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High Library offers new resources
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- January 29, 2014
he High Library is offering additional services and resources for students and faculty members in the 2014 spring semester. These supplements include new laptops, a new scanner on level one, focus groups, Mid-Term Minis and a Quiet Zone. Lunchtime Mid-Term Minis will be held outside of the Marketplace Feb. 3 until Feb. 7, from 11
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Business department creates Living Learning Community
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- November 20, 2013
Elizabethtown College’s Business Department, under the leadership of Associate Professor of Business Law and Business Department Chair Dr. Sylvester Williams, created the first-ever Business Living Learning Community (LLC). The Business LLC consists of 58 first-year male and female intended business majors and is located on the second and third floors of Myer Residence Hall. During
READ MOREMock trial team attends competition at UPenn, receives multiple awards
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- November 20, 2013
Elizabethtown College’s mock trial team recently attended the University of Pennsylvania Quaker Classic Invitational 2013 competition. The Quaker Classic mainly consisted of Ivy League schools such as UPenn, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University and George Washington University with other schools in attendance as well such as Etown, University of Delaware and Drexel
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Education department adds new course
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- November 20, 2013
A new two-credit course will be offered in the spring semester for education majors looking to travel without participating in a semester-length study abroad program. Peace Education and Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland and the United States will meet once a week to discuss and learn the history, process and practices of the Irish education
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Campus Security addresses increased thefts on campus, offers additional services
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- November 20, 2013
Recently, there has been an increase in thefts around the Elizabethtown College campus. Dale Boyer, assistant director of campus security, considers most of these acts as “thefts of opportunity,” which means that force is rarely used to access a room or office in order to steal items; instead, people are taking advantage of open, unlocked
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Administration installs gender- neutral restroom in Wenger Center
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- November 20, 2013
Elizabethtown College’s administration installed a new gender-neutral bathroom in Wenger Center. “First, for those who are transitioning, [gender-neutral restrooms] provide a safe space [for members of the campus] to use the bathroom without facing ridicule or potential bullying. Likewise, for gender-queer individuals who do not identify with the gender binary, the bathroom is also a
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Women’s soccer team receives at-large bid, advances to NCAA Division III Tournament
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- November 13, 2013
Elizabethtown College’s recent college-wide strategic planning process resulted in the need to construct a campus sports, fitness and wellness center. The proposed facility will support quality programs in athletics, E-Fit, intramurals and student wellness, including counseling services and health promotion. Early plans of the new sports, fitness and wellness center feature multiple courts, a track,
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Carlson Steadman publishes, presents academic research
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- November 13, 2013
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy Dr. Nancy Carlson Steadman published her research, “Beyond Consumers and Stakeholders: Students Reflecting-on-Action as Active Partners in Program Evaluation,” in the Education Special Interest Section Quarterly. She presented research at the inaugural Education Summit, which was sponsored by the American Occupational Therapy Association in Atlanta, Ga. The topic, “Reflection-on-Action: Participation
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Seniors attend 63rd Annual Sociological Society Conf.
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- November 13, 2013
Seniors Jennifer Bitgood and Kristin Peachey presented research at the 63rd Annual Pennsylvania Sociological Society Conference at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa. Bitgood presented “Starved for Attention: The Effects of Race and Gender on Perceptions of Eating Disorders” in a student paper session. Bitgood’s research included data analysis from a secondary survey. The
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