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Leffler Lecture canceled, will be postponed
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- November 17, 2016
The Nov. 15 Elizabethtown College Leffler Lecture has been canceled with the intention of being postponed to a later date in the school year. NPR radio journalist Michele Norris was scheduled to speak in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at 7:30 p.m. Her talk, “Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race,” was inspired by her experience
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Etown introduces First Folio!
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- November 10, 2016
Elizabethtown College is hosting an original copy of the Shakespeare anthology as part of the Folger Shakespeare Library First Folio tour. A preview event on the evening of Nov. 6 introduced the exhibition to the campus community. Dr. Zachary Lesser, a Shakespeare scholar and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered the keynote
READ MORECampus Security listens to student grievances over casual coffee chat
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- November 10, 2016
Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to meet and talk to Campus Security officers at the College’s first Coffee with Campus Security event on Thursday, Nov. 3. The meeting took place in Hoover 110 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Campus Security Director Andrew Powell said the event was designed to let students and officers
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Amtrak selects College to help launch PaTripsbyTrain
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- November 10, 2016
Elizabethtown College launched a pilot program on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in partnership with PaTripsbyTrain to bring students accessible and affordable Amtrak train tickets for the Keystone and Pennsylvanian lines. PaTripsbyTrain began with a partnership between PennDot and Amtrak to increase ridership on the trains through promotional work with Sacunas Integrated Communications (Sacunas). According to Sacunas’
READ MORETrump defeats Clinton in race for Presidency
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- November 10, 2016
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the people of America cast their votes and elected Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. Trump finished with 276 electoral college votes, compared to opposing candidate Hillary Clinton’s 228 votes. He won 47.51 percent of the popular vote, with Clinton taking 47.66 percent. Trump was in the
READ MOREMusic therapy seniors research emotional expression through playing instruments
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- November 3, 2016
Senior music therapy students Zoe Robinson, Sarah McCollum, Ashley Doron, Cody Thompson, Bethany Wentling and Madison Button are currently engaged in conducting research for a senior project. Their study aims to discover the way in which different emotions are communicated by different instruments. Each student has been equally involved in the various aspects of the
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Student Senate
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- November 3, 2016
Campus leaders, donors and alumni flocked together this past week for the seasonal Board of Trustees meeting. As a student organization, Senate was invited to participate in three specific Board meetings: The President, Sean Fiedler, was invited to the Board’s Student Life Committee meeting, the Executive Cabinet was invited to experience the Strategic Planning meeting
READ MORETrustees brainstorm ways to increase retention
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- November 3, 2016
The Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees held their fall meeting Saturday, Oct. 29 in the Susquehanna Room behind Myer Residence Hall. The meeting began with breakfast and a student-faculty research presentation before moving on to cover the business agenda. In addition to the officers and members of the Board of Trustees, members from different parts
READ MORE500 students, staff join Into the Streets
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- November 3, 2016
The Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) hosted the 34th annual Into the Streets event Saturday, Oct. 22. Over 500 Elizabethtown College students and staff participated in the day of service. Into the Streets volunteers worked in three areas of the community: Fall Fest, raking and winterizing and volunteering at local agencies. Many student
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