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  • Pa. state senators push for student refinancing plan

    Pa. state senators push for student refinancing plan0

    Rider Brandau is a low-income, first-generation student at Elizabethtown College. “When students borrow money for college, they agree to pay back that money,” Brandau said. “I will owe roughly $30,000 upon graduation, which is a fair price for what I have received from Elizabethtown.” Many students share his experience. About 1.8 million Pennsylvanians have student

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  • Ranck Prize for Research Excellence awarded to musicology professor

    Ranck Prize for Research Excellence awarded to musicology professor0

    Professor of musicology Dr. E. Douglas Bomberger recently received the 2018-2019 Ranck Prize for Research Excellence. The Professional Development Committee chose him from nominations submitted by faculty peers. In addition to receiving a monetary award and a supplement to his professional development fund to support ongoing scholarly activity, Bomberger will be recognized in the 2019

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  • College becomes closer to reaccreditation

    College becomes closer to reaccreditation0

    Monday, Feb. 18, Elizabethtown College came one step closer to reaccreditation. After nearly two years of preparation, the campus’s Steering Committee and work groups submitted a Self-Study narrative, supporting documents and a compliance report to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). The MSCHE, established in 1919 and headquartered in Philadelphia, is a unit

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  • Residence Life continues “Live Etown” learning curriculum0

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    • February 18, 2019

    Seniors Fran Carpenter and Ken Wallace are first-time Community Fellows in the Schreiber Quadrangle. In separate interviews with the Etownian, they spoke about their experiences and changes in the Office of Residence Life. “Res. Life is continuing on with the ‘Live Etown’ Learning Curriculum, which is split into four different blocks, dedicated to living well,

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