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  • German Klub officers attend event at Dickinson

    German Klub officers attend event at Dickinson

    Professor of English and Modern Languages and College Professor of International Studies Dr. Mark Harman and two of the officers of Elizabethtown College’s German Klub traveled to Dickinson College, where Harman spoke about the author Franz Kafka at Dickinson’s German Klub’s annual dinner. The president of Dickinson and other faculty members also attended the event.

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  • Chemistry majors attend conference

    Chemistry majors attend conference

    The Elizabethtown College’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry left its footprint in Texas this week. The department sent 11 students to the 247th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition in Dallas, Texas, between March 15 and 18. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. James MacKay went with nine seniors and two juniors to the

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  • Campu sign’s missing letters undergo restoration

    Campu sign’s missing letters undergo restoration

    Earlier this year, between Jan. 19 and Jan. 20, letters were stolen from the Elizabethtown College sign at the corner of Mount Joy Street and College Avenue. The disappearance of the letters led to campus-wide interest in the sign and the works of the Campus Security office. The letters that were stolen included B, E,

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  • Hiroshima student experiences American education system

    Hiroshima student experiences American education system

    iroki Hashimoto, a student from Hiroshima University in Japan, is completing his three-week student teaching requirements at Elizabethtown College. Dr. Nobuaki Takahashi, assistant professor of Japanese, will be supervising Hashimoto as he progresses through his requirements. Using Takahashi as a translator, Hashimoto said, “The student-teacher relationship is much closer, especially here at Etown. I attend

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  • Bach, Kanagy to teach new Amish,

    Bach, Kanagy to teach new Amish,

    new course on Amish and Anabaptist groups is being offered to students during the May term. The new class is called “Amish and Anabaptist Groups in Context” and is being team-taught by Professor of Sociology Dr. Conrad Kanagy and the Director of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Dr. Jeff Bach. The class

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  • Families Engaging in Science, Technology event reaches youth

    Families Engaging in Science, Technology event reaches youth

    The Families Engaging in Science and Technology (FEST) event was held on March 14 in Nicarry Hall. The event was hosted by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Student Chapter and the Education Department at Elizabethtown College. This free event enabled elementary and middle school students and their families to explore engineering through hands-on challenges

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  • Kreider Lecture features Professor of Rhetoric Vi Dutcher

    Kreider Lecture features Professor of Rhetoric Vi Dutcher

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    • February 27, 2014

    On Feb. 20, Jeff Bach, director of the Young Center and associate professor in the department of religious studies, welcomed Vi Dutcher to the Young Center as a guest lecturer with the simple statement, “Tonight’s lecture will warm your hearts.”  Dutcher’s main focus of the night was the cultural impact and meaning behind a method

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  • Gamer’s Club welcomes new members, hosts Mario Kart tournament

    Gamer’s Club welcomes new members, hosts Mario Kart tournament

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    • February 27, 2014

    This past week, Elizabethtown College made way for a new club on campus. The recently-formed Gamer’s Club kicked off the spring semester with a video game-themed event. On Friday, Feb. 21, the club hosted their first event, featuring a video game tournament with Mario Kart games in Hoover. The president of the club, sophomore Dante

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  • Martin presents STEM and Science in Motion program ideas at local convention

    Martin presents STEM and Science in Motion program ideas at local convention

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    • February 27, 2014

    Elizabethtown College’s Science in Motion director, Wendy Martin, presented at the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Convention on Dec. 6, 2013. Her presentation topic, “Advancing Inquiry-based STEM Education,” was an overview of how Pennsylvania teachers can get involved in the STEM and Science in Motion programs. The theme of the conference was “Engaging the Next Generation in

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