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  • Class project focuses on diversity in children’s books

    Class project focuses on diversity in children’s books

    This March, Elizabethtown College’s High Library had a “Celebrating Diversity and Belonging in Children’s Books” exhibit from Dr. Katherine Hughes’s COM 130 Visual Communications class. This exhibit has been held in the library since early March and ends on March 24. Each COM 130 student has made a project using and applying their photoshop skills,

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  • Bowers Centers hosts events focused on nutrition

    Bowers Centers hosts events focused on nutrition

    On Friday, March 18, the Elizabethtown College Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being demo kitchen was home to multiple different flavors and foods as students celebrated Nutrition Day. The event was run by the Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) and Assistant Director of Health Promotion Joni Eisenhauer.     The demonstrations started off with healthy smoothies.

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  • SWAG promotes nutrition on campus

    SWAG promotes nutrition on campus

    Did you know March is National Nutrition Month? On Wednesday, March 9, Gabby Stawinski of the Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) helped to promote nutrition on campus by providing many valuable recipes, resources, tips and more in the BSC concourse for students and faculty.  “There’s tips on choosing healthy granola bars, the Chicken Pot Pie

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  • Scott LaMar and Joyce Davis speak in Gibble Auditorium

    Scott LaMar and Joyce Davis speak in Gibble Auditorium

    The Elizabethtown College Gibble Auditorium was filled with intrigued faces Wednesday, March 9 as Scott LaMar and Joyce Davis came in to speak. Those in attendance looked forward to the captivating discussion that LaMar and Davis had in store.   LaMar, who is well known for his long-running show “Smart Talk,” and Davis, the President of

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  • Etown student successfully helps others learn cooking tips

    Etown student successfully helps others learn cooking tips

    Elizabethtown College senior Rachel Skwirutis uses her love and passion for cooking to teach other students some helpful tips that will bring them success in their future cooking endeavors. On Tuesday, March 8, Skwirut, along with her fellow Class of 2022 Senate, sponsored the very first “Cooking 101: Learning the Basics.” As graduation is quickly

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  • Etown celebrates International Women’s Day

    Etown celebrates International Women’s Day

    This past Tuesday, March 8, people around the globe celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). This global holiday is meant to celebrate women’s social, political, economic and cultural achievements. After years of marches, protests, rallies and campaigns, it was honored fully for the first time on March 19, 1911, though in 1913 the date changed to

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  • CGUP hosts Docu-Series about international and domestic issues

    CGUP hosts Docu-Series about international and domestic issues

    From Feb. 17 to March 7, the Elizabethtown College Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking (CGUP) sponsored and led a series of screenings of documentaries related to themes of imperialism, globalization and socioeconomic injustice. These screenings, referred to by CGUP as a “Docu-Series,” are part of the Center’s ongoing Forum on White Supremacy and Global

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  • Unban My History panel sheds light on book banning movements

    Unban My History panel sheds light on book banning movements

    Book banning movements have been on the rise for several years now. It has become increasingly prevalent that parents take issue with many books that discuss certain topics, such as Black history or LGBTQ+ narratives. This was the topic that was discussed on Wednesday, Feb. 23 in the Elizabethtown College Tempest Theatre at 4 p.m. 

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  • Speaker presents the poetry of Jane Rohrer at the Young Center

    Speaker presents the poetry of Jane Rohrer at the Young Center

    At 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, speaker Julia Spicher Kasdorf gave an illustrated presentation and reading of the poetry of Jane Rohrer. 18 people were in attendance including relatives of Rohrer. Rohrer was part of one of the first generations of Mennonites to

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