Members of Elizabethtown College’s finance concentration attended a competition at McDaniel College on Oct. 23. The team representing Etown consisted of senior Andrew Malik, junior Hannah Blecker, senior Austin Good, junior Katie Binkley, senior Jeff Boyer and senior Nate Fosbenner. They had been preparing for this competition since the beginning of October. One reason for
READ MOREThe College Store won a school spirit contest sponsored by the Russell Athletic apparel company earlier this month. The competition’s objective was to create a display that showed school pride and featured Russell Athletic Brand apparel. This was the first display contest in which the store has participated. Wendy Gibble, merchandise manager for the College
READ MOREDirector of Integrated Communications at Elizabethtown College Donna Talarico-Beerman spoke at HighEdWeb earlier this month. Her session was called “Faux Pas, Phonies and Fakes: How to Deal with Social Media Spoofs, Goofs and Snafus,” and was in the Management and Professional Development Track. Talarico-Beerman presented about making mistakes in the social media world. She noted
READ MOREElizabethtown College hosted Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence event on Oct. 27. The event was run by Student Wellness with Health Educator Amanda Cheetham leading the team. The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes organization was started by Frank Baird in 2001.
READ MOREElizabethtown College has added a new minor to its curriculum: graphic design. This 20-credit minor will be offered to students starting next semester. The graphic design minor is interdisciplinary with courses in fine arts, communications and creative writing. The minor is available to students majoring in any field. “The new interdisciplinary minor in graphic design
READ MOREElizabethtown College has implemented a new award for excellence in teaching that will be awarded for the first time during this academic year. The Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence Endowment Fund was created by class of 1972 alumnus Dr. Thomas Conner to recognize a teacher for his or her teaching and commitment to their field
READ MOREOn Saturday, Oct. 19, the Blue Jays men and women’s swim teams hosted their first alumni swim meet. The meet included 18 alumni—five of whom recently graduated this past May. Senior Megan Leppo and 2011 Etown graduate and Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Caitlin Koller started planning the meet this past summer. The graduating years
READ MOREOn Oct. 23, Elizabethtown College held a Graduate and Professional School Day. The day gave students the opportunity to meet with representatives from many graduate schools in the mid-Atlantic states. This event included a presentation by author Donald Asher called “Getting Into Highly Competitive Graduate Schools.” Asher is one of the nation’s leading authorities on
READ MOREElizabethtown College alumna Monica Caluda received the Music Therapy Perspectives 2013 Undergraduate Research Award for her honors in the discipline research project: “Thematic Guide of Songs for Adolescents with Antepartum Depression.” Caluda graduated from Etown in 2013 and is currently working as an intern at Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. Caluda, as well as
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