NEWS

  • College becomes closer to reaccreditation

    College becomes closer to reaccreditation

    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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  • Inclusive Excellence Plan incorporates diversity throughout campus

    Inclusive Excellence Plan incorporates diversity throughout campus

    The Inclusive Excellence Strategic Plan at Elizabethtown College is designed to “integrate diversity and quality efforts,” according to the official plan statement. The official plan statement, revised for 2018-2020, highlights goals, objectives, needs and directions for how Etown will grow as a diverse institution. The plan is divided into three goals, each with varying objectives

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  • The Global Perspective

    The Global Perspective

    This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues

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CAMPUS LIFE

  • Director of Study Abroad clarifies recent article

    I would like to clarify some issues that were presented in the article “Honduras mission trip attracts students looking to serve globally.” There were several factual errors and misleading statements regarding Elizabethtown College study abroad programs. While the article alluded to support from several different departments on campus, the medical mission trip to Honduras is

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SPORTS

  • Field hockey improves winning streak to three games, to face Juniata next

    Field hockey improves winning streak to three games, to face Juniata next

    The Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team is on the board in the Landmark Conference with two wins. The team defeated Goucher College 5-0 on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 and Susquehanna University 4-1 on Saturday, Oct. 11. Senior Andrea Keady had more than one goal in both victories, while four different Blue Jays scored in

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  • Men’s tennis sends pair into consolation finals

    Men’s tennis sends pair into consolation finals

    The men’s tennis tournament, held this past weekend in Fredericksburg, Va. at the University of Mary Washington, marked the end of Elizabethtown College’s men’s brief fall tennis season. On Sunday, Sept. 28, during the Blue 1 Doubles, senior Michael Cannon and sophomore Alex Machalick launched the team into the USTA-ITA Southeast Regional Championships. Washington College’s

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FEATURES

  • Comm. professor auditions for ‘The Voice’ during winter break

    Comm. professor auditions for ‘The Voice’ during winter break

    hankfully, it was a rainy and humid January afternoon, an unusual break from the blistering cold, which made a long wait a little more bearable for Associate Professor of Communications Dr. Kirsten Johnson. Johnson waited for five hours at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City, Philadelphia, to audition for NBC’S popular singing television show,

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  • Zimmerman discusses emotional intelligence in relation to everyday life

    “Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others and the ability to use this awareness to manage your behaviors and the behaviors of others,” was the formal definition given by Stacey Zimmerman, assistant director of Called to Lead, at the organization’s event on Jan. 27. A self-evaluation quiz was

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