The Elizabethtown College Mock Trial Club participated in an invitational competition at Penn State University during the weekend of Oct. 26. The team went 5-3, coming ninth out of 24 competitors; Elizabethtown was also awarded the Spirit of the AMTA (American Mock Trial Association) Award, which is presented to the team that best exemplifies the
READ MOREElizabethtown College will be offering a new business course called Marketing for Non-Business Majors. It will be an introduction to marketing, with an emphasis on other disciplines such as economics, management and accounting mixed into the course. The foundation of marketing, including product, price, place and promotion will be covered during the course. Other areas
READ MOREOver the upcoming spring break, Elizabethtown College students will have the opportunity to spend their time on a service trip to Atlanta, Ga. Faith and Action and the Chaplain’s Office are partnering with the Andrew P. Stewart Center, the Park Avenue Baptist Church and a number of other ministries in Georgia to help serve the
READ MOREValerie Kinney ’00, the director of communications for Auntie Anne’s Inc., will be teaching the Advanced Public Relations course for the communications department at Elizabethtown College during the spring 2014 semester. Kinney decided to teach this course as an adjunct professor because she sees it as a great opportunity to give back to her alma
READ MOREElizabethtown College held a non-government organization(NGO) conference last Saturday, Nov. 2 in the KAV. The College offered this event to students and faculty in an effort to promote its motto, “Educate for Service.” This conference gave students the opportunity to learn about the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), as well as
READ MOREMembers 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.
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