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  • Hiroshima student experiences American education system

    Hiroshima student experiences American education system

    iroki Hashimoto, a student from Hiroshima University in Japan, is completing his three-week student teaching requirements at Elizabethtown College. Dr. Nobuaki Takahashi, assistant professor of Japanese, will be supervising Hashimoto as he progresses through his requirements. Using Takahashi as a translator, Hashimoto said, “The student-teacher relationship is much closer, especially here at Etown. I attend

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  • Bach, Kanagy to teach new Amish,

    Bach, Kanagy to teach new Amish,

    new course on Amish and Anabaptist groups is being offered to students during the May term. The new class is called “Amish and Anabaptist Groups in Context” and is being team-taught by Professor of Sociology Dr. Conrad Kanagy and the Director of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Dr. Jeff Bach. The class

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  • Families Engaging in Science, Technology event reaches youth

    Families Engaging in Science, Technology event reaches youth

    The Families Engaging in Science and Technology (FEST) event was held on March 14 in Nicarry Hall. The event was hosted by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Student Chapter and the Education Department at Elizabethtown College. This free event enabled elementary and middle school students and their families to explore engineering through hands-on challenges

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  • Gilles Vonsattel performs ‘Monsters of the Steinway’ in Leffler

    Gilles Vonsattel performs ‘Monsters of the Steinway’ in Leffler

    Music filled Leffler Chapel and Performance Center on Saturday, March 15. Pianist Gilles Vonsattel performed as part of Gretna’s “Monsters of the Steinway” Series in the Chapel that evening. Prior to the performance, Fine and Performing Arts Department Chair and Professor of Music Dr. Douglas Bomberger hosted a classical conversation with the artist on Saturday

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  • Zug gallery features monotyping artwork by Brenton Good

    Zug gallery features monotyping artwork by Brenton Good

    On March 18 at 4 p.m. Brenton Good’s art was displayed in Zug Hall, located on the Elizabethtown College campus. Good is an assistant professor of art at Messiah College and an assistant chair in their department of visual art. His artwork has been included in exhibits all across the world. He has been working

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  • ‘The Beauty Academy of Kabul’ film sparks multicultural conversation

    The Beauty Academy of Kabul” was shown at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, March 14, as part of the International Film Festival. The documentary featured a group of American hairstylists who travel to Afghanistan to open its first post-Taliban beauty academy. Under the Taliban regime, Afghan women were imposed upon and told what was and was

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  • Caroline Lalvani discusses career as event planner

    Large campus-wide events such as Commencement and Convocation would not be possible without Institutional Advancement staff member Caroline Lalvani. For the past several years, Lalvani has been the director of Elizabethtown community affairs and college special events. “There is an ebb and flow to the job between my community relations and event planning roles.  For

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  • Political scientist discusses tuition costs

    Dr. Robert Weissberg, author of “Bad Students, Not Bad Schools,” presented his lecture “Cutting Tuition while Learning Economics” on Wednesday, March 19 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center.  Weissberg discussed ways to effectively lower tuition costs at colleges. He split tuition costs into three categories: academic, amenities and cultural engineering. Academic refers to money directly

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  • ‘That’s So Gay!’ performance explores sexuality with comedic approach

    ‘That’s So Gay!’ performance explores sexuality with comedic approach

    “I’m not a trans person. I’m not a lesbian. I’m not asexual. I’m not intersex. I’m not any of a myriad of other letters that make up the large acronym that describes the queer community. If I was, my sole identity would be alphabet soup. The times I mention these other identities is only through

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