NEWS
Sophomore develops American Sign Language course for Core Program
In the Fall 2015 semester, Elizabethtown College will be offering ASL 105: Social Participation and Communication in the Deaf Community: American Sign Language, to all students. This means of communication is often overlooked when schools solidify their language departments. Etown sophomore Tyler Latshaw has made sure that Etown does not follow suit. Latshaw first considered
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies, HACC reach reverse transfer agreement
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) recently reached an agreement with Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) allowing currently enrolled students to transfer Elizabethtown SCPS credits back towards an associate degree at HACC. SCPS Dean Dr. John Kokolus and HACC President John J. “Ski” Sygielski, Ed.D signed the reverse transfer agreement. SCPS, a part
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Education organization sells A-T benefit tickets
Elizabethtown College’s Education Organization (Ed Org) will be hosting their annual ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) benefit on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Ed Org is a club in the Education Department. Their mission is to provide an atmosphere in which future educators feel safe, accepted and motivated to become
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CAMPUS LIFE
Choosing a path: why one junior returned to humble beginnings
Frantically pacing the corner of 6th Avenue and West 12th, I spoke on the phone with my mother, making a desperate proposition before my 2:00 p.m. class. A chilly February breeze bit at my face and blew wisps of hair into tiny knots with each step I took back and forth. “It’s your choice,” she
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Recent policy limits student employment
Finding an on campus job can be a difficult task, unless you’re looking for employment with Dining Services, whom are always hiring. A new policy the College has enacted will fix this issue of there not being enough jobs for students by limiting the number of jobs each student can have. The maximum number of
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Open Book selection fails to thrill students
For the second consecutive year, Elizabethtown College students and educators alike took part in the Open Book Initiative, a program which encourages first-year students and faculty to participate in several areas of activity: reading a book selected by a decision committee; participating in facilitated group discussions pertaining to the book; and attending seminars, lectures, and
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