In the fall of 2016, the Elizabethtown College education department will be offering a Master’s of Education (M.Ed.) degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Separate from the Etown School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the program will be a standalone, solely administered by the education department. A master’s in curriculum and instruction is one of the
READ MOREThe fourth IRONJAY Challenge has begun at Elizabethtown College. Students, faculty, staff, and now for the first time, alumni, are invited to participate in this annual self-monitored and self-paced fitness challenge. “The IRONJAY is based on the IRONMAN, which is a triathlon that’s 140.6 miles,” Assistant Director of Health Promotions Amanda Cheetham said. IRONJAY participants
READ MOREThis past summer, the first floor of Nicarry underwent renovations, which not only changed the look of many of the rooms, but added new technology and features as well. Since many of the rooms are mainly used by the Education Department, the redesign was a collaboration between the Education Department, ITS, and Facilities. The Etownian
READ MOREControversy surrounds Pope’s resignationFor those of you currently living under a rock; Pope Benedict XVI recently announced his resignation. I suppose my first question is: If you’re living under a rock how did you get access to The Etownian? My second question is more along the lines of what this article means to investigate: Why
READ MORERecently, article topics such as gender roles and what it means to be male or female have been making headlines as more research is completed to try to explain this complex phenomenon. The New York Times, a current example, published an article on Feb. 2 discussing a recent study that examines why boys tend to
READ MOREGovernor Tom Corbett delivered his 2013-2014 budget address to the General Assembly Feb. 5. Corbett plans to tackle three big areas: transportation funding, pension reform and the privatizing of liquor sales to raise revenue for education. The Pennsylvania House and Senate gathered to hear the $28.4 billion plans that have been expected since the beginning
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team showed their dominance this past Saturday as they defeated the Wilkes University Colonels 4 to 1 on Ira R. Herr Field Senior Adriano Maneo, Jays’ center mid fielder, got the chance to even the score with a corner kick. Striking the ball perfectly, Maneo hit his teammate junior Kyle
READ MORELast semester the Senior Staff at Elizabethtown College met with Athletic Director Nancy Latimore to discuss the Blue Jay Athletic Code of Conduct. Together, they created a new policy. Latimore stated, “There was a concern of the number about athletes who violated the college’s policies, specifically, the alcohol policy.” Latimore and the Senior Staff acknowledged
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College field hockey team lost their match against Catholic University on Saturday, Sept. 8. The score was 4-0. The weak start to the season has hardly left the women of the Elizabethtown College field hockey team disappointed in the loss. However, their disappointment is not attributed to the performance of the team. “We
READ MOREFriday, Feb. 3 from 7 p.m. until Feb. 4 at 12:30 a.m., the High Library will sponsor an event called “Docs B4 Dawn” in Gibble Auditorium. This is the first time this event is being held on campus, and it is an event open only to the campus community. The films being shown are “Good
READ MOREThe Hess Gallery in Zug Memorial Hall holds many paintings. They belong to Brian Rogers, a deputy executive director at the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. Besides being an executive director, Rogers is also a talented artist. Before deciding to display Rogers’ works in the Hess Gallery at Elizabethtown College, the art faculty had to
READ MOREIn the collegial community, only a handful of individuals achieve success in their respective field. Rarely do we see an individual who succeeds in multiple arenas of academia; however, some professors do. Meet the man who wrote “An Integral for Second-Order Multiple Scattering Perturbation Theory.” Where would a student find a man of this caliber?
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