For the first time, Elizabethtown College Student-Athlete Mentors (SAMs) hosted the Blue Jays Never Drive Drunk Campaign Tuesday, Oct. 18 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Erin Coombs from the Edward Taylor Coombs (ETC) Foundation spoke to Etown athletes about the impact drunk driving can have on a community. In 2011, Coombs’ brother Edward died
READ MOREWhen I was 33 years old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and I found my lump by feeling my boobies,” said Leigh Hurst, founder of the Feel Your Boobies Foundation, at the event held in the KAV Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. The event, in conjunction with the Feel Your Boobies Foundation and
READ MOREMad Cow Improv held a family friendly Homecoming show in Gibble Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 14. The audience consisted of students, alumni, families and community members, who interacted with the Cows. They helped pick the winner in some games and the topics for others. A few audience members also went on stage and became a
READ MOREAlumni and current students from the Elizabethtown College a cappella groups had the chance to raise their voices at the Sixth Annual Homecoming M.V.P. Spectacular. The show took place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center as part of the College’s Homecoming Weekend. The show featured several songs from
READ MOREA new counseling group called Be Kind to Yourself had its first meeting Thursday, Oct. 13. This group is for “any student who would like to enhance their capacity for emotional wellbeing and resilience,” said Dr. Evie Gerber, staff counselor for the Center for Student Success & Counseling Services, in an email interview. The students
READ MOREThe Cover to Confidence Student Directed Learning Community (SDLC) is currently sponsoring a children’s book drive until Oct. 24. The children of Burrowes Elementary School in Lancaster City will receive the new and gently-used donations. Books for children ages four to 10 can be dropped off on the second floor of Steinman Hall, the Elizabethtown
READ MOREOn Wednesday, Oct. 19 Elizabethtown College students gathered in the Bowers Writers House to listen to guest lecturer Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science and director of the international studies minor, talk about the Turkish foreign policy and its security. Her lecture, “Three Months Past Turbulence: Turkish Foreign Policy and Security,” gives a unique
READ MOREThis past week at our senate meeting, we had the special opportunity to meet with members of the College’s senior staff, including President Strikwerda, Dean Calenda and Vice President for Administration and Finance Robert Wallet. Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Betty Rider, Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Community Relations David Biedleman and Executive
READ MOREUpwards of fifty people gathered in the lobby of the Hoover Business Center on Saturday, Oct. 15 to celebrate the dedication of the Trostle Finance Laboratory. The dedication ceremony was part of Elizabethtown College’s Homecoming Weekend. The lab was named after associate professor of pusiness emeritus Dr. Randolph Trostle. The lab’s goal is to provide
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