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Music, gender at Ephrata Cloister
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- April 24, 2019
Keeping with Elizabethtown College’s rich history of Anabaptistism and Pietism, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist studies recently had the opportunity to bring Christopher Herbert to campus. Herbert is an assistant professor and head of the vocal department at William Paterson University. He received a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the Julliard School and
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Fine Arts seniors bring unique talents, interests to senior projects
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- April 24, 2019
This semester, The Etownian is working to highlight and recognize the work being done by Elizabethtown College’s seniors in their capstone courses. One such capstone course has been taught by professor of art Milt Friedly to senior Fine Arts majors. This course is designed to prepare the students for gallery work and the logistics necessary
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Etown alumna poet returns, shares her poetry at open-mic night
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- April 24, 2019
The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Title IX partnered with the Women and Gender Studies department to bring back Elizabethtown College alumna, Nichole Acosta, ‘08. Acosta visited campus March 14 for an open mic slam poetry night in the Brinser Lecture Room. Acosta has been doing spoken word since she was 11 years old and
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Literature quotes, graphic design come together in creative posters
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- April 24, 2019
Students from Visiting Assistant Professor of English Dr. Tara Moore’s graphic design course, Word, Web and Design, have created graphic design collages featuring selections from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. The collages, on display in the reference section on the landing floor of the High Library, blend typography, photography
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Scholar-in-Residence shares poetry, reflects on personal experiences
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- March 29, 2019
Elizabethtown College held its Scholar-in-Residence Celebration featuring Dr. Emily Grosholz Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bowers Writers House. The Scholar-in-Residence program aims to bring in speakers who do interdisciplinary work. Grosholz fits this description because she is a poet, mathematician and physics philosopher. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a
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Alum stays involved, helps college athletics program post graduation
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- March 29, 2019
An incredibly important part of campus life at Elizabethtown College is sports. With 24 different varsity intercollegiate sport programs, students have many choices for how to become involved in Blue Jay Athletics. Students can also participate in any of the 10 different intramural sports, which are more casual and recreational and are managed by the
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Students weigh in on new food options offered by Dining Services
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- March 29, 2019
Wednesday, Feb. 27, the Marketplace opened its doors at 4:30 p.m. to present Dining Services’ annual Food Show with its suppliers, John Gross & Company. Previous years’ themes have included pirates and superheroes, but this year, the focus was on all-new foods. In the Marketplace, students sampled various dishes that hadn’t been offered on the
READ MOREFifth annual Power of One Day to raise funds for campus projects
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- March 20, 2019
Tuesday, March 19, Elizabethtown College will raise money in its fifth annual Power of One Day. The Power of One Day is part of the Be More Inspired Campaign, which raises money to fund various programs and initiatives on campus. This year, the Be More Inspired Campaign aims to raise $60 million and has already
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Senior Capstone Series: Innovative and compassionate engineering
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- March 20, 2019
As a liberal arts college, Elizabethtown College has a large variety of majors, minors and programs. One commonly shared aspect of majors is a capstone project. For the engineering major at the College, the senior capstone project actually begins in junior year when students are assigned to project groups based on their interests and begin
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