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Benowitz, DePuydt share campus’ history in recently-published book
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- February 26, 2014
Jean-Paul Benowitz wrote a book called “Elizabethtown College,” filled with historical pictures of and information about the history of Elizabethtown College. The book was released on Monday, Feb. 24. Benowitz, the director of student transition programs and the assistant director of academic advising, took advantage of the collection of approximately 3,000 digitized photographs in the
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American Occupational Therapy Assoc. president shares expertise
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- February 26, 2014
Elizabethtown College’s occupational therapy department hosted the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) president, Virginia “Ginny” Stoffel, from Sunday, Feb. 23 to Tuesday, Feb. 25. Joanna Davis, Pi Theta Epsilon (Occupational Therapy Honors Society) president, thought it would be academically-enriching to have the AOTA president visit campus. Davis contacted and worked with Stoffel for about six
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SCAD Committee declares Buffet as keynote speaker
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- February 26, 2014
he Scholarship and Creative Arts Day Committee has announced this year’s keynote speaker, Peter Buffett. Buffett will present, “Life is What You Make It: Coffee and Conversation,” a multimedia and musical event that incorporates his music and life story on Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The SCAD Committee
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Campus hosts economic symposium
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- February 26, 2014
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, Elizabethtown College hosted the President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Gene Barr, Senior Economic Analyst and Research and Policy Support Manager for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Paul Flora, Etown’s Associate Professor of Economics Sanjay Paul and Chairman of the College’s Board of Trustees James
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Think tank educates Jays on sex trafficking
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- February 24, 2014
Dr. Susan Mapp, along with three Elizabethtown College students, has been working on a think tank known as Thinking about Gender, Sex and Sexuality (TAGSS) in an effort to educate children and adults in the community on domestic minor sex trafficking. Think tanks are a new initiative at the College this year. There are currently two: Children
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Chung, Ciocirlan collaborate on social embeddedness article, are published in peer-reviewed journal Metamorphosis
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- February 20, 2014
Associate Professor of Marketing Dr. Edward Chung and Associate Professor of Business Dr. Cristina Ciocirlan research paper, “Embeddedness: An Exploratory Investigation of the Role of Ties in Social Venture Formation,” was accepted for publication in January in the peer-reviewed journal Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research. The paper was also co-authored with Paul Ngo, associate
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Campus Security implements Blue Note method to enforce overall safety
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- February 20, 2014
Campus Security has been working with the campus community to improve safety procedures. Campus Security has implemented a new method of ensuring campus safety. The user-friendly plan to leave Blue Notes indicates when specific tasks were not completed by the employees of those offices and departments, such as locking a door or turning off the
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Golf team hires Reed as new head coach for upcoming season
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- February 20, 2014
n Wednesday afternoon, Elizabethtown College’s golf team named Jim Reed its new head coach beginning on March 4. Reed is a 1973 graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has been a Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) member since 1979. Reed’s familiarity with Etown’s home golf course, the Hershey Country Club East, will give the team an
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Mead resigns as director of honors program, returns to full-time teaching
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- February 20, 2014
Dr. Dana Mead, director of the honors program and associate professor of English, has taught at Elizabethtown College for almost 25 years. After nine years of service, Mead decided that she wanted to go back to being a full-time professor. “There’s a season for everything. It was time for me to get back to my
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