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Kraybill explains initiation of Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
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- April 15, 2015
Not many would guess that Elizabethtown College holds the only research institute in the world for Anabaptist and Pietist studies. Even fewer would be able to tell the story of how our very own Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies came to be. One of the few is Dr. Donald Kraybill, distinguished college professor
READ MOREKraybill, Kopko explain Bergholz Amish beard-cutting hate crime case
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- April 15, 2015
Many think of the Amish people as a tight community that stick together. Not much is heard about any issues within their group. In 2011, the spotlight was on the Amish, more specifically on Samuel Mullet of Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet was presumed to be the leader of a group of fellow Amish family members to
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Gross shares performance experiences, collaborative work with composers
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- April 15, 2015
Dr. Anne Gross, assistant professor of music, has been in demand across the world, from all over the United States to Ireland, Germany, Spain, Australia and Cuba. Her reputation, skill and knowledge as a recitalist, oratorio soloist and master clinician in vocal performance makes her the perfect fit as a professor at Elizabethtown College. In
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Global Talent, Fashion Show celebrates variety of cultures
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- April 15, 2015
On Sunday, April 12, the Office of International Student Services collaborated with the No Boundaries Club to perform a “Global Talent and Fashion Show” to an audience of over 100 residents of the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. Sajid Amir, a senior computer engineering major from Bangladesh, and Anh Bui, a sophomore biology major from Vietnam,
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Students support Sexual Assault Awareness, Prevention Month
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- April 15, 2015
Elizabethtown College invited students to take part in a series of events focusing on Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAM). The events began with the Clothesline Project Display on Wednesday, April 1. A local organization donated T-shirts that were hung in the Brossman Commons (BSC). Student Wellness invited students to make their own shirts
READ MORERelay for Life event raises over $50,000
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- April 1, 2015
The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life was held Friday, March 27 into Saturday, March 28 from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the Thompson Gymnasium. Several teams of students, cancer survivors and other individuals walked around the gym to raise money, celebrate survival and remember those who have lost the battle with cancer. Relay
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Kennedy discusses one-child policy in China, implications for gender ratio
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- April 1, 2015
Dr. John J. Kennedy, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for Global and International Studies at the University of Kansas, first observed the phenomenon of the “missing girls” in China during the 1990s. In his lecture “Out of the Shadows: Family Planning and Identifying the ‘Missing Girls’ in Rural China,” he
READ MOREProfessors hold evening discussion of book by upcoming lecturer Kristof
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- April 1, 2015
Bowers Writers House was full of students from Associate Professor of Japanese Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya’s Anime to Zen class to discuss the writings of Nicholas Kristof in his book, “Thunder from the East: Portrait of Rising Asia.” Kristof is this year’s Ware lecture guest and will be on campus on April 13 and 14. Kristof
READ MOREBehrens shares history of Open Door Recital for children
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- April 1, 2015
“In that the recital now is in its 14th year, many students don’t know the history of the recital,” Dr. Gene Behrens, professor of music, said. Fourteen years ago, some of the families of children with special needs who attended music therapy sessions at Elizabethtown College’s on-campus clinic started a very important conversation. The families
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