• Updates on the new Bowers Center progress

    Updates on the new Bowers Center progress

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    • September 6, 2018

    The Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being will be devoted to holistic wellness, which stretches beyond the physical person and will focus on mental and spiritual health, as well. The new facility will be a way to show Elizabethtown College’s commitment to well-being, but it will also include space for education and physical and

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  • The Study Abroad Experience

    The Study Abroad Experience

    Written by: Emily Wieder At the crack of dawn Dec. 20, 2017, I took a final jog around Aix-en-Provence. Ten hours later, I slid onto my favorite park bench to watch the sun set. The day symbolized my evolution during the semester, from my dim beginnings to thoughts that flowed more easily in French than

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  • Baseball team sweeps Juniata, riding four-game winning streak

    Baseball team sweeps Juniata, riding four-game winning streak

    Elizabethtown College’s baseball team is riding a four-game winning-streak after three victories against Juniata College last weekend and a win over Messiah College last Monday, April 30. Saturday, April 28, the Jays competed in a doubleheader on the road against Juniata, winning both games 8-2 and 8-4 respectively. Junior Mike Christy opened up scoring in

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  • Softball wins one in doubleheader against Albright, defeats Juniata on Senior Day

    Softball wins one in doubleheader against Albright, defeats Juniata on Senior Day

    Photo: Megan White Thursday, April 26, the Elizabethtown College softball team played a doubleheader against Albright College at home at The Nest. In game one, Etown fell 3-2, but beat the Lions in the second game 3-0. Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Wilkinson assisted in the team effort by holding the opposing team scoreless for five innings

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  • Photography class exhibits pictures of the five senses

    Photography class exhibits pictures of the five senses

    Photo: Megan White Assistant Professor of Communications Dr. Katherine Hughes’ Fall 2017 photography class exhibited their photography in the High Library. The theme of the display was “Photographing the Senses.” The 16 students enrolled in the class took a picture that depicted one of the five senses. Viewers were encouraged to try and determine which

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  • R.W. Schlosser professor of English to transfer after 24 years

    R.W. Schlosser professor of English to transfer after 24 years

    In the fall semester of 2018, the leaves will once again turn, and Elizabethtown College will participate in the many traditions here on campus. Among the changes to Etown, there will be one major loss to the English department here on campus, and that is the transfer of R.W. Schlosser Professor of English Dr. David

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  • Learn what some of our graduating Jays will be doing after “leaving the nest”

    Learn what some of our graduating Jays will be doing after “leaving the nest”

    The Etownian staff is excited to see where the class of 2018 is going after graduation! In our last poll of the year, we asked graduating seniors to share their plans, including jobs, internships, projects or exciting trips lined up for the upcoming year. Read on to see how some of our Blue Jays are

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  • How to balance work, relaxation during busy summer months

    How to balance work, relaxation during busy summer months

    There are only a few days left in the semester, and then it’s summertime! You’re probably already anticipating those long, golden months stretched out before you, when research papers and 8 a.m. lectures seem like a distant dream… Until reality sets in. For most college students, summer isn’t a limitless landscape of relaxation. Between work,

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  • Campus community honors and bids farewell to Dean Calenda

    Campus community honors and bids farewell to Dean Calenda

    Student Senate commemorated its relationship with Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marianne Calenda before her retirement by creating a scholarship in her honor. Senior senate president Sean Fiedler presented Calenda with the award at the annual Awards Ceremony Wednesday, April 11 in Gibble Auditorium. In future years, the annual Marianne Calenda

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