during their annual Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, in the J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center, located at Franklin and Jackson streets.

Under the direction of Robert Yenkowski, the choir will perform a variety of sacred and secular music. This spring’s selections include “Dirait-on” by Morten Lauridsen, “Alleluia” by Randall Thompson, “Sing We and Chant It” by Thomas Morley, and “Here Comes the Sun” arranged by Kirby Shaw.

“This concert’s pieces are pretty lively and upbeat, including several selections that people will know from pop music culture,” said Yenkowski. “As with many of our performances, people can expect some serious choral music along with lighter pieces in a joyful and fun atmosphere!”

The Cantores Christi Regis Spring Concert is free and open to the public. The group’s performance is part of King’s “Experiencing the Arts” series. For more information, visit “Experiencing the Arts Calendar” at www.kings.edu or contact Rob Yenkowski at (570) 208-6044.

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King’s College choir members, pictured first row from left, are: Ide Thompson, Kati Sudnick, Lauren Wenner, Ruthly Cadestin, Natalie Pacileo, Emily Dishong, and Jonathan Vojtko. Second row: John Pirolli, Joe Oley, Ryan O’Donnel, DJ Nat, John Bubul, and Steven Meckel. Seated: Rob Yenkowski, choir director. 

The Computer & Information Systems department of King’s College is sponsoring its first “Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Discovery Day” at a free event on Thursday, April 25.

All events will be held on the third floor of the Sheehy-Farmer Student Center located between N. Franklin and N. Main streets between Union and Jackson streets.

The public is invited to a session from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. involving a panel of experts and students who will discuss the use of the use of GIS in everyday life and how it can be used to help decision making in areas such as health care management, criminal justice, and urban planning.

The Environmental Scale Ratings Institute indicates that “GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.”

GIS is one of the top required skills in engineering, urban planning, environmental science and other fields.

The public session follows events earlier in the day involving speakers for high school and college students.

Further information on the event is available by contacting Dr. Jayne Klenner at 208-5900, x. 5452.

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DeSales University professor and poet Steve Myers, Ph.D., will read excerpts from his work during a free public event at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Gold Room, located on the sixth floor of the Administration Building at King’s College. Myers is the 2013 Visiting Writer, a program sponsored by the College’s English department.

Myers is the author of a book on the 1890s poetry of the W.B. Yeats's as well as scholarly articles on Yeats. Myers’s own poems have appeared in journals such as “Beloit Poetry Journal,” “The Gettysburg Review,” “Sentence: A Journal of Prose Poetics,” “The South Carolina Review” and “The Southern Review.” 

He is the author of a full-length poetry collection entitled “Memory's Dog” and a poetry chapbook, “Work Site.” He won a Pushcart Prize for Poetry in 2011and is also a winner of the Raymond Lamont Short Prose Prize awarded by the journal “Quarter After Eight.”

He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Allegheny College, a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and doctorate at the University of Rochester in 1990.

For more information, contact Jennifer Yonkoski, instructor of English, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5487.

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Poet Steve Myers, Ph.D.

King’s College will host a series of public events to promote and discuss issues of environmentalism, green initiatives and conservation as part of a national Earth Week celebration from April 22-26.

The highlight of the week is King’s Earth Day Celebration to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, April 26, in Monarch Court, located between Union and Jackson streets. The event, featuring music, vendors, displays and prizes,  will begin with opening remarks by the Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C. Several environmental advocacy groups will also be on site, including Earth Conservancy and the Peace and Justice Center. Activities such as a yoga class, seed exchange, and battery recycling for brownies will also be available. 

On April 23, Dr. Anna Minore, associate professor of theology, will lead a discussion of the interaction between environmentalism and Catholic social teaching, and the implication for the common good. The forum, titled “Environmentalism and the Common Good,” will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Room 115 of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between N. Main and N. Franklin streets. 

On Thursday, April 25, Dr. Alexandra Serio Younica and Dr. Jayne Klenner-Moore, associate professor of computers and information systems, will host a program on Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The panel will define the parameters of GIS, the field’s interdisciplinary nature, and employment opportunities.  The panel will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. on the third floor of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center.

For more information contact Dr. Bridget Costello, assistant professor of sociology, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5745 or email bridgetcostello@kings.edu.

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The King’s College Physician Assistant Studies program coordinated the college’s participation in the recent fourth annual Northeast/Central Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition (NECPA IPEC) Collaborative Care Summit.

More than 150 students from health related fields of study and faculty facilitators from King’s and nine other area colleges and universities attended the King’s portion of the summit, the most attended from among eight participating sites and more than 800 total participants.

The goal of the summit was to prepare all health professions students so that they can collaboratively work together with the common goal of building a safer and better patient-centered U.S. health care system.  The conference consisted of an opening session and small, interprofessional group discussions.  The small group discussion focused around a patient who has experienced a stroke and the development and implementation of interprofessional team care plan.

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Pictured seated, from left, are some of the student attendees, including Ashley Benz, occupational therapy, Misericordia; Jennifer Foy, nursing, Wilkes; Christopher Tobias, physician assistant studies, King’s; Timothy Rigotti, paramedic, Luzerne County Community College; and, Rahul Sharma, third year medical student, The Commonwealth Medical College.

Pictured standing, from left, are faculty representatives Maria Grandinetti, assistant professor of nursing, Wilkes; Diana Easton, chair of the physician assistant studies program, King’s; and, Dr. Joanne Chipego, chair of the nursing program, Luzerne County Community College.

Eleven King’s College students and five mentors recently participated in the third annual “Impact” Forum, an outreach program designed to enrich the lives of the College’s male minority students. The event was held at the Westmoreland Club.

The forum was the culmination of a semester of skill-building workshops for the participating students.  The program was made possible by a grant from the McGowan Small Family Fund.

The Forum included opportunities for students to both be mentored and network and a dinner featuring a keynote address.

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Pictured in first row, from left, is Phyllis Scott, mentor; Renoy Roy, Verinder Singh, and Jaren Peterson, students; Fr. John Ryan. C.S.C., president of King’s; Martin Dartoe and Dany Calcano, students; Dr. Joan Blewitt, King’s faculty; Tyler Tynes, student; and Georgetta Kerney, mentor.

Pictured in second row, from left, is Nathan Ward, director of college diversity; Lionel Rice and Fabio Castelblanco, students; Robert McGonigle associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students; William Kerney, mentor and keynote speaker; Serigne Fall, student; Arthur Breese, mentor; and Ide Thompson, student.

Pictured in top row, from left, is Bret Stemrich and Drew McLaughlin, mentors; Ronald Espinosa, student; and Francis Hacken, director of safety and security, King’s.