NEWS

  • New Theatre Endorsement program available to Education Department students

    Elizabethtown College has just added a new Theatre Endorsement program for all education majors. With only four extra classes, students will be able to teach theatre in their future schools and gain a better knowledge of the world of theatre. According to Director of Theatre and Dance Michael Swanson, the Pennsylvania Department of Education introduced

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  • New fitness center to be named after alumni donors

    May 1, 2017, alumni Kenneth L. and Rosalie E. Bowers, ’59 and ’58, respectively, pledged to contribute five million dollars to Elizabethtown College’s BE Inspired Campaign. In recognition and honor of their support of the College community, the new 23.4-million-dollar sports facility will be named after the Bowers family as The Bowers Center for Sports,

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  • College awarded over $650,000 in Mellon and BB&T Grants

    A team of faculty and staff recently secured Elizabethtown College a $300,000 humanities grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The money will fund a variety of humanities-centered academic projects through a program called “Confronting Challenges with Confidence: Humanities in Our World Today.” The funds will be divided to support several components of the program,

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CAMPUS LIFE

  • Fall break schedule changes proves to be undisruptive to Jays

    Get your bows and arrows out and hit the woods. That’s right; it’s time for fall! It is the time of the season where the leaves are changing color and starting to drop, birds are migrating south and the football  season is underway. Fall is the season filled with beautiful colors and warm smells that

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  • Students must persevere despite stress, importance of midterms

    Students must persevere despite stress, importance of midterms

    It’s that time of the year again — and I’m not talking about Etown monsoon season. There is another storm that hangs over the campus, causing tears and sweat to fall like rain from students’ faces. Forcing people to stay inside and hit the books. Darkening the usually vibrant Etown climate. It’s midterm season. Some

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  • Face-to-face communication retains value despite technology

    Face-to-face communication retains value despite technology

    Let’s face it, we all know that technology runs our lives, or at least it plays a huge part of it. With this great power also comes great change. I mean, really think about it, when was the last time you had a genuine conversation with someone in person? When was the last time you

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SPORTS

  • Fritzges tallies 100th win, Men remain undefeated

    Fritzges tallies 100th win, Men remain undefeated

    Senior Eric Fritzges has become the third men’s tennis player in Elizabethtown College history to achieve 100 career wins after beating Alvernia University’s Daniel Minnich 6-2, 4-6, 10-3. His 100 wins came from 48 singles matches and 52 doubles. The rest of the men’s team pulled their weight and led the Blue Jays to a

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  • Track and field hosts local schools for Capital Area Classic;

    Track and field hosts local schools for Capital Area Classic;

    Elizabethtown College had several impressive performances at the Track and Field Washington & Lee-VMI Carnival Friday and Saturday. Going into the meet, senior Jenna Niedermayer said, “I just want to compete well and see where I stand as of now.” Niedermayer fulfilled those expectations when she beat her personal outdoor record and the school record with

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FEATURES

  • The Galapagos: volcanoes, snorkel, blue-footed boobies, adventures

    The Galapagos: volcanoes, snorkel, blue-footed boobies, adventures

    After one crazy full-body sunburn, a minor cold, and a wild (too wild?) Halloween bash, I can say, “I survived the Galapagos Islands.” My trip to the islands of Baltra, Santa Cruz and Isabela consisted of more than those three aforementioned things, of course, and fortunately the other components weren’t so dismal. There were also

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  • Alumni honored for dedication to service

    Alumni honored for dedication to service

    Lieutenant Elyse Braxton considers herself much more mature now than she was as a student at Elizabethtown College. The 1987 graduate has been on active duty as a Naval Officer in the Nurse Corps for six years as a more mature individual. Etown has changed in many ways since Braxton was a student at the

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