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
READ MOREhe 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
READ MORELate 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
READ MOREOn 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
READ MOREThis 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
READ MOREhile 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
READ MOREhat does the decline of the Christian denominations in the west mean for the world of religion? How will the growth of Christianity in the global south and east impact religion? Are the situations of the congregations and traditions in these geographic regions capable of meeting in the middle to lead to a more unified
READ MOREIf a student walked past the KAV on Thursday afternoon, they may have been greeted with an unusual sight. In the center of the room, a giant circular cloth with intricate designs had taken up a large portion of the floor space. In this large swath of purple cloth, intricate white paths wove around the
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College cross country teams traveled to Ohio to compete in the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, which featured many DIII programs from the Midwest, Great Lakes and Atlantic regions. The men’s team took 11th in the varsity 8k race and 7th in the open 8k, led by sophomore Zach Trama, who was Etown’s top finisher
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