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  • In-dorm printing stations introduced in Schlosser

    In-dorm printing stations introduced in Schlosser

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    • January 28, 2015

    Students in Schlosser Residence Hall have already noticed a change in their lobby: in-dorm print stations. Schlosser is home to the pilot print station, the tester that will determine the feasibility of having print stations in the dorms. The station comes from a partnership between Residence Life and Information Technology Services. Ron Heasley, executive director

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  • Newsome wins award for “The Women of the Pavillons” paper

    Newsome wins award for “The Women of the Pavillons” paper

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    • January 22, 2015

    Associate Professor of History Dr. Brian Newsome received the Triennial Charles R. Bailey Memorial Prize for best journal article. The New York State Association of European Historians awarded Newsome for his article “The Women of the Pavillons: A Case Study,” which was published in the Winter 2012 issue of Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques. In “The Women

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  • Campus Climate Forum held during MLK celebrations

    Campus Climate Forum held during MLK celebrations

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    • January 22, 2015

    On Monday, Jan. 19, Elizabethtown College President Carl J. Strikwerda and members of the Student Senate held a campus community climate forum to discuss the College’s attitude towards current issues and how it can best handle and recognize them. The forum was a part of the MLK Celebration Week. Strikwerda began the meeting by pointing

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  • Sophomore develops American Sign Language course for Core Program

    Sophomore develops American Sign Language course for Core Program

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    • January 22, 2015

    In the Fall 2015 semester, Elizabethtown College will be offering ASL 105: Social Participation and Communication in the Deaf Community: American Sign Language, to all students. This means of communication is often overlooked when schools solidify their language departments. Etown sophomore Tyler Latshaw has made sure that Etown does not follow suit. Latshaw first considered

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  • School of Continuing and Professional Studies, HACC reach reverse transfer agreement

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    • January 22, 2015

    The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) recently reached an agreement with Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) allowing currently enrolled students to transfer Elizabethtown SCPS credits back towards an associate degree at HACC. SCPS Dean Dr. John Kokolus and HACC President John J. “Ski” Sygielski, Ed.D signed the reverse transfer agreement. SCPS, a part

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  • Education organization sells A-T benefit tickets

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    • January 22, 2015

    Elizabethtown College’s Education Organization (Ed Org) will be hosting their annual ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) benefit on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Ed Org is a club in the Education Department. Their mission is to provide an atmosphere in which future educators feel safe, accepted and motivated to become

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  • Teach-in promotes awareness of current events, race issues across country

    Teach-in promotes awareness of current events, race issues across country

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    • January 22, 2015

    The teach-in held during the first week of the spring semester gave students and faculty an opportunity to discuss current national and global race-related issues. Recent events regarding race and violence stemming from bias in Ferguson, Mo. and Staten Island inspired faculty members to consider how the Elizabethtown College community is affected by such controversies.

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  • English department chair calls for proposals to undergraduate conference

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    • November 19, 2014

    High impact practices have been defined as “situations in which students seem to experience more focused and accelerated learning,” according to Dr. David Downing, Chair of the Elizabethtown College English Department and Ralph W. Schlosser Professor of English. Downing has invited English majors and minors and creative writing minors to experience this accelerated learning for

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  • Intellectual Film Club, CATRA create new event

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    • November 19, 2014

    Each fall, the Intellectual Film Club puts on a production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” for which the club must raise $600 to pay for the rights and royalties. In past years, the club has had to raise the funds on their own. Christine Morzek, President of the Intellectual Film Club explains, “This year

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