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  • Men’s lacrosse clinches first place in Landmark Conference

    Men’s lacrosse clinches first place in Landmark Conference

    Tuesday, April 23, the Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team took a 13-4 loss against York College of Pennsylvania. Sophomore Cody Richter was the team’s top scorer, scoring two points. Senior Andrew Watts and first-year Nick Cost each scored one point for Etown. Junior goalie Tom Mahoney had a season-high number of saves against York. Although

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  • SCAD presentations showcase student creativity and intellect

    SCAD presentations showcase student creativity and intellect

    Beginning in 2007, Elizabethtown College has held a spring event to showcase student academics. At Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD), students showcase their creativity and intellect through presentations about topics that are significant to them. To ensure academic quality, all SCAD presentations must first be approved by a professor. Beyond that, however, the responsibility

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  • Annual lecture promotes cross-cultural dialogue through music

    Annual lecture promotes cross-cultural dialogue through music

    The Ware Lecture on Peacemaking is an annual event hosted by the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking in honor of Judy S. and Paul W. Ware. J. Ware graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and later retired as an art teacher at Lancaster Country Day School in

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  • Current students represent College outside classroom

    Current students represent College outside classroom

    Members of the Elizabethtown College community are continuing to make their marks outside the College bubble even as the academic year ends. Two seniors recently won Fulbright scholarships. Etownian staff writer Victoria Edwards won a research fellowship and senior Melissa Germano won an English Teaching Assistant scholarship. Both worked with Director of Prestigious Scholarships and

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  • College bids farewell, celebrates retirement of 14th president

    College bids farewell, celebrates retirement of 14th president

    Elizabethtown College President Dr. Carl Strikwerda will retire June 30 after completing his second term as president. He began his tenure as the College’s 14th president in 2011. Board of Trustees Chair Robert Dolan recalled his first impressions of Strikwerda when Strikwerda first joined the College. “He’s a straight-shooter kind of guy, and very precise

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  • Dark comedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan” will open in Tempest Theatre

    Dark comedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan” will open in Tempest Theatre

    Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m., the 2018-2019 Elizabethtown College Theater will open with its final show of the season, “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” The play is set in 1934 in the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. When the inhabitants of the small town of Inishmaan learn that a Hollywood film crew

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  • Annual Relay for Life surpasses fundraising goals

    Annual Relay for Life surpasses fundraising goals

    Students, faculty and community members recently gathered in and around Thompson Gymnasium for Elizabethtown College’s annual Relay for Life. This year’s event took place from 3 p.m. Friday, April 5 until 3 a.m. Saturday, April 6. Etown’s Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) club runs the event, which raises money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.

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  • Then versus now: Behind the scenes of the Bowers Center

    Then versus now: Behind the scenes of the Bowers Center

    What started as a segment of the Be More Inspired campaign and a virtual “fly-through” has officially become a brand-new addition to Elizabethtown College. With just a few months left until its grand opening during the summer of 2019, the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being is set to include various amenities and recreational

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  • Power of One Day shows power of Etown

    Power of One Day shows power of Etown

    Tuesday, March 19 was Elizabethtown College’s 5th annual Power of One Day. Each year on Power of One Day, Etown sets a higher donor goal than the year before. For the first year in 2015, the initial goal was 200 donors in 24 hours. This has grown to this year’s goal of 1,700 donors in

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