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  • E-Media Center: Steinman

    E-Media Center: Steinman

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    • September 12, 2013

    The Department of Communications completed renovations to its new E-Media Center at the beginning of the fall 2013 semester. Students from the Department of Physics and Engineering worked with Facilities Management and Helm Construction to assist in the renovations. Junior Graham Lenker, ECTV-40 Station Manager, and junior Ryan Carson, WWEC FM Station Manager, were “Steinman

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  • Gibble Auditorium renovations reach completion

    Gibble Auditorium renovations reach completion

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    • September 12, 2013

    Gibble Auditorium, one of three lecture facilities on campus, underwent renovations to meet new academic and performance standards. The auditorium was originally a phase of the Science, Mathematics and Engineering Center (SMEC) project that was delayed because of scheduling and timing. Mark Zimmerman, director of Facilities Management, said it was noted during the programming phase

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  • Dining Services offers new meal options

    Dining Services offers new meal options

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    • September 12, 2013

    Dining services recently added  food items to the College’s multiple eateries due to popular demand and local food trends. The Marketplace added the Mongolian station to their food rotation this semester. Director of Dining Services Eric Turzai created the Mongolian station because he wanted something in the Marketplace that was new and culturally creative. This

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  • Campus Security hires Sokoloski as director

    Campus Security hires Sokoloski as director

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    • September 12, 2013

    Elizabethtown College Campus Security is always readily available to help students on campus. However, many students still do not take advantage of their full line of services. Most recently, the College hired Leo Sokoloski as the new director of Campus Security, who is working to institute new changes to the department. With the arrival of

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  • Wallett joins senior staff as vice president of administration

    Wallett joins senior staff as vice president of administration

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    • September 12, 2013

    This academic year, Elizabethtown College has a new vice president of administration, Robert “Bob” Wallett. The vice president of administration oversees many areas of college development, maintenance and planning, including the offices of Campus Security, Dining Services, Facilities Management and Construction, Human Resources, Campus Services and the College Store. Wallett has more than 35 years

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  • First-year’s unexpected death on University at Albany campus ruled accident

    On Saturday, May 11, first-year business major Jared Trotti passed away on the campus of the University at Albany, State University of New York. He was found dead by University Police in a visitor parking lot on Saturday morning. The cause of his death is undetermined, pending autopsy results. However, University at Albany Police Inspector

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  • Biology majors conduct turtle research at Lake Placida

    Biology majors conduct turtle research at Lake Placida

    On April 16, Dr. David Bowne, assistant professor of biology, aided Elizabethtown College biology students in his Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Diversity of Life lab where students were granted the opportunity of conducting turtle research at Lake Placida and “Weird Pond.”  This real-world learning experience allowed students to work hands-on with a local wildlife

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  • Second Sustainability Symposium discusses green engineering

    Second Sustainability Symposium discusses green engineering

    n Tuesday, April 23, as part of Scholarship and Creative Arts Day, the departments of engineering and physics held their second annual Sustainability Symposium in Gibble Auditorium. The symposium centered on spreading awareness about keeping the environment safe on Elizabethtown College’s campus and around the world through green engineering. There were 11 talks with a

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  • Therapy dog to relieve finals week stress

    Therapy dog to relieve finals week stress

    his time of year can be extremely stressful for students; the High Library and Wellness Center are offering a way to reduce some of those negative feelings. Dog handler Donna Grenko will bring her therapy dog to the High Library on Wednesday, May 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This event is called “Down Time

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