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Dr. Ozkanca presents on her recent publication, discusses Turkey-West Relations
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- March 25, 2021
“I was just thinking — what better way to spend a Friday night than hearing Oya talk about Turkish politics?!” That’s how the laughing Elizabethtown College professor, Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, began her lecture at the Bowers Writers House on March 12. “Hey, here at Elizabethtown we pull out all the stops, man,” said director of
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Etown comm students sweep Student Keystone Media Awards
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- March 11, 2021
Concussive birds, insectoid invaders and do-gooder community centers. What links these scattershot subjects? They are the topics that won Elizabethtown College communication majors all three top spots in a Student Keystone Media Awards category. Each year, the Pennsylvania News Media Association holds a competition to recognize excellent student journalism. Etown’s students dominated the Best Feature
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Senior recitals embody student success, determination
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- March 11, 2021
Every semester, students at Elizabethtown College participate in formal assessments to demonstrate mastery of their subjects. For music majors nearing the end of their time at Etown, this means performing in a senior recital. Sunday, March 7, senior music therapy majors Gabriella Clarizio and Angelina Pisacane did just that with their saxophone recital. “The senior
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Spanish Club event emphasizes significance of Puerto Rican music, culture
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- March 11, 2021
Last Thursday, members of Elizabethtown College’s Spanish club were part of a fascinating presentation by senior Veronica Ruiz on Puerto Rican music. Ruiz, a biology and pre-med major, is Puerto Rican herself and has many extended family members living in Puerto Rico. The presentation combined Ruiz’s personal experiences with Puerto Rican music with an overview
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Taking a breath with Student Pause: Mind, Body, Spirit
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- March 4, 2021
Every Tuesday at 3:20p.m. the Chaplain and Director of Religious Life Amy Shorner-Johnson hosts Student Pause: Mind, Body, Spirit. It is meant to be spiritual – however students choose to define that – instead of being religious the event. Student Pause welcomes everyone of any religion or spirituality. “I am also willing to adapt it
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40th Anniversary of Emergent Scholars Program emphasizes ongoing commitments to academic excellence
As of 2021, Emergent Scholars celebrates its forty year anniversary at Elizabethtown College. First created in the fall of 1981 by then Etown President and former professor of bible and philosophy Reverend Dr. Mark C. Ebersole, the Emergent Scholars award recognizes students who have a GPA of 3.75 or higher after their first three semesters
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Local politicians showcase opportunities for women
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- March 4, 2021
The Elizabethtown College Democrats hosted a seminar on women in politics Feb. 27. The seminar included different women in local politics to speak on what they do in the field and answered different questions. The speakers were Jen Quinn, Mary Auker-Endresand Jo Ellen Litz. The focus of the event was to educate students about all
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Author gives first public reading of new book at Bowers Writers House
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- March 4, 2021
A nude man runs down a hotel hallway pursued by a clothed man wielding a big wooden coat hanger. The naked man laments that his run-ins with married women often end in run-ins with married men. Then he laments the layout of the hotel. The hallway he is fleeing down comes to a dead end
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Chemistry Seminar Series explores progressions in latent print developments
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- March 4, 2021
Feb. 26, the Elizabethtown College Department of Chemistry held a seminar led by Dr. Raychelle Burks. Burks is an esteemed associate professor of analytical chemistry at the American University in Washington D.C., and is well known for several prolific public appearances supported by prestigious scientific organizations and for advocating for various underrepresented groups in the
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