Veronica Nolt has been promoted to the position of head co-coach, alongside Coach Sherri Gorman, of Elizabethtown College’s women’s basketball team. Director of Athletics Nancy Latimore announced Nolt’s promotion on March 20. The College’s Hiring and Compensation Review Committee approved the naming of co-head coaches. All hiring decisions made within the College go through this
READ MOREAt Elizabethtown College, professors have many opportunities to travel and gain new experiences outside their collegiate life. During the Presidential Enrichment Lecture series Wednesday afternoon, Associate Professor of English Dr. Matthew Willen presented his experiences during his travels in the Westfjords of Iceland. Willen has been visiting Iceland on and off since his first visit
READ MOREThe department of business will begin offering a data analytics course utilizing the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) platform this coming fall semester. SAS is a wide statistical platform that allows for analysis and pattern finding. The two-credit course, taught by Assistant Professor of Finance Emma Neuhauser, will be offered to students of every department as
READ MOREElizabethtown College students enrolled in a Chinese course this semester were given the opportunity, as well as a few others, to go on an all-expense-paid trip to New York City that occurred March 15 and 16. Dr. David Kenley, associate professor of history and director of the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking, said, “This
READ MOREA course titled “PH 374: Time Travel and the Nature of Space and Time” will be offered in the fall semester of 2014. The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. There will be not one, but two professors teaching the class — Professor of Philosophy Michael Silberstein and
READ MOREOne day after the 9/11 Memorial Museum opened on the site where the World Trade Center stood, Mal Fuller, Ed Root and Kent Taylor spoke at Elizabethtown College to share their experiences of that famous September day. “Uncertainty was the best way to describe that day,” Taylor, a geographer for the 9/11 Memorial Trail Project,
READ MOREElizabethtown College announced on Tuesday, March 25 that Sarah Penniman will begin working as the new director of the High Library. Before Penniman’s hire, Sylvia Morra served as the interim director after the previous director, BethAnn Zambella, resigned. Prior to her new position at Etown, Penniman, a native of Berks County, Pa., was a faculty
READ MOREMark Samels, the executive producer of PBS’ “American Experience,” was announced last week as the commencement speaker for the 2014 traditional graduation ceremony. Samels will also receive an honorary doctoral degree at the ceremony. An official statement on behalf of Elizabethtown College President Carl Strikwerda and the Academic Occasions Committee was released to the
READ MOREStudent Wellness is sponsoring an eight-week group for students on campus called The Mindful Way. The group focuses on developing awareness, enhancing focus, living in the moment, being non-judgmental and experiencing a sense of inner calm in everyday life. This group is open to any student who wants to join. The program is in place
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