NEWS

  • Two students, two professors awarded Fulbright scholarships

    This year four members of Elizabethtown College were awarded Fulbright scholarships. The winners, of which there were two students and two professors, are Robert Wheelersburg, professor of anthropology, Cristina Ciocirlan, associate professor of management, Katie Appleby, a senior Spanish education major, and Matt Walters, a senior English secondary education major. The Fulbright scholarship founded in

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  • Color Classic supports Joshua Group

    Color Classic supports Joshua Group

    Over 300 people were painted purple on Sunday, April 19, to raise money for charity. After last year’s successful color run, the Elizabethtown College Class of 2017 brought back the Etown Color Classic. Purple powder was thrown through the air, dying runners and volunteers alike during this 5k event. The Color Classic is a fun

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  • TGIS brings students weekend of Hunger Games-themed festivities

    The annual Thank Goodness It’s Spring Festival, or TGIS, was held this past weekend as a campus-wide closer to the school year. This year’s theme was based off the popular book and film series The Hunger Games. According to OSA, the theme had been in the making for a while before coming to fruition this

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CAMPUS LIFE

  • What I know now: reflections on the first year of college

    What I know now: reflections on the first year of college

    I have yet to master college. I’m two years and a month into my collegiate career, and I’m still trying to learn how to survive in an environment that is simultaneously foreign (Lancaster County) and home (Etown). With each semester that goes by, I feel as if I learn something more about myself and my

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  • Major Dilemma: pursue a passion or what will help obtain a better job?

    Major Dilemma: pursue a passion or what will help obtain a better job?

    In the spring semester of my sophomore year at Elizabethtown College, I attended a “Tea at Three” program on migrant education. After the event, I spoke with the presenters about the dynamics of education in America. One of the individuals asked me what major I was pursuing and I responded that it was an English

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  • #Trending: Are we keeping up with social media in academia?

    #Trending: Are we keeping up with social media in academia?

    Outside of Etown, Twitter is becoming more popular than ever on college campuses.  Students frequently shout out shameless self-promotion asking friends to “follow” them on Twitter.  Teachers are now asking the same to their students.  This raises a popular question, does twitter belong in the educational system? And even more importantly, should we teach students

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