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Back to top 5/21/2011 Elizabethtown 108th annual commencement recognizes 500 graduates Elizabethtown College’s 108th annual commencement recognizes the accomplishments of about 500 students
Retiring College President Theodore Long exhorts graduates to live lives of leadership
As graduates, faculty and staff members, and family and friends listened, Long described the claim Elizabethtown College has on each of its graduates—one born of “the philosophical heart of our educational program” and the students’ daily encounters with its ideals in the College’s classrooms and campus life. “Its culminating claim is that you take up a certain way of life that provides practical effective leadership that expresses the character and ideals of this uncommon educational community,” he said.
Long described Elizabethtown’s approach to leadership as having four distinct elements—leading for others, leading through ideas, leading toward hope, and leading with integrity. “You surely recognize these signatures, but each of them will now stretch you beyond your past experience toward some larger possibility,” he said. “Taken together, these four define a unique approach that will make full use of all you have learned here to make a difference in a complex and changing world.”
In closing, Long reflected on the upcoming journey on which both he and the graduates are now embarking. “We all want to linger just a bit longer in the place we cherish and to share our joy with the people who have meant so much to us,” he said. “But today, we are being nudged forward to face the unknown down river. Our boats seem fragile, and the future looks a bit daunting. Nonetheless, we are being called to lead into that future, and we carry with us the sturdy and inspiring ideas of those who defined the character and mission of this splendid college.”
During the ceremony, Elizabethtown College recognized Long’s 15 years of service to the College by awarding him an honorary degree. In addition, Elizabethtown’s First Lady Betty G. Long and Juniata College President Thomas R. Kepple Jr. received honorary degrees. The ceremony also offered an opportunity for 29 members the College’s Class of 1961 to celebrate the golden anniversary of their graduation. The alumni processed along with this year’s graduating class and were presented a commemorative gold medallion. Back to top 5/19/2011 Elizabethtown College signs musical partnership with Wheatland Chorale Elizabethtown College signs musical partnership with The Wheatland Chorale
Theodore E. Long, president of Elizabethtown College, and Stephen G. Welz, chair of the board of The Wheatland Chorale, signed a “Letter of Mutual Understanding” to bring Wheatland to the College as a resident artistic organization. Effective July 1, 2011, the partnership will expand artistic excellence for both organizations. “I am delighted that the Wheatland Chorale has chosen Elizabethtown College to be its home,” said President Long. “This outstanding choral ensemble will certainly enrich the musical offerings for students and the general public at Elizabethtown. We look forward to many years of productive partnership to showcase great choral music in this region.” Established in 1987, The Wheatland Chorale—taking its name from the Wheatland Hills neighborhood of Lancaster, Pa., where founder Robert J. Upton was living—maintains a reputation as one of Pennsylvania’s premier choral ensembles. Chorale singers, selected through auditions, are volunteers from Lancaster and Berks counties and beyond. In the partnership, the chorale will develop and implement a plan to further enhance its artistic quality, increase its performances and geographic reach, and build on its reputation toward becoming the premier choral ensemble of this region. The Chorale will present two or three performances each year in the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center on the Elizabethtown College campus, sometimes including the College’s Concert Choir or visiting ensembles. “The Wheatland Chorale is pleased and excited to be joining with Elizabethtown College in a continuing commitment to provide great choral music to the region,” said Wheatland Board Chair Stephen Welz. “We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with an institution of such high caliber and reputation. The promise of our new partnership is immediately evident in a variety of ways, and the benefits to be realized by the college community, the chorale and the community, at large, will undoubtedly serve as the foundation of a long and mutually rewarding relationship.” In addition to providing space for the Chorale’s office and music library, Elizabethtown College will support the Chorale’s operating budget and will engage a consultant to assist the Chorale in its planning. The College also will support and facilitate a partnership of the Chorale and Gretna Music, also affiliated with the College, and will provide professional fund-raising and marketing counsel to support Chorale efforts. The partnership calls for one member of the Elizabethtown College campus community to serve on the Chorale board, ensuring a good working relationship. Elizabeth Braungard, executive director of Marketing and Communications will fill that role. Back to top 5/16/2011 Commencement Saturday, May 21; baccalaureate Friday in Leffler Elizabethtown College Commencement Saturday, May 21
Back to top 5/16/2011 Accelerated Adult Degree Program wins Innovation Award Elizabethtown College’s Accelerated Adult Degree Program wins Innovation Award Elizabethtown College’s Edward R. Murphy Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning has been selected to receive the 2011 Excellence in Innovation Award given by the Commission for Accelerated Programs (CAP), an international membership organization serving professionals who lead, teach and conduct research in accelerated programs in higher education. In order to be selected for this honor, institutions had to provide descriptions and examples of innovative research or practice by an individual or team resulting in significant contribution to the instruction of adult learners or to advancing service and access to nontraditional student populations. The Center was recognized for innovation in the areas of overall governance and structure, admissions and marketing, programs and delivery features, standards and assessments and faculty development. “Adult learners are a vital part of Elizabethtown College and we are happy to accept this honor on their behalf,” noted Dr. John Kokolus, dean of the Center. “This recognition will inspire our faculty and staff (members) to continue to work to widen access to quality higher education for adults and to advance the level of instructional excellence provided to the students in our accelerated degree programs." The Commission on Accelerated Programs, originally funded by a Lumina Foundation grant, operates as a member organization supported by 102 institutions of higher education. CAP supports the belief that accelerated learning is an effective and efficient educational process for adult learners. Through conferences, workshops, regional gatherings and online engagement, CAP members are able to share their experiences, knowledge and expertise in accelerated learning with one another. CAP also supports research and assessment in the field of accelerated learning. CAP’s mission is to enhance collaboration and shares best practices and research findings among its members, helping them to design and deliver the most effective accelerated learning for adult and nontraditional students. (*Based on 2010-2011 results of the Adult Learning Inventory developed by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and Noel-Levitz and administered to Elizabethtown's adult learners.) To obtain further information, please contact Barbara Randazzo at randazzob@etown.edu or 717-361-3750. Back to top 5/13/2011 Comedies headline at Elizabethtown College Theatre for 2011-2012 season Elizabethtown College Theatre announces 2011-2012 season Comedies headline this year’s stage productions Elizabethtown College Theatre recently announced its 2011-2012 season. Tickets for the season’s line up of comedies are $6 each. College productions take place in Elizabethtown’s Tempest Theatre. E-town Shorts Fest tickets are $4. For tickets or information call 717-361-1170 or email boxoffice@etown.edu. First on the Tempest Theatre stage is “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead,” a play by Tom Stoppard. Taking place at 8 p.m. Oct. 27, 28 and 29; at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and Nov. 4; and at 2 p.m. Nov. 6, Stoppard’s tragicomic tells the story of “Hamlet” from backstage -- from the perspective of Shakespeare’s schoolmates Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Equal parts early film comedy, existential farce and classic tragedy, the play traces the journey of these two characters, as they struggle to avoid the inevitability of the Bard’s tragic conclusion. The “E-town Shorts Fest IV” takes the stage at 8 p.m. Nov. 17, 18 and 19; and at 2 p.m. Nov. 19. The event features features 10-minute plays directed by students in the College’s TH320 Directing class. In the Theatre’s next offering, “From Up Here,” Kenny Barrett did something serious – something almost deadly -- that has everyone worried. On stage at 8 p.m. Feb. 9, 10, 11, 16 and 17, 2012; and at 2 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012, this dramatic comedy by Liz Flahive watches as Barrett wishes he could just make it through the rest of his senior year unnoticed. At home, his mother is struggling with a rocky second marriage and a surprise visit from her estranged sister. “From Up Here,” is a play about a family limping out the door in the morning and coming home, no matter what. “Lysistrata” is on the Tempest Theatre stage at 8 p.m. April 19, 20, 21, 26 and 27, 2012; and at 2 p.m. April 29.
But maintaining their chastity in the face of male temptation and outrage proves harder than expected for the women, with hilarious yet wide-reaching consequences. Can a woman triumph where no men could, ensuring peace for generations to come? In addition to these productions, Elizabethtown College Theatre also will present several senior project presentations through the academic year. Back to top 5/9/2011 Retiring president, professors awarded emeritus status at E-town Retiring president, professors awarded emeritus status at Elizabethtown College trustees meeting Theodore Long lauded for 15-year service to institution
Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees recently granted emeritus status to retiring College President Theodore E. Long, as well as to Professor of Humanities and Raffensperger Chair Paul Gottfried and Associate Professor of Art Louise Schellenberg.
The College almost doubled its endowment under Long’s leadership, and its campus has been highlighted by academic and co-curricular facilities such as the Brossman Commons; James B. Hoover Center for Business; Masters Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering; Vera R. Hackman Garden Apartments; the Jay Walk; Wolf Field; the Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium; the Nest Softball Field; and Bowers Writers House. The Elizabethtown College faculty expressed its appreciation to Gottfried for 22 years of service and to Schellenberg for 19 years. The Board of Trustees of Elizabethtown College will confer upon Long the title of President Emeritus at the instance of his retirement, along with Elizabeth V. & Horace E. Raffensperger Professor of Humanities Emeritus to Dr. Gottfried and Associate Professor of Art Emerita to Ms. Schellenberg. Back to top 5/9/2011 Undergraduate institutions should play larger research role argues group Undergraduate institutions should play larger research role argues group led by E-town College professor Coordinating networks could improve the value of studies
A group of 12 biology educators, led by David R. Bowne, assistant professor of biology at Elizabethtown College, said that better collaboration on research protocols could expand the scope of studies conducted at undergraduate institutions, as well as increase their relevance to key ecological questions, resource management and policy decisions. The educators, who teach mostly undergraduates at U.S. colleges and universities argue in the May issue of BioScience for coordinating networks to expand the study and teaching of ecology conducted at these institutions. The group, which has launched a network dedicated to continental-scale observations, argues that better coordination of current research efforts will allow “transformative contributions” cost-effectively, while also providing valuable educational experiences for undergraduates. Most ecological research in the United States is conducted at dedicated institutions or at research universities, where postgraduate students studying for advanced degrees and postdoctoral researchers do much of the work. Yet institutions dedicated to undergraduate education commonly employ ecologists as professors, and many of them now pursue local research projects. Though some of these have produced important results, the projects are typically poorly coordinated with other studies. Most of the BioScience authors have published research reports while responsible for teaching. They point out that undergraduate institutions have some clear advantages as research bases. The research leaders often will have detailed knowledge of local sites of interest and projects might find some financial support from local governments and other institutions. Undergraduates usually work more closely with their professors than do postgraduates, the authors observe, and the close supervision means undergraduates can conduct high-quality research. Back to top 5/2/2011 Alfred Gorton ’13 receives Newman Civic Fellow Award from Campus Compact Alfred Gorton ’13 receives Newman Civic Fellow Award from Campus Compact Award recognizes inspiring college student leaders Yesterday, 135 students from 30 states were honored as Newman Civic Fellows by Campus Compact. Among the honorees is Alfred Gorton, a sophomore at Elizabethtown College. The Newman Civic Fellows Awards recognize inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country.
From 30 states, college and university presidents have nominated the best-of-the-best -- promising college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Through service, research and advocacy, these Newman Civic Fellows are making the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. “These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can—and does play in building a better world,” explains Campus Compact President Maureen F. Curley. Dr. Frank Newman—one of the founders of Campus Compact—had a tremendous impact on American education and its role in the development of citizens who are eager and prepared to make a difference. He dedicated his life to creating systemic change through education reform and he would have been inspired by this first group of 135 Newman Civic Fellows, named today by Campus Compact. They are, quite simply, reflections and affirmations of his life’s work. Through service-learning courses and other opportunities for community engagement, colleges are developing students’ critical public problem-solving skills such as the ability to research and analyze community needs, a willingness to lead and participate in public processes and debate, the commitment to raise awareness about community challenges, and the ability to inspire people to become part of solutions.
Back to top 5/2/2011 E-town students attend international environmental conference in France Elizabethtown College students participate in international conference in France Students from around the world discuss global environmental policy issues Eight Elizabethtown College juniors and sophomores were among approximately 50 students and speakers from North America and Europe who recently gathered in Strasbourg, France, for "Differing Perspectives on Environmental Issues," a three-day conference to discuss differences in U.S. and European environmental policy. Students awarded BCA fellowships to attend the European – U.S. Relations Student Conference were juniors Shana Mihovics, Janie Szybist and Shannon Brown; as well as sophomores Elyse Archambeault, Rachel Barr and Sarah Knight. Archambeault, Barr, Knight and Mihovics have been studying at the BCA program in Derry, Northern Ireland. Brown is with BCA in Barcelona, Spain, and Szybist with BCA in Brussels, Belgium. In addition, juniors Marcy Bennett and Craig Meaney are studying with BCA in Strasbourg. At the 8th Annual European—U.S Relations Student Conference, organized by BCA Study Abroad, the Elizabethtown College group joined other U.S. students representing 20 colleges and universities, as well as students from Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey who were studying in the United Kingdom, Europe and Spain. The conference is co-sponsored by the Foundation for International Education, the University of Strasbourg and AEGEE, the European Students’ Forum. During the first part of the conference, speakers, who came from several countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the U.S., provided students with the current state of environmental policy across the globe. In the second half, students from Beyond Europe, the flagship project of AEGEE, facilitated and helped to organize student sessions so they could further explore their own perspectives and questions about this issue. During the conference, influential world figures presented lectures dealing with environmental issues. The Opening Plenary Lecture in the Palais Universitaire of the University of Strasbourg was given by career U.S. diplomat Vincent Carter, the U.S. Consul General in Strasbourg, on the topic “The U.S. and the EU – Indispensable Partners.” Additional sessions included presentations by the editor of China Dialogue and BBC presenter, Isabel Hilton, on "Global Environmental Issues: The View from Europe, the United States, and China,” and Professor Peter Schulze of Georg August University Göttingen, Germany, on “The Future of Energy and the Environment.” The highlight for many students was the audio and visual presentation of the Hard Rain Project by renowned British photographer, Mark Edwards. Edwards’ photographs, enhanced by the music of Bob Dylan’s famous song, “A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall,” challenged students to “reinvent the world so that it’s compatible with nature and human nature.” Contact: Dr. James Skelly at jskelly@bcaabroad.org. Back to top 4/29/2011 Senior theater major presents 'Muse of Fire' Shakespeare monologues May 7 Shakespeare monologues May 7 at Elizabethtown College Tempest Theatre Senior theatre major Angela Wright presents “Muse of Fire”
The event, free and open to the public, takes place in Tempest Theatre located in the College’s Brossman Commons.
Back to top 4/28/2011 Seniors research overseas markets for regional businesses through CIP Elizabethtown College seniors research overseas markets for regional businesses through CIP Elizabethtown College seniors had the opportunity this spring for some real-time experience in the area of international business as they researched overseas markets for regional companies through a Collaborative Industry Partnership (CIP) at the College. Dr. Hossein Varamini, professor of Finance and International Business at Elizabethtown, and Martin Brill, program manager of International Trade at Kutztown University Small Business Development Center (SBDC), in Harrisburg, worked together last year to devise a new course project for the Elizabethtown College International Business (IB) Senior Seminar class for this semester. Brill and Varamini identified five regional companies -- Automated Systems Interconnect; C.L. Sturkey; Trega Corp.; Z-Band Inc.; and Zeigler Brothers Inc. – for the partnership projects. The objective of the partnership, Varamini said, is “to give our students practical experience in the field of international business by researching target markets or resolving export-related problems for regional companies, making these organizations more competitive in the global marketplace. I told my students to approach the assignment as a professional consulting firm, hired by a company to assess an international business challenge.” In January, Varamini formed five teams of four senior IB majors to work on the projects. Early in the semester, Varamini and Brill visited each company with the student teams to learn about the businesses, meet the principal decision makers and learn about the specific needs of each company. Each team took on a specific assignment to assist the small business to expand overseas sales or to enter a new market. Students were challenged to search beyond the internet by contacting potential distributors, clients, government agencies, banks and NGOs to identify appropriate solutions for their assigned company. Over the past three months, the student teams read through hundreds of pages of government regulations, trade documents, export compliance rules and Country Commercial Guides to provide practical and actionable recommendations to each company. “The CIP project has encouraged the students to locate and contact several primary sources for research,” noted Bryan Metz ’11. “The experience of reaching out to government organizations, potential distributors to partner with, and other highly specialized groups has developed a depth of understanding that no classroom experience alone can provide.” Each CIP team completed its research and prepared a set of recommendations for its respective company. Recommendations include developing export strategies specific to an overseas market, establishing distributor networks in other countries, meeting documentary and export compliance requirements and exploring licensing and consulting agreements with organizations in developing countries via the U.S. Agency for International Development contacts. Depending on the problem and recommendations, the Elizabethtown College students explored markets for the participating businesses in Canada, Mexico, Africa, Brazil, India and Southeast Asia. Each CIP team completed its assigned project and presents its recommendations to company representatives this week. The teams also will submit a final written report to their companies next week. "In a way, we have grown exponentially together from working in a team and from where we began,” said Thomas Kropp ’11. “CIP has proven to be a big commitment of time, energy, and intellect, which has undoubtedly better prepared us for our future careers." Before the beginning of the project, Varamini and the students signed a confidentiality agreement and, therefore, cannot reveal specific information about the project without the written approval of the company. “We are very excited about this partnership among regional international businesses, Elizabethtown College and the SBDC in Harrisburg,” Varamini said. “I expect these projects to benefit all parties. If the resulting research is valuable to the individual companies, we will undertake a new series of collaborative projects next spring.” “The CIP is an example of close cooperation between our two organizations that benefit both our clients and students at Elizabethtown,” added Brill. “I was impressed with the seriousness and dedication of Dr. Varamini and the students in undertaking this challenging project.” Companies interested in participating in the CIP program should contact Martin Brill at 717-213-5027 or brill@kutztown.edu for further information. The Kutztown University SBDC provides business training and confidential business consulting services at no charge for small businesses in five counties in south central Pennsylvania. Consulting areas include general business, government contracting, international business development and environmental compliance. The SBDC is grant-funded from the U.S. Small Business Administration and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development. Back to top 4/28/2011 Elizabethtown College presents spring Emotion dance show May 6 and 7 Elizabethtown College presents spring Emotion show More than 170 students participate in dance performance
Emotion, Elizabethtown College’s dance ensemble, takes the stage at 8 p.m. Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The Department Fine and Performing Arts, Division of Theatre and Dance, hosts the performance, which features more than 170 Emotion members. The show also showcases choreographed pieces by juniors Suki Brown, Ashley Huttenstine, Andrea James, Hayley Mazzur, Kelly McCormick, Barbara Prince, Danielle Schultze and Amanda Tyson, and seniors Joelle Atkinson, Kara Berger, Stephanie Carroll, Alex Conte, Brittany Kuperavage, Christen Minori, Lauren Ott, Keenan Shaeffer, Nathan Shughart, Kortni Smith and Rachel Sullivan. Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College.
Back to top 4/27/2011 May 8 opening reception showcases Elizabethtown College senior art May 8 opening reception showcases Elizabethtown College senior art The 2011 Senior Show debuts at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 8, in Elizabethtown College’s Zug Memorial Hall’s Hess Gallery and the Lyet Gallery in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center.
The 2011 Senior Show is sponsored by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Fine Arts Division. Contact: Milt Friedly, 717-361-1385, or Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/26/2011 Steinway piano takes center stage April 29 to honor President Theodore Long Steinway piano takes center stage to honor retiring Elizabethtown College President Theodore E. Long Longs tour Steinway’s New York facility, select piano for campus As the curtains swing closed on the Elizabethtown College presidency of Dr. Theodore E. Long, brushing the stage and signaling a standing ovation for a 15-year performance, a spotlight will remain aglow over a solitary piano on center stage.
The Elizabethtown College trustees, as a note of appreciation for a decade and a half of service – an unusually long presidential tenure -- presented the College with a gift of music. This gift reinforces the College’s commitment to, and is a demonstration of, Ted and Betty Long’s love of the arts. “When the board thought of an appropriate way to honor the Longs for their 15 years of service, they wanted to go beyond the standard gift of a Caribbean cruise or a new car,” noted E. Douglas Bomberger, the College’s Fine and Performing Arts department chair. “They chose a gift that would not only benefit the College but also honor the unique strengths and interests of Ted and Betty, who have been lifelong music lovers.” The two met while traveling on a choir tour through Europe when they were college students. “Betty and I are thrilled with this magnificent gift to the College,” said President Long. “It is a wonderful expression of our love of music that will highlight the arts at Elizabethtown and bring lovely music to audiences for decades to come. We are deeply honored that the Board has chosen this gift to recognize our service here.” Raising the money without seeking budgetary funding was a heroic challenge, said David Beidleman, vice president for Institutional Advancement and Community Relations, at the College. “Fortunately the college community, led by the board of trustees, had a special interest in honoring both Ted and Betty Long for their long standing commitment and service to the College,” he said. “Knowing that the Longs share a deep and personal interest in music, it seemed that a musical instrument of this caliber would be a wonderful tribute.”
While donors and friends toured the remainder of the factory, the Longs joined piano faculty members Bomberger, Ronning and Badgerow to select from five Steinways that were complete and ready for delivery. “The faculty members played the five pianos and selected the one they believed would best suit the acoustics of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center,” Bomberger said.
“The Steinway piano is the best American-made concert piano,” said Bomberger. “Company literature claims that 98 percent of concert artists use their instruments.” Even though the piano cost nearly $120,000, the generosity of donors was enough to establish an endowment to be used for the purpose of maintaining the Steinway in the future. The piano will be presented for use on several occasions and future celebrations with the Steinway will take place throughout the coming year including a concert on the eve of President-elect Carl Strikwerda's inauguration.
Back to top 4/18/2011 Spring choral, jazz band concert performs music of sun, earth and sky May 8 Spring choral, jazz band concert at Elizabethtown College May 8 Music of the sun, earth and sky features Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus, Community Chorus, Jazz Band and Camerata Elizabethtown College Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, presents the spring 2011 Choral and Jazz Band Concert at “Sing (and PLAY!) into Summer” is a performance of works celebrating sun, earth, and sky, as well as music from the standard choral and big band repertoire. On stage will be the College’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus, Community Chorus, Jazz band and Camerata. Contact: Dr. Matthew Fritz, director of Choral Activities, at 361-1112. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/18/2011 Fine and Performing Arts hosts ‘Spring Showcase’ May 4 in Leffler Elizabethtown College hosts the ‘Spring Showcase’ May 4 Fine and Performing Arts featured in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center The Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Elizabethtown College presents its annual “Spring Showcase” at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The campus and general community are invited to view the Annual Juried Student Art Show on display in the Lyet Gallery and view a program featuring performances by instrumental and vocal chamber groups from the Music Division, readings by students in the Theatre Division and dances by Emotion. The event is free and open to the public. Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/14/2011 Student Awards Ceremony April 27; based on academic, community engagement Student Awards Ceremony April 27 in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center Awards based on academic and community engagement Elizabethtown College Dean of Students Office hosts the 33rd Annual Student Awards Ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, in Musser Auditorium, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The ceremony honors student excellence in a variety of areas: Distinguished Student Awards; the Points of Distinction Award; Resident Assistant of the Year; the Entrepreneurial Scholarship Award; the Student Directed Learning Communities (SDLC) Award; the Global Servant Leadership Award; and the Student Senate Scholarship Awards.
For more information, contact Susan Lehman at 717-361-1196. Back to top 4/13/2011 Senior theatre major presents staged reading May 4 in Tempest Theatre Elizabethtown College senior theatre major presents staged reading May 4 in Tempest Theatre Theresa White premieres “Mystery at Tea Time” Elizabethtown College Theatre presents a staged reading of “Mystery at Tea Time,” a play by Theresa White ’11, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in Tempest Theatre. This event is free and open to the public. Written for White’s Senior Project in Theatre course, “Mystery at Tea Time” is a thriller set in London in the 1840s. The play captures the unusual events that follow a detective’s visit to a weekly tea party, where he shares the news that the main character’s husband has been murdered. White, of Richmond, Va., is a Theatre Performance major. Contact: Michael Swanson at swansonm@etown.edu. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/13/2011 Spring symphonic band concert May 1; original student composition premiere Spring symphonic band concert May 1 at Elizabethtown College Original student musical composition, arrangement premiere The Elizabethtown College Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, presents its spring symphonic band concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in the College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The concert, free and open to the public, features a 65-member ensemble directed by Dr. Robert Spence and senior Nathan Shughart. The band will perform works by Nelson, Vaughan Williams, Gallante, Arnold, Giroux and Hazo, as well as featured concert band premieres by Bradley Eargle ’11 and professional New York City composer Valerie Coleman, whose music infuses contemporary orchestration with jazz, Afro-Cuban traditions. The Elizabethtown College Symphonic Band’s premiere of Umoja is Coleman’s own adaptation of her original version for wind quintet, which was listed by Chamber Music America as “one of the 101 Great American Works.”
Back to top 4/11/2011 Playwrights Fest April 29 and 30 features student-written, directed plays New Playwrights Fest April 29 and 30 at Elizabethtown College Thirteen student-written and directed plays performed over two nights Elizabethtown College Theatre presents staged readings of fresh, new, short plays at 8 p.m. Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, in the College’s Tempest Theatre. Tickets for the productions, which are open to the public, can be purchased for $4 through the Theatre Box Office by calling 717-361-1170 or sending a request via e-mail to boxoffice@etown.edu. The two nights include a total of 13 readings of plays written or directed by students in the College’s TH240 Playwriting class. The plays also are directed by students from the College. Staged over the two nights are: “Ghost Stories” by Austin DeMarco ’11, directed by Spencer O'Dowd ’11; “Trazodone Dreams” by Katrina DiIorio ’13, directed by Kyle Kovatch ’13; “The Book” by Laura Grube ’13, directed by Doug Wilson ’12; "One Hundred and One" by Beth Karcha ’12, directed by Katrina DiIorio ’13; "Mid-flight Proposal" by Caitlin Koller ’11, directed by Michael Fleming ’11; "The Door" by Greta Kvinnesland ’11, directed by DJ Littell ’12; "Frenetic Ballet" by DJ Littell ’12, directed by Beth Lewis ’11; "A Massive Disappointment" by Laura Robbins ’12, directed by Peter Starr Northrop ’11; "Pieces of Work" by Jess Roberts ’11, directed by Laura Robbins ’12; “How to Be a Theatre Geek” by Rachel Saul ’12, directed by Emily Knitter ’11; "Taking Chances" by Jenn Simpson ’12, directed by Rachel Saul ’12; “Constellation” by Nicole St. Pierre ’12, directed by Angela Wright ’12; and "Closet Case" by Kaitlyn Walsh ’11, directed by Beth Karcha ’12. Contact: Michael Swanson, Coordinator of Theatre and Dance, at swansonm@etown.edu. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/11/2011 Tokyo University student speaks on the evolution of Amish quilts April 28 Fulbright grant recipient discusses Lancaster County Amish culture April 28 at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center Tokyo University doctoral student gives insight on the evolution of Amish quilts
Since the 1970s, Amish quilts have become popular as art objects, as well as souvenirs, for many who follow Amish culture. Due, in part, to the increasing interactions between the Amish and the non-Amish, the aesthetic qualities of Amish quilts have changed dramatically in the last several decades. Nomura provides an overview of Amish quilt history and discusses how the interaction Amish have with mainstream society, by way of tourism and modern consumer culture, has influenced the design of the quilts they make for their own use.
Contact: Stephen Scott at 361-1470 or scottse@etown.edu. An internationally recognized scholarly research institute, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College conducts and promotes research about Anabaptism and Pietism and interprets the life, faith and culture of Anabaptists and Pietists through public lectures, exhibits and conferences. For more information about the Young Center, please visit www.etown.edu/youngctr. Back to top 4/7/2011 24th Annual Juried Art Show awards student art work April 18 Elizabethtown College’s 24th Annual Juried Art Show awards student art work April 18 Show concludes with closing reception and awards ceremony The Fine Arts Division of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Elizabethtown College presents the closing reception and awards ceremony for the College’s 24th Annual Juried Student Art Show at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 18, in Lyet Gallery of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The art show features 58 works from Elizabethtown College students. Awards will be given in each of the following categories: ceramics, computer art, drawing, mixed media, painting, printmaking and sculpture. The juror this year was Anne Lampe, executive director for the Demuth Museum. The closing reception and awards ceremony is free and open to the public.
Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/7/2011 OT graduate research symposium April 18 in Master’s Center Elizabethtown College graduate research symposium April 18 in Master’s Center Occupational therapy students present research The Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) invites OT practitioners and others to review research projects conducted by the College’s graduate students at its annual Graduate Research Symposium held from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 18, in the Elizabethtown College Master’s Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering. The event also features the work of undergraduate OT honors students. The symposium is free and is open to the public. Among the graduate students presenting are Alison Baklarz, Sara Brown, Traci Bruno, Laura Festa, Emily Fritchman, Carly Goetting, Katie Goodman, Megan Gorman, Julia Hostetter, Katharine Huylebroeck, Mike Jankowski, Meredith Judge, Tim Katzaman, Jocelyn Kibby, Courtney Lang, Katherine MacGregor, Jeff Montemurro, Terra Murphy, Kelly O’Brien, Jeanna Palmieri, Samantha Price, Megan Ramage, Lauren Rossi, Megan Salazar, Amanda Sedlak, Jillian Snyder and Kayla Snyder. The undergraduate OT students presenting their Honors in the Discipline Research include Courtney Baumer, Nicole Davis, Alexandra Gold, Colleen LaForge, Stephanie Musyt, Kate Rasmussen and Rachel Sullivan.
Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/7/2011 April 17 Orchestra Concert features works of Rossini, Copeland, Beethoven Elizabethtown College presents Spring Orchestra Concert April 17 Works of Rossini, Copland, Beethoven, Hofeldt and Lowden
The Music Division of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Elizabethtown College presents the Spring 2011 Orchestra Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in Musser Auditorium, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The concert is free and open to the public. The 70-member ensemble, directed by Dr. Robert Spence and Nathan Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/6/2011 Get A.B.S.U.R.D shows results of drunk driving at mock crash April 28 Get A.B.S.U.R.D organization shows results of drunk driving
With the Mock Car Crash, taking place on the College’s Ober Loop, Get A.B.S.U.R.D. hopes to raise awareness concerning responsible drinking and about the dangers of drinking and driving. For the past several years, the student group has hosted the mock car crash, which displays a realistic mock-up of what a wreck from a drunk driver would look like. At the start of the crash, the audience sees the cars at a standstill, in the aftermath of the impact. As time passes, the audience sees the local fire department, EMTs and police personnel handle a drunk-driving accident as if it were real. Northwest EMT, Elizabethtown Fire Department and Elizabethtown Police Department participate each year. All Get A.B.S.U.R.D. said that past student reactions are largely positive, with many respectfully watching the demonstration and several mistaking it for a real crash. For more information, contact Tess Lutz at lutzt@etown.edu. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 4/5/2011 Powwow features Native American dancers, musicians, vendors April 16 Elizabethtown College hosts powwow April 16 Features authentic Native American dancers, musicians, vendors
Elizabethtown College presents its first ever powwow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in celebration of Native American heritage. The program is open to the public and is sponsored by the College’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Office of Diversity and the Provost and Senior Vice President. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for senior citizens and for those age 8 to 18; $1 for Elizabethtown College students and employees; and free for those under 7. No pets are allowed. Contact: Diane Elliott, 717-361-1198, or Dr. Robert Wheelersburg at 717-361-1188. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 3/31/2011 Clarinetfest 2011 hosts ensembles from five colleges, universities April 14 Elizabethtown College hosts Clarinetfest 2011 April 14 Ensembles from five colleges, universities participate in annual event Elizabethtown College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department, Music Division, hosts Clarinetfest 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the College’s Gibble Auditorium. Ensembles participating in the concert include students from Elizabethtown, Dickinson, Messiah and Lancaster Bible colleges and West Chester University. The program features musical selections by composers Bach, Bartok, Dvorak, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck and John Williams, among others. The event is free and open to the public. Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College.
Back to top 3/31/2011 Ware Lecture presents human rights activist Shirin Ebadi April 14
Award-winning human rights activist and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi presents the 2011 Ware Lecture on Peacemaking, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. She will speak on “The Golden Cage,” based on her forthcoming book. Tickets—which are free, but required—are available by calling the College’s Ticket Hotline at 717-361-4757. An Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her significant and pioneering efforts in democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. In her research, and as an activist, she is known for promoting peaceful, democratic solutions to serious problems in society. She takes an active part in the public debate and is well-known and admired for the legal defense of victims of the conservative faction's attack on freedom of speech and political freedom. Ebadi is founder and leader of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran. Author of a number of academic books and articles focused on human rights, she has had several translated into English, including "The Rights of the Child: A Study of Legal Aspects of Children's Rights in Iran," published with support from UNICEF, and "History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran." In 2006, Random House published her memoir, "Iran Awakening," with the young Iranian-American co-author Azadeh Moaveni. A highlight of the College’s cultural event series, the Ware Lecture on Peacemaking is part of the multi-faceted Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship. Delivered annually under the auspices of the College’s Center for Global Citizenship, the Ware Colloquium, created through the generous sponsorship of Judy S. ’68 and Paul W. Ware, has brought internationally known speakers—including former President of South Africa F.W. de Klerk; former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; Jody Williams, American Nobel Peace Laureate; and hostage negotiator Terry Waite—to central Pennsylvania. Back to top 3/31/2011 Music of professor, composer James Haines April 11 Elizabethtown College presents the music of James Haines April 11 Professor of music presents a lecture-recital in Zug Recital Hall The Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, at Elizabethtown College presents Professor of Music James Haines, composer, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, in the Zug Recital Hall. The lecture-recital, part of the Elizabethtown College’s Monday Series, is free and open to the public. Performing Haines’ works are faculty members Alison Mekeel, soprano; Jill Marchione, oboe; and Debra Ronning, piano. The program includes songs with texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson and English Department faculty members Carmine Sarracino and John Rohrkemper. The program also includes solo piano pieces composed by current and former composition students of Haines. Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 3/29/2011 High school students invited to April 29 Department of Communications event Elizabethtown College hosts TRUE LIFE: The Communications Experience workshop High school students invited to April 29 Department of Communications event Elizabethtown College’s Department of Communications will host a student media workshop titled, “TRUE LIFE: The Communications Experience,” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 29. The event, designed to educate high school students on the importance of media and communications in current times, will be held in the College’s Steinman Hall. Those interested in attending should register via email at commexperience@etown.edu by Thursday, April 21.
This year, along with professors and students, representatives from TPN Marketing, WGAL-TV8 and Lancaster Newspapers Inc. will be present to facilitate learning and lead discussions throughout the various workshops. With the rise in technology and the distance of some alumni, a discussion of a possible Skype address has presented itself as an option for a unique show of networking.
Back to top 3/29/2011 Jesse Waters reads from poetry compilation April 1 Elizabethtown College hosts Bowers Writers House Director Jesse Waters English professor reads from new poetry compilation
Contact: Jesse Waters, 717-361-3762 or watersj@etown.edu.
Back to top 3/28/2011 TaLisa Marie Ramos '11 pledges to Latina sorority Chi Upsilon Sigma Elizabethtown College senior joins Latina sorority TaLisa Marie Ramos pledges Chi Upsilon Sigma
Senior social work major TaLisa Marie Ramos found a way to incorporate sorority life into her college experience at Elizabethtown College, even though the College does not have a Greek life program. After more than two years of searching, Ramos pledged to Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. (CUS) through Shippensburg University. She now serves as president of the Beta Theta Chapter and organizes community events for both Elizabethtown College and Shippensburg University. Ramos, of Puerto Rican descent, was raised in a single-parent home. Her mother, Maribel, “sacrificed a lot for me and my younger brother Eddie,” the 21-year-old said. Ramos is the first in her immediate family to go to college. Becoming accustomed to college, she said, was not easy. She turned to her uncle for guidance. “I had difficulties adjusting, being so far away from home and my family,” Ramos said. “My uncle told me that when he was in college he had the same issues, and one thing that helped him the most was getting involved in Greek Life. … It gave him an opportunity to bond with those who also wanted be culturally aware and also gave him support in all his academic and community endeavors.”
“Chi Upsilon Sigma has four awarenesses, in which they base projects, workshops and events to make the community conscious of major issues in the world today,” Ramos explained. “These awarenesses are political, educational, cultural and social.” Also attracting her to the group, she said, is that CUS is the first independent Latina sorority in the nation, “meaning that the sisters of CUS are not affiliated with any brotherhood.” It was founded in 1980 at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. “Chi Upsilon Sigma,” Ramos pointed out, “is Latino based, but not Latina bound. I have sisters from all ethnicities and we strongly encourage diversity!” The Elizabethtown senior, who is active in the College’s Called to Lead program and Diversity Team, was eager to be a proactive member of the CUS organization. Prior to pledging, she joined the Organization of Women Looking for Sisterhood in Chi Upsilon Sigma (O.W.L.S.) at Shippensburg to further explore the core values of CUS. After a year of interacting with other women with similar values, Ramos was given the opportunity to found a new chapter of CUS and was named a founding sister. She was given the name Teth’naru. Ramos said her involvement with CUS has enabled her to travel and meet other women with similar interests from all around the country, but most importantly, she has learned a great deal about herself. “I finally realized how strong of woman I am and how dedicated I can be to achieving things that I want. My public speaking skills are stronger than ever, and I can definitely say that CUS taught me the true meaning of professionalism and independence.” In addition to her work with CUS, Ramos, of Reading, Pa., founded the first Latino Student Union at Elizabethtown and serves as an International Peer Ambassador and Diversity Assistant Coordinator. She also is an active member of her hometown, where she is involved in R’new City, an organization comprising college students dedicated to promoting higher education to inner city students and aiding them in their college admissions process through fun and interactive endeavors. After graduating this spring from Elizabethtown, Ramos plans to earn a master’s degree in student personnel, remain an active member of CUS and, later, work as a director of a diversity office or Greek life organization. She also has an interest in performing missionary work in a Latin American country and earning an additional master’s degree in social work. Back to top 3/28/2011 Scholarship and Creative Arts Day features research, art and performances Elizabethtown College’s Scholarship and Creative Arts Day features
Public invited to conference events, including keynote event
First held in 2008, Scholarship and Creative Arts Day provides Elizabethtown College students an opportunity to share their ideas in professional conference-like settings. Most of the presentations will be offered in concurrent sessions on Tuesday, April 19, beginning at 8 a.m. and running until 2:45 p.m. The conference will include the scholarship of senior, honors-in-the-discipline, and Elizabethtown College Honors Program students who are presenting research and offering performances as the culminating experience of their four years of learning at the College. All of the scholarship will have been guided by the students’ faculty mentors.
Highlighting the two-day conference will be a keynote performance and presentation by James McBride on Tuesday, April 19, at 3 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. This performance is open to the public, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. McBride is the author of “The Color of Water,” which spent more than two years on the New York Times Best Seller Lists and was recognized with the prestigious Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. McBride’s novel, “Miracle at St. Anna,” was adapted into a major motion picture by American film icon Spike Lee. As a composer, he won the American Music Theater Festival’s Stephen Sondheim Award and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award for his jazz/pop musical Bobos, and has composed songs for Anita Baker, Grover Washington Jr., and Gary Burton. A jazz saxophonist, he has performed with Rachelle Farrell and with legendary jazz performer Little Jimmy Scott.
In addition to the keynote event, Scholarship and Creative Arts Day will include the following events, all of which are open to the public:
A full schedule of events is available on the Scholarship and Creative Arts Day website.
Back to top 3/24/2011 Dining Services' Thomas Hagerty ’11, Jessica Dales ’12 honored Elizabethtown College students earn ‘Above and Beyond’ award Dining Services student employees Thomas Hagerty ’11, Jessica Dales ’12 honored Elizabethtown College and John Gross & Co. proudly honor the 2010-2011 recipients of the John W. Gross Jr. “Above and Beyond” Award, recognizing student employees of the College’s dining services department. Brian Gross, president of John Gross and Co., and Eric Turzai, director of Dining Services at Elizabethtown College, presented the awards to Thomas Hagerty, a senior communications major from Enola, Pa., and Jessica Dales, a junior English literature major, from New Freedom, Pa.
Back to top 3/21/2011 College produces youngest Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia member Elizabethtown College produces youngest Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia member Kalie Desimone is on-air reporter at CBS 6 KFDM in Texas
Her connection with the Broadcast Pioneers has given the Elizabethtown alumna the opportunity to work with and interview some local personalities including Jane Norman, better known as “Pixanne,” from the 1960s nationally syndicated award-winning television show of the same name; Peggy King, a 1950s singer and television personality; Rick Williams, co-anchor with Philadelphia’s Channel 6; Kal Rudman, music and show business pioneer; Carol Erickson, Channel 3 weather anchor; Kelly Ripa and Art Moore, of Regis & Kelly’s. Desimone also has worked with governors Chris Christie and Ed Rendell; mob tipster George Anastasia; and several Pennsylvania legislators.
Desimone hopes her career eventually brings her back to the Philadelphia area. “In the broadcasting industry,” she said, “you have to start in smaller markets and work your way up to larger ones.” Philadelphia is the fourth-largest market in the nation. Ultimately, she’d like to pursue a career on network TV. The Elizabethtown College graduate said she became interested in broadcasting after taking part in commercials, print ads and film at the age of 8. When she was a sophomore in high school, she discussed her career interests with her parents, and it was then that she chose college over an acting career. When she started at Elizabethtown, Desimone said she was pursuing two vastly different career paths—broadcasting and undercover work for the FBI. A devastating automobile accident in her first year of college left her with surgically necessary plates and screws, putting the kibosh on undercover work. Setting her sights on the alternate path, she proceeded with her dream of becoming an on-air news reporter/anchor, while also earning a minor in political science. At Elizabethtown College, she said, “I worked very diligently in calculating every move I made, thinking about what would make me most marketable in the news world. I continued my political science classes so I would have a strong handle on politics and elections—something the news world loves to spend time covering. “I was also able to capture four internships during my time at E-town.” Desimone interned at NBC 10 WCAU in Philadelphia, ABC 27 WHTM in Harrisburg, FOX 29 WTXF in Philadelphia, and, finally, at NBC 40 WMGM in Atlantic City, N.J. In addition to the internships, Desimone said she prepared for her career by staying involved in campus organizations. At Elizabethtown, Desimone was the host of E-town Spotlight for ECTV 40, the College TV station; secretary of the College’s K9 Club; film editor for Sketch-E comedy club; and a Student Rights and Responsibilities Board Member. She also filmed a short documentary for a school-sponsored trip to Vietnam to help raise awareness about orphans in that country and was involved with the College radio station WWEC and The Etownian, the College paper. Back to top 3/17/2011 Music therapy students perform annual Open Door Recital for youth April 9 Elizabethtown College music therapy students perform annual Open Door Recital April 9 Passion for music shared with young audience
This unique concert includes short pieces, performed by Elizabethtown College music therapy students and encourages participation and expressions of joy from all children.
For additional events at Elizabethtown College click on the E-town Events WEBPAGE. Back to top 3/16/2011 Young Center hosts 2011 Durnbaugh Lecturer Dale Stoffer April 7 and 8 Elizabethtown College’s Young Center hosts 2011 Durnbaugh Lecturer Dale Stoffer April 7 and 8 Influence of early Bibles explored at lecture and seminar
The first American Bibles will be the topic of the Young Center’s annual Durnbaugh Lectures taking place April 7 and 8 at Elizabethtown College. Dale Stoffer, academic dean of Ashland Theological Seminary, is this year’s Durnbaugh Lecturer. Stoffer will present “The Pilgrim and the Printer: The First Two Bibles in Colonial America,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Susquehanna Room of Elizabethtown College’s Myer Hall.
Stoffer will compare these two fascinating men and the religious and historical contexts of the 1663 Algonquian Bible and the 1743 German Bible. He also will compare Puritanism and Radical Pietism and note ways that characteristics observed in both movements influenced the future course of religion and culture in America.
Back to top 3/10/2011 Bowne leads 'Science of Fiction' discussion at Bowers Writers House April 4 Elizabethtown College biology professor leads fiction discussion at Bowers Writers House April 4 “The Science of Fiction” explores storytelling in the science classroom
The discussion is free and open to the public.
Back to top 3/10/2011 Elizabethtown College hosts ‘Diversity Dialogues’ in March, April Elizabethtown College hosts ‘Diversity Dialogues’ Office of Diversity sponsors five programs in March, April Elizabethtown College’s Office of Diversity is sponsoring five “Diversity Dialogues” over the next two months. Partnering with the College’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement, the Center for Global Citizenship, High Library, Momentum, the Center for Student Success and Women and Gender Studies, the Office of Diversity will offer five opportunities for dialogue about domestic and global diversity. The Diversity Dialogues are informal. Faculty and staff members and students are invited to attend. Bring a lunch or join the group for refreshments.
noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23: “The Middle East -- The Haves and Havenots.” John Craig, ambassador in residence in the Center for Global Citizenship, speaks in Hoover 109. This program is sponsored by Women and Gender Studies. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30: “The Dream Act and Education of Migrant Children Facilitators.” Carmen M. Medina, division chief of Student Services Bureau of Learn and Serve; Luis R. Garcia, director, Student Access and Support, Office of the Chancellor, Dixon University Center; and Elizabeth Garduno, Migrant Education Student Support Specialist speak in High Library. This program is co-sponsored by High Library, Momentum, Center for Student Success and Women and Gender Studies. noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 6: “Migrant Workers in Florida: A Service Learning Experience.” Nancy Valkenburg, Center for Community and Civic Engagement, speaks in Brossman Commons, Room 200. This program is co-sponsored by Women and Gender Studies. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14: “Exploring Unearned Privilege.” Dr. Heather E. Kanenberg, assistant professor of Social Work, speaks in Brossman Commons, Room 211. E-mail Dr. Kanenberg in advance at kanenbergh@etown.edu; there is a brief reading to review prior to the conversation. This program is co-sponsored by Women and Gender Studies. noon to 1 p.m. Monday, April 18: “Do We Live In A Post Racial Society?” Diane Elliott, director of Diversity, assistant professor of Social Work, speaks in Brossman Commons, Room 211. This program is co-sponsored by Women and Gender Studies. Contact: Diane Elliot at 717- 361-1198 or elliottd@etown.edu. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College.
Back to top 3/10/2011 College hosts flutist McKay, pianist Chiang March 17 Elizabethtown College hosts flutist, pianist March 17
In addition to performing, McKay also is presenting a flute master class from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, in Zug Recital Hall. The master class is open to the public.
Back to top 3/9/2011 Young Center hosts Lucy Carroll, Ephrata Cloister Chorus March 31 Elizabethtown College Young Center hosts Lucy Carroll, Ephrata Cloister Chorus “Perils and Pitfalls of 18th-Century Ephrata Music Transcriptions” March 31
The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies presents “Perils and Pitfalls of 18th-Century Ephrata Music Transcriptions,” a lecture by Lucy Carroll at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in the Young Center’s Bucher Meetinghouse at Elizabethtown College. The event is free and open to the public. Transcribing the music of Ephrata involved interpreting strange symbols, erratic spellings, crumbling paper and ink that eats through the paper. Carroll will explain the procedure of taking 250-year-old manuscripts and arranging them for today’s modern choirs. Following the lecture, members of the Ephrata Cloister Chorus, directed by Dr. Daryl Hollinger, will sing several of Carroll’s transcriptions. Carroll is an organist and music director at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia and adjunct professor at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. She has studied the music of Ephrata for three decades and served as Scholar in Residence with Ephrata Cloister Chorus. She is the author of “The Hymn Writers of Early Pennsylvania” and “The Music of Ephrata.” Contact: Stephen Scott, 717-361-1470. An internationally recognized scholarly research institute, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College conducts and promotes research about Anabaptism and Pietism and interprets the life, faith and culture of Anabaptists and Pietists through public lectures, exhibits and conferences. For more information about the Young Center, please visit www.etown.edu/youngctr. Back to top 3/9/2011 Important environmental film, “No Impact Man,” at High Library March 29 Elizabethtown College presents important environmental film at High Library “No Impact Man” explores a vow to make minimal environmental impact
Official selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, “No Impact Man” documents author, and newly self-proclaimed environmentalist, Colin Beavan’s vow to reduce his environmental impact to almost zero for one year. No more automated transportation; no more electricity; no more non-local food; no more material consumption. No problem -- until his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife and their two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray. The film, by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein, is an intriguing inside look at the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from Colin and Michelle’s struggle with their radical lifestyle change. The film provides a front row seat into the experiment that became a media sensation. The Friends of High Library Film Series and the Elizabethtown College Environmental Group are proud to screen this award-winning film as part of the ECEG’s “Changing Our Colors” month of events celebrating environmental awareness and lifestyle change. The film inspired Beaven to create The No Impact Project, an international, environmental, nonprofit project that aims to empower citizens to make choices that better their lives and lower their environmental impact through lifestyle change, community action and participation in environmental politics. Central to Beaven’s thesis is the notion that deep-seated individual behavior change leads to both cultural change and political engagement. Living low-impact provides a clear entry point into the environmental movement. This thesis is the bedrock of the No Impact Project. Contact: Louise M. Hyder-Darlington at 717-361-1454.
Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 3/7/2011 College professors perform Brazilian music recital March 21 Elizabethtown College professors perform Brazilian music recital March 21 Monday Series Concerts continue with Daughtrey, Badgerow
Justin Badgerow, assistant professor of Music, teaches keyboard and theory in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Dr. Badgerow maintains an active performance schedule, including solo and collaborative concerts around the country. This past December, he was the featured soloist for the MacDowell Piano Concert during the Elizabethtown College MacDowell Festival. Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 3/7/2011 Center for Global Citizenship presents International Film Festival in March Elizabethtown College’s Center for Global Citizenship presents inaugural International Film Festival ‘Babel,’ ‘Weeping Camel,’ ‘Sin Nombre’ featured films in March Cultural boundaries have blurred, and the world is increasingly interconnected. To help Elizabethtown College students develop an appreciation of a unified global culture, the College’s Center for Global Citizenship - International Programs established an international film festival, which will take place over three evenings this month. The inaugural Spring International Film Festival, co-sponsored by The Center and the College’s High Library Film Series, begins Wednesday, March 16, with “Babel;” continues Wednesday, March 23, with “The Story of the Weeping Camel;” and ends with “Sin Nombre” Wednesday, March 30. The films, free and open to the public, will be shown at 6 p.m. in the College’s Brinser Lecture Room. An educational discussion follows. The Center for Global Citizenship - International Programs provides Elizabethtown College students with programming opportunities that expand their worldview. The film festival, in keeping with the Center’s mission and the mission of the College as an institution that strives to educate students intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership as citizens of the world, is a means to strengthen efforts to promote cross-cultural awareness and understanding.
“The Story of the Weeping Camel,” planned for March 23, is a National Geographic docudrama that follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia’s Gobi region as they face a crisis when a mother camel unexpectedly rejects her newborn calf. This film encourages the viewer to rethink his or her values and cultural norms.
Contact: Kristi Syrdahl at syrdahlk@etown.edu Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 3/7/2011 Elizabethtown students participate in “Divided Societies" conference Elizabethtown students participate in international conference Four students attend “Divided Societies: Divisions Within Divisions”
The conference, organized by BCA, is co-sponsored by Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe (AEGEE--European Students' Forum), the Foundation for International Education, the University of San Diego and the University of Ulster.
Back to top 2/28/2011 Rona Jaffe National Literary Award recipient at Writers House March 29 Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Writers House hosts award-winning author Hannah Abrams March 29 Rona Jaffe National Literary Award recipient discusses new book
Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams was born in the Northern Mariana Islands in 1979 and spent her childhood on a yacht with her parents in the greater South Pacific. She completed her master’s degree in fine arts at University of North Carolina, Wilmington, in 2007. Currently, Abrams is working on her first book, a memoir called "The Following Sea," for which she was awarded the Rona Jaffe National Literary Award in 2010. Abrams writes of her family, “Even though it seemed we were as close as a family could be for ten years, their marriage fell apart and our lives went off in three different directions so that later, I would look back and find my own childhood recondite, shifting. After the split, my mother had returned to her home and my father had moved across several countries, married seven more times, and had a number of other children. As for myself, I never lived with my parents again after the age of twelve. The book is a way to recover our past and trace how the strange and fantastic lives that have happened since still connect us.” Currently, Abrams lives and teaches in Wilmington, N.C. In recognition of the special contributions women writers make to our culture and society, The Rona Jaffe Foundation is giving its 16th annual Writers’ Awards under a program that identifies and supports women writers of exceptional talent. The emphasis is on those in the early stages of their writing careers. This unique program offers grants to writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry to make writing time available and provide assistance for such specific purposes as child care, research and related travel costs. It is the only national literary awards program of its kind, dedicated to supporting women writers, exclusively. Since the program began, the Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to emergent women writers.
Contact: Jesse Waters at 717-361-3762
Back to top 2/28/2011 Director of Instrumental Studies Dr. Robert Spence performs March 28 Elizabethtown College Director of Instrumental Studies Dr. Robert Spence shares musical talents on trombone and euphonium The Music Division of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Elizabethtown College presents Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Studies Robert Spence on trombone and euphonium at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the College’s Zug Recital Hall.
Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212 or reynoldsa@etown.edu Read about additional events at Elizabethtown College. Back to top 2/28/2011 Senior theatre major Spencer O'Dowd presents staged reading March 26 Elizabethtown College senior theatre major presents Spencer O’Dowd premieres “1000 Things a Newcomer Should Know”
Elizabethtown College Theatre presents “1000 Things a Newcomer Should Know,” a staged reading by Spencer O’Dowd ’11, at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, in Tempest Theatre. This event is free and open to the public. Written for O’Dowd’s Senior Project in Theatre course, “1000 Things a Newcomer Should Know” examines the culture of the chat forums and message boards that individuals encounter on the Internet. O’Dowd takes the audience on one individual’s journey as he creates a second life for himself in the cyber world. O’Dowd, originally from Methuen, Mass., has a double major in Theatre Performance and Political Science.
For additional events at Elizabethtown College click on the E-town Events WEBPAGE. Elizabethtown College, in southeastern Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning—research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College’s overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.
Back to top 2/28/2011 Dr. Harman reads from translation of “Letters to a Young Poet” March 24 Elizabethtown College hosts author Dr. Mark Harman
Dr. Mark Harman, Professor of English and Modern Languages at Elizabethtown College, presents “Letters to a Young Poet: Rilke in Translation,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in Bowers Writers House. Harman will read from and discuss his translation of these letters, which will be released by Harvard University Press, with a revealing introduction by the translator, on April 4. This new edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s now classic book, sets out the poet’s advice about life, love and art. Born in Prague in 1875, Rilke published his first collection of poetry when he was 19. He went on to publish more than a dozen collections of poetry, as well as several prose books. He also traveled extensively throughout his life, visiting Russia, Italy, Spain and Egypt. He lived in Paris for 12 years. At the time of his death, Rilke’s work was intensely admired by leading European artists, but was almost unknown to the general reading public. His reputation has grown steadily since his death, and he has come to be universally regarded as a master of verse. “Letters to a Young Poet” comprises 10 letters, written by Rilke to the titular Young Poet who initially sought him out for writing advice, but ended up learning a great deal about life. The letters encourage the Young Poet to develop an understanding of, and connection to, his inner creative soul. In doing so, Rilke explores themes relating to the necessity of solitude, the relationships between creativity, nature and sexuality, and the importance of living a full life. Internationally known for his translations of Franz Kafka and other German-language authors, Harman has written extensively about modern German and Irish literature with particular emphasis on Joyce, Kafka, Beckett and Robert Walser. Harman's translation of Franz Kafka’s novel, “The Castle,” won the Modern Language Association’s Lois Roth Award, and his rendering of Kafka’s first novel “Amerika: The Missing Person” (2008) also was critically well-received. A new deluxe illustrated edition of his “Castle” translation has just been released in London by The Folio Society.
Back to top 2/25/2011 E-town hosts David Levin, founder of ‘Knowledge is Power Program,’ March 23 Elizabethtown College hosts founder of ‘Knowledge is Power Program’ March 23 Award-winning educator gives Leffler Memorial Lecture
Award-winning educator David Levin will deliver this year’s Leffler Memorial Lecture at Elizabethtown College. The lecture, “Making Promises to Children Sacred—How American Education Needs to Change,” takes place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in the College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event is free, but tickets are required. Call 717-361-4757. The Carlos R. and Georgiana E. Leffler Memorial Lecture—created by Linda ’67 and Patrick Castagna—honors the legacy and contributions of Mrs. Castagna’s parents, who greatly enriched Elizabethtown College and their community during their lives. Through the fund, the College is able to present speakers of national and international renown, who enhance the educational experience for our students and create meaningful public dialogue. David Levin is co-founder of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools with a track record of preparing students in underserved communities for college and life. After Levin graduated from Yale in 1992 he joined Teach for America and taught fifth grade in Houston. In 1994, he co-founded KIPP with Mike Feinberg and won numerous awards for teaching and community service in Houston. In 2000, the KIPP program went nationwide with the help of Doris and Don Fisher, founders of Gap Inc. Today, there are 99 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 27,000 students. Levin is the recipient of the Robin Hood Foundation's John F. Kennedy Jr. Hero Award in Education and an Ashoka Fellowship, awarded to leading social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions and the potential to change patterns across society. Together, Levin and Feinberg received the Thomas Fordham Foundation Prize for Valor; the National Jefferson Award for Distinguished Public Service by a Private Citizen; the Charles Bronfman Prize, an honorary degree from Yale University; and the Presidential Citizen's Medal, our nation's second highest presidential award for a private citizen. Levin currently serves as the superintendent of KIPP NYC and plays an active role in the leadership of the KIPP Foundation and Teacher U. For additional events at Elizabethtown College click on the E-town Events WEBPAGE.
Back to top 2/25/2011 College hosts award-winning poet Katy Didden March 22 in Brinser Elizabethtown College hosts award-winning poet Katy Didden reads from her work
Elizabethtown College welcomes poet Katy Didden, who will give a public reading of her poetry at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in the Brinser Lecture Room in the College’s Steinman Center. The reading is sponsored by the English department; admission is free. Katy Didden earned a master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is pursuing her Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Missouri, where she serves as poetry editor for “The Missouri Review.” She has poems published or forthcoming in journals such as “The Kenyon Review,” “Crazyhorse,” “Shenandoah,” “Smartish Pace,” “Image,” “Poetry” and “The Best New Poets 2009.” Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she has won an Academy of American Poets Prize and two Dorothy Sargent prizes. Verse Daily chose her poem “Nest” as a “Favorite of 2009.”
Contact: Carmine Sarracino at sarracct@etown.edu. Back to top 2/21/2011 Percussion ensembles bring Brazilian culture to central Pa. March 23 Elizabethtown College presents a Brazilian Extravaganza March 23 in the KAV Percussion ensembles bring Brazilian culture to central Pennsylvania
Back to top 2/21/2011 Michael G. Long’s ’Marshalling Justice’ published Elizabethtown College Professor Michael G. Long’s ’Marshalling Justice’ published Early letters of Civil Rights figure collected for first time
“Marshalling Justice, The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall,” by Dr. Michael G. Long, associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College, has just been published by Amistad/HarperCollins. “I undertook this study partly to supplement our image of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American justice on the Supreme Court,” Long said. “That’s an important fact about Marshall, but it’s nowhere close to the most important fact about him.” Though Marshall is widely known for his identity as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, from 1967-1991, he was the most important and influential civil rights leader in the United States before the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1955. Almost 20 years prior to the Montgomery bus boycott, a young man named Thurgood Marshall began working as an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In this position, he played a critical role in the growth of the civil rights movement, fighting racial segregation and discrimination in schools, transportation, the military, businesses and voting booths across America. “If Dr. King could see the Promised Land, as he said he could in the speech just before he was assassinated, it was because he was standing on the broad shoulders of Thurgood Marshall,” Long said. The letters of this influential individual are now collected in “Marshalling Justice.” With a detailed introduction and valuable context accompanying each letter, Long’s book provides a chronology of Marshall’s legal battles and traces his correspondence with regular citizens, as well as with the most powerful leaders of the day, including J. Edgar Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and NAACP leader Walter White. The letters offer an intriguing new portrait of Marshall and a greater understanding of the influences that spurred his unrelenting advocacy for society’s most vulnerable. With a foreword by Derrick Bell, the first tenured African American professor at Harvard Law, “Marshalling Justice” also offers a nuanced look at the radical roots of the modern civil rights movement. As the 75th anniversary of Marshall’s arrival at the NAACP offices in New York City approaches this year, “Marshalling Justice” presents a fresh and comprehensive look at Marshall’s early legal career, the influences which motivated his advocacy and his legacy as a civil rights leader. Long is the author or editor of several other books on civil rights, religion and politics in midcentury America, including “First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson” and “Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America’s Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.” Two Elizabethtown College students—Alyson Shade and Saru Mauro—provided Long with research assistance for “Marshalling Justice.” Long lives in Highland Park, Pa. Back to top 2/17/2011 College senior recitals in percussion, voice, flute, trumpet and strings Elizabethtown College senior recitals feature percussion, voice, flute, trumpet and strings students Concerts in Zug Recital Hall in March and April Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, features senior musicians in a series of recitals in March and April. All recitals begin at 3 p.m. and take place the College’s Zug Recital Hall. These concerts are free and open to the public. Katelyn Santee, percussion, and Julia Steinsberger, voice, perform Sunday, March 20. Sarah Johnson, flute, and Kaitlyn Roesler, trumpet, are on stage Sunday, March 27. Leeann Hackett, violin, and Kayne Neugebauer, bass, perform Sunday April 10. Contact: Amy Reynolds, reynoldsa@etown.edu, 717-361-1212. For additional events at Elizabethtown College click on the E-town Events WEBPAGE.
Back to top 2/15/2011 Young Center hosts Kreider Fellow David Weaver-Zercher March 22 Young Center hosts David Weaver-Zercher March 22 Kreider Fellow presents “Reading ‘Martyrs Mirror’ Today”
Weaver-Zercher will discuss how contemporary readers and audiences, particular those in Old Order communities, engage “Martyrs Mirror.” “Martyrs Mirror,” or “The Bloody Theater,” first published in 1660 in Dutch by Thieleman J. van Braght, documents the stories and testimonies of early Christian martyrs, especially European Anabaptists between 1524 and 1660. During the lecture, Weaver-Zercher will discuss the following questions: What parts of the book are being read? What lessons for contemporary living are being drawn from the content? How do people’s engagement of “Martyrs Mirror” reflect the concerns of their communities? Weaver- Zercher is a professor of American religious history at Messiah College, where he has taught since 1997. His writing has focused on outsiders’ perspectives and portrayals of the Amish. He is the author of “The Amish in the American Imagination, Writing the Amish: The Worlds of John A. Hostetler,” and co-author, with Donald B. Kraybill and Steven M. Nolt of “The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World” and “Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy,” as well as various other works.
The generous gift of Ken and Carroll Kreider has endowed the Kreider Fellow and Kreider Lecture at the Young Center each spring semester. Contact: Stephen Scott, 717-361-1470 An internationally recognized scholarly research institute, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College conducts and promotes research about Anabaptism and Pietism and interprets the life, faith and culture of Anabaptists and Pietists through public lectures, exhibits and conferences. For more information about the Young Center, please visit www.etown.edu/youngctr. Back to top 2/14/2011 College brings renowned playwright to Bowers Writers House for March events Elizabethtown College brings renowned playwright to Bowers Writers House Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow LaVonne Mueller reads from soon-to-be released novel during March visit
All of the lectures take place in Bowers Writers House, unless otherwise noted, and are free and open to the public. Mueller has helped create writing programs for multiple colleges in the United States and has been an Arts America speaker for the United States Information Service in Finland, India, Japan, Norway, Romania and the former Yugoslavia. At 7 p.m. Monday, March 14, Mueller will discuss her story, “Presidential Pets,” and how it examines animal justice and equality. In addition, she will present her observations on human and animal interactions on large and small scales. Mueller will use her dramatic writing on human rights work, along with her contributions to Amnesty International and Human Rights Commission, to discuss her analysis of 21st-century human rights around the world in her presentation, “Human Rights: The Major Dramatic Theme of the Millennium,” which takes place 11 a.m. Wednesday, March16, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center.
On the final day of Mueller’s visit, she will present “Turning Wounds into Words: Writing about 9/11.” The lecture at 8 p.m. Friday, March 18, will explore the difficulties and rewards of writing about personal and public tragedies like 9/11.
As well as being a Woodrow Wilson writing fellow, Mueller is a writing fellow for the Edward Albee Foundation and Lila Wallace Reader's Digest. Her writing has received a Guggenheim Grant, a Rockefeller Grant, three National Endowment for the Arts grants, a Fulbright to Argentina, an Asian Culture Council Grant to Calcutta, and a U.S. Friendship Commission Grant to Japan.
Back to top 2/14/2011 College takes part in service project with Brittany's Hope Feb. 16 Elizabethtown College takes part in service project Feb. 16 Students, representatives from Brittany’s Hope assemble Sun Flower bags for distribution to displaced Vietnam orphans Elizabethtown College Department of Social Work has teamed up with Brittany’s Hope to help aid orphans in Vietnam who are “aging out” of the only home they have ever known. The children, some as young as 14, must leave orphanages and, with only the clothes on their backs, must fend for themselves on the streets. The harsh reality for the orphans and their caretakers is that they must make room for younger children. The Sun Flower Project, a humanitarian program shared by Elizabethtown College and Brittany’s Hope Foundation, will provide duffle bags, filled with essential supplies, to help these children transition to the world outside the orphanage. Brittany’s Hope Foundation, is a nonprofit organization that helps abandoned children with special needs find adoptive parents through child-specific grants. Brittany’s Hope also works to improve the lives of orphans through humanitarian efforts. In order to accomplish this next phase of the humanitarian project Elizabethtown College students, hosted by Brittney’s Hope Foundation, hope to fill 400 duffle bags with sturdy sandals, blankets and first aid kits. Through the effort, the groups want to let the orphans know someone cares about them. Thanks to the generous support of the local community all the needed supplies have been gathered and are now waiting to be assembled, packed and delivered in time for the Elizabethtown college students to personally present them on their service trip to Vietnam in May. The Sun Flower bags will be assembled, packaged and prepared for shipment from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the DAS warehouse, 48 Industrial Road, Elizabethtown. Once filled, the bags will be shipped to Vietnam and personally distributed. Back to top 2/10/2011 College's Friends of the High Library hosts ‘Freakonomics’ Feb. 24 Elizabethtown College hosts ‘Freakonomics’ Friends of the High Library present film about incentive-based thinking “Freakonomics,” a film from six filmmakers, including the directors of “Super Size Me” and “Why We Fight,” comes to Elizabethtown College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the College’s Gibble Auditorium, in Esbenshade Hall. Friends of the High Library Film Series presents this highly anticipated film version of the bestselling book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. The film, about incentives-based thinking, examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years. John Anderson of Variety calls “Freakonomics” “a revelatory trip into complex, innovative ideas and altered perspectives.” The screening is free and open to the public. The Friends of the High Library Film Series brings engaging and award-winning international and/or independent films to the Elizabethtown College community. Contact: Louise Hyder-Darlington at 717-361-1454. Back to top 2/7/2011 Elizabethtown College student, graduate instrumental in passage of bills Elizabethtown College student, graduate instrumental in passage of bills Zerfuss, Gorton push for new legislation
An assignment that Katie Zerfuss began as a student recently was signed into law through Act 104 of 2010, the omnibus school code bill. The Act started its journey as House Bill 566 in the fall of 2002, when Zerfuss drafted it as an intern in the Bipartisan management Committee Fellowship Program. Her internship required her to write an original idea for a legislative draft, just as a legislator would. Al Gorton also was instrumental in the recent passing of a bill. The college sophomore, who was a child of the foster care system from 1997 through 2005, was an advocate for the Children in Foster Care Act (HB 2338), which provides requirements for children in foster care and for grievance policy and procedure. Zerfuss was, and Gorton is, a political science major at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. Zerfuss, who graduated from Elizabethtown in 2003, now lives in Harrisburg and works as a research analyst with the Pennsylvania House Finance Committee. It was her internship through the College that gave her the opportunity to work on the bill. It was really hard coming up with an original idea, she said. “I would research something and find out that it was already done.” But then, Zerfuss saw several newspaper articles about sexual assault cases on college campuses, giving her the idea for her bill. “What can we do to protect these people,” she thought. The bill requires that institutions of higher education establish, implement and administer a sexual violence awareness program. “It must be a meaningful program,” she said, not just something to put on the books. While interning under former State Rep. (and subsequent Speaker of the House) Keith McCall, Zerfuss met with folks from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, to write the draft. McCall, said Zerfuss, was instrumental in getting the draft introduced into the legislative system. “I feel very privileged to have worked for Rep. McCall as this bill was going through the process. I am happy I was able to be involved at a hands-on level. I watched my ‘baby’ come to life!” Zerfuss now works with State Rep. Phyllis Mundy, the democratic chair of the House Finance committee in Harrisburg, and her new baby, she said, is the Marcellus Shale drilling legislation. Al Gorton was 8 when he was taken from his family, beginning almost a decade of being “bounced from home to home.” During that time he had eight foster-care placements, including stays in foster-care group homes. “A lot of people don’t know they exist,” Gorton said of the homes.” Although there are great foster families out there, unfortunately, that was not the case for him. He often felt alienated, unloved and disconnected. “It’s really difficult to be a foster kid. You think you’re in a family, but you’re not REALLY in a family. … Five years was the longest placement,” he said. “I always thought what will be the end of this. Will I have a family?”
The rights addressed in the bill aren’t really new, he noted, but it brings them all together in one place. “The rights are on the books,” Gorton said, “but parents and children didn’t know where to go to find them. This brings them together in a condensed version. … This bill fixes that,” he said. Due to the political process, it took five years to get the bill passed, said Gorton, “political games prevented it from going through earlier.” The bill, which addresses the right to not be harassed, the right to have access to an attorney and the right to a stable education among other things, gives a voice to children in foster care. It also focuses on keeping families together. “Family is key,” Gorton said, while wondering how his life would have been different if this bill had been passed 20 years ago. Last spring, Gorton took part in a press conference with Rep. Mundy, who introduced his bill to the House. He also wrote an op-ed piece for the Patriot News on the adoption of older children. And, more recently, he was interviewed by House Democratic Communications director Kevin Hensil. The video appeared on PNC and can be found on YouTube. In the end, Gorton has a loving family and the knowledge that a bill for which he was an advocate has come to fruition. “I couldn’t ask for better,” he said. Back to top 2/7/2011 Elizabethtown College presents annual Flutefest Feb. 28 in Zug Recital Hall Elizabethtown College presents fifth annual Flutefest All members of flute family on stage Feb. 28
The Music Division of the College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents this fifth annual concert highlighting the Arioso Flute Choir, along with a variety of small flute ensembles and soloists under the direction of Dr. Paula Nelson. Featured flute solos include compositions by Roussel, Gaubert and Muczynski, as well as small ensembles performing works by Kuhlau and Schultze. The 11-member Arioso Flute Choir offers Karg-Elert’s “Praise the Lord with Flutes,” Thorne’s “How Harmonious is This? (Variations on Handel’s The Harmonious Blacksmith),” Grainger’s Mock Morris, and Caliendo’s “La Milonga.” Contact: Amy Reynolds, 717-361-1212. Back to top 2/3/2011 Scholarly work points to Old Testament as foundation of 21st-century church New scholarly work points to Old Testament as foundation of the 21st-century church
Elizabethtown College professor and Church of the Brethren pastors edit “The Witness of the Hebrew Bible for a New Testament Church”
Essays in “The Witness of the Hebrew Bible” explore a rich variety of Old Testament themes that challenge humanity to think meaningfully about Christian faith and practice. The contributors—all recognized experts in historical and biblical studies—employ an Anabaptist and Pietist interpretive framework to their rhetoric and emphasize core themes of peacemaking, social justice and community-based Bible study.
This volume is dedicated to Robert Neff—president emeritus of Juniata College, former Church of the Brethren general secretary, and former faculty member of Brethren Theological Seminary—who also contributed an essay to the collection. Of “The Witness of the Hebrew Bible,” Neff said, “Without the witness of the Hebrew Bible, a New Testament church will mute issues of social justice, personalize ethics and individual devotion, limit direct confrontation with the state, and minimize care for the earth. Christ opens the way for a New Testament church to embrace the full witness of the Hebrew Bible and belong to the family of God.”
In addition to Bucher, Leiter, Ramirez and Neff, the following scholars penned essays for the book: Jeffrey Bach, director of Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies; Christopher Bowman, pastor of the Oakton Church of the Brethren; John David Bowman, retired pastor and educator; Robert Bowman, associate professor of religion at Manchester College; Denise Kettering, assistant professor of Brethren studies at Bethany Theological Seminary; Stephen Breck Reid, professor of Christian scriptures at George W. Truett Theological Seminary/Baylor University; Eugene Roop, president emeritus and Wieand professor emeritus of biblical studies at Bethany Theological Seminary; Graydon Snyder, professor emeritus of New Testament at Chicago Theological Seminary and former professor of biblical studies at Bethany Theological Seminary; and David Valeta, instructor in religious studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Brethren Press—the official publishing house of the Church of the Brethren—publishes books and study materials, produces supplies for congregations, and carries other publishers' resources that meet the needs of its audience. Publishing under the name Brethren Press and an imprint called faithQuest, the company has been offering materials that help people live lives of discipleship and grow into ever more faithful followers of Jesus Christ. In addition, Brethren Press publishes Messenger magazine, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2001. The publishing house is also responsible for various interpretive resources, the Yearbook, the denominational news service, and the Church of the Brethren website. Back to top 1/27/2011 Dr. Teske discusses boundaries between autobiography and fiction Feb. 21 Intimacy between storytelling and ‘ecstatic truth’ explored at Bowers Writers House Feb. 21 Dr. John A. Teske, psychology, discusses boundaries between The intimate relationship between storytelling, fiction and “ecstatic truth” will be discussed at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, at Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College. Dr. John A. Teske, professor of psychology at Elizabethtown, will speak on “Veritas: Narrative, Memory, and Autobiographical Fiction.” Teske’s discussion, which “raises some issues about story and “fiction” as it regularly applies to our lives and memories,” is open to the public. Teske teaches personality and social psychology, as well as interdisciplinary courses such as “Narrative and Identity,” “Psychology through Shakespeare,” “Psyche and Film” and “Neuromythology.” He has published scholarly work in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, most recently on “Narrative and Meaning in Science and Religion” and “A Literary Trinity for Cognitive Science and Religion.” “In my writing,” Teske said, “I have sometimes used a persona, Dr. Dante Gerry, a fictional classics professor at Ithaca College.” In “Veritas: Narrative, Memory, and Autobiographical Fiction,” however, the character is Teske, himself, “though the names of others may or may not be changed to protect their innocence.” Teske gave a similar presentation several years ago to Georgia Southern University writing students. But, he said, “This one makes me feel a lot more vulnerable because it will be here, at Elizabethtown … but that’s part of the story.” As a member of the faculty writing group Black Iris, Teske has drafted several novellas, which, like “Veritas,” address the boundary between autobiography and fiction. Contact: Jesse Waters at 717-689-3945. Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College, 840 College Hill Lane, was created with a generous gift by Kenneth L. ’59 and Rosalie E.’58 Bowers to support a culture of creative curiosity and foster a new sense of excitement and enthusiasm for intellectual diversity. The Bowers Writers House is an interdisciplinary venue for presentation, performance, expression and study. The programs—from dramatic readings to interactive panels to musical performances—offer a dynamic variety of enjoyable and informative experiences. Visit www.etown.edu/WritersHouse for more information about Bowers Writers House.
Back to top 1/24/2011 Effects of post-traumatic stress syndrome explored in Feb. 8 film at E-town Effects of post-traumatic stress syndrome explored in film at Elizabethtown College Feb. 8 ‘Wartorn: 1861-2010’ subject of social work, occupational therapy,
“Wartorn: 1861-2010,” a recent HBO documentary, takes a historical look at post-traumatic stress disorder from the Civil War through today. The film, free and open to the public, will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Gibble Auditorium, at Elizabethtown College. The goal of “Wartorn” is to help soften the stigma related to behavioral health, especially as it refers to the military, and help raise awareness of a tough issue that’s been with us a long time, but only recently is being explored. As one mother in the film remarked, “They took (our son) when he was 18 and put him through a paper shredder and then sent him back to us. We get to try and put all the pieces back together.”
For additional events at Elizabethtown College click on the E-town Events WEBPAGE. Back to top 1/21/2011 Donald B. Kraybill speaks on Anabaptists at Young Center Feb. 17 Donald B. Kraybill speaks at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center Feb. 17 “Coat of Many Colors” is sweeping overview of contemporary Anabaptists
For more information on Young Center events check the events webpage or call 717-361-1470. An internationally recognized scholarly research institute, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College conducts and promotes research about Anabaptism and Pietism and interprets the life, faith and culture of Anabaptists and Pietists through public lectures, exhibits and conferences. For more information about the Young Center, please visit www.etown.edu/youngctr. Back to top 1/14/2011 Pianist Barry Hannigan performs Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Godowsky Feb. 7 Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Godowsky performed Feb. 7 Pianist Barry Hannigan on stage at Elizabethtown College
The concert, free of charge and open to the public, includes Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations, Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Andrew Burnson's Bike Ride and Fixations, Bach Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Minor (WTC I), Godowsky's The Gardens of Buitenzorg, and two Chopin waltzes, Op. 18 and Op. 34, No. 1. The concert is sponsored by the College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Since his debut, Hannigan has received rave reviews in major cities across the United States. Paul Moor of Musical America wrote: “…he absolutely bowled me over…with his extraordinary proficiency.” He has performed in Russia, China, England, Ireland, Norway and New Zealand and is on the roster of Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour. Dozens of his performances have been aired on National Public Radio affiliate stations across the United State. In addition, Hannigan is recipient of many awards and prizes, including those from the Ford, Belin, Surdna and Presser foundations. He has recorded for Opus One, SEAMUS, Seesaw Music, SCI, and Radio Telefis Eireann in Dublin, and has released three solo CDs for Black Canyon Records: Brio, Kaleidoscope, Rachmaninoff to Ragtime. For three years Hannigan toured Pennsylvania, promoting works by living Pennsylvania composers, underwritten by grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He has also received a Solo Recitalist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, an award intended to recognize the nation’s outstanding recitalists. Presently, Hannigan is professor of music at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., where he has received the highest university award for “inspirational teaching.” Contact: Amy Reynolds at reynoldsa@etown.edu or 717-361-1212. Back to top 1/10/2011 Granola guru Sarah Lanphier visit rescheduled for March 2 Granola guru returns to Elizabethtown College March 2 -- rescheduled from last month Sarah Lanphier discusses American Entrepreneurialism at Bowers Writers House
Lanphier, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing and entrepreneurship, has got a passion for health, fitness and good nutrition and a love for marketing and sharing her unique business experiences with others. Initially, her love for the kitchen and a deep understanding of the importance of nutrition bore a snack she used to refuel during athletic events. The granola, made from fresh local Pennsylvania farm belt ingredients was eventually packaged and sold as team fundraisers at Elizabethtown College. In the spring of 2008 the York, Pa., business was incorporated, and the granola, still produced in small batches and mixed by hand, has been featured on the Rachael Ray Show, in Emmy Awards gift bags, and in numerous publications. Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College, 840 College Hill Lane, was created with a generous gift by Kenneth L. ’59 and Rosalie E.’58 Bowers to support a culture of creative curiosity and foster a new sense of excitement and enthusiasm for intellectual diversity. The Bowers Writers House is an interdisciplinary venue for presentation, performance, expression and study. The programs—from dramatic readings to interactive panels to musical performances—offer a dynamic variety of enjoyable and informative experiences. Visit www.etown.edu/WritersHouse for more information about Bowers Writers House. Contact: Jesse Waters at watersj@etown.edu. |
Addressing Elizabethtown College’s Class of 2011, retiring 
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Elizabethtown College celebrates the accomplishments of our graduating seniors during Commencement weekend. This special collection of events—from Senior Week to the Commencement ceremony—is guaranteed to create memories that last a lifetime. 
Elizabethtown College Theatre hosts “Muse of Fire: Scenes and Monologues from Shakespeare,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7.
The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies presents “Contemporary Amish Quilt Making in Lancaster County,” a lecture by Fulbright grant recipient Nao Nomura. The discussion takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Young Center’s Bucher Meetinghouse. The event is free and open to the public.
Nomura, a doctoral student at the University of Tokyo, is the recipient of a 2010-2011 Fulbright Grant for doctoral dissertation research. Currently she is conducting extensive research on contemporary Amish material culture in Lancaster County Amish communities. 
Get A.B.S.U.R.D. (Get a Better Safer Understanding of Responsible Drinking), an Elizabethtown College student organization, hosts its annual mock car crash at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28.
of the crash victims are portrayed by Elizabethtown College students. The mangled cars used in the crash are provided by Cocker's Towing Service. EMTs create impact effects on the cars to match the crash scenario.
Jesse Waters, Elizabethtown College visiting assistant professor of English and director of Bowers Writers House, reads from his new collection of poems, “
Her uncle’s stories prompted Ramos to begin research into Greek life. She attended informational sorority sessions and events, and immediately she was attracted to CUS—“Everything from their colors (black, red and beige), to the mascot (almighty owl), to their awareness and how the sisters treated me; I honestly did feel a sense of home with these women,” she said. Ramos said she also felt an important kinship to the overall mission of the organization.
Almost 400 Elizabethtown College students will showcase their talents and research during the College’s fourth annual 
The Department of the Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, presents its annual Open Door Recital for children at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9, in Zug Memorial’s Recital Hall.
Dr. David Bowne, assistant professor of biology at Elizabethtown College leads a discussion, 
The Elizabethtown College Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, presents 
The Music Division of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Elizabethtown College presents a performance featuring Sarah Daughtrey, voice, and Justin Badgerow, piano, at 7:30 p.m. Monday March 21, as part of the department’s Monday Series Concerts. The concert, free and open to the public, will be held in Zug Recital Hall.
Sarah Daughtrey, assistant professor of Music and director of Vocal Studies in Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, is an active soloist, presenter and recitalist.
In “Babel,” shown March 16, tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which touches off an interlocking story involving four families.
The final film, “Sin Nombre,” scheduled for March30, follows a Honduran teenager as she reunites with her father and has the opportunity to potentially realize her dream of a life in the United States. The explores the dangers involved in the journey as the teen travels by train through Mexico, enduring poor weather conditions, the ever-present threat of being discovered by police and of being deported back to Honduras. The viewer will reflect on the extremes that individuals go to in the hope of improving their lives and pursing their dreams.
This past fall, four Elizabethtown College students attended the second annual BCA International Student Conference, which took place from Nov. 11 through 14 in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Speakers from various parts of Europe and the United States provided analysis of these issues and student-organized panels allowed for in-depth discussion among students from the various countries participating. Other speakers from Belgium, England, the United States, the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, conducted an open discussion with the Derry Women’s Centre multicultural circle of women from various countries on “Definitions of Peace: How Women Build Peace.” The discussion was led by the center director, Margaret Logue. 
Award-winning author 
Over the years the book (originally published by the Young Poet to whom the Letters were originally written) has come to be seen as a kind of guide to life, not just for artists and other creative individuals, but for anyone determined to get in touch with his or her own humanity.
Brazilian music takes the stage as the Elizabethtown College Department of Fine and Performing Arts, in conjunction with “
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He received his doctoral degree in American religious history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In March, 
Flutefest, a free concert featuring all members of the flute family, from piccolo to bass flute, is on stage at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, in Elizabethtown College’s Zug Recital Hall. The concert is open to the public.
The recently released
Combat and post-traumatic stress is a serious issue for soldiers returning from war. The things they’ve seen, felt and heard wreak havoc on their physical and emotional being. 
After the film there will be a panel discussion with professionals who work with veterans dealing with these issues. The panel includes Jule Bergstresser ’05, an Elizabethtown College social work graduate; psychologist Rowland Shank, and an occupational therapist.
Donald B. Kraybill, international expert on Anabaptist groups and senior fellow at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College 
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