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  • Jays hold first annual Blue Jay 5k to benefit Athletics Dept.

    Jays hold first annual Blue Jay 5k to benefit Athletics Dept.

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    • October 24, 2013

    he first annual Blue Jay 5k Fun Run was held on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 2-4 p.m. at Elizabethtown College during homecoming weekend. The run was organized to raise funds for the track and field, cross country and women’s soccer teams at the College. Chuck Wells, an alumnus from the Class of 1990 and pioneer

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  • Campus mourns passing of Rachel Jones Williams

    Campus mourns passing of Rachel Jones Williams

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    • October 24, 2013

    Late last week, Rachel L. Jones Williams, a 2006 graduate of Elizabethtown College and member of the Alumni Council, passed away at the age of 44 having faced serious health issues for several years. A Harrisburg native, Williams attended Etown at the age of 34 as a traditional student. Williams studied history and women and

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  • Lorenzen presents on equality, service learning

    Lorenzen presents on equality, service learning

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    • October 21, 2013

    n July 2013, Charla Lorenzen, associate professor of Spanish at Elizabethtown College, traveled to the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference (AATSP) in San Antonio, Texas. At the Association, Lorenzen gave her presentation “Advocating for Equality: a Funds of Knowledge Approach to Service Learning.” The theme of the conference was “Building Bridges

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  • Modern Languages, Global Understanding sponsor Fiesta en la Plaza trip

    Modern Languages, Global Understanding sponsor Fiesta en la Plaza trip

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    • October 21, 2013

    odern Languages and the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking sponsored a trip to Fiesta en la Plaza, an event that took place on Thursday, Oct. 10, in Harrisburg, Pa. as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month. The theme of the Fiesta was, “Serving and Leading our Nation with Pride and Honor.” This was the

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  • Kanagy conducts study on growth of global Anabaptism

    Kanagy conducts study on growth of global Anabaptism

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    • October 21, 2013

    o-Director of the Global Anabaptist Profile Dr. Conrad Kanagy and his research partner, Dr. John Roth of Goshen College, are studying the growth of Anabaptist communities in countries around the world, as well as the varying beliefs and practices of these churches. This study, conducted over the course of four to five years, surveys representatives

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  • Women’s lacrosse head coach resigns after first season

    Women’s lacrosse head coach resigns after first season

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    • October 21, 2013

    n Thursday, Oct. 3, Director of Athletics and Physical Education Nancy Latimore announced that former Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Rob Brooks resigned from his position for personal reasons. Brooks began his career as Head Coach at Elizabethtown College last September after four seasons of coaching at Marymount University. He led the women’s lacrosse team to

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  • Milt Friedly accepted for national art exhibition in Brooklyn, N.Y.

    Milt Friedly accepted for national art exhibition in Brooklyn, N.Y.

    The sculpture “Wireless – Double Indemnity,” by Professor of Art Milt Friedly has been accepted for the national juried art exhibition “Unhinged.”  The exhibition runs from Sept. 21 to Oct. 20 at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Brooklyn, N.Y. The exhibition was juried by Marshall Price, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the

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  • Teske publishes new work in Zygon: Journal of Religion, Science

    Dr. John Teske, a professor of psychology at Elizabethtown College, has recently had his work published in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. Teske has his work published in Zygon regularly; his latest piece appears in Zygon’s September 2013 publication. Teske’s work in this particular volume is centered upon the concept of embodied cognition, which

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  • Harman receives grant, residency from Art Foundation of North-Rhine Westphalia

    Harman receives grant, residency from Art Foundation of North-Rhine Westphalia

    r. Mark Harman, professor of English and German and professor of international studies, received a grant and residency from the Art Foundation of the German Federal Province of North-Rhine Westphalia for his translations and commentary of Franz Kafka’s modernist story, “The Transformation.” North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) is a populated state in northwest Germany, and the NRW

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