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Four local residents will present a collection of photographs and art ranging from rural farms to nature landscapes during a free public exhibition, titled “Quintessence,” from Tuesday, Jan. 12, through Friday, Feb. 26, in the Widmann Gallery at King’s College. 

Tunkhannock natives Madeleine Bunavage, Elizabeth Redan, Janelle Rought, and Teall Schoch will each display images and arts crafted from digital photography and nature. Each artist’s work will revolve around an individual theme: Bunavage’s creative work is focused on human emotion; Redan’s scenic landscapes from around the United States; Rought local farming communities; and Schoch handmade collapsible artist’s books on forests.  

Each artist has exhibited work at the Schulman, ArtWorks, and AFA Gallery, and earned degrees at Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) and Keystone College. The artists will discuss their works from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, in the Widmann Gallery, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between North Franklin and North Main streets. 

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., as arranged. The Gallery is closed on national holidays and during scheduled breaks throughout the academic year.  

For more information, contact Michelle Leonard, Widmann Gallery Coordinator, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5328, or visit the Experiencing the Arts Calendar at www.kings.edu.

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“Affinity,” photograph on local farming communities by Janelle Rought will be one of several images on display during the “Quintessence” exhibition held Jan.12-Feb. 26 in the Widmann Gallery at King’s College.

King’s College was recently awarded a $50,000 grant through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for the purchase of equipment, including a light-scattering detector to enable more advanced research and practice by students and faculty in the chemistry department and three simulation manikins for use by students in the Physician Assistant Studies Program. 

The detector is used for the analysis of proteins, promiscuous inhibitors, micelles, quantum dots, lipsomes, metallic nanoparticles and more.  The detector and accompanying software will allow students to measure size, size distributions, weight-average molar mass, sample stability, diffusion interaction parameters, and the temperature of protein melting or aggregation onset.

The manikins are patient simulator that safely allows for the training of clinical skills, cognitive thinking and behavioral communication in an educational setting.  The manikins provide life-like respiratory, cardiac and abdominal sounds. 

The ARC funds were received by King’s through Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and the offices of US Congressman Matt Cartwright.

Half of the total cost of the project was financed with federal money.

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Pictured at recent check presentation are, from left, Bob Morgan, district director for Congressman Matt Cartwright; Tom Pellegrini, vice president for enterprise development for the Northease Pennsylvania Alliance; Gary Baker, director of the Northeast Regional Office of the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development; Father John Ryan, C.S.C., King’s president; Diana Easton, director of the King’s Physician Assistant Program; and Dr. Julie Belanger, assistant professor of chemistry.

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In the 4 p.m. lecture “The Art of the First Scientific Instruments: Looking through - and at - the World’s Oldest Telescopes,” Dr. Bolt will discuss the invention of the telescope and how the invention quickly led to discoveries that turned views of the universe upside down and inside out. He will also discuss the optical, physical, and artistic elements of the world’s oldest telescopes.     

In the 7 p.m. lecture, titled “Saving your life: When Scientific Reasoning and Moral Wisdom Turn Urgent,” Dr. Bolt will raise questions such as: “Am I endangered more by a friend or by a foreign terrorist?” “Which is a bigger threat: My neighbor’s gun or pool?” and “Am I more likely to die of heart disease or cancer?” As he explores methods for finding answers to each of these questions, he will draw upon personal experience to consider how individuals can develop knowledge, critical thinking skills, and the wisdom to learn how to live well.

After earning his bachelor’s degree from Calvin College, Bolt taught math, physics, computer science, and Bible at Sunnyside Christian High School in Washington. He earned master’s degrees in the history and philosophy and his doctorate in history at the University of Notre Dame. 

Dr. Bolt worked as an historian of astronomy for 17 years at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, where he also served as Vice President of Collections. Since 2013, Dr. Bolt has served as the first Curator of Science and Technology at the Corning Museum of Glass. The National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities support his investigations of the world’s oldest surviving telescopes from 1608 through the 1750s.

In case of inclement weather, the lecture will be rescheduled for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Burke Auditorium. 

The Burke Auditorium is located in the William G. McGowan School of Business on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots. For more information, please contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5689.  

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Father Spicer’s lecture, titled “Christian Antisemitism in Nazi Germany: A Deadly Combination,” is free and open to the public. The event is co-sponsored by the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility and the Honors Program at King’s.  

In the late 19th and into the 20th century, the widespread attitude of Catholics and other Christians was that Jews were divinely destined to suffer and be on the margins of society. Father Spicer’s presentation will explore how this sentiment contributed to the growing power of racial antisemitism, making the lives of Jews in Europe more precarious. It was in this climate that Pope Pius X made the statement – roundly repudiated by Vatican II in the 1960s – that "we cannot concede Judaism any further validity." 

Father Spicer’s research centers on the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the German state under National Socialism.  He is the author of “Hitler’s Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism,” and “Resisting the Third Reich: The Catholic Clergy in Hitler’s Berlin,” and editor of “Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust.” He has also published articles in a variety of journals including “Church History,” “Historisches Jahrbuch,” and “Holocaust and Genocide Studies.” 

Father Spicer is co-editor of the journal “Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations.” He is also a member of the Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, the sponsor of King’s College.

In 2006, the annual Donald Grimes Lecture was instituted to honor the late Rev. Donald Grimes, C.S.C. From his arrival at King’s College in 1972 until his death in 2005, Father Grimes served as a professor, counselor, administrator, and finally the vice president of academic affairs.

The Postpupak Room is located in the William G. McGowan School of Business on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots. For more information, please contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5689.

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Father Kevin Grove, C.S.C., Distinguished Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, will discuss the growing number of Americans who identify themselves as “not religious” during two free public lectures titled “Being Religious: A School For Desire,” at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, in the Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business, at King’s College. He is the 37th speaker in the history of the Moreau Lectures series at King’s, which is named in honor of Blessed Father Basil Anthony Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross which established and sponsors King’s College.

Father Grove’s lecture will propose a positive meaning of “being religious” in today’s world that contemporary seekers of goodness and happiness might well wish to claim and live. He will explore great stories of desire in the bible and show how Christ recasts the human desires for wealth, sex, and power in his school of love. True ordering of desires calls forth a living together in virtue, which is the phenomenon of religious communities in the church.

Father Grove is a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. After completing his doctorate in Philosophical Theology at the University of Cambridge in 2015, he served as a post-doctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Paris, France.

A systematic theologian, Father Grove’s scholarship focuses on Christology, memory, St. Augustine, and the history and spirituality of Blessed Basil Moreau.

He has presented his research in international contexts including England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Malta, and France. His forthcoming research publications will appear from presses Ashgate, Brepols, LIT-Verlag, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, and the University of Notre Dame. He is also the co-editor of “Basil Moreau: Essential Writings.”

The Moreau Lectures Series, sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross at King’s, brings renowned theologians to the King’s campus to address issues of social justice, peace, morality and Catholic identity as well as other subjects relevant to the lives of students, Catholics, and all other people concerned with the significant issues facing the Church and society.

The William G. McGowan School of Business is located on North River Street. Parking will be available at on-campus lots. For further information, contact Rev. Daniel Issing, C.S.C., associate professor of theology, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5491 or email DanielIssing@kings.edu.

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Father Kevin Grove, C.S.C., Distinguished Fellow of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, is this year’s Moreau Lecturer at King’s College.

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Historian Rev. Kevin Spicer, C.S.C., James J. Kenneally Distinguished Professor of History at Stonehill College, will discuss the intersection of Christianity and antisemitism in Nazi Germany during a lecture at noon on Friday, Feb. 5, in the Postpupak Room, at King’s College. The lecture is this year’s “Donald Grimes Lecture.”

Father Spicer’s lecture, titled “Christian Antisemitism in Nazi Germany: A Deadly Combination,” is free and open to the public. The event is co-sponsored by the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility and the Honors Program at King’s.  

In the late 19th and into the 20th century, the widespread attitude of Catholics and other Christians was that Jews were divinely destined to suffer and be on the margins of society. Father Spicer’s presentation will explore how this sentiment contributed to the growing power of racial antisemitism, making the lives of Jews in Europe more precarious. It was in this climate that Pope Pius X made the statement – roundly repudiated by Vatican II in the 1960s – that "we cannot concede Judaism any further validity." 

Father Spicer’s research centers on the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the German state under National Socialism.  He is the author of “Hitler’s Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism,” and “Resisting the Third Reich: The Catholic Clergy in Hitler’s Berlin,” and editor of “Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust.” He has also published articles in a variety of journals including “Church History,” “Historisches Jahrbuch,” and “Holocaust and Genocide Studies.”  

Father Spicer is co-editor of the journal “Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations.” He is also a member of the Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, the sponsor of King’s College.

In 2006, the annual Donald Grimes Lecture was instituted to honor the late Rev. Donald Grimes, C.S.C. From his arrival at King’s College in 1972 until his death in 2005, Father Grimes served as a professor, counselor, administrator, and finally the vice president of academic affairs.

The Postpupak Room is located in the William G. McGowan School of Business on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots. For more information, please contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5689.

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Father Kevin Spicer, C.S.C.

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Twenty seven King’s College education students recently began their 14-week student teaching in area primary and secondary schools. 

Supervised student teaching is required to fulfill King’s education degree requirements and to obtain a Pennsylvania Teacher Certificate.

King’s was the first Wyoming Valley institution of higher learning to receive accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

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Pictured seated, from left, is Sarah Beth Kolodziej, Tunkhannock Area High School; Alyssa Monaghan, Solomon Plains Elementary; Colleen Peacock, Evans Falls Elementary; Andrea Kordek, Dodson Elementary; Brandy Popple, Dallas Elementary; Rebecca Willner, K.M. Smith Elementary; Calli Berryman, Good Shepherd Academy; Ashley Hembury, Dodson Elementary and Solomon Junior High School; Shaina Dougherty, Dallas Elementary and Middle School; and Alexandra Amico, Schuyler and JFK Elementary.

Pictured in second row, from left, is Brother Stephen LaMendola, C.S.C., Dr. Denise Reboli, and Dr. Laurie Ayre, of the King’s education department; student teachers James Strelecki, Roslund Elementary; Thomas Heston, Hanover Area School District; Lee Arner, Tamaqua Elementary; Lindsee Waldron, Nanticoke Area School District; Marykate Bulger, Lee Park Elementary; Natalie Pacileo, Lake Lehman Jr. High School; Gabrielle Fathel, Berwick Area Elementary; Emma Donnelly, Dan Flood Elementary; Nicole Haggerty, Wyoming Area School District; Bryan Paradise, Mehoopany Elementary; and Robert Richards, Marlene Knaub, Dr.  Thomas A. Drazdowski, and Dr. Nicholas Holodick of the King’s education department.

Pictured in back row, from left, is Brandon Hampton, Wyoming Valley West High School; Kenneth Bryden III, Lake Lehman Noxen Elementary; Patrick Frank, State Street Elementary; Magie Gola, Lake Lehman High School; Nicole Reese, Wyoming Area High School; Allison Mendola, Neil Armstrong Elementary School; and Mark Lewis, North Pocono High School.

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Historian and philosopher of science Dr. Marvin Bolt will deliver two free public lectures on Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College. The lectures are sponsored by The McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at King’s.

In the 4 p.m. lecture “The Art of the First Scientific Instruments: Looking through - and at - the World’s Oldest Telescopes,” Dr. Bolt will discuss the invention of the telescope and how the invention quickly led to discoveries that turned views of the universe upside down and inside out. He will also discuss the optical, physical, and artistic elements of the world’s oldest telescopes.     

In the 7 p.m. lecture, titled “Saving your life: When Scientific Reasoning and Moral Wisdom Turn Urgent,” Dr. Bolt will raise questions such as: “Am I endangered more by a friend or by a foreign terrorist?” “Which is a bigger threat: My neighbor’s gun or pool?” and “Am I more likely to die of heart disease or cancer?” As he explores methods for finding answers to each of these questions, he will draw upon personal experience to consider how individuals can develop knowledge, critical thinking skills, and the wisdom to learn how to live well.

After earning his bachelor’s degree from Calvin College, Bolt taught math, physics, computer science, and Bible at Sunnyside Christian High School in Washington. He earned master’s degrees in the history and philosophy and his doctorate in history at the University of Notre Dame. 

Dr. Bolt worked as an historian of astronomy for 17 years at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, where he also served as Vice President of Collections. Since 2013, Dr. Bolt has served as the first Curator of Science and Technology at the Corning Museum of Glass. The National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities support his investigations of the world’s oldest surviving telescopes from 1608 through the 1750s.

In case of inclement weather, the lecture will be rescheduled for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Burke Auditorium. 

The Burke Auditorium is located in the William G. McGowan School of Business on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots. For more information, please contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5689.

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Historian and philosopher of science Dr. Marvin Bolt will deliver two free public lectures on Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College.

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Dr. Darby’s lecture follows a King’s College panel discussion held during the fall semester concerning questions of race, policing, and social justice in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Missouri. Dr. Darby’s lecture will encourage reflection on the questions: How is the racist ideology of the past (that blacks are inferior to whites in intelligence and character) sustained by systemic practices within our schools today, and why is this unjust? 

Dr. Darby is a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law and writes about rights, inequality, and race. He is the author of “Rights, Race, and Recognition,” and co-editor of “Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason.” His forthcoming co-authored book is on the origins of the racial achievement gap in education.

The Burke Auditorium is located in the William G. McGowan School of Business on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots. For more information, please contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5689.  

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Alexa Friedhoff, a junior criminal justice major at King’s College, was awarded first place in the recent Eric Williams Essay Contest.  A 2003 graduate of King’s with a degree in criminal justice, Williams was serving as a federal corrections officer when he was ambushed and killed by an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan, Wayne County, on February 25, 2013.

Friedhoff won first place and a $750 prize for her essay titled “What Will I be Able to Contribute to My Profession.”  The winners were selected by a committee from Luzerne County Community College.  The competition was coordinated by the Eric Williams Race for Justice Committee.

Friedhoff recently completed an internship with the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department and is currently interning as an investigative aide in Washington, D.C., with the Bureau of Investigative Services of the Metropolitan Police Department. 

Friedhoff is also minoring in management.  She is the dining services liaison for the King’s Student Government and is a member of the College’s track and field team.

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Alexa Friedhoff

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A free screening of “Agents of Change,” a powerful new documentary about the black student led protest movement on college campuses in the late 1960s and its connection to the Black Lives Matter movement of today, will be held at King’s College at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in the Burke Auditorium, McGowan School of Business.

Co-director and co-producer Frank Dawson will present the film and will speak afterward. The event is co-sponsored by Experiencing the Arts, the Division of Student Affairs, and the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility.

From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became a rousing call across the country. Through the stories of the courageous young men and women who led these protests--including actor Danny Glover, then a student leader at San Francisco State--“Agents of Change” examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses that led to protests in 49 states and at more than 1,000 schools.

The King’s screening will be only the third public airing of the documentary, which will premiere at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles on Feb. 11.  Dawson’s co-producer and co-director is Abby Ginzberg. Dawson is a former network television executive and current associate dean at Santa Monica College. Ginzberg is a Peabody® Award winning director, who has been making films about race and social justice issues for over three decades. They are both graduates of Cornell University and were present when the events depicted in the film took place.

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Frank Dawson

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Fifty eight King’s College junior, senior, or graduate students are interning at 43 local and regional sites during the spring semester.

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Pictured in first row, from left, is Sarah Holland, King’s Public Relations Office; Cory Poplawski, King’s College IITS; Nicole Dubiac, Ruth’s Place; Alexa Friedhoff, Bureau of Investigative Services for Metro Police Department, Washington, D.C.; Angela Piscitelli, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Washington, D.C.; Connor Dunn, Karen Hazelton, CPA; Eryn Harvey, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins; and Emily Letoski, LSEO.

Pictured in second row, from left, is Anthony Alfieri, Ray Knaub & Company PC; Michael Cipriani, JH Williams & Co., LLP; Timothy Daly, Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office; Matthew Bona, WBRE; Joseph Dillon, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce; Tyler Mejasic, WBRE; and Andrew Coco, Kovalcheck; and Alex Getz, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce.

Pictured standing, from left, is Kelci Wolfe, First Hospital; Samantha Lavelle, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bridge; Aubrey Gryskiewicz, Ebay Enterprise; Joseph McCue, King’s IITS; Eric  Seals, Citizens Voice; Ryan McGoff, Luzerne County Courthouse; and Christina Hoffman, Pathstone Corp; and Kelly Lettieri, Assistant Director of Career Planning and Placement for Internships.

Absent from photo was Kallie Amatetti, Luzerne County Courthouse; Zachary Burd, Ray Knaub & Company, PC; Rachel Canazaro, Spark! New Business; Sarah Cease, Entercom; Raul Cruz-Canales, King’s Public Relations Social Media; Alyssa Conner, Muscular Dystrophy Association; Danielle Cunningham, King Glass – Paint Service, Inc; Sarah DeMace, The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development; John Dini, Sodexo; Alexandra Evangelista, Cohn Reznick; Jennifer Fabian, St.Nicholas Federal Credit Union; Darren Gallagher, QproQ Engineering, Inc; Marshall Hardy, King’s IITS; Anastasia Humphrey, Northeast Editing, Inc; Megan Johnson, Ken Pollock Nissan; Peter Kelly, Brian T. Kelly, CPA; Morgan Kneier, Cohn Reznick; Kellie Kopko, Cohn Reznick; Jared Kotsko, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce; Josephine Matosky, NEPA Accounting & Consulting; Patricia McGrath, Ann M. McDonough, DMD; Michael Mocion, McCarthy Tire & Automotive Centers; Kyle Poray, Clearbrook; Kelsey Pugh, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce;; Patrick Reilly, Luzerne County Public Defender Office; Crystal Seashock, PCC Aerostructures, Wilkes-Barre; Anmol Singh, TMG Health; Jared Smigelski, Benco Dental; Jordan Sod, First Hospital; Anthony Sosa, Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office; Cory Tobin, Cohn Reznick; Jenny Toribio, Ernst Young; Tyler Tuck, Baker Tilly; and Christopher Williams, Scranton Counseling.

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Allie LaMarca of Pittston has been named graphic designer and writer in the Office of Marketing and Communications at King’s College. She will be primarily responsible for producing publications for various offices on campus, conceptualizing and designing promotional pieces, and writing and editing content. In addition, she will also be responsible for general administrative and management tasks for assigned projects. 

Prior to coming to King’s, LaMarca served as a graphic designer specializing in creating logos, rebranding, and designing marketing materials for Design Done Right in Scranton. She was previously a graphic design intern at LSEO in Wilkes-Barre. 

LaMarca graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in studio art/illustration with a minor in art history from Marywood University. She is currently enrolled in Wilkes University’s MBA program. 

As a student, LaMarca was a member of the Dean’s List, the national scholastic honor society Delta Epsilon Sigma, and the national honor society in business administration, Delta Mu Delta. She has earned awards for her work in the university literary magazine, Bayleaf Art and Literary Magazine, and exhibited her creative work in the university’s gallery. 

She also volunteered with Marywood for their Hurricane Sandy Outreach service trip to New York and New Jersey to help families repair their homes, as well as volunteered with Neighbor Works in Scranton. LaMarca is also a frequent traveler, having visited various cities in Australia, Germany, Poland, England, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

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Allie LaMarca

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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.

Perhaps Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy, "Macbeth" is a story of power, pride, betrayal, redemption, but most of all, the evil that quietly lives in people's hearts.

The Scotland of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a wild place where warriors are heralded for bravery, supernatural creatures wander the ruined landscape, and blood is aplenty. It is a place where Pagan superstition and early Catholicism go hand in hand. 

Watch Macbeth transform as he descends into the consuming depths of darkness and evil. The brave King’s General, the ambitious politician, the waverer, the unwilling assassin, the brutal killer, the superstitious prophet seeker, the loving husband, and the man teetering on the edge of sanity: these are the masks that the tragic hero, Macbeth, wears. 

“Macbeth" will feature actors Jarred Stagen, Lord’s Valley (Duncan/Doctor); Kyle McCormack, Mountain Top (Macbeth); Elizabeth Hoover, Dallas (Lady Macbeth); Flynn Little, Forty-Fort (Girl Macduff); Greg Adams, Wilkes-Barre (Malcolm); John Hizny, West Wyoming (Donalbain); Matt Kropp, Laurel Run (Banquo); Aidan Temple, Kingston (Fleance/Young Siward); A.J. Bonk, Wilkes-Barre (Ross); Amanda Kotch, Dallas (Weird Creature/The Porter); Skyler Makuch, Mountain Top (Weird Creature/Murderer); Britney Benkoski, Exeter (Weird Creature/Murderer/Lord); and Jackson Gould, Mountain Top (Sergeant).

The George P. Maffei II Theatre is located in the Administration Building on North River Street. Tickets are $12 for general admission, $7 for senior citizens, and $5 for King’s alumni and non-King’s students. For more information on upcoming performances or to reserve tickets, call the box office at (570) 208-5825 or e-mail boxoff@kings.edu.

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King’s College Theatre Department actors rehearse for upcoming performance of Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Macbeth.” King’s actors, pictured from left, are: Katie Brunwasser (Weird Creature); Elizabeth Hoover (Lady Macbeth); Kyle McCormack (Macbeth); Natalie Pacileo (Weird Creature); and Amanda Kotch (Weird Creature).

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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.

Alec Andes, first row third from left, a sophomore at King’s, won first place and was awarded a $1,500 prize.  Andes finished in third place in last year’s contest.

In the contest, the fourth annual sponsored by the local JMS office, students were asked to invest a hypothetical $250,000 and prizes were awarded to the five students to get the highest return on their initial investment during the contest period.  Approximately 175 college students participated in the contest.

Patrick Driscoll, a King’s sophomore, placed second and won $600.  Tyler Robinson, a sophomore, placed third and won $400.  Eann McCloe, a first-year student, placed fourth and won $250.  University of Scranton student Sam Borgia placed fifth and won $200.

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Pictured in front row with Andes, from left, is Adam Shelp, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor and Stock Market Game coordinator, JMS; Susan Whitesell, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, JMS; and Peter Shelp, Certified Financial Planner, JMS.

Pictured in the second row, from left, is Sam Borgia, fifth place; Patrick Driscoll, second place; Tyler Robinson, third place; Dr. Corina Slaff, chair of business department, Misericordia University; Dr. Barry Williams, dean of the McGowan School of Business at King’s; and Mark Leffler, assistant professor of management and the Angelo DeCesaris Executive in Residence, King’s.

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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.

Peyton Walker was a physician assistant major when she died unexpectedly in November 2013 from sudden cardiac arrest. The Peyton Walker Foundation’s was created to raise awareness and survival rates for people who go into sudden cardiac arrest. Selection for the scholarship is based on academic achievement and financial need. Stockton and Rockovits have been awarded $5000 each.

In addition to being a physician assistant major, Stockton minors in neuroscience. Stockton and Rocovits are consistent Dean’s List students.

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Tashianna Stockton and Jacob Rockovits

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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.

The presentation with the meditations is approximately 50 minutes, which may be extended to provide adequate time for veneration. A violinist and cantor will arrange musical selections. Prayer cards containing the Prayer Before a Crucifix will be provided, compliments of the Knights of Columbus.

The presentation includes eight rare holy relics that would only be seen in collections generally found in Rome or the Holy Land. Included are: a relic of the True Cross; a piece of stone from the table or room where the Last Supper was held; a piece of the Column of Flagellation; a piece of the Crown of Thorns; the effigy of the Veil of Veronica (touched to the original veil); a replica of the holy nail which contains filings taken from the true nails that were imbedded in copies to make relics of a lower class; a piece of bone from St. Longinus, the centurion that pierced the side of Jesus; and a thread from the cloth used as the wrapping for the Burial Shroud.

The J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center is located at Franklin and Jackson streets. Parking will be available in on-campus lots. For more information, please contact Rev. Thomas Looney, Director of Campus Ministry and College Chaplain, at (570) 208-5890 or email thomaslooney@kings.edu.

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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. 

“I've been working to transition from a literal to an imagined personal interpretation,” Good said. “With the advent of post processing software, an artist has a new medium and a freedom to fashion a photograph to enter a new dimension. ”

Good has exhibited her work at several local venues, including the F.M. Kirby Center, Arts Fest, Schulman Gallery at LCCC, and local libraries. Her work was also displayed as part of the Mountaintop Photography Club exhibition held at King’s Widmann Gallery in 2015.

After earning an Associate in Science from Luzerne County Community College (LCCC), Good returned to the college to take photography courses. She has worked as a photography stringer at “The Times Leader” for several years.  

The artist will discuss her craft during a Meet-the-Artist reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, March 18, in the Widmann Gallery, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between North Franklin and North Main streets.

Gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, as arranged. The Gallery is closed on national holidays and during scheduled breaks throughout the academic year. For more information, contact Michelle Leonard, Widmann Gallery coordinator, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5328. 

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“Fog,” a photograph by Mary Louise Good will be on display in the “Development” exhibition in the Widmann Gallery at King’s College. 

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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.

King’s will use the funds for two programs that have been approved as Educational Improvement Organization (EIO) activities, the McGowan Summer Residential Program and the Young Scholars Program.  The EITC program is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

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Pictured with DelVecchio is, from left, Father John Ryan, C.S.C., King’s president, and Freddie Pettit, vice president for institutional advancement at King’s.

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Lori Cotrone has been named the International Student Advisor at King’s College.

A resident of Kingston, Cotrone will serve as the primary advisor and coordinate services for international students, working in conjunction with the College’s Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and the International Recruitment Office. She will provide assistance to international students in utilizing campus support services, including Academic Skills, Residence Life, and Multicultural and International Student Programs. She also will assist in facilitating each student’s transition to the College.

Prior to coming to King’s, Cotrone was the Associate Director of Admission for International Outreach and the International Student Coordinator at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory school. She was instrumental in the development of a strong network of prospective international students and for providing academic, personal, and U.S. government regulatory support to a diverse international student population.

She previously served as Senior Executive Assistant at Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc., and as a Pennsylvania Legislative Assistant for Former State Representative Phyllis Mundy. 

Cotrone earned a Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in English as a Second Language from King’s. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Wilkes University. She is a member of the Keystone State Reading Association.

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Lori Cotrone, International Student Advisor at King’s College.