HERE COMES DOGWOOD!

Dogwood Weekend is fast approaching! If you haven’t marked your calendars yet, set aside April 18-20, 2008 as a time to catch up, listen to concerts, and share meals with former classmates. Annual favorites such as the Jay Baumgardner Golf Classic, alumni luncheon, and Catch N’ Release Tornado Tourney are on the schedule—and it will be a fairy tale weekend as the Performing & Visual Arts Department presents the comedic “True Story of Cinderella,” and the Music Department “Cinderella Waltz.”

The full schedule of events is now online. Register soon, and we look forward to welcoming all alumni back to campus!

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR ALUMNI AWARDS

Along with Dogwood comes the annual King College Alumni Awards, and submissions are now being accepted for 2008. These awards recognize graduates of King who exemplify the college's values, service to others, accomplishment in a chosen career, dedication to scholarship, and continued faith in Christ. ... more >>

NORTH CAROLINA ALUMNI GATHERINGS RESCHEDULED

Attention Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and Greensboro/Winston-Salem alums: The alumni gatherings that were planned for your cities on March 13 and 14 have been rescheduled. ... more >>

KC'S SPRING SEMESTER AGAIN SHOWS RECORD ENROLLMENT

Enrollment figures for the spring 2008 semester have been calculated with King College maintaining high overall student enrollment from the fall semester and a new record for spring enrollment. The current statistics show that 1,507 students have registered for classes at the college’s main Bristol, Tenn., campus, as well as nearly a dozen instructional locations throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. This number is an increase of 220 students over the spring 2007 semester when the office of Enrollment Management reported an overall headcount of 1,287 students. ... more >>

BUECHNER INSTITUTE CELEBRATES INAUGURATION

More than 1,000 guests participated in the day-long celebrations observing the official inauguration of the Buechner Institute at King College Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Among the many speakers and guests were Pulitzer finalist Frederick Buechner, whose work provides a focal point for the Institute’s work; Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann; author and undertaker Thomas Lynch, and musician and author Michael Card. ... more >>

NIEHS FUNDS KC RESEARCH

Students in King College’s Biology Department will soon be receiving extra resources to conduct research related to the potential effects of common environmental pesticides. Dr. Vanessa Fitsanakis, chair of the Biology Department, has received a $150,000 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health and Safety (NIEHS). Payable over a three-year period, the funds will pave the way for students to engage in original research. ... more >>

KC CELEBRATES DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT

For the first time in King’s history, the college has officially added a second graduation event to its academic calendar. King celebrated fall commencement Saturday, Dec. 15 in the campus Student Center Complex, awarding degrees to approximately 130 students in undergraduate, as well as Graduate and Professional Studies programs. ... more >>

EDUCATIONAL AGREEMENT EXPANDS ACCESS

King College and Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC) announced in December an articulation agreement that will expand student access to four-year and professional programs. Under the new agreement, VHCC students who graduate with an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree and a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale will be eligible for guaranteed admission to King, effective immediately. ... more >>

LADY TORNADO MEMBER RECOGNIZED FOR HEROISM

Lindsey Witherspoon never thought she would face a life-and-death situation during her winter break from King College. Yet that is just what the freshman swim team member experienced on December 26, 2007, when she pulled a woman from a sinking car in Fort Patrick Henry Lake in Kingsport, Tenn. ... more >>