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Scholarship fund honors political science professor
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- October 29, 2014
Elizabethtown College is in the process of establishing the W. Wesley McDonald Memorial Scholarship to commemorate Dr. W. Wesley McDonald, an Elizabethtown College professor in the political science department who passed away on Sept. 9 of this year. According to Director of Major Gifts Marty Thomas-Brummé, the scholarship is “not [entirely] developed at this point.”
READ MOREMellon Foundation awards humanities programs grant
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- October 29, 2014
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently presented a “Capacity Building for the Humanities” grant of $100,000 to Elizabethtown College. This is the second time that the Mellon Foundation selected the College as an award recipient in its “Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities” program area. The College received $25,000 of funding from the organization
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Walk of Love 5k run/walk event raises money for orphaned children
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- October 29, 2014
The Walk of Love cross country 5k run and fun walk took place at Elizabethtown College on Saturday, Oct. 25. Participants came together to raise money to benefit orphaned children around the world. Sophomore Juliana Mowen lives in the Hope House Student Directed Learning Community (SDLC) and works with the charity Brittany’s Hope to help
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Engineering program benefits from newly dedicated “Fab Lab”
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- October 29, 2014
n Friday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m., the new Bollman Fabrication Laboratory was dedicated. The lab replaced the greenhouses attached to Esbenshade. The advanced prototyping lab, nicknamed the “Fab Lab,” will be used in several engineering courses to give engineering students a place to complete various projects. According to an email distributed prior to the
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Class of 1976 alumna receives Educate for Service award, highest alumni honor
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- October 29, 2014
On Friday, Oct. 24, Class of 1976 alumna Nancy Dering Mock received the Service Through Professional Achievement Award of 2014. The ceremony took place during the President’s Dinner held at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. The Alumni Council selected Mock as one of three recipients of the Educate for Service Awards. Rachel Jones Williams (’06)
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Senior earns 2014 Paul M. Grubb, Jr. Student Peace Award
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- October 23, 2014
The Elizabethtown College Alumni Peace Fellowship honored senior Bhim Thapaliya with the 2014 Paul M. Grubb, Jr. Student Peace Award at a reception last Saturday. In recognition for his peace- and justice-related work with refugees through the Act for Humanity Foundation (AFH) and its Etown chapter that he founded, Thapaliya received $2,000 to invest in
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Kopko anticipates becoming director of Honors Program
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- October 23, 2014
Last Tuesday, the Honors Council hosted a lecture by Dr. Kyle Kopko ‘05 as the first event of the new Honors Lecture Series. Kopko, an assistant professor of political science and the director of the pre-law program at Elizabethtown College, will succeed Director of the Honors Program and Associate Professor of English Dr. Dana Mead
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Student Wellness holds Alcohol Awareness Week, educates students
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- October 23, 2014
Oct. 19 through 26 is Student Wellness’ Alcohol Awareness Week. The week is a national collegiate movement, and colleges all across the country are programming on this topic. The purpose of the week is to educate students and help keep them safer when they make decisions regarding alcohol. Programs held during the week addressed questions
READ MOREHistory professor offers seminar about East Asia for teachers
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- October 23, 2014
Elizabethtown College is offering a new online course called “East Asia: A Seminar for Teachers,” a seminar exploring the history, geography, literature and cultures of China, Japan and Korea. This is the first year it is being offered to students of Etown’s education department. The main sections tackled in the course are arts and humanities,
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