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Day of Positivity event covers campus in thousands of inspiring sticky notes
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- December 8, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 30, the students of Elizabethtown College gathered as a group and acknowledged the campus’s first ever Day of Positivity. The event was put together and sponsored by the Class of 2020 Student Senate to celebrate diversity on campus and spread positivity among students over the unease of the recent Presidential election, as well
READ MOREBE Inspired campaign continues raising funds
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- December 8, 2016
The Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees (BOT)and the Elizabethtown College Alumni Association (ECAA) have been raising funds in a variety of ways. The money raised from both organizations’ efforts will benefit the entire College community. The BOT has been raising money through the College’s BE Inspired campaign, which began in April. The goal of the
READ MOREOctober sees several new hires at College including event technition, librarian
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- November 17, 2016
This October, Elizabethtown College welcomed a group of new faculty and staff members, including Jennifer Strain, Tina Morris, Amy Berra, Melissa Hagman, Taylor Frombaugh, Michelle Henry and Marie Joseph. Strain works in the High Library as the instruction and scholarly communications librarian. She will be instructing students and helping them to get the most out
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Relay For Life kicks off with Hawaii-themed event
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- November 17, 2016
The 2016-2017 Elizabethtown College Relay For Life efforts were kicked off by the Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) club in the Brossman Commons Center (BSC) on Nov. 15. from 4 to 7 p.m. The Hawaii-inspired evening introduced the “Relei For Life” theme and opened the registration period for the spring event. CAC came up with the
READ MOREAlumni to publish literary magazine
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- November 17, 2016
A newly established literary anthology on campus looks to connect alumni with their previous experiences at Elizabethtown College. This magazine, called Field Mark, is accepting submissions solely from Etown alumni and bolsters the hallmark phrase “Blue Jays. Always.” The name of the literary anthology comes from the definition of “field mark,” which is a distinguishable
READ MORELeffler Lecture canceled, will be postponed
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- November 17, 2016
The Nov. 15 Elizabethtown College Leffler Lecture has been canceled with the intention of being postponed to a later date in the school year. NPR radio journalist Michele Norris was scheduled to speak in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at 7:30 p.m. Her talk, “Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race,” was inspired by her experience
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Etown introduces First Folio!
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- November 10, 2016
Elizabethtown College is hosting an original copy of the Shakespeare anthology as part of the Folger Shakespeare Library First Folio tour. A preview event on the evening of Nov. 6 introduced the exhibition to the campus community. Dr. Zachary Lesser, a Shakespeare scholar and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered the keynote
READ MORECampus Security listens to student grievances over casual coffee chat
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- November 10, 2016
Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to meet and talk to Campus Security officers at the College’s first Coffee with Campus Security event on Thursday, Nov. 3. The meeting took place in Hoover 110 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Campus Security Director Andrew Powell said the event was designed to let students and officers
READ MOREAmtrak selects College to help launch PaTripsbyTrain
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- November 10, 2016
Elizabethtown College launched a pilot program on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in partnership with PaTripsbyTrain to bring students accessible and affordable Amtrak train tickets for the Keystone and Pennsylvanian lines. PaTripsbyTrain began with a partnership between PennDot and Amtrak to increase ridership on the trains through promotional work with Sacunas Integrated Communications (Sacunas). According to Sacunas’
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