• Caluda earns award for music therapy research

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    • October 24, 2013

    Elizabethtown College alumna Monica Caluda received the Music Therapy Perspectives 2013 Undergraduate Research Award for her honors in the discipline research project: “Thematic Guide of Songs for Adolescents with Antepartum Depression.” Caluda graduated from Etown in 2013 and is currently working as an intern at Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. Caluda, as well as

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  • Jays hold first annual Blue Jay 5k to benefit Athletics Dept.

    Jays hold first annual Blue Jay 5k to benefit Athletics Dept.

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    • October 24, 2013

    he first annual Blue Jay 5k Fun Run was held on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 2-4 p.m. at Elizabethtown College during homecoming weekend. The run was organized to raise funds for the track and field, cross country and women’s soccer teams at the College. Chuck Wells, an alumnus from the Class of 1990 and pioneer

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  • Campus mourns passing of Rachel Jones Williams

    Campus mourns passing of Rachel Jones Williams

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    • October 24, 2013

    Late last week, Rachel L. Jones Williams, a 2006 graduate of Elizabethtown College and member of the Alumni Council, passed away at the age of 44 having faced serious health issues for several years. A Harrisburg native, Williams attended Etown at the age of 34 as a traditional student. Williams studied history and women and

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  • Representatives of Big Brothers Big Sisters present on non-profit businesses

    On Oct. 18, just before the Blue Jays finished preparing for Homecoming and Parents’ Weekend, Elizabethtown College welcomed several leaders of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County to speak in Leffler’s M&M Mars Room. Melissa Siwiec, executive director of BBBS of Lancaster County, as well as Luann Smith, Lancaster County’s BBBS school based program

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  • Bowers Writers House hosts alumni readings

    This Saturday during Homecoming, the Bowers Writers House hosted its second annual Alumni Reading. Directed by Lecturer in English Jesse Waters, the event invites Elizabethtown College alumni to the Writers House to read a few of their works. Waters’ goal is to invite not only English majors reading a certain genre of works, but a

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  • Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places

    Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places

    hile studying abroad in England, I’ve noticed quite a few differences in comparison to the United States. These differences range from food to language and most recently in music. It plays a large role in the lives of most people both here and in the U.S., but the music most listened to definitely differs from

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