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  • Community-based projects engage first-year business majors

    Elizabethtown College now requires business majors to participate in the course First-Year Business Experience (BA 111), which promotes interactive projects between students and local companies under the tutelage of faculty advisors.  The class, created last year by Dr. Sylvester Williams, associate professor of business law, enables students to gain real-world exposure and share newly acquired

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  • Melica, Vocalign compete at ICCAs at Rutgers Univ.

    Melica, Vocalign compete at ICCAs at Rutgers Univ.

    Two of Elizabethtown College’s a capella groups, Melica and Vocalign, traveled to Rutgers University on Saturday, March 29 to compete in the semi-finals of the 2014 International Championship of A Cappella (ICCA). Neither Melica nor Vocalign placed in the top three, resulting in neither group moving onto the finals. Melica is Etown’s all-female singing group

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  • Honor societies prepare to induct new members

    Many Elizabethtown College academic departments are associated with national honor societies. These societies accept exceptional students based on academic grades and extracurricular activities. The Etown departments that are associated with national honor societies are business, biology, occupational therapy, history, social work, psychology, sociology and anthropology, mathematics, political science and education. The religious studies, modern languages,

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  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    Student Wellness has coordinated many events for Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month (SAAM). The month of April is designated as such to raise public awareness and educate communities on how to prevent sexual violence. Amanda Cheetham, the health educator for Student Wellness, coordinated many of the events. According to Cheetham, the national movement serves

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  • Jays present at Ecological

    Jays present at Ecological

    On Saturday, seven students traveled to College Park, Maryland to attend the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting. Five students, seniors Abby Steele, Hannah Brubach, Lauren Breza, Jeff Royer and Brandon Costik, worked alongside Dr. Thomas Murray on research that they presented at the University of Maryland. Two other students, senior Stephen Smith

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  • OCD Moosh and Twist to perform during TGIS

    OCD Moosh and Twist to perform during TGIS

    Doing face paint, having food trucks, carnivals, Lake Placida races and a concert were some of the ideas that students suggested for this year’s Thank Goodness It’s Spring (TGIS) event. The student body tweeted suggestions, and the Office of Student Activities (OSA) listened. At the end of this month, the campus will celebrate its 40th

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  • Nolt joins Gorman as co-head coach

    Nolt joins Gorman as co-head coach

    Veronica Nolt has been promoted to the position of head co-coach,  alongside Coach Sherri Gorman, of Elizabethtown College’s women’s basketball team. Director of Athletics Nancy Latimore announced Nolt’s promotion on March 20. The College’s Hiring and Compensation Review Committee approved the naming of co-head coaches. All hiring decisions made within the College go through this

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  • Baseball overcomes early deficit to split double-header

    Because of the harsh winter that has postponed several games, the Elizabethtown College men’s baseball team had a busy week. The Blue Jays have played eight games in the past week, going 2-4 in that stretch. Last Thursday, the Blue Jays faced the Arcadia University Knights in Philadelphia. After four innings, the Blue Jays held

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  • Golf team starts spring season with ninth-place finish in invitational

    Golf team starts spring season with ninth-place finish in invitational

    The Elizabethtown men’s golf team participated in the Gettysburg Spring Invitational this past Saturday at Bridges Golf Club. The Blue Jays had a great showing as the team placed ninth in the entire tournament. Facing teams like York, McDaniel, and Keystone, Penn State Harrisburg and many others, the Blue Jays had their hands full entering

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