• ​​Etown celebrates Black History month

    ​​Etown celebrates Black History month

    As February begins, so does the celebration of Black History Month here at Elizabethtown College. The Department of Diversity, Equity and Belonging has worked with other departments to hold events in celebration and for education to further open the conversation between different identities on campus. Other groups, such as the Beloved Community Collective are also

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  • Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking: Plans for the Spring 2022 Semester

    Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking: Plans for the Spring 2022 Semester

    Continuing from last semester, the Elizabethtown College Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking’s (CGUP) first annual Forum on White Supremacy and Colonization will shift gears to focus on international concerns. In the fall semester, the Forum focused primarily on issues of race on a domestic level. Now, the scope is expanding to the global scale.

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  • Office of Marketing and Communications wins award

    Office of Marketing and Communications wins award

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    • February 10, 2022

    “It is always enjoyable to work with students, faculty and staff on projects for marketing and communications—our vibrant community is what makes Etown so special!”  Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Keri Straub said. The Elizabethtown College Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) has recently been recognized in The Ninth Annual Education Digital Marketing (EDM)

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • February 10, 2022

    2022 has just started, but it seems like some tech trends from 2021 are coming back bigger than ever. The app Twitter has just announced that you can now use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as your profile picture, and other social media giants like Instagram and Youtube are developing technology to do the same thing.  But

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

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    • February 10, 2022

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special order for the swearing in of two representatives for the Class of 2023. Administrative reports began with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez. She reported

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  • New Service Leadership Program Led by the Center for Community & Civic Engagement

    New Service Leadership Program Led by the Center for Community & Civic Engagement

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    • February 10, 2022

    Director of the Elizabethtown College Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) Javita Thompson is piloting a service leadership program for incoming first-year Etown students. The Bonner Leader Program was started by the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation in 1990. The overarching goal is to improve relations between students and communities by bridging the

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  • Student wages increase across campus

    Student wages increase across campus

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    • February 10, 2022

    As of January 2022, Elizabethtown College has increased the standard student wage by $1/hour, calculated against a $10/hour maximum, in response to the efforts by Student Senate. During the fall 2021 semester, a shortage of student workers prompted the club to explore ideas to solve this issue. In turn, they decided to form the ad

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

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    • February 10, 2022

    On Feb. 3rd, President Biden announced that a raid carried out by U.S. Special Operations Forces resulted in the death of the Islamic State’s leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. The raid was planned months ago when agency officials were tipped that ISIS’s top terrorist was hiding out in a house in northwest Syria. “We made

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  • Video game review: Rocket League

    There is a video game that allows you to play soccer while driving recklessly in a rocket powered car. It’s called “Rocket League.” “Rocket League” is a sports game in which you are playing soccer as you are driving a car. You are driving a car as you are trying to score against a team

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