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Arts and Armistice program commemorates Great War
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- November 16, 2018
Photo: Madeline Kauffman The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, also known as Armistice Day, was Sunday, Nov. 11. Events at Elizabethtown College allowed members of the College community to commemorate the end of what was known as the “Great War,” as well as all who have served in the armed forces.
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End-of-semester evaluations move to online platform
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- November 16, 2018
Elizabethtown College will conduct course evaluations in a new way for the fall 2018 semester. Instead of the old paper evaluations, faculty will administer course evaluations between Nov. 19 and Dec. 7 using an online platform through the company CampusLabs. CampusLabs offers the platform that provides the same IDEA course evaluations seen in the past.
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Office of Diversity expands, adds new members
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- November 16, 2018
Photo: Elizabeth Gipe The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Title IX at Elizabethtown College is undergoing many changes during the 2018-2019 school year. Most notably, the Office of Diversity has expanded from its history of being just one person, to adding a second person to work on programming, to becoming a team of three people,
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College receives largest gift commitment in its history
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- November 16, 2018
Thursday, Oct. 25, Elizabethtown College received the largest gift commitment in its history from an anonymous alumni couple. This $8.5 million gift, which includes a combination of cash, pledges and bequests, will support the College in similar ways to the “Be More Inspired” capital campaign. With this gift, the College will work to improve its
READ MOREThe Global Perspective
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- November 8, 2018
Violence escalated in Yemen over the weekend, with more than 150 collective casualties on both rebel and government-backed sides. Key coastal city Hodeida was the site of a major government-backed ground ambush by troops against rebel forces. The Houthis, a rebel group, claims to have killed or wounded dozens of troops in their counter attacks.
READ MOREStudents discuss experiences, transitions studying abroad
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- November 8, 2018
From Washington, D.C. to Bumthang, Bhutan, Elizabethtown College students have made the world their classroom. With programs in thirty countries and forty-two cities, as well as winter, summer, and May Term options, each student can pursue his or her passion globally. Sophomore Matthew Smith spent two weeks in South Africa last May. Although he hadn’t
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Today’s Technology
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- November 8, 2018
In the technical world, repairing a product yourself or taking your device to a third party store is typically frowned upon by companies. However, more often than not, it is more cost effective to do so. In addition to the fact that companies are more favorable to having you bring your device in to them,
READ MOREStudent Senate
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- November 8, 2018
Student Senate had its most recent meeting Thursday, Nov. 1. Two special orders were introduced. The first was about the new Campus Labs software. This new computer program will replace the paper evaluations professors have used in the past. Just like the paper evaluations, they will still be proctored and completed during class time. With
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Hiroshima bombing survivor shares her story
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- November 8, 2018
Photo: Paula Groff Elizabethtown College welcomed Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan, to speak Saturday, Nov. 3 as the keynote speaker of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MARAAS) Conference. The session was held in Gibble Auditorium, and associate professor of Japanese and Asian studies Dr. Nobuaki
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