• SVMC celebrates anniversary, offers ministerial training to local community

    SVMC celebrates anniversary, offers ministerial training to local community

    This upcoming year, the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) is celebrating 20 years of service to the local community. SVMC was established in 1993 and has since been housed in the basement of Alpha Hall. The organization holds a partnership with the Atlantic Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Middle Pennsylvania, Southern Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania Districts of the

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  • Joy Ike performs Folk-inspired piano pop music at Soul Café

    Joy Ike performs Folk-inspired piano pop music at Soul Café

    Pittsburgh musician Joy Ike performed a set of her latest folk-inspired piano pop songs for Soul Café in the Blue Bean on Wednesday, Sept. 4.  Ike had also performed multiple times at Folklore Coffee & Co. in town. It was her second time playing for the Chaplain’s Office. Ike recently released her third album, “All

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  • Adult program launches new website

    Adult program launches new website

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    • September 12, 2013

    Elizabethtown College’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) launched its new website this June. After undergoing a complete graphic redesign, content rework and organizational restructuring, the site is now tailored for a more user-friendly experience. Over ten months, the College’s Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) and Information and Technology Services (ITS) developed the

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  • E-Media Center: Steinman

    E-Media Center: Steinman

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    • September 12, 2013

    The Department of Communications completed renovations to its new E-Media Center at the beginning of the fall 2013 semester. Students from the Department of Physics and Engineering worked with Facilities Management and Helm Construction to assist in the renovations. Junior Graham Lenker, ECTV-40 Station Manager, and junior Ryan Carson, WWEC FM Station Manager, were “Steinman

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  • Gibble Auditorium renovations reach completion

    Gibble Auditorium renovations reach completion

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    • September 12, 2013

    Gibble Auditorium, one of three lecture facilities on campus, underwent renovations to meet new academic and performance standards. The auditorium was originally a phase of the Science, Mathematics and Engineering Center (SMEC) project that was delayed because of scheduling and timing. Mark Zimmerman, director of Facilities Management, said it was noted during the programming phase

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  • Dining Services offers new meal options

    Dining Services offers new meal options

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    • September 12, 2013

    Dining services recently added  food items to the College’s multiple eateries due to popular demand and local food trends. The Marketplace added the Mongolian station to their food rotation this semester. Director of Dining Services Eric Turzai created the Mongolian station because he wanted something in the Marketplace that was new and culturally creative. This

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  • Campus Security hires Sokoloski as director

    Campus Security hires Sokoloski as director

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    • September 12, 2013

    Elizabethtown College Campus Security is always readily available to help students on campus. However, many students still do not take advantage of their full line of services. Most recently, the College hired Leo Sokoloski as the new director of Campus Security, who is working to institute new changes to the department. With the arrival of

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  • Founder of Room to Read speaks on global literacy

    Founder of Room to Read speaks on global literacy

    John Wood, founder of the non-profit organization Room to Read, spoke Monday, Sept. 9 on his book, “Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy,” in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. “Every kid should win the lottery of life,” he said during his speech, introducing the central theme of

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  • Wallett joins senior staff as vice president of administration

    Wallett joins senior staff as vice president of administration

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    • September 12, 2013

    This academic year, Elizabethtown College has a new vice president of administration, Robert “Bob” Wallett. The vice president of administration oversees many areas of college development, maintenance and planning, including the offices of Campus Security, Dining Services, Facilities Management and Construction, Human Resources, Campus Services and the College Store. Wallett has more than 35 years

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