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  • Conestogan incorporates user-generated photos in yearbook

    Conestogan incorporates user-generated photos in yearbook

    This year, the Elizabethtown College yearbook, The Conestogan, is allowing students to submit their own photos online. Pictures were traditionally generated from the staff and various events on campus rather than from student submission. The change is a result of multiple factors. The staff of The Conestogan is predominantly first-years and non-returners, and there was

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  • Kunkle earns Fulbright award to teach English in Germany

    Kunkle earns Fulbright award to teach English in Germany

    Senior Tyler Kunkle earned a Fulbright award, which will allow him to teach English to German students. Kunkle will be in the Rhineland-Palatinate area and will be teaching children from elementary to high school levels. Kunkle described the online application process as un-thought provoking and a series of fill-in-the-blank questions. He then was required to

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  • ECHotline replaces past incident report form

    ECHotline replaces past incident report form

    Elizabethtown College has replaced its Crime Incident Report Form with the new ECHotline. The old form that was used to report suspicious, illegal or improper activity is no longer available. The new ECHotline gives Etown students and employees the opportunity to report incidents in a confidential, toll-free and web-friendly way. The 24/7 ECHotline is an

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  • Board of Trustees elects new Chair

    Board of Trustees elects new Chair

    This week, Dr. Robert Kerr, former vice chairman of the Board of Trustees, was selected as the new chair of the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees. Following the Board’s luncheon last week, Kerr shared insight into his experiences as a trustee and Etown alumnus.  He appeared as an all-out Etown supporter, as expressed by the

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  • Nobel Peace Prize winner shares message of justice, coexistence on campus

    Nobel Peace Prize winner shares message of justice, coexistence on campus

    Tawakkol Karman, the first Arab woman and youngest recipient ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, visited Elizabethtown College last week to share her ideals of peace and justice. Her visit was part of the Ware Lecture Series, which began in 2007 and is dedicated to bringing global citizens to speak on campus. Karman, a

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  • Demolition of on-campus greenhouses creates space for fabrication lab

    Demolition of on-campus greenhouses creates space for fabrication lab

    The greenhouses, which were previously attached to Esbenshade Hall, have been dismantled. The biology department had been the benefactors of the greenhouses. Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. David Bowne was one of the professors who had utilized the greenhouses, which had been used to store equipment and for student research projects. “Greenhouses take a lot

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  • Swanson directs award-winning play

    Dr. Michael Swanson, associate professor of theatre and director of theatre and dance, earned a Certificate of Merit from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) for his direction of “Looks Like Rain,” a short play. The festival took place last January at West Chester University. The KCACTF is a national theater program involving

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  • CCCE selects new director

    The Center for Community and Civic Engagement announced that Matthew Ascah will be its director beginning August 1, 2014. Ascah will be taking over for longtime director Nancy Valkenberg. The selection came after work done by a search committee made up of faculty, staff and students. “Dr. Elizabeth Coyle chaired that committee and recommended that

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  • Professor receives Fulbright to travel to Vietnam

    Professor receives Fulbright to travel to Vietnam

    Dr. Margaret “Peggy” McFarland, professor of social work, has received an award which will allow her to share her expertise in Vietnam for an entire year. McFarland applied for a Fulbright for the second time in August of 2013; her application was reviewed and later accepted in the United States. Her application was then sent

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