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  • Medical Humanities: Health professions growth and awareness

    Medical Humanities: Health professions growth and awareness

    Recently, Elizabethtown College hosted a Medical Humanities talk hosted by the School of Arts and Humanities. This growing field is starting to build a stronger home for itself at Etown with the growing medical humanities minor the college offers. This event offered an overview of what the medical humanities are, along with details of what

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  • Record-breaking open house welcomes future Blue Jays

    Record-breaking open house welcomes future Blue Jays

    The pathways of Elizabethtown College buzzed with energy on Saturday morning as hundreds of families explored campus for the school’s largest-ever Fall Open House. With 252 prospective students in attendance, the day marked a milestone for the College’s admissions season, and for one of its newest tour guides, it was a milestone of her own.

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  • Connecting the world on campus: Etown celebrates International Education Week

    Connecting the world on campus: Etown celebrates International Education Week

    This November, Elizabethtown College is embracing a spirit of global connection. From Nov. 10-14, International Education Week brings students together through events that celebrate cultural diversity and highlight how international education deepens understanding of both the world and ourselves. Organized by the Office of International Student Services, the week features themed events each day that

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  • A Spooktacular day at the Etown bookstore

    A Spooktacular day at the Etown bookstore

    This Halloween, the Elizabethtown College bookstore transformed its retail space into a lively hub of campus spirit. The door, wrapped in caution tape, and the checkout counter, covered in spider webs and glowing orange and purple lights, invited students to come in for some festive fun. On Thursday, Oct. 30, the Baugher Student Center (BSC)

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  • “Here We Glow” Blends Fitness, Community and Halloween Spirit

    “Here We Glow” Blends Fitness, Community and Halloween Spirit

    On Thursday, Oct. 30, the campus group fitness team hosted a Halloween-themed pop-up class titled “Here We Glow,” combining spin, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and circuit training in a one-of-a-kind workout experience that brought students together for fitness and fun. The event was part of Group Fitness Week, a lineup of themed fitness classes designed

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  •  Pumpkin cheesecake brings Brinser residents together

     Pumpkin cheesecake brings Brinser residents together

    Fall brings to mind pumpkin spice, chilly mornings and the kind of comfort that feels like family, even when family is the neighbors. On Oct. 23, the Brinser resident assistants (RAs) turned the Bowers Demo Kitchen into a family gathering, complete with a rogue hand mixer, an exploding can and residents eager to whip up

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  • Helping to meet the needs of the campus community

    Helping to meet the needs of the campus community

    Shelves lined with soup cans, pasta boxes, granola bars and many other things fill the Blue Jay Pantry, a space meant to provide comfort and relief to students who may be experiencing food insecurity. But as the semester winds down, SNAP and WIC benefits may increase the use of food pantries throughout the United States.

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  • Etown students Glide Into the Streets 

    Etown students Glide Into the Streets 

    On Saturday, Oct. 18, Elizabethtown College held its annual Into the Streets Fall Day of Service. This was a great way for students to be able to give back to the community around them by volunteering at locations all around the area.  The event, hosted by the Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE), proved

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  • English Corner builds confidence through conversation

    English Corner builds confidence through conversation

    Every other Thursday night, the McCormick Classroom in the High Library fills with students who come together for one purpose: conversation.  The program, called English Corner, is a space for practicing English in a relaxed setting. Sessions run biweekly on Thursdays at 7 p.m. and are open to all students.  English Corner was created to

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