• Kreider Fellow Dick lectures on peace speeches of Cheyenne chief

    Kreider Fellow Dick lectures on peace speeches of Cheyenne chief

    On Tuesday, March 12 in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Ms. Marie Dick, a newly-inducted Young Center Fellow, presented her research on the peace talks, speeches and presentations of Lawrence Hart, a peace chief of the Southern Cheyenne tribe and a Mennonite minister. “A good story grabs my attention,” Dick said. “I

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  • One of five: Elizabethtown College one out of five in Pa. to be named to the President’s Honor Roll for commitment to service

    One of five: Elizabethtown College one out of five in Pa. to be named to the President’s Honor Roll for commitment to service

    The Nutrition Challenge has now begun at Elizabethtown College. Students can complete four nutrition challenges in four weeks to win various prizes. The challenge is taking place from March 11 to April 17. Participants select four different challenges and each day that a participant accomplishes the challenge for that week, a point is rewarded and

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  • Helb honored, named chair

    Helb honored, named chair

    This past year, Dr. Colin Helb was selected to serve as the Internet Cultural Studies Chair for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. The PCA/ACA seeks to analyze and examine trends in online media, as well as promote and establish conferences and publications among scholars and graduate students. It seeks to identify where the new

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  • An open letter to the Elizabethtown College Community from President Strikwerda

    An open letter to the Elizabethtown College Community from President Strikwerda

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    • February 27, 2013

    On Thursday, Feb. 21, Student Senate and the College administration sponsored an open forum as part of the regular Student Senate meeting. The topic focused on how our college community should respond to the recent bias-related incidents that have occurred on campus.  In addition to Student Senators, members of the faculty, Senior Staff, Campus Security,

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  • Up for debate: does professional attire benefit focus in the classroom?

    Up for debate: does professional attire benefit focus in the classroom?

    Elizabethtown College has taken a different approach than many colleges when it comes to dress codes.  Some schools, like Liberty University and Penn Tech, employ a strict, daily dress code. At Etown, while an overall dress code does not exist, regulations on attire are stricter in the education, communications and business departments simply because there

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  • Republican Senator Mike Brubaker hosts M&M Mars lecture

    Republican Senator Mike Brubaker hosts M&M Mars lecture

    Republican Senator, Mike Brubaker spoke at the M&M Mars Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. in the Hoover Center for Business. Brubaker did not write a formal speech or prepare a presentation, but instead he chose for students to ask him questions on any topic of interest they wanted to discuss. Students

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