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Chung, Ciocirlan collaborate on social embeddedness article, are published in peer-reviewed journal Metamorphosis
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- February 20, 2014
Associate Professor of Marketing Dr. Edward Chung and Associate Professor of Business Dr. Cristina Ciocirlan research paper, “Embeddedness: An Exploratory Investigation of the Role of Ties in Social Venture Formation,” was accepted for publication in January in the peer-reviewed journal Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research. The paper was also co-authored with Paul Ngo, associate
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Campus Security implements Blue Note method to enforce overall safety
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- February 20, 2014
Campus Security has been working with the campus community to improve safety procedures. Campus Security has implemented a new method of ensuring campus safety. The user-friendly plan to leave Blue Notes indicates when specific tasks were not completed by the employees of those offices and departments, such as locking a door or turning off the
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Golf team hires Reed as new head coach for upcoming season
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- February 20, 2014
n Wednesday afternoon, Elizabethtown College’s golf team named Jim Reed its new head coach beginning on March 4. Reed is a 1973 graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has been a Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) member since 1979. Reed’s familiarity with Etown’s home golf course, the Hershey Country Club East, will give the team an
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Mead resigns as director of honors program, returns to full-time teaching
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- February 20, 2014
Dr. Dana Mead, director of the honors program and associate professor of English, has taught at Elizabethtown College for almost 25 years. After nine years of service, Mead decided that she wanted to go back to being a full-time professor. “There’s a season for everything. It was time for me to get back to my
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Departments utilize social media, interact with media-savvy Jays
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- February 20, 2014
Many of Elizabethtown College’s departments and offices have recently utilized social media accounts, such as Twitter, to convey information to their students. Career Services has embraced this idea through their hire of Ashley Horst as Coordinator of Social Media, Publicity and Special Events. “Originally the office did not have any involvement with social media other
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Office of Student Activities announces interpretable, interactive TGIS theme
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- February 20, 2014
The Office of Student Activities (OSA) announced this year’s Thank Goodness It’s Spring (TGIS) theme: #epic. Students are encouraged to make suggestions for TGIS events and activities by using the hashtag #TGISepic on Twitter and Facebook. This choice of theme requires more student involvement than in past years. “We are doing this so that we
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Athletes attend sexual assault prevention session
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- February 20, 2014
Elizabethtown College athletic teams were required to attend a sexual assault prevention program sponsored by the Athletics Department and the Student-Athlete Mentors (SAMs) in Gibble Auditorium on Feb. 9. The College’s 400-plus student athletes flooded into the auditorium where they listened and interacted in the presentation Sex Signals. “The intent of the program is to
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Social work dept. changes degree title
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- February 20, 2014
The social work department at Elizabethtown College recently introduced its change in degree from a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in social work to a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW). This modification will help graduates become more notable in the job market, according to Associate Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department Dr. Susan Mapp.
READ MOREReligious studies dept. hires Newton, broadens curriculum
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- February 12, 2014
Elizabethtown College’s religious studies department has recently hired a new assistant professor for the upcoming fall semester. Dr. Richard Newton will teach REL 293, Islam, and offer two new courses for the department: a 300-level seminar on “The Bible and Race in the United States of America,” and a 100-level introduction to African American religion,
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