Elizabethtown College News 
Back to top 12/19/2005 Alum returns to exhibit wood, stone sculptures John Hertzler, a 1964 graduate of Elizabethtown College, will exhibit sculptures of wood and stone at his alma mater from Jan. 16 through Feb. 24 in Lyet Gallery, Both the exhibit, which is curated by Lisa Hollinger Bedenbaugh, and the reception are open to the public free of charge. Hours for Lyet Gallery are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Raised on a dairy farm in Elizabethtown, Hertzler graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1964 with a major in English. After spending time serving in the Vietnam War, he returned to the United States and settled in New York City, where he worked as a taxi cab driver and sculpted in his spare time. In 1977, Hertzler returned to Lancaster County to work the family dairy farm. In 2000, he began to sculpt in earnest and completed his first body of work for exhibition in 2004 at Lynden Gallery in Elizabethtown. His latest work includes some larger work in wood, as well as some smaller stone pieces. “It just feels good to be sculpting again,” he said. Hertzler’s work has been exhibited at the Doshi Gallery and the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg; Hagerstown Art Museum in Hagerstown, Md; and Messiah College. Back to top 12/13/2005 Student presents research for two honors theses A double mathematics education and physics major at Elizabethtown College, Michelle Doll has had a very busy academic schedule throughout her college career. This semester, however, has been particularly challenging for the York resident, as she’s been working on research for honors theses in both majors. Doll has had to complete – for each discipline – independent research that culminated into a thesis and oral presentation to faculty and students. Her mathematics thesis focused on knot theory, a field that looks at anything that can be considered a cyclic permutation, like “just drawing a set of points and connecting them back to the beginning,” she said. Doll conducted her research on the human knot game, a popular get-to-know-you icebreaker. “The human knot game is mathematical, but you don’t need a math background to understand it,” she said. “In the game, you reach into a circle of people and connect arms. You then have to untangle yourself to try to form a circle, but it isn’t always possible because of the many types of knots that can be formed.” Doll used the computer program Solid Edge, a three-dimensional cad drafting program, to create a person. She then studied the possible movements of the human body to illustrate the number of possible combinations of people – and subsequent knots – for the game. “Using the model I created, you could show every single possible combination of people in the knot game. You could also study how many people are needed to create each knot.” Doll’s research for her physics thesis also involved the use of Solid Edge. Working in the College’s biomechanics lab, she has created a model that may help validate carpal tunnel insurance claims. “People have claimed to get carpal tunnel from the sudden force applied to the wrist in a car accident,” she said. “There isn’t a reliable way to validate those claims at this time. I made a model in Solid Edge to find the force applied to the wrist.” Doll is currently working with physics and engineering department chair Kurt DeGoede to gather data to validate the model. “If it works, we would have a way to estimate the force applied to the wrist given certain parameters from the accident,” she said. “The model would generate an approximate magnitude for the force that is applied to the wrist. There is no set measurement for the force to cause carpal tunnel, but it will be a much more reliable method to consider current insurance claims.” Doll hopes to complete her physics research before summer. As usual, she has a busy spring schedule ahead of her that includes student teaching at her alma mater, Dallastown Area High School. Back to top 12/12/2005 OT students present afghan to Clare House Elizabethtown College occupational therapy students recently presented an afghan they had knitted and crocheted to Jennifer Powell, The afghan was made by 40 first-year occupational therapy students in a course titled Basic Concepts in Occupation, taught by Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy Linda Leimbach. Others who helped in the construction of the quilt were Chris Achenbach, fieldwork coordinator, Nancy Carlson, associate professor of occupational therapy and chair of the department, and seniors Kelly Johnson of Nazareth and Kate Brodbeck of York. Back to top 11/29/2005 E-town staff member reflects on hurricane relief experience I’m thankful for Marie. My friend Marie is 83 years old. She lost her home and possessions in Katrina, and not one of her eight sons has offered to take her into his home.  But what a smile she wears and what bold lipstick to highlight it. I met Marie while working in a Red Cross evacuation shelter in Louisiana. I was there on a two-week service leave granted by my employer, Elizabethtown College. Like everyone else, I have my share of ups and downs, but truth be told, I love my life in Elizabethtown. I can watch simple people gather their harvest, listen to great-horned owls outside my bedroom window, and taste the best sweet corn in the world. It's the perfect place for Thanksgiving pastoral, abundant and golden. Contrast that with the Red Cross shelter in Baker, La. In the cramped shelter where I met Marie, we white do-gooders from the Midwest and North found ourselves telling poor black folks to sleep on uncomfortable cots, shower in smelly bathroom sinks and bank their futures on shaky trailers supplied by FEMA. It was the perfect place for low self-esteem and volcanic resentment, and believe me: I understand why some residents would yell and lash out at me until I broke down in tears. Even as I cried, I knew better. But how Marie would beam. I’m still not sure exactly why she smiled with such warmth. She was frail and required a walker to move from place to place. She had few clothes, with none of them worthy of a Wal-Mart advertisement. And everything she owned could fit in one bag, the type I put my weekly garbage in. But Marie would put on her bright red lipstick and smile. Yes, of course, she could be sad and angry and frustrated; she was not a poster grandmother for Florida retirement villages. Even while sighing deeply, however, she would take my hand in hers and tell me that, although she could not control most things in her life, she could control one thing: her attitude. I’m alive, Marie also whispered. And perhaps that’s why she smiled so beautifully because she was still alive, holding my hand, comforting me and making me smile. I loved being with homeless Marie, but I’m so glad to be back home in Pennsylvania, among the wood stoves and and mashed potatoes and Amish quilts. But now, I know something different about home. I know that I don’t need one to be grateful. In this holiday season, all I need is an opportunity to hold a hand, share a whisper and touch a heart. That opportunity, Marie taught me, appears before me every day of my life, no matter where I am. Rain or shine or hurricane love awaits. Karen Hodges '05, coordinator of campus events Back to top 11/29/2005 Students meet privately with Justice Scalia Eleven Elizabethtown College students recently sat in on oral
arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court and attended a 50-minute
private meeting with Justice Antonin Scalia (fifth from left).
Assistant Professor of Political Science April Kelly-Woessner Two years ago, she accompanied a group of students to meet with Justice Clarence Thomas. “The justices have been very accommodating,” Kelly-Woessner said. “They answer student questions, tell stories of their days on the bench and willingly pose for photographs with our group. Students in the past have described it as ‘a life-changing experience.’ The justices often dispel popular myths about how the Supreme Court operates and provide rare insights into their own judicial philosophies.” Pictured with Scalia are, from left to right, Ashley Kerns (senior from Mechanicsville, Md.), David Feidt (senior from Millersburg), Jennifer Snyder (senior from Yorkana), Cody Stahl (senior from Mifflinburg), Mike Hillman (senior from New Philadelphia), Gerry Blitz (senior from Port Jervis, N.Y.), Matt Sembach (junior from Middletown), John Bayard (junior from Green Lawn), Tracy Yenolevich (senior from Bethlehem), Danielle Grooms (senior from Frederick, Md.) and Christina Giglio (senior from Bordentown, N.J.) Back to top 11/29/2005 E-town student earns mid-Atlantic music therapy award Lindsay Nestor of Woodstown, a junior music therapy major at Elizabethtown College, Nestor is a member of Concert Choir, Community Chorus, Alpha Mu (music therapy club), Psi Chi (psychology honor society), Psychology Club and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. She serves as Elizabethtown’s representative to the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Music Therapy Students, as student supervisor at Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, as a weekly volunteer at Cornerstone Ministry in Elizabethtown and as director of the College’s chapter of Best Buddies, an international nonprofit that works with people with intellectual disabilities. Back to top 11/21/2005 E-town receives Growing Greener II grant Elizabethtown College will receive $40,100 to expand an innovative storm water management system as part of Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s second round of Growing Greener grants. The project at Elizabethtown is one of 140 funded in 50 Pennsylvania counties, for a total investment of $65 million. "With these projects we deliver on our promise to Elizabethtown’s project, "Lake Placida: Improving Water Quality and Educating the Public," was initially funded in 2001 through a $90,000 Growing Greener grant. Designed to control and improve storm water runoff from the College into Lake Placida, the project created 1.5 acres of wetland, restored 500 feet of stream channel and established three acres of native meadow grasses and wildflowers. The project also created an interpretive trail with educational curriculum and signs highlighting the improved storm water control systems. The additional Growing Greener II grant will allow the College to improve the flow of runoff water into an aquifer located beneath the campus and extend the flow of water downstream from Lake Placida through a plant-lined waterway that will be created by returning a portion of a parking lot to green space. This project is expected to improve water quality, serve as an example of how green space may be reclaimed, illustrate best management practices for water and serve as an educational site for college students and community groups. Back to top 11/18/2005 SIFE presents Scouting University Registration is underway for Elizabethtown College’s third annual Scouting University – an event that last year attracted 360 Scouts from 17  counties
in Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the College’s Students in Free
Enterprise (SIFE) organization, the Feb. 4 event is an opportunity for
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to earn badges taught by college faculty,
staff and students. More than 60 badges will be offered this year.A $15 registration fee provides participants with two badge sessions, a patch and a catered lunch. A registration form is available at www.etown.edu/sife, and the registration deadline is Jan. 18. For more information, contact Jon Schultz at schultzj@etown.edu or 717-361-6478. This year marks the 17th anniversary of SIFE on the Elizabethtown College campus. SIFE is a student organization dedicated to the goal of teaching the citizens of the world the advantages of the free market economic system. The SIFE team’s activities culminate each year in the creation of a professional, 24-minute presentation and an annual report highlighting its accomplishments. The team then takes its presentation and report to an annual regional competition in Philadelphia. Back to top 11/7/2005 Admissions website earns an "A" Elizabethtown College was one of only 130 colleges and universities around the country whose admissions  website earned an "A" in functionality from college-bound students.More than 3,000 postsecondary institutions, including Elizabethtown, were rated by students through a survey conducted by the National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA). Grades were earned based on the ability of a college or university admissions website to take students from a prospect to applicant. "Prospective college students are very Internet-savvy, and they have come to expect the admissions sections of university websites to provide critical information to help them make decisions," said Don Munce, president of NRCCUA. "If the sites don’t provide what they need, with the ease of navigation they expect, they’ll go elsewhere. A quality website can now be the difference between a lost prospect and a new student." Back to top 11/4/2005 Brazilian band to perform for One World Series Elizabethtown College’s One World Series, a yearlong series of artistic and cultural Comprised of Orlando Haddad and his wife Patricia King, Minas was formed in 1978 when the couple was studying at the North Carolina School of the Arts. They played throughout the East Coast before going back to their musical roots in Brazil, where they entertained audiences in Rio, Recife and Belo Horizonte. Minas’ original sound is defined by the unique blend between the couple’s vocals and the interaction of their Brazilian classical guitar and cool jazz piano. The duo has won “Best of Philadelphia” awards from Philadelphia Magazine twice, in 1989 and 1997. A native of Brazil, guitarist and vocalist Haddad is a faculty member at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. King, who hails from Denver, is a versatile and fluent pianist whose influences range from Bossa-Nova and Samba to Jazz and Rhythm and Blues. She is also prolific songwriter. Upcoming events in the One World Series include an exhibit of photographs by P.H. Polk from Feb. 1 through 28; a March 3 performance of pieces reflecting women’s musical heritage by the group Libana; and a March 24 performance of “South of the Border” by The Children’s Theatre wing of The National Theatre of the Deaf. Back to top 11/3/2005 'Twelfth Night' begins Nov. 3 Elizabethtown College’s fall theatre production will feature “a heartwarming and witty plot full of mistaken identities, compulsive infatuations and bittersweet conspiracy,” according to director and Associate Professor of Theatre Michael Sevareid. Performances of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” are scheduled for 8 p.m. in Tempest Theatre on Nov. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12, and for 2 p.m. on Nov. 6 and 13. Tickets, which cost $5 for adults and $3 for seniors, children and students, are available by calling the box office at 717-361-1170. “The play commences with a seemingly fatal shipwreck, but soon
blossoms into a charming story that challenges our present day
perceptions of love and relationships,” Sevareid said. Twenty-six
Elizabethtown students will be involved in the production and
performance of the play, “Twelfth Night” is set in the Early Baroque Period, the time of James I and Charles I, and the costumes and lighting will reflect that time period. Autumn colors will be used for costumes, and lighting will feature heavy contrasts of light and dark, characteristic of the art of that time period. The cast list for “Twelfth Night” includes 2005 graduate Eric Kurzenberger of Philadelphia; senior Ryan Gruber of Pottstown; juniors Timothy Kelchner of Millville, Danielle Shantz of Elverson, and Julie Strickland of Gettysburg; sophomores Nathaniel Abel of Elizabethtown, Devon Fahy of Genolden, Michael Gephart of York, Lucas Gerace of Edgewater, Md., Amy Glass of Avondale, Allison Koechig of Media, Andrew Mannion of Linthicum, Md., Meghan Scheeler of Mahanoy City and Will Secrist of Lincoln University; first-year students Trent DeArment of Elizabethtown, Sam Gilliam of Glen Burnie, Md.., Casey Martin of Mechanicsburg, Ezra Schatz of Elliotsburg, Graham Stokes of Exeter, R.I., and Elyse Venturella of Palmyra. Back to top 11/1/2005 Explore E-town during Nov. 12 Open House  We've planned a special day on Saturday, Nov. 12, for prospective students to learn more about E-town. Tour the campus, talk with faculty, learn about the admissions process and attend a financial aid session. Students who bring along their application will also have the fee waived, and two lucky attendees will be awarded scholarships. More information is available at the Open House website. Back to top 10/31/2005 OT grad, students at work on Capitol Hill Rebecca Bowling '05 (right), a member of the first Elizabethtown College class to Back to top 10/28/2005 Campus community takes service 'Into the Streets'  Elizabethtown College President Ted Long and members of the board of trustees sent more than 600 members of the Elizabethtown College community 'Into the Streets" for the College's annual service day. Titled "Stomp Into the Streets," this year's event featured something new: two projects for alumni, who painted at the Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce and landscaped at the Elizabethtown Child Care Center.True to the College's motto of "Educate for Service, " the Service Learning Office coordinated more than 50 projects through which students contributed to cleaning the environment, working on health and social issues in the community and providing assistance to senior citizens and the youth of Elizabethtown.  "Into the Streets" represents a collective vision of students and representatives nation-wide from nonprofit organizations, local and national service agencies, universities, colleges and student community service programs. The program is designed to introduce more students to thoughtful community service and to provide a learning experience that will challenge them to volunteer on a regular basis. Back to top 10/28/2005 Career services director named Jane Nini of Stewartstown has been named director of career services at Elizabethtown College. 
Nini brings a diverse background in career development and counseling
to Elizabethtown, having served most recently as assistant director of
career services at Millersville University and as alumni services
coordinator/graduate employment specialist at York Technical Institute.
In addition, she worked at Johns Hopkins University for nearly nine
years, including four years as assistant director of career planning
and development. She also served as an outplacement consultant for GRA
Associates in Silver Spring, Md., and for Brandywine Consulting Group
in Malvern, Pa.Nini has been an active member of the Middle Atlantic Career Counseling Association for a number of years, serving as member-at-large, assistant treasurer, vice president and conference chair, president and as a member of strategic planning group. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Towson University. Back to top 10/25/2005 Two alums earn Educate for Service awards Elizabethtown College recently presented Educate for Service Awards to two alumni. The highest honor given to alumni, these awards are presented to those who have made exceptional contributions to the community, professional field or the College. A Service to the College award was presented to Robert V. Hanle of St. Paul, Minn., a 1962 graduate who served in various administrative roles during his 12-year tenure at the College. He is also credited, along with 1932 graduate K. Ezra Bucher, with creating the Educate for Service Awards. Hanle earned a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy, then went on to earn a master’s degree in higher education and a doctorate in the history of higher education from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1964, he returned to Elizabethtown as the director of alumni relations. After developing a career services programs for seniors, he was appointed in a dual role as the first director of placement services. Hanle was promoted to assistant to president Morley J. Mays in 1968. Charged with seeking funding opportunities presented by the new Higher Education Act, he was able to secure funds for the construction of Esbenshade Hall and Thompson Gymnasium. In 1972, Hanle was named assistant dean of the faculty, and in 1973, he was promoted to dean of the faculty. During the next three years, he added two academic programs – music therapy and occupational therapy, which recently celebrated their 30th anniversaries. Walker won a full scholarship to Elizabethtown College at the age of 16. As a conscientious objector, he spent time in alternative service during World War II. He was on the staff of American Friends Service Committee when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. Back to top 10/21/2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet to read from works Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell will read from his works at 8 p.m., Nov. Kinnell studied at Princeton University and the University of Rochester. His volumes of poetry include "A New Selected Poems," a finalist for the National Book Award; "Imperfect Thirst;" "When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone;" "Selected Poems," for which he received both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; "Mortal Acts, Mortal Words;" "The Book of Nightmares;" "Body Rags;" "Flower Herding on Mount Monadnock;" and "What a Kingdom It Was." He has also published translations of works by Yves Bonnefroy, Yvanne Goll, François Villon and Rainer Maria Rilke. Kinnell divides his time between Vermont and New York City, where he is the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University. He is currently a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. Back to top 10/19/2005 'Will in the World' author to discuss Shakespeare A Harvard professor and author of the 2004 National Book Award Finalist "Will in the Greenblatt will focus on the challenge of writing a biography of Shakespeare with no surviving diaries, journals, manuscripts or personal letters to place any of the writer’s works within his life. The John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard, he is the author of several other books, including "Hamlet in Purgatory" and "Practicing New Historicism;" editor of "The Norton Anthology of English Literature" and "The Norton Shakespeare;" and a founding editor of the scholarly journal "Representations." As visiting professor and lecturer at universities throughout the world, Greenblatt has delivered such distinguished lectures as the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford and the University Public Lectures at Princeton. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships has been president of the Modern Language Association. Greenblatt has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned a master’s degree from Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree and doctorate from Yale. Back to top 10/18/2005 NEH grant to fund study of Amish Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies has been awarded a $100,000 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a three-year collaborative research project titled "Amish Diversity and Identity: Transformations in 20th Century America."
The NEH grant will enable the researchers to investigate the Amish experience at the national level, giving attention to geographic expansion, the growth of diversity, changing conceptions of identity and evolving patterns of interaction with the larger society. The team will also explore how the Amish have contributed to shaping the identity of a nation that made exceptions in the areas of education, Social Security and child labor for a religious minority living on its cultural margins. Using primary source documents -- including those written by the Amish, oral histories and secondary sources -- Kraybill, Nolt and Johnson-Weiner will describe and analyze the cultural influences that shaped the Amish story in the 20th century. The project will result in a scholarly book on the Amish in the 20th century, a major academic conference, an annotated bibliography of Amish studies and an academic website with resources on Amish studies. The project begins this fall and will conclude in the summer of 2008. Back to top 10/17/2005 E-town prof quoted in Time What's Next . . . With the Amish When Stein was looking for a source to provide information on what's new with Back to top 10/12/2005 Sacha Sacket to perform Oct. 31 Singer/songwriter Sacha Sacket will perform at 6 p.m., Oct. 31, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event is open to the  public free of charge and sponsored by the student group Allies.Sacket’s Elizabethtown performance is part of a nationwide tour, “The Caught In-Between Tour,” that includes appearances at colleges and venues in more than 20 cities. He will perform songs from released albums “Alabaster Flesh” and “Shadowed,” plus songs from his new CD to be released in early 2006. Hailing from Los Angeles, Sacket has won critical acclaim for his music and is taking the nation by storm as one of today’s most entertaining musicians. A baritone armed with a piano and a lifetime of classical training, he has at times been likened to a young Elton John, Tori Amos or Rufus Wainwright. Sacket’s song “The Prodigal” is featured as the theme song to the new independent film “October Moon.” HereTV will also feature two of his songs -- “Desire” and “Paris and September” -- in their premiere episode of “Dante’s Cove.” Back to top 10/10/2005 E-town prof awarded cancer research grant An Elizabethtown College biology professor has been awarded a $150,000 grant to continue her research into the origins of cancer. Associate Professor of Biology Jane Cavender (shown here working
with first-year student Kelly Thom of Penfield, NY) competed against
researchers from all Cavender’s research will investigate the mechanisms through which the viral protein, SV40 T-antigen, causes cancer. Specifically, she will look at two genes activated by the protein – the ribosomal and cyclin A genes – to determine if a relationship exists between these genes that results in the cellular transformation that leads to cancer. This type of research could offer clues about the mechanisms by which other viruses and biological agents cause cancer and may indicate methods by which cancer formation can be interrupted, according to Cavender. "To prevent cancer, we need to find out more about the process through which the cancer is formed," she said. "By identifying those mechanisms that are necessary and sufficient to form a malignant tumor, we can find opportunities to stop the process and prevent the cancer." Cavender was first awarded a grant from NIH: NCI to do basic cancer research in 1996. The grants – called R-15s – are specifically designed to fund research at colleges and universities that do not grant doctoral degrees. By showing progress in her research and demonstrating the promise of her work, Cavender was able to earn a second grant renewal from the national health organization. In addition to purchasing research supplies, the grant also will provide summer stipends for two to four Elizabethtown College students during each year of the grant. "The refunding of this grant is so important for education and my ability to train young researchers," Cavender said. "Involving students in this research teaches them to ask the questions that are at the very foundation of important scientific discoveries and helps them to think differently about how things work. It’s this type of thinking that leads to solutions for today’s most challenging issues." Back to top 10/7/2005 English prof to discuss book on Narnia series To see media coverage of Downing's book, visit E-town in the News. Nationally acclaimed C.S. Lewis scholar and Elizabethtown College professor David C. Downing’s book tells of the genesis of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” a seven-book series written by Lewis. The first book in the series, “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,” introduces readers to four London children who are sent to a professor’s country home for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe that leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia, and fight the great battle between good and evil. Lewis drew on his extensive knowledge of mythology, medieval literature and Christian theology, as well as his own lively imagination to produce this classic series of books. They can be read on several levels, and have been loved by both children and adults for half a century. Downing’s book has received very favorable reviews in such diverse publications as Christianity Today, Library Journal and U.S. News and World Report. Other books by Downing include “Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C.S. Lewis,” “The Most Reluctant Convert: C.S. Lewis’s Journey to Faith,” and “Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy.” “Into the Wardrobe” and “Into the Region of Awe” both received mention in Christianity Today as two of the 10 best books on Lewis published this year. Back to top 9/30/2005 Watercolor paintings on display in Hess Gallery An exhibit of watercolor paintings by Florida artist Quentin Walter will be on display in Elizabethtown College’s Hess Gallery from Oct. 28 through Dec. 16. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 28.
The exhibition, titled "Intimate Encounters: Mercedes Devereau," features small-scale watercolor paintings that explore Walter’s alter-ego, Mercedes Devereau. A native of Bethesda, Md., Walter earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. She has served residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida and at Shaull Elementary School in Enola. She also received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Massachusetts and the Vermont Studio Center. Walter published a satirical art book titled "Intimate Encounters, Mercedes Devereau, BUZZ X" in 2004, a coloring and aesthetic book titled "Color the Burg" in 1988, and a calendar titled "Sketches of Jazz Artists" in 1985. She has served as a scenic artist for Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, Fla., since 2004 and previously served for two years as the assistant to the executive director of visual arts and crafts for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Back to top 9/30/2005 Christian comedian Brad Stine to perform Christian comedian Brad Stine will present his "A Conservative Unleashed" act on Advance general admission tickets are available at www.etowncollegeonline.com for $10, while tickets at the door will cost $15. For more information or special church youth group rates, call 717-361-1260. Stine is a clean, conservative, cerebral comedian with a new DVD out titled "A Conservative Unleashed." He has been seen on MTV’s "Half Hour Comedy Hour," Showtime’s "Comedy Club Network," and A&E’s "Caroline’s Comedy Hour Evening at the Improv" and "Comedy on the Road." Stine is also the author of the book "Being a Christian Without Being an Idiot: Ten Assumed Truths That Make Us Look Stupid." Back to top 9/27/2005 E-town grad studies art business at Sotheby's in London Kate Needham, a 2005 graduate of Elizabethtown College, is sure she is in the right place to learn the business of art. Needham is in London, where she’s pursuing a master’s in art
business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. "London is wonderful, and a
fantastic place to be learning," she said. "The different kinds of
connections I have already made make it completely worthwhile for me to
be here. My scho A resident of Canaan, N.H., Needham is enrolled in a yearlong program – nine months of classes in London and a three-month internship. She hopes to pursue a career as a private art dealer specializing in contemporary art or fine jewelry, or as an employee of an auction house like Sotheby’s. "My program is specifically designed for people who want to break into the art market as private dealers, gallery owners, auctioneers, or consultants, and even art law," Needham said. "My objective is to break into the jewelry sector of the auction market, hopefully, and end up working with fine and antiqued estate jewelry. I am waiting to interview for an internship with Sotheby’s next week." Serving as an intern is old hat for Needham. As an Elizabethtown College student, she was an intern at the Susquehanna Museum of Art in Harrisburg and the Lancaster Museum of Art. It was her experience as an intern at the Lancaster Area Central Art Market, where she hung works and sold items, that sparked her interest in a career as an art dealer. And conversations with her faculty advisor, Lou Schellenberg, led her to the Sotheby’s program. "I knew I didn’t want to teach and that I wanted to be with people," she said. "This seemed like a good fit." Needham is also enjoying time spent with the faculty at Sotheby’s, who are "highly acclaimed in the art market as experts," she said. "We have cocktail parties and private viewings of artists -- such as Warhol, Lichtenstien, and Miro -- where we are given a chance to make connections with other professionals as well as students from other departments in the school." In addition to her classes – currently finance, art marketing, business planning, organizational behavior and methodology, which will useful for doing research – Needham has a busy travel itinerary. "We were taken to our first trip on Sept. 8," she said, "and then the following Monday we went to St. Ives, an area on the west coast of England. We did market research there, as it is an artist/gallery community. We will also travel to Paris, Amsterdam and Basel. In London, I have access to international contacts and resources, and that will make a difference in the future for my career." Back to top 9/22/2005 Women's soccer coach earns 150th victory Women's soccer head coach Barry Dohner, a 1983 alumnus of Elizabethtown, picked up the 150th victory of his collegiate coaching career Sept. 21 as the Blue Jays defeated host York College ( Pa.) 3-2. E-town’s women’s soccer team has been a varsity program since 1988, and Dohner has been its head coach since 1994. He has guided the Blue Jays to NCAA Division III Tournaments in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001. In 1997, he led the program to its first ever berth in the Final Four. Dohner learned about Blue Jay soccer firsthand, playing for former Blue Jays’ coach Owen Wright from 1979 to 1983. At Elizabethtown, he played for four varsity teams that compiled a 49-31-6 overall record. He holds an advanced coaching diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, and he conducts numerous summer clinics for both girls and boys.
Back to top 9/21/2005 Moravian scholar, Dale Brown Book Award winner to speak Noted Moravian scholar Craig Atwood will present a talk titled “God in the Flesh: The
Body of Christ in Zinzendorf’s Bethlehem” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 13, at the
Elizabethtown College Young C Atwood’s lecture will explore some of the crucial aspects of Moravian leader Nikolaus von Zinzendorf’s theology and show how it was institutionalized in the social structure and practices of the Bethlehem community. He is theologian in residence at Home Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., and a Comenius Scholar and adjunct faculty member at Wake Forest University Divinity School. Atwood previously served as the Clarkson S. Starbuck Professor of Religion at Salem College. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, a master of divinity from Moravian Theological Seminary and a doctorate in historical theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Part of the Max Kade German-American Research Institute Series, Atwood’s book “Community of the Cross” discusses the influence of the theology and religious expressions of von Zinzendorf. It was named an Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE: Current Review for Academic Libraries and has been hailed by reviewers as “a superb contribution to Moravian studies” and “an essential resource for those seeking to connect what the Moravians did with why they did it.” The Dale W. Brown Book Award, a national award that recognizes an outstanding book in Anabaptist and Pietist studies, was named for a retired Bethany Seminary professor who lives in Elizabethtown and served previously as a fellow at the Young Center. Nominations for the 2006 Brown Book Award are due Dec. 1. Visit the Center’s website at www.etown.edu/youngctr/ for details. Back to top 9/12/2005 Homecoming and Family Weekend 2005, Oct. 14-16!  Homecoming and Family Weekend October 14 - 16, 2005 Click below for a complete listing of events (PDF download): Homecoming and Family Weekend 2005 events Elizabethtown College will debut its brand new Blue Jay mascot and will present comedian Richard Lewis, one of Comedy Central’s top 50 stand-up comedians of all time, during Homecoming and Family Weekend. Additional festivities scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 15 include a float parade, dedication of the Class of 2005 gift, an art exhibit and gallery talk, the Fall Choral Showcase and illusionist Mike Super. The new Blue Jay mascot will be unveiled during the 11th annual Homecoming parade, which will also feature student-built floats created around the theme “Great Inventions,” as well as M&M characters, clowns and live music. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, and will travel along the route of High Street to Market Street to College Avenue. The Class of 2005 gift, a “town-square” clock, will be dedicated at noon on Saturday in front of Brossman Commons. An exhibit featuring the works of the late David Brumbach of Lititz will open with a 1 p.m. gallery talk by painter Michael Heberlein. The talk and exhibit will be held in Zug Memorial Hall’s Hess Gallery and will be open to the public free of charge. Hours for Hess Gallery are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends. The Fall Choral Showcase 2005, directed by
Matthew and Carrie Fritz, will feature members of the Elizabethtown
College Community Chorus, Women’s Chorus and Concert Choir. The diverse
program of choral music will feature selections from “West Side Story”
and “Man of La Mancha,” as well as those inspired by the Bard, William
Shakespeare. The concert begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday in Leffler Stand-up comedian Richard Lewis will perform at 9 p.m. on Saturday in Thompson Gymnasium. General admission seats are available for $20 at the College Store in Brossman Commons or online through www.etowncollegeonline.com. For more ticket information, call 717-361-1260. Magician and illusionist Mike Super will entertain at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16, in Leffler Chapel. The performance will showcase Super’s ability to make an audience member levitate and physically fold a spectator so small they will fit into a Japanese show box. This event is free; no tickets are necessary. Back to top 9/12/2005 E-town prof comments on Katrina Robert Wheelersburg, chair of the anthropology department and associate professor, In addition, an editorial by Wheelersburg appeared in the Lancaster Sunday News. Back to top 9/9/2005 College to break ground on Hoover Business Center What: Groundbreaking ceremony for E-town College’s James B. Hoover Center for Business When: 5 p.m., Sept. 15, 2005 Where: Site of the future building, between Steinman Center and Musser Hall along College Avenue College President Theodore E. Long will serve as master of ceremonies for the event, offering the opening remarks and introducing the speakers: Elizabethtown Mayor Robert Brain, Trustee James Hoover ’75 and chair of the Elizabeth Technology will be a major focus of the building; classrooms will feature state-of-the-art projection equipment and data ports. The design of the building will promote small group and collaborative problem solving, as well as faculty-student interaction. The James B. Hoover Center for Business is being named in honor of alumnus James Hoover’s extraordinary leadership as a trustee of the College and for his financial support of this project. Other large commitments were received from area foundations, alumni, parents and friends. Elizabethtown College officials were particularly pleased to have received a nationally recognized challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation and more than 60 individual capital gifts since last October. This building will be completely paid for through donor commitments. About James Hoover Hoover is a director of Quovadx, Inc., and U.S. Physical Therapy Inc., two publicly traded companies, as well as a director of several private health care companies. He is also a member of the Special Projects Committee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, which raises funds and evaluates funding proposals from physicians interested in pursuing cancer research projects. Hoover serves as chair of the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustee Investment Committee and as a member of the Finance and Audit committees. He endowed The James B. Hoover Business Scholarship, which provides aid to a junior majoring in business administration who is excelling academically and demonstrates good citizenship through co-curricular activities. Hoover has also hosted several New York City area events for the college and chaired the College Endowment Campaign in that region. He was honored by his alma mater in 1994-95 with the Alumni Fellow Award and in 1997 with the Distinguished Business Alumni Award. Back to top 9/7/2005 College plans relief efforts for Katrina victims In addition to assisting college students displaced by Hurricane
Katrina, Elizabethtown College will sponsor a disaster relief effort to
benefit residents of areas most affected by Katrina. Back to top 9/6/2005 American Enterprise Institute scholar to serve as Lefever Fellow Elizabethtown College will welcome nationally known public policy and social science The W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) for Public Policy Research, Murray is best known for his 1984 seminal book about welfare reform, "Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980," and for his controversial 1994 book, "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." His latest book, "Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Science, 800 B.C. to 1950," presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself gloriously. In addition to his books and articles in technical journals, Murray has published extensively in The New Republic, Commentary, The Public Interest, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Review and the Washington Post. He has been a frequent witness before congressional and senate committees and a consultant to senior government officials of the United States, Great Britain, Eastern Europe and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in France. Murray has been affiliated with AEI since 1990. Prior to that, he was a fellow with the Manhattan Institute and worked for the American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest of the private social science research organizations, where he eventually became chief scientist. While at AIR, Murray supervised evaluations in the fields of urban education, welfare services, daycare, adolescent pregnancy, services for the elderly and criminal justice. Before joining AIR, Murray spent six years in Thailand, first as a Peace Corps Volunteer attached to the Village Health Program, then as a researcher in rural Thailand. Back to top 9/1/2005 PA Sec. of the Commonwealth to speak A talk by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés, the first Cortés administers the Department of State, which oversees the Commonwealth’s electoral process, licenses business, health and real estate professionals and maintains corporate filings as well as sanctioning professional boxing, kick-boxing and wrestling in Pennsylvania. Previously, Cortés was executive director of the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs. He also served with the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Cortés was named one of Hispanic Business magazine’s “100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States” in 2003. He was also selected as one of the top “Forty under 40” business leaders in Central Pennsylvania by the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal and as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track,” a distinction bestowed upon Pennsylvania lawyers under 40 years of age. A native of Puerto Rico, Cortés has lived in Harrisburg since 1990. He earned a bachelor’s degree in hotel, restaurant and travel administration from the University of Massachusetts, a master’s degree in public administration from Penn State University and a law degree from Penn State Dickinson School of Law. He also holds a certificate in Public Sector Human Resources Management from Penn State University. Back to top 8/25/2005 E-town names first vice president for admissions, enrollment services Elizabethtown College has named Paul Cramer of Landisville as its first vice president for admissions and enrollment services. Prior to coming to Elizabethtown, Cramer worked in Ursinus College’s admissions office for 17 years, serving as admissions counselor, assistant director of admissions, associate director of admissions and, since 1998, director of admissions. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and business administration from Albright College in 1988. "Paul’s record of achievement at Ursinus has been outstanding, and we are delighted that Elizabethtown will benefit from his success there," said Elizabethtown College president Theodore Long. "His experience in opening new markets and extending the institution’s reputation will be especially valuable to us. "In addition, Paul is a wonderful fit for E-town. He believes deeply in and is very much at home in the culture of small liberal arts colleges, and he has personal experience linking liberal and professional education. We are very fortunate that Paul is joining our leadership team, and I believe he will make an outstanding contribution both to enrollment management and to our overall institutional development in the years ahead." Back to top 8/23/2005 E-town is #2 comprehensive college in the North Elizabethtown College remains the #2 comprehensive college in the North, according Elizabethtown’s commitment to personal attention was highlighted as the percentage of classes below 20 students improved from 62 percent to 73 percent. In addition, the quality of the College’s students was featured as the number of first-year students in the top 25 percent of their high school class rose from 60 percent to 65 percent, and the acceptance rate dropped from 70 percent to 64 percent. The College was also named the #2 comprehensive college in the North in the magazine’s "Best Values" rankings. These rankings relate a school’s academic quality, as indicated by its U.S. News "America’s Best Colleges" ranking, to the net cost of attendance for a student who receives the average level of financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal, according to the rankings. "Clearly, we are setting the bar high for comprehensive colleges across the nation," said College President Theodore Long. "As an institution, we have been blessed with a talented and dedicated faculty, and, by intentionally keeping our class size small, our students are enjoying a richer educational experience through a more personal relationship with their professors. "We also are highly selective in our new student recruitment – choosing some of the best that our public and private schools have to offer. Once enrolled, we keep these students challenged and engaged throughout their College experience and into their professional lives." Back to top 8/16/2005 Paintings investigating light on display in Lyet Gallery Oil paintings that investigate light in everyday life will be on display in Elizabethtown College’s Lyet Gallery, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, from Sept. 9 through Oct. 11. A reception for "Regarding Light," which features oil paintings by artists Janet Hammond of Coatesville and Robert Heilman of Lebanon, is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., Sept. 9. Both the exhibit, which is curated by Lisa Hollinger Bedenbaugh, and the reception are open to the public free of charge. Hammond studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Hammond’s professional experience has included portrait demonstration and lecture at the Delaware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum. She has been on the faculty of Chester Springs Studio in Chester Springs, Pa. She is noted for her realistic portraiture and has been recognized in various regional publications, including "The Hunt Magazine," "Chester County Town" and "Country Living Magazine," and the book "Speaking for Themselves; The Artists of Southeastern Pennsylvania." Her work is held in corporate collections throughout the United States and Canada, including MBNA Bank and Blue Cross, Blue Shield, both of Wilmington, Del.; Cavendish Investment Corporation in Toronto, Canada; Harlequin Ranches in Calgary, Canada; and Criswick Associates in New York City. A graduate of Wichita State University in 1976 with a major in painting and Back to top 8/15/2005 Education prof appointed to PA governor's commission An Elizabethtown College education professor has been appointed to serve on Professor Terry Blue is one of 44 members of the commission, which is charged with improving upon Pennsylvania’s excellent reputation as a national leader in teacher training. "Already Pennsylvania is a leader in training teachers — nearly 7,000 Pennsylvania-trained teachers learn from the best colleges and universities and become our nation’s best teachers," Rendell said. "Pennsylvania is where people want to come to be trained as teachers." According to a press release issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Commission will examine national training models and best practices, look at possible solutions where improvements are needed, and recommend ways to address challenges associated with teaching in low-income communities; state-of-the-art high schools; schools with high immigrant, non-English speaking populations; and practices in early education. It will be led by Richard Kneedler, president emeritus of Franklin and Marshall College. Other members represent higher education, public schools, business and civic communities. Blue began his career as a middle school teacher in suburban Philadelphia. While teaching there, he earned a master’s degree in Eastern European and Russian history at Temple University. After studying and teaching for three years at Penn State, he was awarded a doctorate in curriculum and instruction. Prior to teaching at Elizabethtown, he served as chair of the education department at Franklin and Marshall College. Blue is an expert in the areas of teacher education, outcomes-based education and academic standards advanced by the Pennsylvania Board of Education, and the debate on charter schools and voucher programs. His areas of teaching include social studies instruction, foundations of education, equality of educational opportunity and school law. Blue has served for the past three and one-half years as the president of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators, the state unit of the Association of Teacher Educators and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Back to top 8/10/2005 High Library director named BethAnn Zambella, former research and instruction librarian and group manager at Prior to her position at Wellesley, she was the reference librarian for the Lamont Library at Harvard University, bibliographic instruction coordinator/reference librarian at Rutgers University and head of public services at New Jersey’s Fairleigh Dickinson University. Zambella also served as an instructor at Rutgers and Fairleigh Dickinson universities. Zambella earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University, a master’s in library science from Columbia University and a master’s in educational psychology from Rutgers University. She was elected to Kappa Delta Pi (international education honor society) and Beta Phi Mu (library and information science honor society) and was named a Frye Fellow in 2002. Back to top 8/9/2005 Family Business Center celebrates 10th with Yuengling talk A Sept. 22 talk by Richard L. Yuengling, the fifth generation of his family to run the Founded in 1995 as a nonprofit organization, The Family Business Center (FBC) at Elizabethtown College has enjoyed a decade of success in actively assisting family businesses "prepare for tomorrow." The Center is now one of the largest and oldest family business centers in the nation with members who have collective revenues of almost $1 billion and employ close to 10,000 people in south central Pennsylvania. A key to the success of the Center has been actively involved members and sponsors. Founding members include High Industries, Gooding, Simpson & Mackes, Pennfield Corp, Wolfgang Candy and Lobar, Inc. The FBC’s corporate sponsors — Barley Snyder, Fulton Bank, Glatfelter Insurance Group, and McKonly & Asbury, and MANTEC, Inc. — help to set the direction and scope of the FBC’s educational programs. The FBC program provides members with half-day seminars featuring experts in the field of family business, affinity groups, access to a resource library, consultation on management issues, subscription to a family business publication, membership directory and one of the most beneficial aspects of the Center — networking. A lifelong resident of Pottsville, Yuengling is president and owner of America’s oldest brewery. Since he took over in 1985, the Brewery has grown ten times in size, becoming the sixth largest brewery in the country. In addition to developing and perfecting the Brewery’s portfolio of beer, ale and porter, Yuengling has introduced his company’s products to new markets up and down the East Coast. Demand has grown so steadily that in the late 1990s when most of the American beer industry was shrinking, consolidating or both, Yuengling committed his company to its most aggressive growth plan ever by building a brand new facility in Pottsville and buying a former Stroh plant in Tampa Bay, Fla. In his hometown of Pottsville, Yuengling is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, volunteer fire department and both the Pottsville Rotary and Lions Clubs. He also serves on the Board of Directors at the Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic and is an active member of the Pennsylvania Brewers Association and the National Beer Wholesalers Association. He has also raised four daughters, all of whom are currently involved in the brewery’s daily operations. Back to top 7/13/2005 Business students travel to Beijing Assistant Professor of Finance Liang Tang led a group of 10 E-town
College business students on a two-week study tour of Beijing, China.
The students heard Back to top 7/6/2005 Grad named to alumni relations post Mark Clapper has been named associate director of alumni relations and director of During his tenure at Elizabethtown, Clapper was very active in the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling and has held numerous leadership positions within the organization’s executive and sub-committee groups. Clapper also holds memberships within the National Association for College Admission Counseling, Hawaii Association for College Admission Counseling and Ohio Association for College Admission Counseling. Outside of his admission work, he has been a member of Elizabethtown College’s Web Oversight Committee, and at one time, served as assistant coach for the Blue Jay men’s and women’s tennis teams. Back to top 7/6/2005 E-town profs featured in Science & Theology News Associate Professor of Philosophy Michael Silberstein was interviewed for the website of Science and Technology News. Additional examples of "E-town College in the News" are available at the media relations newsroom. Back to top 6/22/2005 One World Series to bring diverse cultural events A performance by Chinese dancer Yu Wei at 8 p.m., Oct. 14, will open
Elizabethtown College’s One World Series, a yearlong series of artistic
and cultural events As a little girl, Yu Wei was selected by the Wuhan Song and Dance Theater Academy to study a broad curriculum of dance based on Chinese classical, traditional, folk dance and ballet. In 1986, she became the principal dancer of the Wuhan Company and since 1989 has performed as a guest artist with the Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan Province Dance Companies and with the Chinese National Song and Dance Ensemble. Yu Wei moved to Beijing in 1992 to create her own collection of solo dances known as the Yu Wei Dance Collection, which has been broadcast on National Century Television and performed at the National Dance Association Convention. Having moved to moved to Philadelphia in 2000, she has been invited to perform in many festivals and venues, including events at Manhattan Center and the Kennedy Center. Upcoming events in the One World Series include Brazilian music by the husband and wife duo Minas on Nov. 18; an exhibit of photographs by P.H. Polk from Feb. 1 through 28; a March 3 performance of pieces reflecting women’s musical heritage by the group Libana; and a March 24 performance of "South of the Border" by The Children’s Theatre wing of The National Theatre of the Deaf. Back to top 6/20/2005 E-town prof publishes student teaching textbook An Elizabethtown College education professor has written a textbook to help college students enjoy a successful practicum and student teaching experience. Carroll Tyminski’s book, "Your Early Childhood Practicum and Student Teaching Experience: Guidelines for Success," offers both theory and practical application to students who are assuming the responsibilities of teaching young children. The text contains research-based, practical advice on such topics as developmentally appropriate practices and teacher competencies. "This book was a labor of love that grew out of my personal experiences with many fine student teachers throughout my career," Tyminski said. "The anecdotal stories of their journeys to become professional teachers were the impetus for this text." Each chapter of the book opens with recent early childhood student teachers sharing their experiences and stories and closes with activities designed to encourage students to reflect upon and/or implement the information outlined in the chapter. In addition, the textbook contains content and implications for working with culturally diverse and special needs children. A York resident, Tyminski is associate dean of faculty, chair of the education department and associate professor of education at Elizabethtown, where she has developed a certification program in special education as well as a concentration in special needs. Although she has taught a wide variety of courses, her primary areas of teaching focus on the areas of inclusion and cognitive, behavioral, physical and health impairments. Tyminski earned a doctorate in education from Temple University in 1995 and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the Elizabethtown faculty, she taught at York College of Pennsylvania, coordinated and supervised a full inclusion program in Maryland, and taught special education students in the public schools of both Maryland and Pennsylvania. Tyminski volunteers as an advocate to help parents of special-needs students understand their legal rights and to help parents obtain appropriate inclusion of their children in the regular classroom. Her writing interests include strategies for successful inclusion, inquiry-based teaching, service-learning and student teaching. Back to top 6/10/2005 "Painting A New Portrait" Summer Orientation 2005- June 22 - 25
Back to top 6/2/2005 Mead named director of Elizabethtown College Honors Program Dana Gulling Mead of Brownstown, an associate professor of English, has been Mead joined the faculty at Elizabethtown in 1989 as an assistant professor of English and served for 10 years as director of the Professional Writing Program and for four years as director of the Women and Gender Studies Minor. She also served as copy editor of "Brethren Life and Thought" from 1992 to 1996. Prior to teaching, Mead worked in classified advertising sales for the Chattanooga News-Free Press in Tennessee. Mead earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in English and a master’s in English from the University of Tennessee. She earned a doctorate in English with a specialization in rhetoric from Texas Christian University. Mead was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and selected for the 2001 and 2005 "Who’s Who of American Teachers." She has published articles on collaboration in writing, history of rhetoric, autobiography, and composition theory and practice. She is currently working on creative writing for children. Students enrolled in the Elizabethtown College Honors Program enjoy enhanced learning opportunities that enable them to work closely with faculty scholars. They are eligible for an academic and professional development stipend to be used for field trips, research, professional affiliations, books or information technology support Back to top 5/31/2005 SIFE team earns national honors Elizabethtown College’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team recently placed first Elizabethtown’s SIFE team worked throughout the academic year on 26 projects, which were presented to an executive board of directors who serve as competition judges for nationals. This year’s team of more than 25 students was led by adviser Kristen Evans-Waughen, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Computer Science. Members of the SIFE team that presented in Kansas City included seniors Ben Osterhout of Tunkhannock and Betsy Schmid of Cherry Hill, N.J.; juniors Kendra Eggert of Lebanon, Rob Hettel of Lansdale and Jonathan Schultz of Oceanport, N.J.; sophomores Shovana Chowdhury of Saudi Arabia, Tara Fagan of Gibsonia and Megan Grimes of Hershey; first-year students Sarah Brodbeck of York, Jill Hugus of Baltimore, Robert Qualls of Norristown and Stefanie Stamatopoulos of Hazleton. Business Advisory Board members Professor Emeritus Jerry Evans and Mary Lou Evans were also part of the team. Back to top 5/31/2005 E-town Student-Athletes Honored Melissa St. Clair and Steve Sanko, members of the cross country and track and field teams, have been named the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) Senior men’s tennis player Greg Voshell has been named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District II College Division First Team in the At-Large category. By earning a spot on the Academic All-District II First Team, Voshell advances to the national ballot for the Academic All-America teams. Senior catcher Seth Guida has been named to the American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA) All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team in NCAA Division III for the 2005 season. It is the first time that Guida has been honored with a spot on an all-region squad. Earlier this month, he was also named to the All-Commonwealth Conference First Team for the first time in his career.
Back to top 5/23/2005 Incoming students make statement with mortarboard Students headed to Elizabethtown College next fall were easy to pick out in the crowd at high school graduation ceremonies. The College sent each The piece was the brainchild of Associate Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management Gordon Bateman. He got the idea for the designed mortarboard cover after a student he recruited sent him a picture of her handmade decoration. Five incoming students from Bishop Hafey High School (Hazleton, PA) sported their mortarboard covers at graduation. They are, from left, Kimberly Back to top 5/23/2005 Beiler tells grads to serve others; E-town awards first master's degrees "If you really want to be great, serve those around you." This was the final piece of advice Auntie Anne’s founder Anne Beiler offered to the 447 graduates of Under sunny skies in The Dell, Beiler spoke of her own passion to serve others. "Each of you is uniquely gifted for a very specific purpose," she said. "My purpose focused on three things: to give, to treat people with respect and dignity, and to make sure my customers get fresh hot pretzels. "I focused on what I had, not what I didn’t have," she continued. "As you think about your future, look deep in your hearts and ask the question, ‘What do I have?’ What can I offer my church, my community and my world." Beiler echoed the words of College President Theodore Long, who welcomed the graduates and their families to the College’s 102nd commencement, where 23 occupational therapy students received the first-ever master’s degrees conferred by Elizabethtown. "This year we have a new extension of our mission – to educate for service – as we award our first master’s degrees in occupational therapy," he said. In addition to Beiler, who received an honorary Doctor of Commerce, an honorary Doctor of Science was presented to Doris Gordon, the former Elizabethtown faculty member who founded the occupational therapy program, and an honorary Doctor of Public Service was presented to Susan Eckert, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Lancaster County. Back to top 5/16/2005 E-town faculty earn tenure, promotion Four Elizabethtown College faculty members have been granted tenure by the board of trustees. Earning tenure and a promotion to associate professor are Sean Melvin (business), Randyll Yoder (communications) and Joseph Wunderlich (computer science and computer engineering). Associate Professor of Computer Science Fani Zlatarova was also granted tenure, and Thomas Murray was promoted to professor of biology. Chair of the Department of Business, Melvin is the author of more than a dozen articles on business law and tax-related topics and the author of four books, including the 2004 textbook"Cyberlaw and E-Commerce Regulation." After earning his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School, he worked for several years as a corporate attorney at a Philadelphia law firm before joining a software house as vice president and general counsel. Melvin spent two years teaching business law and international business transactions in the undergraduate and M.B.A. program at West Chester University before coming to Elizabethtown. Yoder teaches broadcasting and media production courses at Elizabethtown and serves as director of broadcasting and as advisor to the student-managed broadcast stations of ECTV-40 and WWEC-FM. An officer of Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc., a national student media organization, he designed and reorganized numerous student media operations and communications curricula before coming to Elizabethtown. Yoder earned a bachelor’s degree in mass media communications and a master’s degree in communications from the University of Akron, and a doctorate in mass communications from Bowling Green State University Wunderlich earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s in engineering science/computer design from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Delaware. Prior to coming to Elizabethtown, he served as an assistant professor at Purdue University; as an engineer and researcher for IBM; as a project engineer in San Diego, San Francisco and Austin; and as a consultant for computing and robotics. Wunderlich is also Elizabethtown’s primary computer engineering program coordinator and director of the Robotics and Machine Intelligence Laboratory, which recently entered a $25,000 student-built robot in national competition. Zlatarova earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Bucharest in Romania. She served as a researcher and associate professor of computer science at the Bulgarian Academy of Science’s Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, as an associate professor at the University of Sofia’s School of Mathematics and Computer Science and as a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Limerick in Ireland before joining the Elizabethtown faculty in 1999. Zlatarova has co-authored four books and has written 17 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. She was awarded two grants from the College: a faculty grant to develop a lab manual for an information system course and a strategic grant related to the 2004 Conference on Information Technology in Education, for which she served as committee chair. Chair of the Department of Biology, Murray joined the faculty at Elizabethtown College in 1994, having earned a doctorate from the University of Connecticut. He was granted tenure in 2000. His research interests include phosphorus and water quality in temperate lakes, lake respiration and biogeochemical cycles, acid rain and lake eutrophication. He and his students conduct research in these areas at Elizabethtown College’s Lake Placida and in local streams. Murray is a board member of the Tri-County Conewago Creek Association. Back to top 5/12/2005 E-town honors four retirees Elizabethtown College recently honored four retirees who have worked at the College for a combined 147 years. Professor of Music John Harrison of Hummelstown has served for 15 years as chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. He teaches piano and music history at the College. Harrison holds degrees in music theory and piano performance from Florida State Harrison was musical director and conductor of the Hershey Symphony Orchestra for seven years, and as a pianist has presented numerous solo and collaborative recitals, as well as concerto performances. He is often called upon for piano workshops and master classes, and his piano students have received state and national awards. Morse served on E-town committees including the personnel council, the judicial council, and the resource and planning committee. To entice students to attend the College to major in math, he organized a math competition for prospective students that led to the current admissions event called Department Day. Morse has also served the local community as treasurer of the Blue Jay Investment Club, president and treasurer of the Lancaster Aquatic Club, treasurer of the Starlight Dance Club and as a member of the Elizabethtown Nursery School board of directors. He also was a witness commission chairman of the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren and is currently a lay reader for Highland Presbyterian Church. Jacqueline Odenwalt of Elizabethtown has been an employee in the College’s environmental services department for more than 30 years. In addition to assignments in several of E-town’s residence halls, she has worked in the Baugher Student Center and in Brossman Commons. Professor of Mathematics Ronald Shubert graduated from Elizabethtown in 1962 before earning a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Kansas and a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. He began teaching at his alma mater in 1964 and was granted tenure in 1971. He never missed a class due to illness during his 41 years of service to the College. A resident of Elizabethtown, Shubert served as chair of the mathematics department for 26 years and as chair of the computer science department for two years. In addition, he was the assistant men’s soccer coach for three years and adviser and coach of the women’s soccer club for two years. He also served on many campus committees, often times as an officer, and as the class agent for E-town’s Class of 1962. In his community, Shubert served on the board of Community Nursery School, Willowood Swim Club, Willowood Swim Team Parents and Christ Lutheran Church. He also coached junior midgets baseball and girls softball. Back to top 5/6/2005 E-town athlete receives $7,500 NCAA postgraduate scholarship Chris Williams of Dillsburg, a senior business administration major and member of "I feel this award is a product of the wonderful athletic and academic support system at Elizabethtown College, one that makes me reluctant to depart," Williams said. "Coach Chris Straub was awarded the same scholarship when he completed his undergraduate work at James Madison University. He is the backbone upon which our programs depend, and my time here has been greatly influenced by his leadership." Williams has received numerous awards and recognitions as an E-town student. He was named Outstanding Graduating Business Student this year and recognized as a College Scholar; was a member of the Integrity Committee, Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society in Business Administration and Alpha Lambda Delta (national honor society for first-year students); and earned the Financial Executive International Outstanding Student Award, James B. Hoover Business Scholarship and Emma G. Musselman Foundation Business Scholarship. Williams served as cocaptain of the cross country team during the 2003-04 season, was a four-time varsity letter winner and was named an Academic All American in 2004. He was cocaptain of the track and field team in 2004-05, earned eight varsity letters and was named twice to the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Star Team.
Back to top 4/28/2005 Students demonstrate alternative energy storage units Five teams of first-year engineering students recently The objective was to design an energy storage system that did not use electrochemical batteries, to store energy generated during 15 minutes of sunlight on a 120-watt solar panel, and to deliver the stored energy to an electric motor with at least 10-percent overall efficiency after a zero- to five-minute pause. Nine teams of students completed the design with a budget of $400, and the best five were constructed by teams of six or seven for the demonstration. The devices include a 30-foot high, 100-gallon pumped hydroelectric setup; a 30-gallon compressed air system; a 25,000 Farad-ultracapacitor design (left); a 10-foot high, half-ton dual magnetic pendulum (above); and a high-speed induction flywheel (below). "During the demonstration, teams had 15 m Back to top 4/26/2005 Men's tennis wins Commonwealth Conference Team Championship!  ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Top-seeded Elizabethtown College defeated second-seeded Messiah College 5-2 at home Monday in the Commonwealth Conference championship match to claim the 2005 Commonwealth Conference team championship. It is the first conference team championship ever for the E-town men's tennis program, which has been playing continuously as a varsity sport since 1947.Blue Jay senior Greg Voshell (Chester Heights, PA/Garnet Valley) was named the 2005 Commonwealth Conference tournament Most Valuable Player, and he brought his season combined singles and doubles win total to 31 Monday, breaking the previous season record of 30 set by Maurits Dekker in 2003. [More] Back to top 4/22/2005 Men's tennis advances to conference championship  E-town College's top-seeded men's tennis team defeated fourth-seeded Albright College by a 6-1 score in the semifinals of the Commonwealth Conference playoffs in Elizabethtown Thursday to advance to Saturday's conference championship match. There, the Blue Jays (13-4 overall), will host second-seeded Messiah College. Start time for the conference title match at E-town is 1 p.m., Saturday, April 23. The rain date for the match is Monday, April 25. When E-town and Messiah met in their final regular season match in Grantham on Tuesday, E-town scored a narrow 4-3 victory.Back to top 4/21/2005 Senior show features six artists Six Elizabethtown College senior art majors will display their work in the College’s Lyet Gallery (Leffler Chapel and Performance Center) and Hess Gallery (Zug Students exhibiting are Christina Blankenship of Manheim, Michael Grandi of Lebanon, Michelle Harkness of Levittown, Lindsey Morrison of Chadds Ford, Kathryn Needham of Lititz and Clare Pichler of Baltimore, Md. Blankenship won the Printmaking Award in the College’s 2003 Juried Student Art Show. She plans to earn a graduate degree in psychology to prepare for a future in art therapy. "In creating my art, I tend to look at tones rather than color," she Grandi has worked as a lab assistant in the art studio and as a student tutor for the art department for the past three year. He hopes to pursue a career in graphic arts or teach. Harkness works as a designer for the College’s theatre department and has served as a studio assistant in the art department and as an intern with professional photographer Madelaine Gray. She was presented this year’s Joan Prentice Charlton Award, an endowed scholarship that provides assistance and recognition to an outstanding student for achievement in the fine arts. "As I continue to grow as an artist, I try to manipulate colors in my paintings and sculpture to express feelings, emotions, states of mind and myself," she said. Of her work, Morrison says, "The theme of my work is capturing the beauty of the world through vague realism, though with my own bent on colors and feelings of the piece. I use organic images, whether people fruits or materials, to give a feeling of naturalism, the way that the universe creates beautiful images, which Needham has served as a curatorial and marketing intern at the Susquehanna Art Museum and as an intern at the Lancaster Museum of Art. She earned the Painting Award in the College’s 2004 Juried Student Art Show and has served in several positions on the Student Senate and as a Peer Mentor. Pichler earned the College’s Joan Prentice Charlton Award in 2004. She has served as a drawing and sculpture tutor and has worked in Hess Gallery. "I like my work to flow naturally from the subconscious because it is, after all, a person thing," she said. "Forms and color are more important to me rather than subject matter, but if I choose to represent an object in my work, it has personal meaning." Back to top 4/19/2005 Music therapy celebrates 30th anniversary Elizabethtown College music therapy majors and alumni participated in a drum circle Back to top 4/18/2005 SIFE wins 16th straight regional title to go to nationals For the 16th consecutive year, Elizabethtown College’s Students In Free Enterprise team claimed championship honors in a regional competition to advance to the SIFE National Exposition. Elizabethtown’s SIFE team was named regional champion at a recent competition During the 2004-2005 academic year, Elizabethtown’s team organized 26 projects, including 12 new projects, in the Elizabethtown community. Scouting University, for example, brought 360 Scouts and 80 leaders from 17 Pennsylvania counties to campus to earn merit badges taught by college students and faculty members. The team also wrote articles for the student newspaper, The Etownian, which answered readers’ financial questions and raised issues of business ethics. "We’re proud of the projects we’re doing," said SIFE President Ben Osterhout, a senior business administration major from Tunkhannock, Pa. "The judges were impressed with the types of projects we did and the impact we had on the greater Elizabethtown community." SIFE is an international nonprofit organization active on more than 1,800 university campuses in more than 40 countries. SIFE teams create economic opportunities in their communities by organizing outreach projects that teach market economics, entrepreneurship, personal financial success skills and business ethics. Their projects are judged at competition on creativity, innovation and effectiveness. Kristen Evans-Waughen, an adjunct faculty member in Elizabethtown’s computer science department, was also named as a Sam M. Walton Fellow in Free Enterprise for her service as adviser to the team during the past year. Back to top 4/15/2005 Social work prof earns Fulbright Study Tour to Thailand Assistant Professor of Social Work Susan Mapp will participate in a Fulbright Study Participants were drawn from the social sciences, humanities, social work and business and were selected on the basis of their commitment to international studies. The group will attend a series of lectures and seminars at the Institute of Asian Studies at Chulalongkorn University and the Arts and Sciences University in Yangon. This study tour is designed to enhance multicultural and global education programs. The key objectives are to enhance and enrich international studies programs, to develop and incorporate new curriculum units and to build a multimedia global education project on the peoples and cultures of Thailand and Myanmar. The group will study the religious traditions of Buddhism, the rich legacy of artistic heritage, folk traditions and the challenges of modern economic development. Mapp earned a bachelor’s degree with a double major in psychology and religion from Trinity University, a master of science in social work from the University of Texas at Austin, and a doctorate from the University of Houston. Her areas of expertise include research and program evaluation, particularly in the area of child welfare, as well as international social work. Back to top 4/14/2005 Students meet with Rep. Platts, Post columnist during D.C. trip Students in political science professor Fletcher McClellan's course The American Back to top 4/12/2005 Beiler tells grads to serve others; E-town awards first master's degrees
Under sunny skies in The Dell, Beiler spoke of her own passion to serve others. "Each of you is uniquely gifted for a very specific purpose," she said. "My purpose focused on three things: to give, to treat people with respect and dignity, and to make sure my customers get fresh hot pretzels. "I focused on what I had, not what I didn’t have," she continued. "As you think about your future, look deep in your hearts and ask the question, ‘What do I have?’ What can I offer my church, my community and my world." Beiler echoed the words of College President Theodore Long, who welcomed the graduates and their families to the College’s 102nd commencement, where 23 occupational therapy students received the first-ever master’s degrees conferred by Elizabethtown. "This year we have a new extension of our mission – to educate for service – as we award our first master’s degrees in occupational therapy," he said. In addition to Beiler, who received an honorary Doctor of Commerce, an honorary Doctor of Science was presented to Doris Gordon, the former Elizabethtown faculty member who founded the occupational therapy program, and an honorary Doctor of Public Service was presented to Susan Eckert, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Lancaster County. Back to top 4/12/2005 E-town hosts Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference Twenty-five years after it hosted the first-ever Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference, Elizabethtown College is again welcoming the annual event to its campus on April 19. More than 175 undergraduate students from 16 colleges will present papers on a variety of social research topics at the event, which is being coordinated by Assistant Professor of Political Science April Kelly-Woessner, Assistant Professor of Sociology Michele Kozimor-King and Professor of Political Science Fletcher McClellan. Nearly 50 Elizabethtown College students will present on topics ranging from the effect of education level on attitudes toward gay rights, voting and moral issues, Jewish liberalism, support groups for men with HIV/AIDS and block scheduling. "For the past 25 years, this conference has provided undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to showcase their research in a nurturing, interdisciplinary environment," Kelly-Woessner said. "Student participants gain valuable experience in public speaking and presentation. More importantly, students and faculty alike are able to exchange ideas across disciplines to better their own research agendas." The first such event was hosted in 1981 by Young Center Senior Fellow Donald Kraybill, who was then serving as a sociology professor at Elizabethtown. Twenty-three conference participants represented five different schools that year, with 21 coming from just three schools – Elizabethtown College, Gettysburg College and Shippensburg University. The idea for an undergraduate research conference grew from a fall 1980 telephone call between Kraybill and Donald Hinrichs, a professor in Gettysburg College’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology. "After agreeing that such a conference would be helpful for students enrolled in social science courses, I agreed to host the first one at E-town in spring 1981, and Hinrichs agreed to sponsor the second one at Gettysburg in the spring of 1982," Kraybill said. "With that impetus the conference gradually evolved and expanded as more faculty froms other schools supported it by hosting the conference and sending their students." One of the remarkable things about the conference is it operates successfully without an ongoing steering committee or a budget, according to Kraybill. Each college or university that agrees to host it provides the finances for their conference and also organizes the mailings and promotions for the event. "Organizing and promoting this conference takes considerable work, but faculty from schools in the region have generously contributed their time and leadership so that the conference can thrive," he said. "The conference has grown far beyond our expectations and has provided a significant venue for the professional development for hundreds of students to report the results of their research to peers and faculty from other colleges and universities." Back to top 4/11/2005 Art prof's painting at San Francisco's George Krevsky Gallery This painting by Associate Professor of Art Lou Schellenberg is featured in an
Back to top 4/8/2005 Cheerleaders take first at NEPA Challenge E-town's cheerleaders concluded a busy season at the North East Pennsylvania Back to top 4/6/2005 Math prof earns NSF grant An Elizabethtown College mathematics professor has received a $75,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to better prepare future mathematics teachers by integrating the history of mathematics into their college courses. Gabriela Sanchis’ grant will fund the preparation of a textbook supplement and Many studies report that students’ attitudes toward mathematics decline during high school. One reason may be that students are often taught mathematics as separate, compartmentalized units of instruction that have no relationship to each other, according to Sanchis. "Teachers often lack the historical background that can help them make connections between different topics in the curriculum, as well as engage students of all different backgrounds," she said. Sanchis’ textbook supplement will also help students experience the mathematics of a given period, leading to a greater appreciation of the contributions made by different cultures. "When these college students are high-school teachers, they might discuss the Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi’s contributions to the beginnings of algebra. In an elementary school setting, they might spend time discussing the Egyptians and Babylonians," she said. "It’s also important for students to learn about contributions made by women, and the obstacles that women had to overcome to be successful in this field," Sanchis said. "Sophie Germain, for example, couldn’t attend a French university in the 18th century because she was a woman. Despite that, she later proved part of Fermat’s Last Theorem, a very famous problem that stumped mathematicians for hundreds of years." The NSF grant will cover summer salaries for Sanchis and two mathematics education majors who will serve as her assistants: Jeanette Halstead, a junior from Chalfont, Pa., and Lindsey Bosko, a senior from Elkhorn, Wis. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sanchis received a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and doctorate from the University of Rochester in the area of probability. Before obtaining her doctorate, she worked for four years as an actuary and passed several exams to become an associate of the Society of Actuaries. In 1992, she was awarded an NSF grant that enabled Elizabethtown’s Department of Mathematical Sciences to set up a computer laboratory and incorporate the use of technology into many of its mathematics courses. Back to top 4/4/2005 E-town awarded $450,000 challenge grant Elizabethtown College’s James B. Hoover Center for Business is one step closer to "This extremely competitive grant will provide the momentum needed to increase our donor base and reach our fundraising goals," said Elizabethtown College President Theodore Long. "It is a wonderful testimony to the strength of the College’s programs, fundraising plan and financial stability, and it brings the Hoover Center one step closer to reality." The $5.2 million James B. Hoover Center for Business will be a two-story, 30,000-foot facility that will provide much-needed space for the growing Department of Business, which enrolls more than 300 majors and nearly 50 minors. It will also create space to house a new academic program in entrepreneurial studies, establish a Center for Entrepreneurial Success and create a permanent home for the College’s Family Business Center and Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning. The Hoover Center is a component of Elizabethtown College’s $35-million comprehensive campaign, "This grant was essential to propel us forward to complete the fundraising for the business building," said Richard Jordan of Mechanicsburg, chair of Elizabethtown’s campaign. "It was also a key ingredient to the entire campaign." Chairman and CEO of Smith Land and Improvement Corporation, Jordan is a 1970 Elizabethtown graduate who also serves as vice chairman and treasurer of the College’s board of trustees. "All of us on the Business Building Committee take the Kresge challenge grant as a great motivator to raise the final $1.36 million and make the James B Hoover Center a reality for Elizabethtown College," said James Shreiner of Lancaster, chair of the Business Building Campaign Committee. A 1973 graduate of Elizabethtown, Shreiner is executive vice president at Fulton Bank and a member of the College’s board of trustees. Elizabethtown College is one of 45 charitable organizations to thus far receive a 2005 grant from The Kresge Foundation, a $2.4-billion independent, private foundation with a mission "to promote the well-being of mankind." The College received five previous grants from the Foundation, the most recent in support of the High Library and Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Back to top 4/1/2005 High school juniors invited to April 9 Open House  We've planned a special day on Sat., April 9, for high-school juniors to learn more about E-town. Tour the campus, talk with faculty, learn about the admissions process and attend a financial aid session. Students who bring along their application will also have the fee waived, and two lucky attendees will be awarded scholarships. More information is available at the Open House website. Back to top 4/1/2005 'Try E-town On For Size' is here!  Want to know if E-town College is the right place for you? Come and "Try E-town On For Size" on April 27 and 28! Spend a day on campus attending classes, eating in one of our dining services areas, exploring the buildings and grounds, and talking with current students. And your parents are invited to attend sessions designed just for them. Online registration and more information is available at the TEOFS site. Back to top 3/31/2005 Durnbaugh Lectures to focus on religion, violence in Africa Religion and violence in Africa will be the topic of this year’s Elizabethtown College Miller will discuss "The Challenge of Being a Peace Church in Africa" at 7:30 p.m., April 14, in Myer Hall’s Susquehanna Room. His presentation will include a collage of photos and a report on the People of Peace Conference organized by the historic peace churches in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 2004. The talk is open to the public free of charge and is presented as part of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies’ annual banquet. Miller served as general secretary of the Church of the Brethren for 10 years and served on the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He was the convener of the planning committee and served as co-moderator for the People of Peace Conference. Established in 1993, the Durnbaugh Lectures at Elizabethtown College honor scholarly efforts by Donald F. and Hedwig T. Durnbaugh to preserve and interpret the history of Anabaptist and Pietist groups. Each year an outstanding scholar is invited to present the lectures on a topic related to Anabaptist and Pietist heritage. Back to top 3/24/2005 Harrisburg Symphony cellist presents concert An Elizabethtown College adjunct faculty member who is principal cellist for the "Music Life Has Taught Us" will feature works by Bach, Schumann, Beethoven, Barber, Brahms and Chopin, and will include selections from Broadway and other popular pieces. Zurfluh will be accompanied by pianist Elizabeth Keller. Zurfluh has been a cellist with the Harrisburg Symphony since 1979. He earned a bachelor of music with distinction from the Eastman School of Music, and a master of music and doctor of musical arts in cello from the Catholic University of America. He has also studied at Meadowmount. Zurfluh frequently performs with Music at Gretna and has performed with the Eastman Philharmonia, the U.S. Air Force Symphony and Strolling Strings, the National Gallery Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the Washington Chamber Orchestra and the National Theater Orchestra, in venues including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Academy of Music, Kennedy Center, Berlin Philharmonic Hall and Royal Albert Hall. He is also active playing numerous Broadway show tours. An adjunct assistant professor at Franklin and Marshall College, Zurfluh has taught at Bucknell University, Susquehanna University and for 16 years was on the faculty of the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts. He maintains private studios in Harrisburg and Lancaster and performs on a rare 1730 Testore cello. Back to top 3/21/2005 Productions by theatre dept. and Young Center Elizabethtown College has scheduled two theatrical productions in April. "Small Change Theatre," presented by the theatre department, will feature two plays, both set in Texas, written by James McLure. The shows will be presented at 8 p.m. on April 15 and 16, and at 2 p.m. April 17, in Tempest Theatre. Tickets, which cost $5 for adults and $3 dollars for seniors, children and students, are available by calling the box office at 717-361-1170. "Laundry and Bourbon" will be directed by adjunct faculty member Terri Mastrobuono and will feature a three-woman cast: sophomore theatre major Julie Strickland of Gettysburg as Amy Lee, sophomore theatre and communications major Amanda Brunish of Pottstown as Hattie, and senior theatre and social sciences education major Lindsey Wagner of Shippensburg as Elizabeth. "Lone Star" will be directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Shari Taylor and "Dirk's Exodus, " an historical drama about Dutch Anabaptist martyr Dirk Willems, will be presented by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Under the direction of former faculty member Gene Ellis, the production will be performed in the Young Center’s Bucher Meetinghouse at 7:30 p.m., April 15 and 16 and at 2 p.m., April 17. Individual tickets are $9, and tickets for groups of 10 or more are $7. All seating is general admission. For ticket information, contact the Young Center at 717-361-1470 or youngctr@etown.edu. Proceeds from the production will support the worldwide peacemaking efforts of Christian Peacemaker Teams, a joint effort of Mennonites and Brethren and Quakers. Set in Holland during the early years of the Protestant Reformation, "Dirk’s Exodus" tells the story of Willems’ escape from prison, his decision to turn back and rescue the warden who pursued him, and his subsequent capture and execution. Choral music is juxtaposed with scenes in which Willems, the inquisitor sent by Philip II, his children, and the warden and his wife face the moral choices and sacrifices of the day. "Dirk’s bold act of expressing love to his enemy has made him an all-time hero among Anabaptist groups of North America," said Donald B. Kraybill, Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center. Written by James C. Juhnke, Young Center Fellow and retired professor of history at Bethel College, the full-length play won second place in a competition sponsored by the Association of Kansas Theatre and was published in "Four Class Acts" in 1992. Back to top 3/17/2005 Dashboard Confessional to perform April 29 Dashboard Confessional will present an acoustic concert at Elizabethtown College’s Thompson Gymnasium on April 29. Opening acts are Hot Rod Circuit and General admission tickets cost $25 and will be available beginning March 29 at the Elizabethtown College Store in the Baugher Student Center or by calling the College’s concert ticket hotline at 717-361-1579. Hailing from Boca Raton, Fla., Dashboard Confessional is led by singer/songwriter Christopher Carrabba, who also fronted bands such as Further Seems Forever and the Vacant Andies. Dashboard Confessional allows Carrabba to mold simple acoustics with passionate wordplay to make for a delightful introduction to his individual work, according to All Music Guide’s MacKenzie Wilson. Carrabba marked his first solo effort with the release of The Swiss Army Romance in 2000. The album’s "Screaming Infidelities" track became a modern rock hit, and a joint tour with The Weakerthans propelled Dashboard Confessional into the spotlight. Next came So Impossible and The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, which Carrabba toured solo, then with some friends, and eventually as the quartet that comprises Dashboard Confessional today. The Vagrant Across America tour in summer 2001 with labelmates No Motiv, Hot Rod Circuit and {Alkaline Trio} further solidified Dashboard Confessional’s popularity. MTV picked up on what was happening and started playing the video for "Screaming Infidelities," then made Dashboard the first nonplatinum act to get its own episode of Unplugged. A summer tour with Weezer followed, then an MTV Video Music Award. The band has since released Summer’s Kiss; A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar; and Vindicated. In addition to Carrabba, Dashboard Confessional includes drummer Mike Marsh, guitarist Johnny Leffler and bassist Scott Schoenbeck. Back to top 3/8/2005 Women's History Month events include talks by Norsigian, Steingraber Elizabethtown College will observe Women’s History Month with a series of events -- centered around the theme "Staying Strong, Being Whole" -- that are open to the public free of charge. Sandra Steingraber, an internationally recognized expert on enviro "Our Bodies, Ourselves: What Your Mother Never Told You" is the title of a talk by Judy Norsigian, scheduled for 11 a.m., March 30, in Leffler Chapel and Performanc Brown Bag Lunch Series – Bring your lunch and join in the following discussions: Tuesday, March 29 - Noon, Baugher Student Center 211 Thursday, March 31 - Noon, Baugher Student Center 211 Friday, April 1 - Noon, Brossman Commons 258 Evening Wellness Programs – New federal health guidelines and free healthy snacks each evening. Tuesday, March 29 – 8 p.m., Event Space, Baugher Student Center Wednesday, March 30 – 8 p.m., Event Space, Baugher Student Center Thursday, March 31 – 8 p.m., Event Space, Baugher Student Center Contact the Office of the Dean of College Life, 361-1196, for additional information.
Back to top 3/4/2005 Engineering students create wheelchair sensor system A team of first-year engineering students at Elizabethtown College have created a proximity The Audible Warning Sonic Sensor System, which is mounted to and powered by Melissa Sneath’s wheelchair, produces a warning sound when she is approaching an object or wall. The sound changes as she gets closer to the object, allowing her to correct her course and avoid a collision. "Melissa has perceptual issues," said Carol Sneath, Melissa’s mother. "She knows how to maneuver her chair, but she has issues with her distance from objects. This is a big deal, because it makes her dependent on others for direction." Sneath proposed the project last year to Elizabethtown physics professor Troy McBride. His "Introduction to Engineering" students design and construct community service projects each year to reinforce some of the core elements of the course, such as teamwork, problem solving, design, and application of basic engineering principles. Sneath learned about the students’ efforts through her work at United Disabilities Services. She turned to McBride after searching unsuccessfully for a commercial sensor system to help her daughter. "There is a similar device in Europe, but because of patent issues, it hasn’t been able to be purchased by any U.S. vendors," she said. The difficulty of the project discouraged McBride’s students last year, and none chose to undertake it. "The proximity sensor project struck me as an excellent project for computer engineering students, but I was aware that the technical challenge may have been daunting to first-year students," McBride said. This year’s class, however, produced a team of students -- Pat Gianelli of Ephrata, Matt Lauver of McAlisterville, Paul Stegner of East Berlin and Christopher Yorgey of Allentown -- who were up to the challenge. "What made us step up? It was a combination of the challenge of the project and the opportunity to do a lot of good," said Yorgey. He and Gianelli also share an interest in electronics and thought they would enjoy working on the sensor system. The team visited Sneath’s house "to get a feel for the environment," according to Yorgey. They measured the width of doorways and hallways and took reference photos to be used later. Gianelli then designed and built the power circuit and processor, to which four sensors were attached – two for the front of the chair and two for the sides. The sensors, which are mounted in cases, can be programmed to trigger at specific distances. "We don’t want the system to trigger too much so that it becomes annoying," Yorgey said. A detachable speaker mounted on Melissa’s headrest allows her to easily hear the signals sent by the sensors. "We can also customize the sounds so that the system uses those that Melissa likes," Yorgey added. Both Sneath and McBride are pleased with the team’s work. "I was very impressed with the responsibility, work ethic, project management and technical ability of this team of four students," McBride said. "They met every deadline, had the initiative to consult with senior computer engineering students and professors for technical suggestions, and designed, purchased components, constructed and programmed the entire product." "Melissa very much enjoyed having these young men around her," Sneath said, "and I am very excited about this device, because I believe it will have a huge impact on her life." Back to top 3/2/2005 PA Cable Network broadcast of intelligent design forum
Back to top 3/2/2005 Men's indoor track & field wins 3rd MAC championship Elizabethtown ran away with its third consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championship title on Feb. 26, finishing first out of 10 teams with 136 points, 51 points ahead of second place Widener and Susquehanna universities. The Blue Jays captured 14 conference medals, six first place finishes, one Susquehanna field house record, seven E-town indoor program records and three NCAA Division III Indoor Championship provisional qualifying performances. Additionally, E-town head coach Chris Straub was named the MAC Coach of the Year for the indoor season. Back to top 2/24/2005 Tsunami efforts yield van load of donations
Back to top 2/23/2005 E-town students start revolution with T-shirts Written by Megan Muller '05 for The Etownian . . . While visiting Germany, Elizabethtown College senior Justin Smith of Havre de Grace, Md., purchased an at-home T-shirt making kit. So begin "the revolution." Smith and fellow senior Jeremy Ebersole, from Copley, Why the name "Revolution means standing up for what you believe in, not letting other people tell you how to live your life," Smith said. The two wanted to create a T-shirt that would bridge between Hot Topic and Urban Outfitters, combining styles of the two name brands to create a style that everyone can enjoy. "We wanted to make a shirt that is trendy and cool-looking but also rebellious," said Ebersole. Most of the designs printed on the T-shirts are inspired by historic events. There are currently six designs for men and women, each with a quote on the back of the shirt. Explanations for each design are offered at the company’s website, www.therevolutionlives.com. Each of the designs – created by the students -- is hand-printed on 100-percent cotton shirts, manufactured in sweatshop-free warehouses. The ink used in the prints is U.S. made and safe for the environment, according to Ebersole and Smith. So far, the two have sold their product only to friends, but they hope to market the T-shirt through their new website. With the growth of the business, new clothing ideas will be in the works -- sweatshirts, shorts and messenger bags are being considered. Back to top 2/18/2005 Intelligent design forum on March 1
The Elizabethtown College Center for Science and Religion (ECCSR), an entity whose mission is to create a dialogue group that will explore the dynamic interface between religion and science, is sponsoring a March 1 series of debates addressing this topic. The forum,"Intelligent Design: The Scientific, Theological and Civil Dimensions of the Debate," is open to the public free of charge and will be held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. There is no registration for the event.
Additional information Back to top 2/16/2005 Political science student accepted to Stanford summer institute Matt Miller of Macungie, a senior political science major at Elizabethtown College, has been accepted Miller will have the opportunity to learn from some of the top scholars in the field of political psychology before beginning graduate school in the fall, according to his adviser April Kelly-Woessner, an assistant professor of political science who attended the Institute prior to beginning her doctorate at The Ohio State University. "Matt’s acceptance into this competitive and challenging program is a testament to his hard work and dedication over the last four years," said Kelly-Woessner. "He constantly seeks opportunities to challenge himself and never fails to meet those challenges." Captain of the men’s cross-country and track teams, Miller will enter a doctorate program next fall in formal theory, a sub-field of American politics. "In economics, scholars use quantitative techniques to attempt to predict consumer and producer behavior," he said. "Formal theory uses quantitative techniques to try and predict politician and citizen behavior. My secondary interest is in political psychology, and I hope to work at the nexus of political psychology and formal theory." Miller’s plans also include teaching at a college or university and coaching cross country and track. "My cross country and track coach, Chris Straub, works with all his athletes to set athletic, academic and personal-improvement goals, and then the athlete and he work to come up with the means to accomplish these goals," he said. "In high school, I was a mediocre student, but upon coming to E-town, I was thrown into an environment in which I was encouraged to work hard for the purpose of tapping my potential as a person." Back to top 2/14/2005 E-town prof part of Grammy-winning group
Guitarist David Cullen, a member of the faculty in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, is among the 12 artists featured on "Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar" by Solid Air Records. His contribution to the collection of Mancini songs is "Days of Wine and Roses." A featured soloist in the 2004 New York Guitar Festival, Cullen has performed with Will Ackerman, Samite, Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, The Jaco Big Band and with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is featured on the Windham Hill Guitar Sampler and other Windham Hill Compilation CDs, and he has released two books -- "Jazz, Classical and Beyond" and "Grateful Guitar" -- through Warner Brothers Publications. Cullen has performed throughout North America for classical guitar societies, jazz festivals and performing arts series. He has released nine CDs for the acoustic guitar label Solid Air Records, and his recordings have been featured on NPR stations across the country. Cullen earned a bachelor of music in classical guitar performance at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music. Amidst his schedule of touring and playing, he teaches at Elizabethtown, Kutztown and Albright colleges. Information on Cullen and ordering his music is available at www.cullenguitar.com and www.acousticmusicresource.com. Back to top 2/11/2005 Harvard professor, chaplain to discuss 'the good life' Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University professor and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, will present "The Good Life: Truths That Gomes will also conduct a book signing following his presentation. His books will be available for purchase at the event or prior to the event at the College Store. Widely regarded as one of America’s most distinguished preachers, Gomes has lectured throughout the United States and the British Isles. Named Clergy of the Year in 1998 by Religion in American Life, he participated in the presidential inaugurations of Ronald Reagan and of George H.W. Bush. He is the author of the New York Times and national best-selling books "The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart" and "Sermons: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living." He has published seven additional volumes of sermons as well as numerous articles and papers. Gomes serves on the advisory board of The Living Pulpit. In addition, he serves as trustee of The Roxbury Latin School and of Bates College. He is a member of The Massachusetts Historical Society, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, the Advisory Board of The Winterthur Museum, and a sometime Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, London. Former acting director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro American Research, Gomes is past president of The Signet Society, Harvard’s oldest literary society; and former trustee of Wellesley College, of The Public Broadcasting Service, and of Plimoth Plantation. He is past president and trustee of The Pilgrim Society of Plymouth, Mass. Born in Boston, Gomes is an American Baptist minister ordained to the Christian ministry by The First Baptist Church of Plymouth. Since 1970 he has served in The Memorial Church, Harvard University; and since 1974 as Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church. He has been profiled by Robert Boynton in The New Yorker, and interviewed by Morley Safer on "60 Minutes." Gomes was also included in the summer 1999 premiere issue of Talk magazine as part of its feature article, "The Best Talkers in America: Fifty Big Mouths We Hope Will Never Shut Up." Back to top 2/10/2005 Benefit concert to feature Ingram Hill A concert at Elizabethtown College to raise funds for college students who encounter financial During 2004, Ingram Hill signed to Hollywood Records, released nationwide their CD "June's Picture Show" and went on tour, hitting the stage with everyone from Michelle Branch to Los Lonely Boys, Hanson to Johnny Lang. Their first single, "Will I Ever Make It Home," graced both the Billboard Adult Top 40 Singles chart and the Radio & Records Hot AC Chart, and enjoyed a successful ride on the soundtrack for "13 Going On 30," which hit #2 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart. Building on this momentum, the band has just wrapped a tour with Gavin DeGraw and is now marking the release of their second single, "Almost Perfect," which hit radio on Feb. 1. The accompanying video will be seen in Target and Nordstrom stores nationwide. Fans can also look forward to seeing the pop/rock quartet on national television, starting with an appearance on CBS’s "Second Cup Café" scheduled for Feb. 26. Formed in the summer of 2000, the quartet is Justin Moore (vocals/guitar), Phil Bogard (guitar), Shea Sowell (bass/vocals) and Matt Chambless (drums). The band initially came together at the University of Memphis, where Moore and Chambless were attending on full scholarships. Established in 1999, FASE is available to students attending Elizabethtown College or to those who live in the Elizabethtown community and attend another college or university. For more information about the FASE, contact Thomas Bowersox at 717-361-1310 or bowerstj@etown.edu. Back to top 2/1/2005 Acting prof enjoys success with commedia dell’arte An adjunct faculty member who teaches acting in Elizabethtown College’s fine and performing Terri Mastrobuono’s one-woman show, "Andata e Ritorno (Round Trip)," was presented at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in September. Her first solo show for young audiences, "A Tarantella of Tales," inaugurated the new home of the Valley Forge Children’s Theatre in December. And she has been invited to conduct workshops at the first Festival of Commedia dell’Arte in Sarasota, Fla., later this month. Commedia dell’arte is a style of comedic performance that was popular in Italy from the late 1400s to the early 1700s, according to Mastrobuono. "It was much like our modern sit-coms in that it was -- and still is -- centered in stock characters who were in every show," she said. "The plays were quasi-improvised off of basic outlines, and most of the characters were masked." The performance style was broadly comical, sometimes satirical, very physical, and slapstick. "In fact," she said, "‘slapstick comedy’ is derived from the prop used by one of the characters in commedia to whack others." The commedia’s contribution to western theater is significant for two reasons, according to Mastrobuono. The plots became the inspiration for both Shakepeare and Moliere’s work, and commedia dell’arte was the first time acting became a true profession. "That is, actors worked for their own financial gain from their own artistic inspiration, not a patron’s or the church’s," she said. "Without this, there would have been no Globe theater and no professional theater as we know it." Mastrobuono traveled to Italy in 1998, thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, to study this art form in its country of origin. The summer course was taught by Antonio Fava, the keystone around which the Sarasota festival is being built. The Festival of Commedia dell’Arte is cosponsored by Riverview High School – where Mastrobuono will conduct workshops -- and the Asolo Theatre. The event will culminate with additional workshops and performances by Fava. Mastrobuono has been asked back to the Valley Forge Children’s Theatre to write a version of "Pinocchio" for their next season. "I will be basing the script on the original, Italian version by Collodi, in which Pinocchio is a bad, bad boy," she said. "The cricket, for example, doesn't make it past the third or fourth chapter because Pinocchio smashes him with a wooden mallet!"
Back to top 1/24/2005 Kwame Jackson to speak at Career Expo 2005 A visit by Kwame Jackson of "The Apprentice" will wrap up Career Expo 2005 at Elizabethtown Jackson and 14 others competed to become Donald Trump’s first apprentice. He will share his lessons from the boardroom, lessons learned from his participation on the show and his personal business experience. A graduate of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a master’s in business administration from Harvard University, Jackson’s professional experience includes sales and marketing roles at Procter & Gamble and, most recently, on Wall Street as an investment manager for Goldman Sachs. He regularly addresses executive management teams and aspiring interns at the world’s leading companies on various topics such as team building, leadership, surviving and thriving in corporate America and the importance of being an entrepreneur. Jackson’s latest endeavor is Legacy Holdings LLC, an emerging diversified holding company he has founded that is positioned to engage in real estate development, fashion, television and film production. Sponsored by Elizabethtown’s career services office, Career Expo 2005 will offer students workshops on conducting an effective career search, career volunteering, leadership development, interviewing and networking, resume writing, dining etiquette, and graduate exam practice. The weeklong event is supported by a $250,000 grant from the Workforce Investment Board of Lancaster County. Back to top 1/20/2005 E-town hosts improvisation residency Elizabethtown College will bring world-renowned jazz musicians Eddie Gomez and Mark Kramer to The residency will be interdisciplinary and involve the entire campus. Gomez and Kramer will explore what they do as improvisers with students and challenge them to apply principles and techniques involved in improvisation to their academic disciplines. In addition, the residency schedule includes several public events. All are open to the public free of charge. More information on these events is available by calling 717-361-1212.
Gomez and Kramer have recorded and performed together for more than a decade. A Julliard-trained bassist, composer, arranger, producer and educator, Gomez has recorded with groups led by Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. He has also been a guest artist with high-profile musicians such as the Kronos Quartet, Tashi and Richard Stolzman. Kramer is a Telarc International recording pianist, composer, arranger, educator and producer who recent recordings are distributed by Warner Brothers. He was trained at Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Back to top 1/18/2005 Genetic disease research in Amish topic of talk The laboratory director at the Clinic for Special Children, a nonprofit pediatric metabolic disease cente The Clinic for Special Children serves the special medical needs of children with rare metabolic and other genetic disorders from the Old Order Amish and Mennonite communities of Pennsylvania. Puffenberger, a molecular biologist and population geneticist, has studied the genetic diseases of these groups for more than 15 years. His lecture will focus on their unique medical genetic heritage, detail the attributes that make them ideal for genetic disease research and discuss their impact on the field of human genetics. Puffenberger earned a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and a doctorate from Case Western Reserve University. His work involves implementation of molecular genetic techniques for routine diagnosis, research into the genetics of isolated populations, development of molecular strategies for newborn screening and identification of novel disease genes by linkage mapping. Back to top 1/16/2005 E-town hosts Dept. Day & Scholarship Comp. for applied prosp. students
Back to top 1/14/2005 E-town undertakes tsunami disaster relief effort Elizabethtown College’s Center for Global Citizenship is sponsoring a disaster relief effort for the people of Southeast Asia affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami. The Center’s program is being coordinated with the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren and Church World Service to ensure that donations are efficiently received by those in need. Donations collected will be sent to the Church World Service Processing Center for delivery to affected areas. The Center’s efforts are focused on seeking monetary donations as well as school, health and medicine kits. Monetary contributions may be dropped off at the College’s business office in Zug Hall. Checks, which will be deposited into a disaster relief account, should be made payable to Elizabethtown College, and "disaster relief initiative" should be included on the memo line. Specific instructions for the three types of kits are included below. All instructions must be strictly followed to meet the packing and shipping requirements established by the Church World Service Processing Center. Completed kits should be delivered to the Office of Service-Learning or the Student Life Center Office in the Baugher Student Center or to the Student Life Center Information Desk from 3 p.m. to midnight. Additional information is available by calling 717-361-1108. SCHOOL KIT
HEALTH KIT
Important information about the medicine kits:
Back to top 1/13/2005 E-town celebrates MLK Jr. Day Elizabethtown College will host its first ever Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Jan. 17. The daylong event will begin with an 11 a.m. celebration in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, which will include a talk by Pennsylvania’s deputy secretary for administration, Peter Speaks; music by guest soloist Elizabeth Jeffries of Harrisburg's Fellowship Baptist Church; and a performance by two step teams, Elizabethtown College’s Lady Jay Step Team and the Sigma Beta Club of Harrisburg High School. An historical drama, "The Pulse of Mourning" is set in 1936 South Carolina and centers on the Cane family, which has just lost a loved one to a lynch mob. Through its sorrow, the family must decide what to do -- to strike back or to move on. In the end, this African-American family marshals the strength it needs to heal and thrive. Back to top 1/6/2005 E-town student has hand in Farm Show butter sculpture This year's butter sculpture -- a 15-year tradition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg -- Back to top 1/3/2005 Family Business Center hosts talk by Auntie Anne's CEO Elizabethtown College’s Family Business Centerwill host a seminar by the founder and CEO of Auntie Beiler has managed her business – Auntie Anne’s Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels -- from one farmer’s market stand to a franchise organization with 150 corporate staff, supporting more than 250 franchisees and their 800-plus locations worldwide. Because of her attention to detail, investment in employees, and dedication, her company has been featured in several collegiate business textbooks as a prime example of how to manage a franchise system. In 2003, the Auntie Anne’s franchise system generated $234 million in sales and gave more than $1 million to charitable organizations. Beiler was named one of America’s 500 women entrepreneurs by Working Woman and "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Inc. Magazine, and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Eastern College. Her entrepreneurial insights have also been featured on many television shows, including The Food Network’s "Unwrapped" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show," and in magazines such as Fortune, Nation’s Restaurant News and Guideposts. The Family Business Center at Elizabethtown College and its corporate sponsors — Barley Snyder, Fulton Bank, Glatfelter Insurance Group, and McKonly & Asbury —help family business "Prepare for Tomorrow" by providing opportunities to address and resolve their succession, management, ownership, and strategic issues. Through a special program of seminars, access to national resources and networking, the Center seeks to support and strengthen family businesses. |
Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. An artist’s reception is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 27. 
executive director of Lancaster’s Clare House, a homeless shelter for women and children. The afghan will be presented to a homeless woman and her two children as a holiday gift from the students. The project was part of a national program, “Warm Up America,” which promotes making and giving handmade afghans to needy communities. 
(ninth
from left) requested the meeting through the office of Sen. Arlen
Specter, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 
was
one of two students from the mid-Atlantic region to earn the STARS
(Students Taking An Active Role Scholarship) presented by the student
group associated with the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
The award package includes student membership dues to the AMTA for 2006
and reimbursement for the student registration fee for the
Association’s 2005 national conference in Orlando, Fla.
voters . . . to make Pennsylvania healthier, a better place to live and more competitive in attracting and supporting business investment," Governor Rendell said. "In just three months since we reached a final agreement with the legislature, we have our first list of projects. No state is doing more to protect its quality of life or to safeguard tomorrow."
events
designed to build bridges between communities, will continue with a
performance by the Brazilian band Minas at 8 p.m., Nov. 18, in Leffler
Chapel and Performance Center. Information on tickets for the concert,
which cost $10, is available at 717-361-1985, 717-361-1212 or “Events”
at 
and
a recorder ensemble of 13 students will perform for the first time
during the production. The ensemble, Early MUSIC ENSEMBLE, is directed
by Assistant Professor of Music Victoria Smith
earn master's degrees in occupational therapy, is serving as a state policy intern at the American Occupational Therapy Association. She and two members of this year's master's class -- Rachel Halton (second from right) of Emmaus, Pa. and Crystal Nealis (left) of Rome, Pa. -- recently visited Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania's senators, Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter, to lobby for two bills. Bowling's story is available 
10, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event is open to the public free of charge. 
World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare" will discuss the life of William Shakespeare at 11 a.m., Nov. 9, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Stephen Greenblatt’s talk is open to the public free of charge. 
The
research team for the project is composed of principal investigator
Donald B. Kraybill, senior fellow at the Young Center, and
co-investigators Steven Nolt, professor of history at Goshen College in
Indiana, and Karen Johnson-Weiner, professor of anthropology at the
State University of New York at Potsdam. A national panel of seven
scholars will advise the research team throughout the project.
Lancaster County's Amish, he "tracked down Donald Kraybill, a professor in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College." 
non-doctoral
awarding U.S. colleges and universities to receive the grant from The
National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Institute (NIH: NCI).
The funding, the second renewal of a previous grant, is expected to
continue the professor’s research for the next three years. 
Downing, who recently published “Into the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles,” will discuss his book and the recently released movie at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 26, in the College’s High Library. The R.W. Schlosser Professor of English at Elizabethtown, Downing will also sign copies of his book, which is available in the College Bookstore. The event is open to the public free of charge. 
Both the exhibit and the reception are open to the public free of
charge. Hours for Hess Gallery, which is located in Zug Hall, are 9
a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
Oct.
23 in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center.
Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the show will begin at 7 p.m. 
ol is a block from the British Museum, which is an
outstanding area."
enter for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.
The event is open to the public free of charge. Copies of Atwood’s book
“Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem,” for
which he earned the Young Center’s 2005 Dale W. Brown Book Award, will
be available for purchase. 
Chapel and Performance Center. Admission is free but space is limited.
Additional information is available by calling 717-361-1112.
responded to a number of media queries on Katrina last week, offering commentary to Congressional Quarterly, the Dallas Morning News, National Journal, a foreign news service and to the Associated Press’s Martha Mendoza. The AP story was released nationally on Sept. 10, 2005, and has appeared on Yahoo News and CNN.com, and in newspapers in Missouri, Arizona, Washington and Montana. More information is available at the 
town College Board of Trustees David Hosler ’72.
expert Charles Murray as its 2005 Ernest W. Lefever Visiting Fellow in Ethics and Culture. Murray will present a public lecture -- "Why Athens? Why Florence? The Origins of Great Accomplishment" -- at 7 p.m., Sept. 26, in the Bucher Meetinghouse of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. His talk is open to the public free of charge. 
Hispanic Cabinet member in the Commonwealth’s history, will open Latino Heritage Month events at Elizabethtown College. Cortes will speak at 7 p.m., Sept. 21, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event, which is sponsored by Noir, the Black Student Society of Elizabethtown College, is open to the public free of charge. 
to the 2006 U.S. News and World Report "America’s Best Colleges" rankings. This is the 12th consecutive year that Elizabethtown has been ranked as one of the top colleges in this category.
Maryland College of Art and Design. Her work has been shown extensively in the Chester County area, and she was represented by Somerville Manning Gallery in Wilmington, Del., before coming to Lynden Gallery in Elizabethtown. 
drawing, Heilman has since shown his work extensively in the region. Along with local venues including Lebanon Valley College, the Pennsylvania State Museum, Art of the State, and the Doshi Gallery, his work has been represented by Gallery Henoch in New York City and the Harris Gallery in Houston. Heilman owns and operates Lebanon Art and Picture Frame.
Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s newly created Training America’s Teacher’s Commission. 
Wellesley College in Massachusetts, has been named director of Elizabethtown College’s High Library. 
D.G. Yuengling & Son Brewery in Pottsville, will help mark the 10th anniversary of Elizabethtown College’s Family Business Center. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and is open to the public free of charge. Registration is required by Sept. 12. Contact Rosa at 717-361-1275.
lectures
on a number of topics -- including China's economic and business system
and international trade, foreign direct investments and the unique
culture of Chinese companies -- given by Dean and Professor Zhongxiu
Zhao of the University of International Business and Economics. They
also learned some basic Chinese language. In addition, the group
visited the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and Summer
Palace, and watched a Peking Opera show and acrobatics
show. 
the Parent Fund at Elizabethtown College. A 1996 graduate of the College, he previously worked in the admissions office for nine years, most recently as associate director of admissions. 
designed
to build bridges between communities. The event will be held in Leffler
Chapel and Performance Center. Information on a subscription to the One
World Series or tickets to Yu Wei’s performance, which cost $10, is
available at 717-361-1985, 717-361-1212 or "Events" at 
named director of the Elizabethtown College Honors Program, sponsored by The Hershey Company. 
runner-up in their league at SIFE Nationals in Kansas City, ranking them among the top 40 teams in the country. 
Scholar-Athletes for the spring 2005 season. One male and one female senior student-athlete are selected each season for the award from the 16 member schools of the MASCAC.
matriculating student a mortarboard decoration that features the words, "Elizabethtown College here I come!" 
Wienches, Angeline Alessandri, Any Huttenstein, Kimberly Stamatopoulos and Melissa Keeler. All five were in the top 10 of their graduating class.
Elizabethtown College at Saturday’s commencement exercises. 
University and a doctorate in historical musicology from Bryn Mawr College. He has been a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a visiting evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Music. He has twice served as president of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association and has received both the Distinguished Service Award and Teacher of the Year Award from that organization.
the men’s cross country and track teams, has been awarded a $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He will pursue graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and School of Business, where he plans to complete two degrees, a master of international development and a master of business administration. 
demonstrated the alternative energy storage devices they designed and constructed.
teaches the students with lecturer Jean Fullerton. "While batteries are widely used and moderately effective, limited lifetimes, cost, and size, as well as environmental disposal concerns compel us to explore other technologies."
inutes to charge their energy storage system using the 120-watt solar panel," McBride said. "They then connected their system to a measuring device -- a motor and belt ‘horse-race’ counter -- to determine how much electrical energy they effectively stored."
Memorial Hall) from May 1 through May 21. The opening reception for the event is scheduled for 1 p.m., May 1, in both galleries. The reception and exhibit are open to the public free of charge. Lyet and Hess galleries are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. 
said. "I achieve this by lighting my subject to produce a wide range of lights and darks. My art usually looks soft, blended with no harsh lines and realistic."
we have the privilege to recreate."
held as part of the department’s 30th anniversary celebration on April 9.
Tour to Thailand and Myanmar this summer. She is one of 15 faculty members from U.S. colleges and universities selected to spend five weeks learning about the people and cultures of these countries. Mapp will also research issues relevant to international social work, such as AIDS and sex trafficking. 
Presidency took a field trip to Washington, D.C., on April 13 to hear U.S. Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA 19th); E.J. Dionne, nationally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post; and Paul Weinstein Jr., former Chief of Staff, Domestic Policy Council for former President Clinton and Senior Advisor to former Vice President Al Gore. Students are pictured outside the Brookings Institution.
"If you really want to be great, serve those around you." This was the final piece of advice Auntie Anne’s founder Anne Beiler offered to the 447 graduates of Elizabethtown College at Saturday’s commencement exercises. .jpg)
exhibit at the George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco. The show, "More Than a Game: The Art of Baseball," runs through April 30. 
Challenge at King's College on April 2 by claiming the first-place trophy in the squad contest. The College also took first place in the individual stunt group contest with Amy Wisler, Ang Castriota, Maeve Marks, Amy Koltonuk and Alicia Moyer competing. Koltonuk took third place in the dance division, where E-town was also represented by Meg Muller, Steph Pilichowski and Lisa Wherley. Castriota took second in the tumbling pass competition, as well as competing in the jumps contest with Wisler, Tia Portner, Koltonuk, Wherley and Becca Hahn. Marks, Moyer, Portner, Koltonuk, Rachel Irby and Nicole Podjed competed in the individual cheer competition. 
training workshops for college and university faculty to teach historical mathematics material in their courses. This is particularly helpful at smaller colleges and universities like Elizabethtown, according to Sanchis, who serves as an associate professor of mathematics. "At a smaller institution, the mathematics education curriculum is often too crowded to add a course on the history of math," she said. "I plan to develop materials – using lots of technology -- for faculty to incorporate these concepts into existing courses."
"To Serve Tomorrow." To date, more than $24 million has been raised toward the campaign goal.
Durnbaugh Lectures, which will be presented by Donald E. Miller, professor emeritus of Christian education and ethics at Bethany Theological Seminary. 
Harrisburg Symphony will present a concert at 7:30 p.m., April 18, in Zug Recital Hall. John Zurfluh’s performance is open to the public free of charge.
will feature a three-man cast: first-year theatre and history major Michael Gephart of York as Cletis, senior business administration major Mark Muenzen of Sparta, N.J., as Roy, and first-year theatre and mathematics major Andrew Mannion of Linthicum, Md., as Ray.
John Ralston. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the show will begin at 8:30 p.m.
nmental links to cancer and author of "Living Downstream" and "Having Faith," will present a talk on the environment and women’s health at 11 a.m., March 23, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Her talk is titled "Contaminated Without Consent: Why the Ongoing Contamination of Air, Food and Water is a Women’s Rights Issue." Steingraber recently appeared on CNN’s "Anderson Cooper Show" to discuss the recent discovery of perchlorate (rocket fuel) in breast milk. 
e Center. Currently co-director of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, Norsigian helped found the group in the 1960s to provide women with accurate health care information. The Collective’s 1970 publication of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" was an international bestseller and has since been translated into more than 17 languages. Norsigian was a collaborator and co-author of the revised edition of the book in 1998, as well as the forthcoming "Our Bodies. Ourselves: A New Edition for A New Era." She has also appeared on numerous talk shows and radio programs, including "Oprah," the "Today Show" and "Good Morning, America."
sensor system that will help a young Lancaster woman better maneuver her power wheelchair.
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Elizabethtown College’s Center for Global Citizenship organized a relief effort through which members of the campus and local communities donated health, school and medical kits, along with cash, to the victims of the southeast Asian tsunami. The Center’s program was coordinated with the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren and Church World Service.
Ohio, teamed up to create a T-shirt business called The Revolution Lives. Their first batch of shirts was introduced to the Elizabethtown College community in December. 
The theory of intelligent design has received much attention recently, withextensive national media coverage being given to the actions taken by the Dover Area School District Board of Directors and the subsequent pending federal lawsuit by parents. Dover is believed to be the only public school district in the nation to require teachers to mention intelligent design in the classroom.
to attend the 2005 Summer Institute in Political Psychology at Stanford University. The Institute is a three-week intensive training program that introduces graduate students, faculty members and professionals to the world of political psychology scholarship.
An
Elizabethtown College adjunct professor is among a group of artists who
picked up the Grammy for best pop instrumental recording. 
Last in Times of Need" at 7:30 p.m., March 17, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. His talk will be followed by conversation with Elizabethtown Provost and Senior Vice President David Parkyn. Admission is free, but tickets are required and are available by calling 717-361-1410.
emergencies will feature the group Ingram Hill and a number of Elizabethtown student musicians. The FASE (Fund to Aid the Students of Elizabethtown) concert is scheduled for 3 p.m., Feb. 27, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Tickets are $8 and will be sold at the door. 
arts department has enjoyed recent success with her original commedia dell’arte. 
College. Jackson will present "Lessons from the Boardroom" at 7 p.m., Feb. 10, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. His talk is open to the public free of charge. Tickets are required and are available by contacting Elizabethtown’s career services office at careerservices@etown.edu or 717-361-1206.
campus for a four-day residency on improvisation from Feb. 2 to 5. The event -- "Improvisation: The Art of Intelligent Guessing" -- is designed to help the campus community explore "intelligent guessing" (or improvisation) as a logical component of most fields of human experience and education.
r in Strasburg, Pa., will present "Plain Genetics: How Old Order Communities Advance Genetic Disease Research" at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 27, at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Erik G. Puffenberger’s talk is open to the public free of charge.
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depicts a farmer standing in a corn field with his child and a calf. Matt Victor, a first-year political science major at E-town, made the corn stalks.
Anne’s, Inc., at 8:30 a.m., Jan. 27, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Anne Beiler’s talk, "The Story of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels," is open and free to family businesses who are interested in learning more about The Family Business Center. The registration deadline is Jan. 17. For more information, please call Rosa at The Family Business Center at 717-361-1275.Back to News Index
