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  • King's students learn about de-escalating conflict, building relationships in Rondine Apr 24, 2025

    King's students learn about de-escalating conflict, building relationships in Rondine

    King’s students and faculty will visit the Rondine Cittadella della Pace (Rondine City of Peace) - an international, Nobel Prize-nominated centre for conflict resolution and peacebuilding that brings together youth from around the world to collaboratively design strategies to de-escalate conflict and build cross-cultural relationships.
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  • Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Paul Werstine at King's and beyond Apr 23, 2025

    Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Paul Werstine at King's and beyond

    During a half century of service to King’s, Dr. Paul Werstine left an indelible mark upon the campus and in the lives of his colleagues and students, enhancing the reputation of King’s University College across the globe.
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  • From King's to Peru: Alumna & staff member witnesses impact of local NGO Jan 16, 2025

    From King's to Peru: Alumna & staff member witnesses impact of local NGO

    In 2023, Melissa Page Nichols travelled to Peru as part of her volunteer work with Heart-Links, which works to advance community development in northern Peru, and has many similarities to King’s in terms of vision and mission.
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  • Celebrating the Board of Directors' Gold Medal recipients Jun 20, 2024

    Celebrating the Board of Directors' Gold Medal recipients

    The recipients of the 2023-2024 Board of Directors’ Gold Medal Awards were honoured as part of the Spring 2024 Convocation, held on June 18, 2024.
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  • Experiential learning trip teaches King's students about overcoming conflict Apr 11, 2024

    Experiential learning trip teaches King's students about overcoming conflict

    King’s students will join others from Western’s affiliated university colleges at Rondine Cittadella della Pace (Rondine City of Peace), an international, Nobel Prize-nominated centre for conflict resolution and peacebuilding, for their annual involvement in the King's at Rondine Seminar.
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  • Recognizing the profound contributions of King's research Mar 27, 2024

    Recognizing the profound contributions of King's research

    The Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards Gala celebrated this year’s recipients of the Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award, the Renée Soulodre-La France Excellence in Research Award (Early Career), and the King’s Research Excellence Scholar Grants.

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  • Canada Career Month puts career programs and services in spotlight Nov 1, 2023

    Canada Career Month puts career programs and services in spotlight

    King’s is celebrating Canada Career Month by highlighting the range of curricular and co-curricular programs and services available to assist our students to transition to impactful and meaningful careers.

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  • Dr. Drew appointed Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Oct 3, 2023

    Dr. Drew appointed Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

    The honour recognizes Dr. John Drew’s work on the diversity of our relationships with animals and nature, which includes his course, Climate Justice for Humans and Animals, and is leading to an upcoming book.
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  • King's students' papers receive Highly Commended Honours at Global Awards Sep 22, 2023

    King's students' papers receive Highly Commended Honours at Global Awards

    Congratulations to Olivia Holland, Kevin Southgate, Riley Buist, Alexis Andrade, and Alexa Van Cuylenborg, whose papers were named as Highly Commended as part of the 2023 Global Undergraduate Awards.
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  • Dr. Antonio Calcagno named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Sep 5, 2023

    Dr. Antonio Calcagno named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

    Dr. Antonio Calcagno, Professor of Philosophy, joins prestigious body of distinguished scholars in Canada.

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  • King's celebrates 2022-2023 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners Jun 22, 2023

    King's celebrates 2022-2023 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners

    King's recognizes academic excellence by bestowing the 2022-2023 Board of Directors’ Gold Medal Awards on 13 deserving graduates of the Class of 2023.
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  • Dr. Tom Cull named to mayor's New Year's honour list Jan 4, 2023

    Dr. Tom Cull named to mayor's New Year's honour list

    Dr. Tom Cull, who has taught Creative Writing at King's, was one of 14 Londoners named to Mayor Josh Morgan's New Year's List, which acknowledges the achievements of Londoners in various areas. Dr. Cull was named to the list in the environment category. 
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  • King's students honoured by Global Undergraduate Awards Sep 12, 2022

    King's students honoured by Global Undergraduate Awards

    Two King’s students have their papers recognized with Highly Commended status at the 2022 Global Undergraduate Awards.

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  • First-year scholarship winners excited for new beginnings Aug 11, 2022

    First-year scholarship winners excited for new beginnings

    First-year students receiving the Regis Entrance Scholarships are grateful and looking forward to embarking on their journey at King's.
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  • King's alumna uses challenging times as jump-offs for writing Jul 28, 2022

    King's alumna uses challenging times as jump-offs for writing

    Emily Austin ’11, hopes readers who relate to her characters feel represented or seen as she focuses on topics that include mental illness and religious trauma.
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  • 2021-2022 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners Jun 24, 2022

    2021-2022 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners

    King's celebrates academic excellence by bestowing the 2021-2022 Board of Directors’ Gold Medal Awards on 13 deserving graduates of the Class of 2022.
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  • Dr. Rae presents at Stratford on founder of Western's Arts Library Jun 17, 2022

    Dr. Rae presents at Stratford on founder of Western's Arts Library

    Dr. Ian Rae used his expertise to present on John Davis Barnett, founder of the Arts Library at Western University, as part of the fourth Shakespearean Theatre Conference.

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  • Celebrating three years of research excellence Apr 29, 2022

    Celebrating three years of research excellence

    King’s faculty members were honoured for their research as part of the Faculty Research Celebration, held at Museum London on April 22, 2022.
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  • Antler River Cleanup serves as land acknowledgment in action Apr 5, 2022

    Antler River Cleanup serves as land acknowledgment in action

    Members of the King’s community came together on April 4, 2022, to help the environment as part of the Antler River Cleanup.
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  • Dr. Cull wins Western University teaching award Apr 5, 2022

    Dr. Cull wins Western University teaching award

    Congratulations to Dr. Tom Cull, Creative Writing professor in King's English Program, who has been awarded Western University's 2022 Arts and Humanities Teaching Excellence Award (Part-Time).

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  • Recipients of King's Research Excellence Awards 2022 Mar 29, 2022

    Recipients of King's Research Excellence Awards 2022

    The King’s Research Activities Committee, after a peer-review process, has selected recipients for the inaugural King’s Research Excellence Fund Program, valued at $1M.
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  • King's alumna hits best-seller list Mar 14, 2022

    King's alumna hits best-seller list

    Heather Marshall’s debut novel, Looking for Jane, has become a bestseller.
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  • Faculty mentorship encourages SSHRC scholarships for students Jan 17, 2022

    Faculty mentorship encourages SSHRC scholarships for students

    Eleven alumni of the King’s Class of 2021 have received SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships.
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  • Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2021 Dec 29, 2021

    Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2021

    The Communications and Media Relations department searched through the News archives to highlight some of the top news items from the past year.

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  • King's invests $1M in research awards for faculty Nov 17, 2021

    King's invests $1M in research awards for faculty

    King’s establishes $1 million fund to support research initiatives with the creation of the King’s Research Excellence Awards.
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  • London Free Press shares John Sherratt's story of returning to King's Aug 3, 2021

    London Free Press shares John Sherratt's story of returning to King's

    The London Free Press has a news story on alumnus John Sherratt '21 and his journey to return to King's over 50 years later to complete his university degree.
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  • King's celebrates gold medal recipients of the Class of 2021 Jun 17, 2021

    King's celebrates gold medal recipients of the Class of 2021

    King’s celebrates academic excellence by bestowing Gold Medal Awards on 12 deserving graduates of the Class of 2021.
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  • King's Scholars 'tomorrow's leaders' to be honoured for achievements Jun 14, 2021

    King's Scholars 'tomorrow's leaders' to be honoured for achievements

    Eight students will be honoured as graduates from the King’s Scholar program will be celebrated at the Spring Celebration of Graduates.
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  • Recognizing excellence in teaching Apr 28, 2021

    Recognizing excellence in teaching

    Dr. John Grant will be honoured for Full-Time Faculty and Dr. Nigel Joseph will be honoured for Part-Time Faculty for King's Awards of Excellence in Teaching in 2021.

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  • 'Being BIPOC in Canada' virtual event part of Black History Month celebrations Feb 19, 2021

    'Being BIPOC in Canada' virtual event part of Black History Month celebrations

    For the first time, two King’s organizations, King’s Political Science Students’ Association and King’s University College Students’ Council, collaborated with the Western Black Students’ Association to host a virtual event highlighting the lived experiences of BIPOC students in Canada.

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  • Regional, Highly Commended Winners at Undergraduate Awards Sep 21, 2020

    Regional, Highly Commended Winners at Undergraduate Awards

    King’s alumna Emma Wood, ’20 was named as a Regional Award winner, three others named Highly Commended in the 2020 Global Undergraduate Awards.

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  • King's thanks retiring faculty for their contributions May 28, 2020

    King's thanks retiring faculty for their contributions

    Six long-serving members of the King’s faculty will be retiring at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year.
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  • Patrick Stewart gives Shakespearean shout out to King's professor May 15, 2020

    Patrick Stewart gives Shakespearean shout out to King's professor

    Dr. Paul Werstine, Professor of Literature, spoke to the CBC about actor Patrick Stewart mentioning him on Twitter and the importance of reading Shakespearean sonnets during a pandemic.
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  • English students receive SSHRC scholarships for graduate school May 14, 2020

    English students receive SSHRC scholarships for graduate school

    Nicole Szklarczyk and Emma Wood have received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarships, both in the amount of $17,500.
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  • Stewart nods to King's Shakespearean scholar Apr 14, 2020

    Stewart nods to King's Shakespearean scholar

    The Western News reports on actor Sir Patrick Stewart reading sonnets from the Folger Shakespeare Library on Twitter and referencing editors Barbara A. Mowat and Dr. Paul Werstine, Professor of Literature at King's.

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  • King's student to perform virtually with band tonight Apr 2, 2020

    King's student to perform virtually with band tonight

    The London Free Press has profiled Coming Up Roses, featuring Justine Jongepier, first-year Bachelor of Arts student at King's and Western student Noelle Carey who will perform tonight (April 2, 2020) as part of the London Arts Council’s London Arts Live Online.

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  • Panel to consider the importance of book collections Mar 6, 2020

    Panel to consider the importance of book collections

    An eight-person panel will discuss the importance of book collections and sharing those collections during “Inventory and Invention” in the Joanne and Peter Kenny Theatre on March 9, 2020.

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  • Dr. Rae presents for Western Early Modern Society at Weldon Library Feb 6, 2020

    Dr. Rae presents for Western Early Modern Society at Weldon Library

    Dr. Ian Rae spoke at Western’s Weldon Library on January 17, 2020, about how the book collection donated to Western University by J.D. Barnett continues to have impact on studies.

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  • SSHRC Grant to support Weimar 20/20 Symposium at King's Jan 30, 2020

    SSHRC Grant to support Weimar 20/20 Symposium at King's

    Grant will help bring scholars from around the world to King’s to discuss what can be learned from Germany’s Weimar Republic.
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  • 2019: The Year in King's Social Media Dec 20, 2019

    2019: The Year in King's Social Media

    With an exciting year behind us, the King's Communications team has compiled the top social media posts of 2019 of the many great things that happened in the King's community. 
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  • What Bond can teach us about Brexit? Nov 26, 2019

    What Bond can teach us about Brexit?

    Dr. Brian Patton, Associate Professor, Department of English, French, and Writing, presented the Christopher Perrin Beatty Lecture in Recognition of King's Outstanding Teaching Faculty on November 25, 2019.

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  • Making their mark in London Nov 7, 2019

    Making their mark in London

    King’s alumni have been named on two prestigious lists.

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  • Is new film The King accurate? Oct 11, 2019

    Is new film The King accurate?

    Dr. Paul Werstine, Professor in King's Department of English, French and Writing, fact-checks the new film The King, compared to Shakespeare's Henry V in The Week.
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  • New book by King's professor looks at nineteenth-century devotional reading Sep 24, 2019

    New book by King's professor looks at nineteenth-century devotional reading

    Dr. Krista Lysack’s new book, Chronometres, from her research in Victorian literature and culture, is set to be published by Oxford University Press.
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  • Five King's alumni 'Highly Commended' at Undergraduate Awards Sep 12, 2019

    Five King's alumni 'Highly Commended' at Undergraduate Awards

    Five alumni have been named Highly Commended Entrants for their essays as part of the 2019 Global Undergraduate Awards.
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  • King's alumna awarded SSHRC scholarship to pursue master's Aug 29, 2019

    King's alumna awarded SSHRC scholarship to pursue master's

    Sarah Menzies ‘19, Honors BA in English Language & Literature, has been awarded a $17,500 scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as she pursues her Master’s Degree in English. 
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  • King's One helps students pick the right path Aug 8, 2019

    King's One helps students pick the right path

    King’s new course offers an integrated perspective from six different disciplines each interrogating an urgent global issue.
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  • King's English professors participate in Shakespearean Theatre Conference Jun 27, 2019

    King's English professors participate in Shakespearean Theatre Conference

    Dr. Ian Rae presented at the 2019 Shakespearean Theatre Conference while Dr. Paul Werstine introduced a plenary presentation.
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  • Prof. Ian Rae presents on Yeats and Reaney at conference in Ireland May 10, 2019

    Prof. Ian Rae presents on Yeats and Reaney at conference in Ireland

    Prof. Ian Rae presented as part of the “Text/Sound/Performance: Making in Canadian Space” conference held at University College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland.

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  • 2019 King's Award for Excellence in Teaching announced May 10, 2019

    2019 King's Award for Excellence in Teaching announced

    Dr. Brian Patton will be honoured for Full-Time Faculty and Dr. Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray will be honoured for Part-Time Faculty.
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  • King's faculty win research grants from SSHRC May 2, 2019

    King's faculty win research grants from SSHRC

    Dr. Thomas Tieku, Dr. Krista Lysack and Dr. Tracy Smith-Carrier have won research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

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  • King's student wins poetry contest May 2, 2019

    King's student wins poetry contest

    Kayla Skinner won Poetry London’s 2019 Open Theme Poetry Contest.
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  • Exploring the relationship between water and civilization Apr 15, 2019

    Exploring the relationship between water and civilization

    New course, English 2262F: Water and Civilization created due to student concerns about climate and ecological issues.
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  • Participating in a celebration of creativity Nov 14, 2018

    Participating in a celebration of creativity

    King’s students and faculty take part in 4th annual Wordsfest.

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  • Listening as The River Talks Oct 22, 2018

    Listening as The River Talks

    King’s faculty and students participated in The River Talks: A Gathering at Deshkan Ziibi, an event to discuss our relationship with, and future of, Deshkan Ziibi / the Thames River.

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  • King's well-represented on Regional Winners list at Undergraduate Awards Sep 21, 2018

    King's well-represented on Regional Winners list at Undergraduate Awards

    King’s congratulates Domonic McDonald and Wyatt Merkley,’17, for being named as Regional Winners in the prestigious 2018 Undergraduate Awards based in Ireland.

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  • Third edition of King's Cosmos research publication released Sep 19, 2018

    Third edition of King's Cosmos research publication released

    The third annual edition of Cosmos magazine continues to highlight the important and exciting research that is engaging teacher-scholars at King’s.
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  • English professor presents research on nineteenth-century British literature and weather Aug 2, 2018

    English professor presents research on nineteenth-century British literature and weather

    Dr. Krista Lysack of the Department of English, French, and Writing presented at a joint conference of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada and the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals.
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  • Dr. Werstine teaches English Literature in China Jun 22, 2018

    Dr. Werstine teaches English Literature in China

    Dr. Paul Werstine will visit Beijing University of Chemical Technology to teach western literature.
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  • Recent grad receives prestigious SSHRC award Jun 20, 2018

    Recent grad receives prestigious SSHRC award

    Sam Boer ’17 has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada fellowship.
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  • Celebrating Undergraduate Student Research Apr 8, 2018

    Celebrating Undergraduate Student Research

    The King's Undergraduate Research Conference and the King's Undergraduate Research Journal are both examples of great student success on campus.
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  • English alumna receives scholarship to intern at CBC News Apr 2, 2018

    English alumna receives scholarship to intern at CBC News

    King's University College alumna and multimedia journalist Angela McInnes is one of the 2018 Joan Donaldson CBC News scholarship's eight recipients.
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  • Premier edition of The King's Peer Review highlights faculty publications Mar 28, 2018

    Premier edition of The King's Peer Review highlights faculty publications

    A new online publication celebrates over 100 publications (books, chapters and articles) that were published by King’s full-time faculty during 2017.
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  • Alumna receives CBC News scholarship Mar 27, 2018

    Alumna receives CBC News scholarship

    Angela McInness is one recipient of the 2018 Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship. She graduated from King's in 2015 with a BA Major in English, Minor in World Religions & Cultures.
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  • Student writes about why she chose King's Mar 9, 2018

    Student writes about why she chose King's

    English and Literature student writes about why choosing King's after a year off was the best decision.
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  • English professor will speak at Poetry and the Essay conference Nov 20, 2017

    English professor will speak at Poetry and the Essay conference

    Dr. Ian Rae will deliver keynote address at a conference December 6-8, 2017 in New Zealand.
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  • Recent grad presents her research in Dublin Nov 12, 2017

    Recent grad presents her research in Dublin

    Melanie Matthews, BSW ‘17, was named a regional winner for the US and Canada region. She presented her paper on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in Ireland.

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  • King's alumna to receive honorary degree at autumn convocation Oct 24, 2017

    King's alumna to receive honorary degree at autumn convocation

    Dr. Nonie Brennan ‘84 will be accepting an honorary doctorate during autumn convocation on Friday, October 27, 2017.
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  • Foundations students experience Twelfth Night in Stratford Oct 17, 2017

    Foundations students experience Twelfth Night in Stratford

    Students in the Foundations in Western Thought and Civilization program and King’s Scholars visited Stratford on Sunday, September 23.

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  • Student scholars are Sep 26, 2017

    Student scholars are "highly commended" at Undergraduate Awards

    The work of three recent graduates, Melanie Matthews, Sam Boer and Aleksander Franiczek receive honours at the prestigious Undergraduate Awards.

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  • Foundation Students take architectural tour of London Sep 20, 2017

    Foundation Students take architectural tour of London

    King’s students enrolled in Foundations in the Western Thought and Civilization program participated in an extracurricular architectural tour of downtown London.

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  • King's Award for Excellence in Teaching Jun 12, 2017

    King's Award for Excellence in Teaching

    King's congratulates Dr. Trevor Hunter and Professor Jeremy Greenway who have received the King's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017.
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  • King's Hour with Dr. Nonie Brennan - Mar 22, 2017

    King's Hour with Dr. Nonie Brennan - "Building Effective Nonprofits through Leadership, Relationships, and Collaboration."

    King's Hour is Wednesday, March 22nd at 3:30pm in the Kenny Theatre. 
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  • English student profiled on Her Campus at Western University Mar 7, 2017

    English student profiled on Her Campus at Western University

    Nigel Finch is a King's English Student Representative and a fourth year English Major.

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  • Fourth year student named Undergraduate Award representative Feb 13, 2017

    Fourth year student named Undergraduate Award representative

    Wyatt Merkley, a fourth year English student, was named an Undergraduate Awards representative for Western and affiliated colleges.
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  • King's graduate finds success in brewing industry Dec 5, 2016

    King's graduate finds success in brewing industry

    David Thuss ’05 (Hon BA English and Political Science) is a co-owner of the London Brewing Co-operative which has recently expanded.
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  • Dr. Krista Lysack named Visiting Fellow at University of Edinburgh Nov 14, 2016

    Dr. Krista Lysack named Visiting Fellow at University of Edinburgh

    Dr. Lysack will be researching in Edinburgh.
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  • Best-selling author, Jennifer Robson, credits King's Sep 20, 2016

    Best-selling author, Jennifer Robson, credits King's

    Jennifer Robson, author of Somewhere in France, After the War is Over, and Moonlight Over Paris credits King’s History professor Paul Webb and English professor Lorraine DiCicco for guiding her on the path to being a best-seller author.

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  • Three King's students shortlisted for the Undergraduate Awards 2016 Sep 9, 2016

    Three King's students shortlisted for the Undergraduate Awards 2016

    Congratulations to Emily Denommé, Chris Ginou, and Wyatt Merkley for this prestigious recognition.
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  • Why college and university degrees are worth the money Aug 12, 2016

    Why college and university degrees are worth the money

    Graduates of Canadian universities and colleges tend to see their salaries rise quickly over time, new research out of the University of Ottawa suggests.
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  • King's welcomes Bank of Bermuda scholarship winner Aug 8, 2016

    King's welcomes Bank of Bermuda scholarship winner

    Sydney Blee of Mount Saint Agnes Academy in Bermuda will be coming to King's this fall. She is the winner of the Bank of Bermuda Foundation Joseph C.H. Johnson Nominee Award. Blee will be pursuing a degree in Catholic studies and english literature. Welcome! 
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  • King's mourns the loss of second year student Jul 8, 2016

    King's mourns the loss of second year student

    King's mourns the passing of second year English Literature student, Shannon Laverty.

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  • Dr. Werstine brings his love of Shakespeare to Beijng Jun 24, 2016

    Dr. Werstine brings his love of Shakespeare to Beijng

    Dr. Werstine taught English literature and Shakespeare at Beijing University Chemical Technology this summer.
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  • Words of the long-dead playwright continue to evolve Apr 21, 2016

    Words of the long-dead playwright continue to evolve

    Read about Dr. Paul Werstine's interest in the editing of Shakespearean works as we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the great playwright's death.
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  • King's celebrates SSHRC and OGS student recipients Apr 19, 2016

    King's celebrates SSHRC and OGS student recipients

    On Tuesday, April 18th, the Academic Dean's Office celebrated six King's students who were awarded SSHRC and OGS grants for postgradutate work. 
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  • Foundations students present research papers in first year Mar 1, 2016

    Foundations students present research papers in first year

    King's Foundations in Western Thought and Civilization program brings together three popular first year courses for students interested in studying a range of disciplines. 
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  • King's philosophy student and English alumna off to Dublin for Undergraduate Awards Global Summit Sep 17, 2015

    King's philosophy student and English alumna off to Dublin for Undergraduate Awards Global Summit

    Two King's students are off to Dublin for the Undergraduate Awards Global Summit.
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  • Beijing University of Chemical Technology welcomes Dr. Werstine as guest lecturer Sep 9, 2015

    Beijing University of Chemical Technology welcomes Dr. Werstine as guest lecturer

    King's Modern Languages Chair, Dr. Paul Werstine, travelled to China this summer where he shared his knowledge of Shakespeare with second year students at The Beijing University of Chemical Technology. 
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  • King's English Professor speaks at international and interdisciplinary conference on solitude Aug 18, 2015

    King's English Professor speaks at international and interdisciplinary conference on solitude

    King's Assistant Professor of English, Dr. Coby Dowdell, was invited to speak at the Cultures of Solitude: Representations of Hermits and Recluses, an international and interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
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  • King's graduating students receive SSHRC and OGS awards Apr 8, 2015

    King's graduating students receive SSHRC and OGS awards

    King’s celebrates the academic accomplishments of ten graduating students who have been honoured the SSHRC award, OGS awards.

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  • King's Department of Modern Languages sets Shakespeare's words to music with Western's Faculty of Music Mar 20, 2015

    King's Department of Modern Languages sets Shakespeare's words to music with Western's Faculty of Music

    Join us for a unique night of music and literature entitled Shakespeare + Cello on Thursday, March 26 at 8 p.m. in the Vitali Lounge.

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  • Dr. Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award Citation for Dr. Paul Werstine Mar 20, 2015

    Dr. Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award Citation for Dr. Paul Werstine

    Dr. Paul Werstine, Professor of Literature at King’s, was chosen as the first Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award recipient.

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  • Dr. Paul Werstine delivers lecture on New Variorum Shakespeare series in Germany Feb 10, 2015

    Dr. Paul Werstine delivers lecture on New Variorum Shakespeare series in Germany

    King's Professor of English Dr. Paul Werstine is co-General Editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare series.

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  • Professor Dr. Paul Werstine presented with Award by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC Jan 6, 2015

    Professor Dr. Paul Werstine presented with Award by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC

    King's English Professor receives prestigious award on December 9, 2014.

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  • King's Hour with Dr. Nonie Brennan -

    King's Hour with Dr. Nonie Brennan - "Building Effective Nonprofits through Leadership, Relationships, and Collaboration."

    King's Hour is Wednesday, March 22nd at 3:30pm in the Kenny Theatre. 
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