The King’s College announced its new collaboration with Primacorp Ventures Inc. on May 14 via newsletter email, The King’s Insider. President Tim Gibson and the Board of Trustees approved the agreement on April 30.
Under terms of the agreement, Primacorp will provide resources and expertise regarding student recruitment, marketing and fundraising, while the College will retain control of academic standards, institutional messaging and curriculum offerings.
Read MoreThe King’s Council unveiled the agenda and proposals ahead of next year in a council meeting held on Monday, May 3. Among proposals on the agenda, the Council and House presidents spent a large portion of time on the proposal to reestablish fall retreat, which was eliminated last year.
Read MoreThe IMP asks how we can blame them, saying they fear retribution from the subjects of their articles. But why do they fear retribution? Perhaps it is because they know they’ve taken their satire a step too far and would face disciplinary action if their identities were revealed. If they named themselves, they would have to consider what are mean-spirited insults and what is good-natured humor.
Read MoreThe Empire State Tribune (EST) has elevated concerns around the recent IMP Weekly printed by the satirical publication, the Imperial Tribunal. The Imperial Tribunal is not an official student organization at King’s and, therefore, does not reserve the right to use college facilities. After The Imperial Tribunal’s printed materials were confiscated from campus news racks soon after being displayed, it prompted an anonymous individual behind the satire publication to pull the EST Weekly from the news racks.
Read MoreKing’s provost Dr. Mark Hijleh and its Director of Student Development, Jonathan Sheaffer, will leave King’s at the end of the school year to take new job opportunities.
Read More“Through teaching, research, scholarly writing and public engagement, the center seeks to increase our knowledge of black, Christian communities' influence on the faith around the globe with critical attention to the ancient modern and future roles of the black church and its contributions to worldwide Christianity, including the civic dimensions of its work,” the center’s mission statement reads.
Read MoreLess than a year ago, I wrote a piece for the Empire State Tribune about sexual assault awareness month that was published at the very beginning of the pandemic that would change our lives. One year later, I want to reexamine what has changed and how the pandemic has affected the handling of sexual assault and harassment cases–first, on a national level.
Read MoreIn a three-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, four students of The King’s College are beginning to roll out their platform connecting app ROLA, a business idea that has been four years in the making.
Read MorePhotojournalist Gary Fong, whose photographs have won him many awards such as San Francisco Bay Area Photographer of the Year and earned him the honor of having his work published in Time Magazine, The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, spoke at the Seventh Annual MPJI lecture on Wednesday, March 24.
Read MoreKing’s recently released crime statistics from over the past three years. Incidents include one case of illegal weapon possession, one case of aggravated assault, two cases of fondling, 74 liquor law violations and 46 drug abuse violations.
Read MoreThis year’s annual drama competition took place on Saturday, Feb. 27 with the prompt to script and perform an original live-action drama of a Bible character(s)’s freshman year at King’s in modern-day New York City. The House of C.S. Lewis came in first place, followed by the House of Margaret Thatcher in second and the House of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in third.
Read MoreThe McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute hosted SkepTech, a virtual webinar, last Thursday with bestselling author and political commentator David French.
Read MoreKing’s announced the promised, formal process in which House members can choose to retire and change a house namesake if they choose. Dean Leedy made the long-awaited announcement in an email sent out to the King’s community on Monday, March 1.
Read MoreAfter two weeks of campaigning and debating, current SBP Colin Phillips announced at noon on Wednesday that next year’s SBP will be Brent Buterbaugh. Catherine Blanco and Victoria Fisher were Buterbaugh’s opponents for the position. Seventy-three percent of the student body voted in this year’s election and a run-off was not necessary as Buterbaugh claimed over fifty percent of the votes.
Read MoreOn Friday, the SBP race continued with the “Bananza.” The event served as a fun and casual way for the student body to get to know their candidates better.
Read MoreTKC Musicals hosted Crashing into Silence this past weekend, an original “Zoomsical”, where students were able to share vulnerable stories of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected them.
The musical was performed virtually over Zoom, hence the name ‘Zoomusical.’ The show included pre-taped as well as live segments of songs and monologues which centered around the cast member’s personal stories of what they experienced when the pandemic hit America in spring of 2020.
Read MoreTuesday’s Student Body Presidential debate featuring Catherine Blanco, Victoria Fisher and Brent Buterbaugh marked the first major campaign event in the presidential race. The topics of debate ranged from COVID-19 policy, diversity in the King’s community, the importance of athletics and incorporating remote students into more events.
Read MoreAs a part of King’s’ Black History Month Address, Dr. Lucas Morel, Head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, held a virtual lecture on Feb. 11, highlighting the life of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The address was titled, “Frederick Douglass: The Making of an American.”
Read MoreBrent Buterbaugh, Catherine Blanco and Victoria Fisher have officially announced their campaigns for student body president via a King’s-wide email from current SBP Colin Phillips.
The candidates can begin campaigning and sharing their platforms by email to the student body this weekend.
Read MoreOn March 12, 2020, Broadway abruptly shut down, preventing 16 shows from opening and closing over 41 theaters. According to The New York Times, the initial shutdown was only supposed to last until April 12, but the opening date kept being pushed back. Now, Broadway is scheduled to keep its doors closed until May 2021.
According to Broadway League, more tickets were sold to Broadway shows in the 2018-2019 year than the 10 professional NYC metro-area sports teams combined, including the Mets, the Yankees and the Rangers. On top of the number of tickets Broadway sells, they contributed another additional $14.7 billion dollars to New York City’s economy.
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