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Volleyball team takes three of four matches against Penn State Harrisburg
- Sports
- September 14, 2017
The Blue Jay’s Volleyball team defeated Penn State Harrisburg on the road 3-1, Saturday, Sept. 9th. After losing the first set by only two points, Etown refused to go down without a fight and won the next three sets for an overall of 56-46 points. The Jays took the second set 25-17, the third set
READ MOREThe Global Perspective
- News
- September 14, 2017
This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues
READ MORENew Theatre Endorsement program available to Education Department students
- News
- September 14, 2017
Elizabethtown College has just added a new Theatre Endorsement program for all education majors. With only four extra classes, students will be able to teach theatre in their future schools and gain a better knowledge of the world of theatre. According to Director of Theatre and Dance Michael Swanson, the Pennsylvania Department of Education introduced
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New fitness center to be named after alumni donors
- News
- September 14, 2017
May 1, 2017, alumni Kenneth L. and Rosalie E. Bowers, ’59 and ’58, respectively, pledged to contribute five million dollars to Elizabethtown College’s BE Inspired Campaign. In recognition and honor of their support of the College community, the new 23.4-million-dollar sports facility will be named after the Bowers family as The Bowers Center for Sports,
READ MORECollege awarded over $650,000 in Mellon and BB&T Grants
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- September 14, 2017
A team of faculty and staff recently secured Elizabethtown College a $300,000 humanities grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The money will fund a variety of humanities-centered academic projects through a program called “Confronting Challenges with Confidence: Humanities in Our World Today.” The funds will be divided to support several components of the program,
READ MOREEducation Department reinvents annual Tempest Day
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- September 14, 2017
The Elizabethtown College Department of Education is hosting a teach-in Monday, Sept. 18. All students are invited to join the education classes throughout the day. Professors will be using their lecture time to discuss how teachers can inspire students to be active participants in learning, encourage community service, educate students on acceptance and promote problem
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Bowers Writers House opens for semester, panel on new technology
- Features
- September 14, 2017
A panel-style presentation allowed the Elizabethtown College community to hear a variety of opinions on new technology emerging within the sciences. The event took place Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at the College’s Bowers Writers House. The panel consisted of four professors with varying specializations in the sciences. The presenters included associate professor of physics
READ MOREFirst year Seminar writes column on course values of Simple Living
- Features
- September 14, 2017
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail,” wrote Henry David Thoreau during his social experiment at Walden Pond. The transcendentalist, commonly known as the father of
READ MOREAlumni Sunil Shrestha ’03 shares his achievements since his Etown days
- Features
- September 14, 2017
Elizabethtown College alumni reside all around the world. Alumnus Sunil Shrestha currently resides in the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. The 2003 Etown graduate earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. Living in Kathmandu, Shrestha is able to work in a variety of businesses. Shrestha currently owns and manages his own company called Narayan
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