King's Principal, Dr. Dave Malloy, welcomes new and returning students, staff, and faculty to King's for the 2020 fall term.

Imagining the uncertainty by a student entering fourth year with many courses being online.

The King's-Brescia Anti-Racism Working Group is placing a call for interest in membership.

Fourth-year student Kristin Legault takes her lived experience with the mental health system and creates comfort coping kits to help those struggling with mental health in the community.

The King’s/Brescia shuttles are back on Wednesday, September 9 with a NEW schedule!

Masks are mandatory for all those riding the buses. For pandemic/traffic/weather related updates, follow the King's Shuttle Twitter. All King’s students have access to the King’s Shuttle Bus GPS through the myKing’s Student Portal! The tracker shows you the position of the shuttles on their routes, bus stop locations and has integrated service information messages. Log in and check it out!

There will be some Western traffic disruptions that will occur during Orientation Week (Monday, September 7 to Saturday, September 12) from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.

The following roadways will be closed:

The King's community will be continuing to support members of the East London community by distributing lunch bags of pre-wrapped food outside of St. Joseph’s Hospitality on September 12 from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Donations of juice boxes, granola bars, packaged cookies, or pre-wrapped healthy alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Non-perishable items can be dropped off at the parish hall entrance of the Chapel at Windermere on September 9 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. or on September 12 in the Wemple parking lot from noon – 12:45 p.m., or at the Hospitality Centre at the back door from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. All donations are greatly appreciated. Please contact Annette in Campus Ministry at annette.donovanpanchaud@kings.uwo.ca for more information.

The award-winning King's University College Chamber Choir is welcoming new members. At this time of social distancing, the choir plans to engage in mainly virtual projects for the time being. Interested in auditioning for the choir? Contact Janet Loo at janet.loo@kings.uwo.ca to set up a virtual audition. For more information, go to the Chamber Choir page or visit our social media sites on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @kucchamberchoir

Due to COVID-19, this year’s OWeek activities will be held online or as small in-person events. OWeek runs until September 13.

Early Talent Team is setting up coffee chats from September 14-18 for students interested in working for TD. Students will need to register and supply a resume, cover letter, specify what programs they are interested in and a 200 word paragraph on why they would like to work for TD.

Register by September 3.

Veritas Series: Finding the Trail - A Métis Life Overcoming Adversity

With Jesse Thistle, a Métis-Cree and an Assistant Professor at York University. This lecture is an autobiographical keynote which explores themes from his debut memoir, From the Ashes. He reflects on his story, one that recounts trauma, addiction, and homelessness. Through his remarks, audiences will learn a deeper story of hope and resilience, one that will stick with them for days after.

For the Add/Drop period (September 1-18), the Academic Counselling Helpline is going to be providing focused Add/Drop support for students with Add/Drop queries. Non-Add/Drop related queries will be addressed after September 18. We are striving to provide all students with the support they require prior to the September 17 course add deadline.

King's University College is committed to supporting the United Way Elgin Middlesex. During the week of September 21-25, we encourage all members of the King's community to purchase a "ticket" to the United Way's 3M Harvest Lunch. Instead of an in-person lunch, your ticket will purchase a meal for a person in the greater Elgin-Middlesex community. For more information, please visit the United Way website.

We are pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the 2020 Global University Climate Forum. Multidisciplinary teams of students at all levels from all parts of the world are invited to submit their ideas for climate action projects. Applications are due by midnight EST on September 30. (Exceptions to this deadline will only be made for student teams from higher education institutions that are not in session at that time.)

Accepted teams will be invited to participate in the online event series during the week of November 9. Each participant must attend a minimum of three sessions.