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  • Campus retains friendly atmosphere despite ongoing changes

    Campus retains friendly atmosphere despite ongoing changes

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    • September 26, 2013

    n the spring of my senior year of high school, my parents and I started touring the colleges on my list of prospective schools. We ran through the list, discussing possibilities as we went along. One school was overwhelmingly large with no person-to-person interaction. One was in the middle of nowhere. One was significantly out

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  • Campus participates in annual Instagram Challenge

    Campus participates in annual Instagram Challenge

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    • September 26, 2013

    nstagram, an online photo-sharing social network, is becoming popular among colleges and universities. On Sept. 1, Elizabethtown College challenged students, faculty, alumni and the local community to the third Etown photo-a-day challenge. Participation in the photo challenge has been growing every year the challenge has been offered. As of Sept. 20, more than 71 people

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  • Athletics department develops responsive website

    Athletics department develops responsive website

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    • September 26, 2013

    Elizabethtown College’s Athletics Department developed a new mobile website in an effort to make it easier  for users to navigate and view scoring records of Blue Jay athletic teams. The Athletics Department incorporated  the responsive design to enhance their users’ experience. More than a billion people access the Internet from their mobile devices and tablets.

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  • Cheetam joins Student Wellness

    Cheetam joins Student Wellness

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    • September 26, 2013

    Having work experience at both large public institutions as well as smaller private colleges, the new Student Wellness Director Amanda Cheetam realized right away that Elizabethtown College was a magnificent fit for her to pursue her interests and change people’s lives along the way. As holder of this position, she brings with her many original

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  • Huffington Post recognizes students’ second annual Sukkot celebration

    Huffington Post recognizes students’ second annual Sukkot celebration

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    • September 26, 2013

    Elizabethtown College students were recognized by Huffington Post in an article on Friday, Sept. 20 for the sukkah they constructed on the BSC patio in celebration of the Jewish holiday — Sukkot. Etown’s sukkah stood on the BSC patio Sept. 18 through Sept. 25. Sukkot, sometimes called the “Feast of Tabernacles,” is a holiday celebrated

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  • Curriculum requires real-world learning

    Curriculum requires real-world learning

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    • September 26, 2013

    Real-World Learning (RWL) is a new curriculum requirement for incoming first-year students, including the class of 2017. This academic requirement must be completed before the students graduate from Elizabethtown College. Dr. Brian Newsome, associate professor of history, served on the Real World Learning committee this past summer as the assistant dean for general education and

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  • Janisewski becomes assistant director of Prestigious Scholarships, Fellowships

    Janisewski becomes assistant director of Prestigious Scholarships, Fellowships

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    • September 19, 2013

    oel Janisewski has been hired as the new assistant director of Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships at Elizabethtown College. Janisewski works to raise awareness about the prestigious scholarships and fellowships available to Etown students. These prestigious scholarships and fellowships are nationally competitive and support study abroad opportunities, independent research and graduate study for those who receive

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  • Program removes criminal justice major

    Program removes criminal justice major

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    • September 19, 2013

    s of the fall 2013 semester, the department of sociology and anthropology has eliminated the criminal justice major and is offering it only as a concentration.  The new concentration will allow students to have more flexibility in the study of crime. In previous years, students were able to either pursue a sociology and anthropology major

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  • Departments establish film studies minor

    Departments establish film studies minor

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    • September 18, 2013

    Elizabethtown College has added a new minor in film studies. The interdisciplinary minor will include courses from many academic departments, primarily English, communications and philosophy. Students who declare this minor will be required to take an introductory course and a capstone course, but the bulk of the 20 credits necessary to earn the minor are

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