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September 2016 History Spotlight: The Belmar Campus
The King’s College campus in Belmar, New Jersey started life in 1914 as a 90-acre research and experimentation site for long-distance radio transmission under the pioneering supervision of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless.
August 2016 History Spotlight: King’s Literary Society
As students return to campus later this month, or move in for the first time, they will find opportunities to pursue their extracurricular interests through a wide variety of student organizations. One of the earliest student-led organizations at The King’s College was its literary society, founded in the College’s first academic year.
July 2016 History Spotlight: The Radio Signal
Congratulations to the Radandts on the publication of their story. It’s just possible it may lend encouragement in our own uncertain days.
June 2016 History Spotlight: Summer at King’s
What does a college do with itself during the summer?
May 2016 History Spotlight: Alma Mater
The alma mater will be sung at Commencement for the first time since the college reopened in 1999 (and possibly longer). “We are thrilled to reintroduce the alma mater as an important tradition at The King’s College.”
A Brief History of Interregnum
Every year in the spring, King’s suspends classes for three days of competitions crowning a campus-wide, yearlong reflection on a chosen theme and an accompanying work of classic literature. We call this unusual tradition Interregnum.
Then and Now, Traditions Define King’s Community
In 1942, the first graduating class of The King’s College looked around and realized they had no traditions.
History Spotlight: King’s Athletic Legacy Spans USA
The men’s basketball team at King’s took the College’s athletic program to its zenith, in a way, when they won the NCCAA Division 1 championship in 1985. But there’s another way in which the athletic program at King’s was more significant still.
King’s History Initiative
The King’s College is pleased to announce the launch of its history initiative, exploring the college’s history and relationship to American evangelicalism since 1938.
Historic Churches of NYC
Here are six of the most noteworthy churches in NYC—they’re a must-see for anyone interested in the City’s historical and religious background.
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