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  • Scholarships, awards offered for entrepreneurially-minded

    Scholarships, awards offered for entrepreneurially-minded

    The Entrepreneurship Program at Elizabethtown College has been very, well, entrepreneurial lately, acquiring multiple contributions from donors to aid Etown students through scholarships and awards. The Nuts About Granola Innovation Scholarship, a new financial incentive for entrepreneurial students concerned about sustainability, is an offering through the College and alumnae Sarah Lanphier ’09, founder of Nuts

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  • Dr. Pauline Yu to address class of 2012

    Dr. Pauline Yu to address class of 2012

    Elizabethtown College is honored to have Dr. Pauline Yu as the commencement speaker for the 2012 graduation ceremony. This is the 109th commencement ceremony at Etown and will be held on May 19 at 11 a.m. The ceremony is a very important occasion for graduating Etown students. It is a day many share with family

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  • Schlosser opens doors to men after 46 years

    Schlosser opens doors to men after 46 years

    Last semester, over 600 female students were surveyed about their opinions on living in an all-female housing facility, and the results were quite revealing. According to 66.4 percent of the women surveyed, it would be very unlikely that they would choose to live in an all-female residence hall. It was clear there needed to be

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  • OT department in early stages of Central Penn partnership

    OT department in early stages of Central Penn partnership

    Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pa., recently established an Occupational Therapy Assistant program and is developing a collaborative fieldwork agreement with the Occupational Therapy (OT) program at Elizabethtown College. “Occupational Therapy is a health profession that helps to improve the well-being and functions of people with developmental delay and physical and psychological dysfunction,” according to

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  • Community joins together to take PRIDE in alma mater

    Community joins together to take PRIDE in alma mater

    Abraham Lincoln once said, “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” The PRIDE program’s third annual PRIDE (Promote, Recruit, Involve, Donate and Employ) Day is a great way for those of us

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  • Strikwerda, Craig work with Omani Embassy

    Strikwerda, Craig work with Omani Embassy

    Since President Strikwerda assumed the presidency at Elizabethtown College, he has worked diligently to preserve the best characteristics of the College, while identifying areas to evolve and grow. So, it is no surprise in the globalized world in which we all live, that increasing the emphasis on international education is a key objective of Strikwerda’s, and

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  • Jays wave goodbye to beloved coach

    Jays wave goodbye to beloved coach

    Athletics department celebrates Yvonne Kauffman’s legacy in grand fashion.

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  • Award applauds analysts’ technical skills

    Award applauds analysts’ technical skills

    After creating the Analyst of the Year award in 2004, the Help Desk Institute (HDI), in conjunction with local chapters, locates and awards the industry’s best support analyst. The local chapters nominate support analysts who compete with other peers for this award. HDI has six local chapter regions who have a representative participate in HDI’s

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  • ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ demonstrates conflict transformation

    ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ demonstrates conflict transformation

    On Feb. 16, Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to see a film depicting what would happen if a killer and his victim’s brother were to meet several years after the murder. “Five Minutes of Heaven” (2009), starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, is based on the real-life story of Jimmy Griffin’s murder by 17-year-old

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