The 2012 Ware Seminar, Conflict in Syria, was held on Tuesday, Nov. 27 in the Susquehanna Room at Elizabethtown College. The Judy S. ‘68 and Paul W. Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship sponsored the event. Each year, the Judy and Paul Ware Colloquium provide a seminar that focuses on international issues of timely
READ MOREAs many students, faculty members and staff members are focusing on the completion of the fall 2012 semester, others are concentrating on the upcoming spring 2013 semester and new projects scheduled to begin then. Print Release Stations will be one of the new initiatives scheduled to begin in January. They are intended to improve the
READ MOREMembers of the senior class majoring in early childhood and special education have begun their service learning project that will benefit students with special needs. This semester, the students taking Special Education 342 have organized the fundraiser “iPad for Aden.” These seniors are selling gift cards to Pita Pit to raise money to purchase an
READ MOREA new group called Elizabethtown College Dance Marathon club has begun for students to work together toward raising awareness and money for the Angel 34 Foundation for pediatric cancer. Although Elizabethtown College seems to have an ever-growing number of clubs on campus each year, this club is different than the usual fitness or religious clubs
READ MOREElizabethtown College’s Club Red began this last spring semester by senior Sarah Creme. The club is under the guidance of the American Red Cross, an organization that responds to natural and man-made disasters in the U.S. These types of disasters include hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and hazardous material spills. People affected by these disasters count on
READ MOREElizabethtown College, in addition to Millersville University, Franklin & Marshall College and the United Way of Lancaster, provided activities to raise awareness for National Homeless and Hunger Awareness Week, Nov. 10 through the Nov. 18. Phalanx, Etown’s men’s a cappella singing group, performed on Nov. 15 at the Ware Center in Lancaster. Phalanx taught the
READ MOREThe motto “Educate for Service” is prevalent across the entire Elizabethtown College community. Many programs on campus institute the College’s revered motto, including Etown’s program Science in Motion (SIM). Over the past few weeks, Etown has received donations from six different banks to fund this program. SIM helps local students, grades kindergarten to twelfth grade,
READ MOREElizabethtown College’s business department will offer a financial-planning course called Personal Finance Planning: Foundations for Financial Literacy (BA173) next semester. The course is open to all majors and will not require prerequisites. This two-credit course will be offered March 19 through May 2 and will meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 to 10:40
READ MOREThe head librarian of Elizabethtown College’s High Library BethAnn Zambella has been elected to represent the College on the Board of Trustees for the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc. (PALCI). Zambella’s new position on the Board of Trustees within PALCI opens Etown to larger databases and more resources both electronically and paper-based and also “puts
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