Elizabethtown College News 
Back to top 12/21/2006 MLK Day to feature service, academic panels, gospel extravaganza The Elizabethtown College community will celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 21 with a series of events focused on the theme “Understanding Katrina.” Groups of students, faculty and staff will spend the morning at community service projects at sites throughout the Lancaster and Harrisburg area. In addition, several events have been planned that are open to the public free of charge. Interdisciplinary faculty panels on Hurricane Katrina will begin at 2:15 p.m. in Leffler Chapel, following by a reflection panel from Gulf relief volunteers titled “Rebuilding the Gulf, Rebuilding Hope.” A candlelight re-enactment march will follow at 6:30 p.m., traveling from the entrance to the Student Center to Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, where a Gospel Extravaganza – featuring groups from Baltimore, Harrisburg, York, Lancaster and the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren – will begin at 7 p.m.
Back to top 12/20/2006 Ceramics by Lancaster artist to be exhibited in Hess Gallery Ceramics by Lancaster artist Kevin Lehman will be featured at Elizabethtown College’s Hess Gallery from Jan. 22 through February 23.  The opening reception for the exhibit will be held at 5 p.m. on Jan. 26. The exhibit and reception are open to the public free of charge. Hours for Hess Gallery, which is located in Zug Memorial Hall, are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.Lehman is currently owner of Kevin Lehman’s Pottery in Lancaster, where he is also an adult education instructor in wheel throwing and hand-building. He has recently exhibited works locations including the Goggle Works Center for the Arts in Reading, Candy Factory Gallery in Lancaster, Lancaster Museum of Art, Gallery 20 in West Reading and East Stroudsburg University. Lehman earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Millersville University. He has offered workshops this year at local schools including Martic Elementary School, The Janus School, Rohrerstown Elementary School , Hambright Elementary School and Centerville Elementary School. Back to top 12/19/2006 Academic director of international programs named Amy Simes has been named academic director of international programs at Elizabethtown College,  where she will oversee the College’s study abroad programs within the Center for Global Citizenship. She will begin on Jan. 8.Simes is currently director of Frostburg State University’s Center for International Education. She previously served from 1996 to 1998 as an academic officer for Arcadia University’s Center for Education Abroad in London and as an associate member of the University of Derby’s Religious Resource and Research Centre. Prior to that, she worked for five years as registrar/dean of students at Schiller International University in London. Simes earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Georgia and a doctoral degree in religious studies from the University of Nottingham in England. She is a member of the Association for International Educators and of the Maryland International Education Association. Back to top 12/7/2006 College receives $1-million grant from Commonwealth of PA Pictured, from left, are Elizabethtown borough council members Chuck Mummert and Ellie Schmidt, Elizabethtown College President Ted Long and Director of Athletics Nancy Latimore, and Rep. Dave Hickernell. A $1-million grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will give Elizabethtown College a jump start on a campaign to improve its athletic facilities.  The funds from the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), awarded through the Borough of Elizabethtown, will kick off an estimated $3-million project – Elizabethtown College will match the grant with a $2-million commitment – to renovate the pool and add a 13,000-square-foot addition to Thompson Gymnasium. The addition will provide space for classes, varsity and intramural sports activities, coaches offices, a commons area (The Jaywalk) for students and a Hall of Fame.The enhanced facility will also support community activities like swimming lessons and summer camps and will provide meeting space for community groups and space for hosting basketball and wrestling tournaments as well as high school commencement activities. The 14,000 people – students, varsity and intramural sports teams, faculty and staff, members of the community and groups visiting campus – who each year have the opportunity to use Elizabethtown’s facilities will benefit from the enhancements. The College has made a major investment in improving academic and student-centered space on campus. With the expected completion of a $40-million campaign that created two new academic buildings – the James B. Hoover Center for Business and the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering, enhanced the Student Center and created new programs, the College now looks to improve its athletic facilities. Athletics – both varsity and intramural teams – play an integral role in the education of Elizabethtown College students. More than 68 percent of students participate in intramural sports and 21 percent participate in varsity athletics. When Thompson Gymnasium was built in the early 1970s, it supported six athletic teams. Today, the facility supports 20 NCAA Division III athletic teams, coaches, faculty members, numerous intramural sports and student activities. RACP is a grant program offered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to not-for-profit entities for qualifying economic development projects with cultural, historic or civic significance. Back to top 11/21/2006 Four named to board of trustees Elizabethtown College has named four new members to its board of trustees. Daniel J. Jones '97 of Washington, D.C., and Leanna Whetstone Meiser '01 of Mount Joy have been named the College’s first Young Alumni Trustees, a  nd Raymond Cameron '62 of Hershey and John Miller of York have been named to the board.Jones is an international terrorism analyst with the Counterterrorism Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. He previously served for three years with Teach For America (TFA) in inner-city Baltimore, where he taught middle school and trained incoming TFA corps members. He has also been involved with several not-for-profit organizations, including NetAid, The New Teacher Project and WITF in central Pennsylvania. In the summer of 2006, he helped establish the not-for-profit "Baltimore City Teacher’s Trust, Inc. (BCTT)" with four other TFA alumni. Jones received the Distinguished Student Award at Elizabethtown College, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1997 with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. He received a master of arts in teaching from Johns Hopkins University and was awarded a full scholarship to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2001, where he received a master in public policy. A sales and marketing manager at Chocolate World, The Hershey Company, Meiser joined the Company in 2002 after teaching in the Hempfield School District. She previously served on Elizabethtown College’s Alumni Council and is currently a member of the President’s GOLD Club, the young alumni President’s Club. An active student leader, she was a member of the Student Senate, Sock & Buskin, College Choir, Math Club and the math honor society Pi Mu Epsilon. She graduated from Elizabethtown in 2001 with a degree in mathematics education. Having worked for more than 40 years in the field of trust administration, Cameron retired in 2006 as vice president and trust officer with Hershey Trust Company. He will continue to serve as a consultant for the Trust, specializing in developing new business. Prior to joining Hershey Trust in 1981, he was the vice president and trust officer at CoreStates Bank. Cameron is a member of the board and past president of the Estate Planning Council of Central Pennsylvania, past president of the Keystone Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, and past chairman of the board of Family & Children’s Services. He graduated from Elizabethtown in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. An active volunteer for the College, he received an Outstanding Alumnus Award, chairs the Planned Giving Committee, participates in the Business Alumni Reunions and class reunions, and was a Career Fair participant. Cameron is also a graduate of the Pennsylvania Bankers Trust School and Cannon Trust School. Miller is a partner in the York law firm of Miller, Poole & Lord, LLP. In his business and real estate practice, he represents small and medium-sized businesses, family farms and real estate developers in all types of matters. In his municipal law practice, he serves as solicitor of Springfield Township and Dover Borough Zoning Hearing Board. Miller is active in his community and with the Brethren Church. He serves as vice president of the Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County and as committee member of the Anderson Fund of the York Foundation. In the past, he has served as treasurer and board of directors chair, Brethren Home Foundation; board of directors member, Southern Pennsylvania District Church of the Brethren; board of directors member and president, Children’s Aid Society; president, York United Soccer Club. Miller earned a bachelor’s degree from York College of Pennsylvania in 1973 and a juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University School of Law in 1977. He has practiced law in southcentral Pennsylvania for more than 23 years and is a member of the Pennsylvania and York County Bar Associations, American Trial Lawyers Association and Township Solicitors Association of the Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors. Miller’s daughter Audrey is a 2006 biology/pre-medicine graduate of Elizabethtown College. He is a member of the Jacob L. Miller Jr. family, long-time supporters of Elizabethtown College and the College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Back to top 11/17/2006 Elizabethtown named to President's Community Service Honor Roll Elizabethtown College is one of nearly 350 colleges and universities to be named to President Bush’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.  More than 500 colleges and universities applied for this honor, which recognizes and promotes outstanding community service by institutions of higher education and their students across the country. The program, begun in 2006, is cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA Freedom Corps and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. Many of Elizabethtown College’s community service programs are coordinated by the Service-Learning Program of the Center for Global Citizenship. Programs such as Into the Streets, which offers several hundred students opportunities to give back to the community, and the Parents and Pupils in Educational Partnership of the Elizabethtown Area School District are some of the ways in which college students participate in service-learning projects. In addition, the College involves students in urban service-learning activities in the richly diverse neighboring communities of Lancaster and Harrisburg. Faculty members are also supported in integrating service-learning into their academic courses and in finding placements in which students can be engaged meaningfully in deeper understanding of social, political and economic issues. “I think being named to the Honor Roll is a recognition of the tremendous amount of work done by our students, staff and faculty and the enormous impact they have on the community around us,” said William Ayres, director of Elizabethtown’s Center for Global Citizenship and professor of international relations. “It’s also an acknowledgment that ‘Educate for Service’ is not simply a marketing slogan for the College, but is the way we live and operate, every day, as a learning community. Service to the people around us, popular today in higher education, has never been a fad for Elizabethtown. We were doing it long before ‘service-learning’ became a buzzword, and we’ll still be doing it long after attention has turned elsewhere.” Back to top 11/17/2006 Robotics Club makes good showing at national competition A robotic vehicle -- dubbed Wunderbot III -- developed by members of Elizabethtown College’s Robotics and Machine Intelligence Club placed well in several components of  the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (www.igvc.org), sponsored this past summer by the U.S. Department of Defense.The competition challenged students to create a fully autonomous, unmanned ground robotic vehicle that could negotiate an obstacle course under a prescribed time, while staying within the five mile-per-hour speed limit. Led by Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Joseph Wunderlich, Elizabethtown’s team – one of only a few groups comprised completely of undergraduate students – placed 18th out of 28 in the “Autonomous Challenge,” and 9th out of 17 teams in its class in the Design Competition. (Photo gallery) The team’s primary sponsor was Phoenix Contact, a leading manufacturer of electronic connection and automation technology, whose U.S. headquarters are located in Middletown, Pa. The company donated equipment to help the students develop the vehicle and hired two of the students involved in the project, Tom Yeager '06 and Justin Shade '06, as sales and engineering marketing apprentices following their graduation last spring. The two will serve as technical advisors to future Elizabethtown teams. More information on Elizabethtown College’s Wunderbot projects is available at http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt. The site also includes a floor plan of the Robotics and Machine Intelligence Laboratory facilities scheduled to open in 2008 in the new Master’s Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering. Back to top 11/16/2006 Alum, doctoral student to offer piano recital A 2000 graduate of Elizabethtown College who is currently working toward a doctorate  in musical arts will present a piano recital at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 4, in Zug Recital Hall. Jacob Hines’ performance, which will feature works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Debussy, Bartok and Liszt, is open to the public and free of charge.Hines completed a bachelor of arts degree with an emphasis in piano performance at Elizabethtown College. The recipient of several music scholarships, he was the 1998 winner of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state competition (in Pennsylvania) and went on to compete in the MTNA Eastern Division competition. Hines completed a master’s degree in piano pedagogy at The University of Texas at Austin in 2002. He was awarded a Presidential Scholarship in Fine Arts and was the 2004 winner of the Janice K. Hodges Collegiate Level Contemporary Piano Competition. He was the pianist for Rosedale Baptist and Ridgetop Baptist churches in Austin, Texas, and is currently teaching piano and working toward completion of the doctorate in musical arts from The University of Texas. Back to top 11/13/2006 Volunteers paint mural at youth detention center More than 600 alumni, campus community members and their families worked at  nearly 50 sites during the College's annual community service day, "Into the Streets." Assistant Professor of Spanish Charla Lorenzen and her husband, Justin, led a group of workers who painted a mural at the Schaffner Youth Detention Center in Harrisburg. Artist Justin Lorenzen designed the mural, the outline of which the Elizabethtown volunteers painted on a wall. Center residents colored black-and-white photocopies of the design and will choose a version, then finish by adding color to the mural. Pictured are (back row, from left) sophomore Kristi Warner of Hanover, Pa.; sophomore Abby Mowery of Lewistown, Pa.; and sophomore Allison Burket of Montclair, Va.; (front row, from left) junior Odessa Armstrong of Pasadena, Md.; first-year student Kaitlin Kaufman of Frackville, Pa.; and Charla and Justin Lorenzen. Back to top 11/9/2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning author to discuss genocide Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Harvard professor Samantha Power will present “The Age of Genocide” at 11 a.m., Nov. 15, in  Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event, part of the fall colloquium series “The World in Focus,” is open to the public free of charge.Power is a professor of human rights practice at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her book “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide” was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for general non-fiction and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Arthur Ross Prize for the best book in U.S. foreign policy. “A Problem From Hell” is a scholarly analysis of America’s policy toward genocide in the 20th century that asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow “never again” repeatedly fail to stop genocide? In a compelling and engaging narrative, Power draws upon exclusive interviews with Washington’s top policy makers, access to newly declassified documents and her own reporting from the modern killing fields to trace the United States’ policy toward genocide: the Turk’s slaughter of the Armenians in 1915, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Saddam’s gassing of the Kurds, the ethnic cleansings of Yugoslavia and the Hutus genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda. Power’s New Yorker article on the horrors in Darfur, Sudan won the 2005 National Magazine Award for best reporting. Power was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. From 1993-1996, she covered the wars in the former Yugoslavia as a reporter for U.S. News and World Report, The Boston Globe and The Economist. Power is the editor, with Graham Allison, of “Realizing Human Rights: Moving from Inspiration to Impact.” A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, she moved to the United States from Ireland at the age of nine. She spent 2005-06 working in the office of Sen. Barack Obama and is currently writing a political biography of the United Nation’s Sergio Vieira de Mello. Back to top 11/9/2006 Grammy Award winning guitar prof, oboist present concert David Cullen, a Grammy Award winner who teaches guitar at Elizabethtown College,  will present a concert, along with oboist Jill Haley, at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 13, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event is open to the public free of charge.Cullen is an artist-in-residence at Elizabethtown College. His playing has been hailed by The New York Times as “Folk, Blues, Jazz Superstructures.” More information is available at www.cullenguitar.com. Haley is both a classical and jazz improvising oboist who has been featured in concerts presented by the International Double Reed Society. She also performs with the York Symphony Orchestra. The concert program will feature the “6th Cello Suite” by J.S. Bach, “The Mountain Songs” by Robert Beaser, and original compositions by Haley and Cullen. Back to top 11/3/2006 Five named conference coach of the year Five Elizabethtown College fall sport head coaches have won their  conferences’ respective Coach of the Year Awards: Chris Straub (Middle Atlantic Conference) in men’s cross country, Sharon Sweger (Commonwealth Conference) in field hockey, Barry Dohner (Commonwealth) in women’s soccer, Matt Helsel (Commonwealth) in women’s tennis and Randall Kreider (Commonwealth) in volleyball.
The awards have come as a fall 2006 season of unprecedented across-the-board success for Elizabethtown College winds down. Six of the seven fall sports teams were either their conference’s champion or their conference’s runner-up. The only one that did not finish as a conference champion or runner-up, field hockey, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament and is nationally ranked. Back to top 11/3/2006 History prof's book entered for Pulitzer Prize A book by Assistant Professor of History David Brown is the University of Chicago Press' 2007 entry for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters.  "Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography" has received notable attention, including reviews in The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times and The Washington Times.Brown’s book was called “an incisive interpretive profile” by The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Carlin Romano. And Sam Tanenhaus of The New York Times called it “intelligent and stimulating.” Brown’s biography of Hofstadter -- a Columbia University historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who was one of the most prominent liberal intellectuals of recent time -- explores his remarkable life story in the context of the rise and fall of American liberalism. According to Brown, Hofstadter saw that America’s transformation from a Protestant and provincial culture into a more urban and multiethnic one would inspire in rural America an anti-intellectualism and hostility toward cosmopolitanism that was perilous in a mass democracy.  This idea makes Brown’s biography particularly timely, considering the United States’ current culture of blue vs. red state. Claude Marx of The Washington Times writes that Brown’s examination of Hofstadter’s work “sheds some light on contemporary politics. That’s why [the book] is especially timely in view of the problems facing those on the left side of the ideological divide.” And Christopher Shea of The Boston Globe writes, “As it happens, some of [Hofstadter’s] themes seem presciently in tune with our times, too – tension between rural and urban America, grass-roots distrust of expert and intellectuals, democracy’s vulnerability to demagoguery. All of which make Brown’s biography, the first of Hofstadter, especially timely.” Brown received his Ph.D. in American history at the University of Toledo and has been teaching at Elizabethtown College for nine years. “Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography” is his second book. He is currently working on a study of the University of Wisconsin’s contribution to historical writing in the 20th century. Back to top 11/1/2006 Religious studies prof publishes book on Billy Graham, MLK In his recently published book, an Elizabethtown College religious studies professor  argues that Billy Graham opposed Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams for an integrated America and his tactics of civil disobedience.Michael Long’s “Billy Graham and the Beloved Community: America’s Evangelist and the Dream of Martin Luther King Jr.” is the first detailed analysis of Graham’s social thought during one of the most volatile periods of American history, the King years (1955-1968). The book is published by New York’s Palgrave Macmillan (www.palgrave-usa.com). Using previously unpublished documents, Long argues that although the popular evangelist occasionally supported King’s mission to save America, he largely opposed King’s vision of “the beloved community” and his tactics of civil disobedience. The book also offers the controversial claim that because Graham allowed his political allegiances to trump his biblical Christianity, he never dreamed of nor worked for a world marked by lasting racial reconciliation, economic justice and peace.  Long is assistant professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College. He is the author or editor of “God and Country: Diverse Perspectives on Christianity and Patriotism” (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming), “Was Billy Graham Right? Progressives in Dissent” (Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming), “Against Us, But for Us: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the State” (Mercer University Press, 2002) and “Creative Living: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Good Life” (Chalice Press, 2004). Back to top 11/1/2006 Kraybill and co-author to discuss book on Wenger Mennonites Elizabethtown College’s Donald B. Kraybill and co-author James P. Hurd of Minnesota’s Bethel University will discuss their recently published book,  “Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World,” at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 9, at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. The talk is open to the public free of charge.Kraybill and Hurd will discuss their field research in various Wenger communities, some of the key findings from their book and the ways that Wenger people differ from other Old Order communities. Copies of “Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites,” which was published by Pennsylvania State University Press, will be available for sale and signing. Kraybill is interim director and senior fellow at the Young Center. Hurd is professor of anthropology at Bethel University. The Wenger Mennonites, named for their first bishop Joseph Wenger, formed in Lancaster County in 1927 when the Old Order Mennonite community divided over the ownership of automobiles. Although many Mennonite groups in North America have assimilated into mainstream culture, the Wenger Mennonites still use horse-and-buggy transportation and speak the Pennsylvania German dialect of their ancestors. In “Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites,” Kraybill and Hurd use cultural analysis to interpret the Wengers. They systematically compare the Wengers with other Mennonite groups as well as with the Amish, showing how relationships with these other groups have had a powerful impact on shaping the identity of the Wenger Mennonites in the Anabaptist world. The Wenger Mennonites have grown to some 18,000 members living in nine states. A birth rate of 8.3 children per family and a retention rate of 90 percent has produced an annual growth rate of 3.7 percent. At this rate, the group will number 31,000 by 2021. Kraybill and Hurd attribute the growth and success of this group in the midst of modern high tech culture to several factors: high fertility rate and retention of youth, strong private education, control of technology, emphasis on family values and hard work, regulation of social interaction with the outside world and use of a Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. The researchers found that these factors provide a strong sense of meaning, belonging and identity that has bolstered the vitality of the group. As Kraybill and Hurd show, the Wengers have learned that it is impossible to maintain a truly static culture, and so examining the ways in which the Wengers cautiously and incrementally adapt to the ever-changing world around them is an invaluable case study of the gradual evolution of religious ritual in the face of modernity. Back to top 10/31/2006 Pianist Marvin Blickenstaff to perform Pianist Marvin Blickenstaff will present a recital at Elizabethtown College at 7:30 p.m.,  Nov. 10, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The recital, which is open to the public free of charge, is cosponsored by the Lancaster Music Teachers Association.Blickenstaff is known among piano teachers throughout the United States for his teaching, lecturing, performing and publishing. In addition to presenting workshops for piano teachers, he appears frequently as soloist and lecturer at state conventions of music teachers and at national conventions of the Music Teachers National Association. For 16 years, Blickenstaff was on the faculty of International Workshops, where he performed and lectured in Canada, Austria, Scotland, Norway, France and Switzerland. He was honored by the Indiana Music Teachers Association as “Teacher of the Year ” in 1992, and the Registered Piano Teachers of New Zealand sponsored him in concert and a 15-lecture tour of that country in 1995. The “Marvin Blickenstaff Endowment Fund” was established in his honor in 2001 by the Music Teachers National Association Foundation. Blickenstaff currently serves as board president of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy and serves on the Executive Planning Committee for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. An associate editor of the periodical “Keyboard Companion,” Blickenstaff co-authored “Music Pathways,” a 36-book instructional series. He serves as a piano editor for Carl Fischer Music Publishers and has published anthologies of works by Bach, Beethoven and Grieg. He is also a consultant with the Frederick Harris Music Company in Toronto and has published two editions of “Celebration Series: A Handbook for Teachers” with co-authors Cathy Albergo and Reid Alexander. Blickenstaff’s teaching career is associated with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he taught for nine years and served as chairman of instruction in piano, and with Goshen College in Indiana, where he taught for more than 20 years. He currently resides in the greater Philadelphia area, where he maintains an active private studio and teaches at The New School for Music Study (Princeton). He has also taught at the Westminster Choir College of Rider University and The College of New Jersey. Blickenstaff holds degrees from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Indiana University, where he received both performing and academic honors. His teachers include Fern Nolte Davidson, Emil Danenberg and Béla Böszormenyi-Nagy; he has coached with Leon Fleisher and György Sebök. Back to top 10/25/2006 First Alumni Peace Fellow to offer two talks Elizabethtown College’s first Alumni Peace Fellow, Andrew Murray, founder of Juniata  College’s Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, will offer two talks on Nov. 8. He will present “Make Love Not War: Peace, Sex and Organized Lethal Conflict” at 11 a.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and “The Question of Inevitability: Science, Original Sin and Seville” at 7:30 p.m. in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Both are open to the public free of charge.Active in the development of the field of peace studies, Murray founded the Juniata Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, which was later named in honor of the John C. and Elizabeth Evans Baker family, in 1985. In 1988, he helped found the Peace Studies Association, an organization of more than 100 colleges and universities with peace studies programs for which he has served twice as chair of the board of directors. Murray serves on the United Nations(UN)/International Association of University President’s Commission on Arms Control Education. As a Commission member, he directed the International Seminar on Arms Control and Disarmament from 1993 to 1998. This school, sponsored jointly by Juniata College and the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, brought professors from more than 40 countries to Juniata’s campus for arms control and disarmament curriculum training. Murray also serves as a special consultant for a 10-nation UN peace-building initiative in West Africa and has worked with the government of Mali to develop a moratorium on the import, export and manufacture of small arms and a Military/Civilian Code of Conduct. Murray earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Bridgewater College and a Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry (with a concentration in peace studies) from Chicago at Bethany Theological Seminary. He has done additional studies at the University of Tamil Nadu, India; the Canadian Peace Research Institute; the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, Italy; the Arias Institute for Peace, Costa Rica; and the Pennsylvania State University. He received the Beachley Distinguished Academic Service Award from Juniata College in 1991 and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Manchester College and Bridgewater College. In 2001, the Peace Studies Association gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award. Murray came to Juniata in 1971 as college chaplain after serving pastorates in Virginia and Oregon. While at Juniata, he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Hawaii and the Pennsylvania State University. He has served as a consultant for peace studies curriculum at more than 20 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Back to top 10/25/2006 Eight chosen as College's first Scholars in Service to PA Eight Elizabethtown College students have been selected as the College’s first  Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania. The awards were made on behalf of the College’s Office of Service-Learning and Civic Programs, a part of the Center for Global Citizenship.Students enrolled in Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania who successfully complete 450 hours of service between September 2006 and September 2007 will receive an AmeriCorps Education award of $1250. In exchange for that commitment, Scholars will receive leadership and organizational training, support from Elizabethtown College’s Office of Service-Learning and Civic Programs, and participation in ongoing supervision and reflective activities. Elizabethtown College’s first Scholars are Odessa Armstrong, a junior elementary education major from Pasadena, Md.; Erika Belletti, a sophomore biology-premed major from Walnutport, Pa.; Tamara Burch, a junior biology-allied health major from Philadelphia; Sarah Levine, a sophomore elementary education major from Glen Mills, Pa.; Megan Lippincott, a junior social work major from Logan Township, N.J.; Hilary Nelson, a sophomore communications major from Ligonier, Pa.; Tiphane Purnell, a sophomore psychology major from Bear, Del.; and Lisa Weeks, a sophomore health and occupation major from Mount Joy, Pa. The Scholars will be supervised by Nancy Valkenburg, director of service-learning and civic programs at Elizabethtown. Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania is a program of PennSERVE: the Governor’s Office of Citizen Service and is administered jointly by Pennsylvania Campus Compact and the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development. This program engages hundreds of college students across Pennsylvania in volunteerism and community service. Back to top 10/20/2006 Women's tennis players, coach receive accolades Three Elizabethtown College women's tennis players have been named  to the All-Commonwealth Conference teams for the fall 2006 season. Senior Stacy Shapiro made the First Team, and senior Heather Lander and first-year student Emily Swarr made the Second Team. Additionally, Shapiro was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, Swarr was named the conference's Rookie of the Year, and head coach Matt Helsel was named the conference's Coach of the Year.Thus far this season, Shaprio is 10-3 in singles, 4-1 at number one and 5-1 at number two in dual matches, and she is 12-5 in doubles, 9-3 at number one and 1-0 at number two in dual matches. Thus far in 2006-07, she has a combined 22-8 record. In her career, she is 47-22 in singles, 48-25 in doubles, and 95-47 combined. Shapiro has earned a spot on the All-Commonwealth Conference First Team every year of her collegiate career, making her the first Blue Jay to accomplish the feat. She was also the conference’s Rookie of the Year in 2003, and she won the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) championship at number one doubles in 2004. Read more. Back to top 10/20/2006 Masters construction, Hoover dedication photos available Work continues on Elizabethtown's Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and  Engineering. Updated construction photos -- as well as photos from the Sept. 14 dedication of the James B. Hoover Center for Business -- are available at the Facilities Management website. Pictured at the Hoover dedication are college president Ted Long, (third from left) and benefactors (from left) Dale High, James Hoover and Edward Murphy.Back to top 10/18/2006 'Arcadia' to feature visiting prof as designer/technical director Please note that the Nov. 2 performance has been cancelled. Elizabethtown College’s theatre program will present “Arcadia,” by Academy Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard, at 8 p.m., Nov. 3 – 4 and Nov. 9 – 11. Tickets cost $5 and are available by calling 717-361-1170. “Arcadia” won the 1995 New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best Play. According to director and Associate Professor of Theatre Michael Sevareid, the play moves back and forth seamlessly between 1809 and the present as it explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between neo-classic and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive nature of sex on our lives. The story is set in an elegant estate owned by the wealthy Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household as well as the gardens of the estate in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed, so are the lives and relationships of the family, especially 13-year-old Thomasina and her tutor, Septimus, who explore intellectual and romantic subjects. The present-day scenes involve the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are looking for possible scandals that occurred in 1809 involving the family and their guest, Lord Byron. Cast members for the production include senior Lily Newhouse of Middletown as Chloe; juniors Megan Roberts of Bordentown, N.J., as Lady Croom and Nyasha Hungwe of Zimbabwe as Bernard; sophomores Ezra Schatz of Elliottsburg as Valentine, Katlyn Howes of Taneytown, Md., as Hannah, and Sam Gillam of Glen Burnie, Md., as Septimus Hodge; and first-year student Emily Grove of Harrisburg as Thomasina. In addition, this is the first Elizabethtown production featuring Matthew Allar of  Lancaster, visiting professor of theatre, as designer/technical director. He is designing and building the set, designing and hanging lighting, and choosing costumes.Most recently, Allar was visiting designer and lecturer at Cornell College and guest artist at Muhlenberg College. He has designed scenery, lighting and costumes for more than 50 shows at a variety of theatres, including “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Sound of Music” and “West Side Story.” He earned a bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College and a master of fine arts degree from New York University. Allar also has studied sceneography at The University of London, Goldsmiths College; puppet crafting with the Bread and Puppet Theatre; and anatomical figure drawing at the Arts Student’s League of New York. Back to top 10/12/2006 Art prof's painting in Villa Julie College's Fairfield Porter exhibit Elizabethtown College art professor Lou Schellenberg is among artists  whose work is featured in an exhibit honoring American painter Fairfield Porter. “A Long Shadow: The Influence of Fairfield Porter” opened on Oct. 9 and runs through Nov. 18 at Villa Julie College in Stevenson, Md. A gallery talk by Ted Leigh, author of “Material Witness: The Selected Letters of Fairfield Porter,” is scheduled for noon on Oct. 24. Additional information is available at Villa Julie’s website, www.vjc.edu.A resident of Mt. Gretna, Schellenberg is an associate professor of art at Elizabethtown College. She exhibits extensively in the United States and abroad and has work in several permanent collections, including the Fitchburg Art Museum in Massachusetts. Back to top 10/12/2006 Anthropology prof member of NSF panel on global warming Elizabethtown College anthropology professor Robert Wheelersburg recently served  on a National Science Foundation (NSF) panel that examined how Arctic environmental changes may be related to global warming.A longtime Arctic researcher, Wheelersburg was the sole social scientist on the 12-member panel of academic and government experts from fields including oceanography, climatology, geophysics and biology. The panel provided guidance to the NSF regarding funding international project to Study Environmental Arctic CHange (SEARCH). Advice offered by the panel will help the NSF establish an Arctic Observation Network (AON) that combines data from sensors like submarines and satellites with human observations from local indigenous peoples such as Eskimo sea mammal hunters. When deployed, the AON would measure long-term variations in animal species such as bowhead whales and environmental changes like annual fluctuations in sea ice thickness. An associate professor of anthropology at Elizabethtown, Wheelersburg earned a doctorate in Arctic studies from Brown University and has worked in the Arctic for nearly 20 years studying indigenous peoples and the loss of traditional resources. He was a Fulbright Scholar twice to Sweden’s University of Umea, at the Center for Arctic Cultural Research and the Department of Saami (Lapp) Studies, where he helped start the doctorate program in Arctic studies. Most of his work has been supported by the NSF, Arctic Social Science program. In addition to his main research area of Scandinavia (including the Russian Arctic), Wheelersburg worked for nearly 15 years on Iceland as a U.S. government representative with the Icelandic Civil Defense Office. He was also part of a team of American and Russian researchers who studied the role of human dynamics on the ecosystem of the Kola Peninsula of Russia, one of the most populated and polluted regions in the Arctic. Back to top 10/9/2006 Students studying genetics volunteer at patient retreats Associate Professor of Biology Jon Coren and nine students studying genetics with him  spent a September weekend volunteering at two patient retreat camps. Coren and seven students (juniors Dana Grantham of Secane, Pa., and Paul Yeager of Yardley, Pa.; sophomores Beth Ann Patti of Chambersburg, Pa., Anna Quimby of Mount Laurel, N.J., Stephanie Usefof of Danville, Pa., Caitlin Farley of Warrington, Pa., and Jackie Scott of Castleton on Hudson, N.Y.) worked with 12 campers at the Huntington's retreat in Worcester, Pa., where they helped patients swim, do crafts and play games. Sophomores Laura Critchfield of Somerset, Pa., and Kristin Zamietra of Hershey, Pa., worked with several hemophilia patients and their families that weekend as well.Back to top 10/9/2006 Recent grad helps restore NY monuments Lindsay Lampreda of Jamesville, N.Y., a 2006 graduate of Elizabethtown College, apprenticed this past summer with sculptor Sharon BuMann – owner of BuMann Sculpture Studios in Central Square, N.Y. – to restore monuments and plaques representative of the rich history of central New York state.  The work is part of the Monument and Plaque Restoration and Maintenance Project being funded by the City of Syracuse. Since June, Lampreda has had a hand in restoring 15 monuments and plaques, including the well-known Soldiers and Sailors monument.With an appreciation of art history and skills she developed at Elizabethtown College, Lampreda felt prepared for this work. “All of my studio classes provided me with the hands-on aspect of working with materials that I have to use in my current position,” she said. “Learning about bronze, patinas, sandblasting and ways to treat the metal in sculpture classes gave me the experience I need in my job.” Thanks to her work this summer, Lampreda claims that many restoration techniques now have become “second nature” to her. At 50 feet tall, Soldiers and Sailors is the largest piece on which the team worked this summer. Sculpted by Cyrus Dallin in the early 1900s, the bronze memorial honors Civil War veterans from Syracuse and other cities in Onondaga County. Five years ago, this statue – which had been badly weathered over a century of exposure to the elements and had turned green from oxidation – was restored. This summer, the team washed and waxed the piece, hoping to extend the effect of the restoration work. Their effort was well-received by Syracuse residents. “The positive comments that we’ve heard from people made me feel like I’m making a difference in the city,” she said. Back to top 10/6/2006 Durnbaugh Lectures to feature Young Center Fellow A researcher in reformation studies and radical pietism at the Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany, who is currently serving as Young Center Fellow will deliver this year’s Elizabethtown College Durnbaugh Lectures.  Marcus Meier, an ordained Lutheran pastor who also earned a doctorate from the University, will present “New Light on Brethren Beginnings: The Debate about Baptism in German Radical Pietism” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 19, in the College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. His talk is open to the public free of charge. Meier will also offer a seminar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 20, at the Young Center, during which he will present two talks: “Johann Kipping from Württemberg: A Case Study of Pietism and Anabaptism in Germany” and “The Little Church According to Comenius and Spener: A New Look at Pietism.” Registration is required for the Oct. 20 seminar. Cost is $10, which includes lunch. To register or for more information, contact the Young Center at 717-361-1470 or youngctr@etown.edu. 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 academic year an outstanding scholar is invited to present the lectures on a topic related to Anabaptist and Pietist heritage. Back to top 9/27/2006 Flute/piano duo to present music of American women composers A Boston-based duo – flutist Peter H. Bloom and pianist Mary Jane Rupert – will present “Music of American Women Composers” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 23, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The concert by “2” is open to  the public free of charge.The program for the evening features the magnificent but seldom-heard Sonata in “A Minor Opus 34” (1896) by Amy Cheney Beach. Also included are Elizabeth Vercoe’s 2003 composition “Kleemation” (inspired by five drawings of Paul Klee), Marion Bauer’s “Sonata Opus 22” (transcribed for alto flute) and “Masks” by Katherine Hoover, a series of short movements evoking different masks (Native American, African American, Mexican American and others). Bloom and Rupert have performed together for more than 15 years, appearing in venues across the country, with two CDs on the North Star Record label. They’ve been praised for their “music that can set the heart singing” (Better Homes & Gardens) and their “stellar concert...fine musicians in perfect harmony and with such mastery of their instruments” (The Bedford, Pa. Gazette). Acclaimed as a concert pianist and harpist, Rupert has given solo recitals from Carnegie Hall to Beijing Concert Hall, and has appeared with symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the United States. She is on the faculties of Wellesley College, Tufts University, Boston College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned a bachelor of music in piano from Oberlin College, and she holds a master of music in piano and in harp, and a doctor of music in piano performance and music literature from Indiana University. Bloom has given solo recitals from Boston’s Jordan Hall to Beverly Hills, tours nationally with chamber groups and jazz ensembles, and appears on more than 25 recordings from labels including Sony Classical, Dorian, Newport Classic and others. The Boston Globe called his playing “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength.” He is an historical instrument consultant to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, has served on the faculties of New England Conservatory and Regis College and is a board member of the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition. He holds a master of music in flute performance with distinction from the New England Conservatory. Back to top 9/20/2006 $1 million gift to create colloquium on peacemaking, global citizenship A $1-million endowed gift from Lancaster residents Judy S. and Paul W. Ware will create The Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship at Elizabethtown College. Judy Ware, a 1968 graduate of the College, is currently a member of Elizabethtown’s Board of Trustees.  “This program will create significant new educational opportunities for our students in this pivotal mission area,” said College President Ted Long. “The distinctive educational experiences it delivers will change their lives, and ultimately the world around us.” The Ware Colloquium, delivered annually under the auspices of the College’s Center for Global Citizenship, will consist of three major elements. The Ware Lecture on Peacemaking will ensure that students understand the nature of human conflict and what peacemaking entails, as well as the contemporary challenges of building a peaceful world. The Lecture will bring to campus nationally and internationally recognized speakers to address issues of peacemaking. The inaugural Ware Lecture on Peacemaking will be presented by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on March 19. The Ware Practicum in Conflict Resolution will prepare students for the practice of conflict resolution so they have the skills and know-how to be effective peacemakers in their own lives. Through this program, conflict resolution training will be offered several times a year to students, faculty and employees. The Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship will engage students with the public sphere of life so they learn to take responsibility as global citizens for advancing the welfare of communities around them. The seminars – which will be structured within both the academic and cocurricular programs – will take several forms. Visiting “scholars in residence” may teach courses on global citizenship or conduct one-time seminars on the subject. The Ware gift may also allow the College to focus its First-Year Colloquium on issues of global citizenship. The goal will be for all Elizabethtown students to experience a Ware Seminar during their years at the College. “I am proud to be a graduate and now a trustee of Elizabethtown College,” Judy Ware said. “The gift my husband and I made to establish the Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship will further cement Elizabethtown’s institutional identity as a college founded in the Brethren tradition of peace, non-violence and human dignity. In addition to an already great education, students will now have access to unique experiences that raise issues of peacemaking. Learning skills in conflict resolution and becoming good citizens of our world will certainly aid them in many ways.” Judy Ware is an active volunteer, leader and philanthropist in the Lancaster community. She supports and/or serves as a volunteer for the Fulton Theatre, Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster YWCA, and Lancaster County Historical Society and James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. She currently serves as a board member of the Samaritan Counseling Center, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster York Heritage Region, Lancaster General HealthCare Foundation and Lancaster Country Club. In 2001, Ware founded the Lancaster Investment Forum Team and served as the Women’s Investment Network Club president. She also served for five years on the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority Board and was the second vice chairman when her term ended fall 2005. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Elizabethtown College in 1968, has studied painting with Sam Feinstein in Philadelphia and has taken graduate courses at the University of Virginia and Millersville University. Ware retired in 1997 as an art teacher at the Lancaster Country Day School. Paul W. Ware is chairman of the Feree Foundation. He is a trustee at Franklin & Marshall College and the Pennsylvania Academy of Music. He volunteers for the Pennsylvania Dutch Council, Boy Scouts of America, World of Scouting Museum, St. James Episcopal Church and Water for People. Back to top 9/14/2006 Homecoming and Family Weekend 2006, Oct. 20-22!
Back to top 9/13/2006 Dale W. Brown Book Award recipient to discuss 'Anabaptists and Imagination' Bluffton University English professor Jeff Gundy will present “The Return of the Prodigal: Anabaptists and Imagination” at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 21, at the Elizabethtown College  Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. The event is open to the public free of charge. Copies of Gundy’s book “Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite Writing,” for which he earned the Young Center’s 2006 Dale W. Brown Book Award, will be available for purchase and signing. Gundy’s talk, which is based on his book, will explore the recent strong emergence of imaginative writing among Anabaptists and Mennonites, and seek to demonstrate that such work is constructive and even essential for contemporary followers of Jesus. Poet Julia Kasdorf of Penn State University will respond to Gundy’s lecture and comment on his book. She and Gundy will also present a poetry writing workshop from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Sept. 22, at the Young Center. The workshop is open to the public. Part of the C. Henry Smith Series published by Cascadia Publishing House, “Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite Writing” explores important Mennonite and related authors — Patrick Friesen, William Stafford, Julia Kasdorf, Jean Janzen, Keith Ratzlaff, and others — as well as crucial issues and themes, such as power and authority, myths of origin and possibility, heresy and community. Gundy has taught writing, literature and general education courses at Bluffton University since 1984. He has also taught at Hesston College, Goshen College, Indiana University and the Antioch Writer’s Workshop. The recipient of six Ohio Arts Council grants for poetry, Gundy was also the first two-time winner of the C. Henry Smith Peace Lectureship. His earlier prose books are “Scattering Point: The World in a Mennonite Eye” and “A Community of Memory: My Days with George and Clara.” His poetry collections include “Rhapsody with Dark Matter,” “Flatlands,” “Inquiries” and “Deerflies,” winner of the Editions Prize and the Nancy Dasher Award. His poems and essays have appeared in dozens of magazines and journals, including Christian Century, Mennonite Quarterly Review, The Sun, Image, Shenandoah, Georgia Review, Conrad Grebel Review and Mennonite Life. The Dale W. Brown Book Award, first presented in 2004, is a national award that recognizes an outstanding book in Anabaptist and Pietist studies. The award was named for Dale W. Brown, a retired Bethany Seminary professor who lives in Elizabethtown and served previously as a fellow at the Young Center. A noted author and theologian among the historic peace churches, Brown has written “Biblical Pacifism,” “Understanding Pietism” and “Another Way of Believing: A Brethren Theology.” Nominations for the 2007 Brown Book Award will be accepted until Dec. 1. Visit the Center’s website at www.etown.edu/youngctr/ for details. Back to top 9/13/2006 Woodwind recital offered by faculty member Faith Shiffer, adjunct professor of clarinet and saxophone, will present a woodwind recital at 3 p.m., Sept. 24, in Zug Recital Hall. The event is open to the public free of charge.  “A Suite of Suites” will feature selections by Telemann, Milhaud, Brahms and a new piece composed by Shiffer herself. Featured artists for the recital are Debra Ronning (piano), a lecturer in music at Elizabethtown; John Zurfluh (cello), a faculty member at Elizabethtown and Franklin and Marshall colleges; and Stephen Shiffer (trombone), a member of The Pottstown Symphony Orchestra, the Buzz Jones Big Band, Charlie Van Horn Big Band and Skip Stine/Cathy Chemi Big Band. Shiffer graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in clarinet performance from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., and earned a Master of Music in clarinet performance from the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. She has performed 46 musicals with various regional theaters throughout Pennsylvania, Illinois and Montana; she toured nationally with productions of “Sunday in the Park with George,” “Chicago and “South Pacific.” Shiffer has performed with artists such as Pearl Bailey, Victor Borge, Dave Brubeck, Cathy Chemi, Rich Little, Manhattan Transfer, Rita Moreno, John Pizzarelli and Sunny Wilkinson. Locally, she has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, Theatre Harrisburg, Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat Band, Reading Civic Opera, The Buzz Jones Big Band, The Spring Garden Big Band, The Possumtown Six Dixieland Band, The Shiffer Trio, Allenberry Theatre and Mount Gretna Theatre. In addition to teaching at Elizabethtown College, Shiffer continues to perform throughout central Pennsylvania. She also maintains a private teaching practice in Ephrata. Back to top 9/8/2006 Elshtain to give annual Lefever talk Elizabethtown College will welcome political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain as its  2006 Ernest W. Lefever Visiting Fellow in Ethics and Culture. Elshtain will present a public lecture at 7 p.m., Sept. 28, at Elizabethtown’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Her talk, “Can War Be an Instrument of Justice?,” is open to the public free of charge.A political philosopher whose task has been to show the connections between our political and our ethical convictions, Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at The University of Chicago. Her books include “Public Man, Private Woman: Women in Social Thought,” “Meditations on Modern Political Thought,” “Women and War,” “Democracy on Trial” (a New York Times “Notable Book” for 1995), “New Wine in Old Bottles: Politics and Ethical Discourse” and “Who Are We? Critical Reflections, Hopeful Possibilities,” for which she received the Theologos Award for Best Academic Book 2000 by the Association of Theological Booksellers. In 2002, Elshtain published a book, “Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy,” and an edited volume, “The Jane Addams Reader,” which won second place for biography in 2002 from the Society of Midland Authors. In 2003, she published “Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World,” which was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2003 by Publishers Weekly. In addition to her book-length studies, Elshtain writes widely for journals of civic opinion, and lectures -- both in the United States and abroad -- on whether democracy will prove sufficiently robust and resilient to survive. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and chair of the Council on Civil Society. She has served on the board of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and is currently on the board of the National Humanities Center and of the National Endowment for Democracy. Elshtain has been a Phi Beta Kappa lecturer, is the recipient of nine honorary degrees, and received the 2002 Frank J. Goodnow Award, the American Political Science Association’s highest award for distinguished service to the profession. In 2003, she was the second holder of the McGuire Chair in Ethics at the Library of Congress. Elshtain delivered the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 2006. The Visiting Fellow in Ethics and Culture at Elizabethtown College was established to honor Ernest W. Lefever, an alumnus of the Class of 1942 and founder of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Each year a Lefever Fellow visits campus for two days to share his or her professional experience, particularly regarding moral dilemmas in contemporary society, with students and faculty. In addition to giving a lecture, the Fellow meets with students, faculty and administration. Back to top 9/6/2006 College receives Mellon grant to support global education Elizabethtown College has received its first grant from The Andrew W. Mellon  Foundation – a $25,000 award to build a high-impact approach to global education and to prepare faculty to deliver that education to students.The Mellon grant will allow the College to strengthen its commitment to programs of international and cross-cultural understanding -- one of four attributes of an Elizabethtown education identified in a recently completed strategic vision for the College. With the grant funds, a Mellon Task Force on Global Education will be established and charged with developing and articulating a distinctive model for international study at Elizabethtown. In addition, the College will create a Mellon International Faculty Development Program, which will prepare faculty to deliver global education through classroom instruction and scholarship. These programs will build upon efforts already undertaken by the College to enhance international and cross-cultural perspectives. In addition to hiring more international faculty members and assisting more students with international study opportunities, the College established a Center for Global Citizenship in 2004 to enhance study abroad, service-learning and peacemaking. “We are especially pleased to have the support of the Mellon Foundation for this important initiative,” said college president Theodore Long. “It will enable us to develop a distinctive approach to global education that will become a signature program for the college." Back to top 9/6/2006 'No God But God' author to speak on Sept. 13 See video of Reza Aslan on The Daily Show on Aug. 21, 2006 . . . Reza Aslan, author of “No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam  ,” will speak at Elizabethtown College at 11 a.m., Sept. 13, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. His talk, “The Three Faiths of Abraham: The Hope for Interfaith Dialogue Between Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” is open to the public free of charge. This is the first event in the fall colloquium series, “The World in Focus.”Aslan is a research associate at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy and a doctoral candidate in history of religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He previously earned a bachelor’s degree in religion from Santa Clara University, a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard University and a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Iowa. Aslan has served as a legislative assistant for the Friends’ Committee on National Legislation in Washington, D.C., and was elected president of Harvard’s Chapter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, a United Nations Organization committed to solving religious conflicts throughout the world. Until recently, he was both visiting assistant professor of Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Iowa and the Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Slate, Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Nation, and others, and has appeared on Meet The Press, Hardball, The Daily Show, The Tavis Smiley Show and Nightline. His first book, “No God But God,” has been translated into half a dozen languages and was short-listed for the Guardian (United Kingdom) First Book Award. Born in Iran, Aslan currently resides in Santa Monica and New Orleans, where he is the Middle East commentator on National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” and a regular op-ed contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Back to top 8/28/2006 Exhibits bring sculpture, mixed media to Elizabethtown Two September openings will bring sculpture and mixed media to Elizabethtown College’s galleries. An exhibit of sculpture by Kristina Funk, a 2001 graduate of Elizabethtown College,  will open with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 8 in Zug Hall’s Hess Gallery. Funk’s work will be exhibited through Oct. 11.A current resident of Kingston, N.Y., Funk earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz in December 2004. She is currently a warehouse assistant/event programmer for Hudson Valley Materials Exchange, having previously taught at Elizabethtown College, SUNY New Paltz and Pratt Institute. Funk has exhibited at, among others, Pfenninger’s Gallery in Lancaster, the Samuel Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz and The College Association New York Area MFA Exhibition at Times Square Gallery in New York. Mixed media by Stacey Carter of Benicia, Calif., will open with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 15 in Leffler Chapel’s Lyet Gallery. Carter’s work will be exhibited through Oct. 14. Carter earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Temple University’s Tyler  School of Art. Her recent exhibitions include “Baseball & Blues: A Collection of Objects, Images and Sounds” at James Gallery in Pittsburgh; “Contemporary Art Show” installation at the San Francisco Center Galleria; and “Top of the 9th,” an invitational group show of baseball-themed art at George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco.Carter is winner of a trustee award from the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, Calif., and of a Golden Image Award of Excellence from the Screenprinting and Graphic Imaging Association International. She is currently a printmaker for the Bay Area painters Gustavo Rivera and Bill Wheeler, as well as an educator/consultant to artists in fine art reproduction techniques at Prepress Assembly Inc. Both receptions and exhibits are open to the public free of charge. Hours for Lyet and Hess galleries are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Back to top 8/28/2006 Kraybill co-authors book on Wenger Mennonites Based on more than a decade of research in Old Order Mennonite communities in several states, an Elizabethtown College professor has co-authored the first in-depth  study of the horse-and-buggy-driving Wenger Mennonites.“Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World” was written by Donald B. Kraybill, Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, and James P. Hurd, chair of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Minnesota’s Bethel University. The book was recently published by the Pennsylvania State University Press. The Wenger Mennonites, named for their first bishop Joseph Wenger, formed in Lancaster County in 1927 when the Old Order Mennonite community divided over the ownership of automobiles. Although many Mennonite groups in North America have assimilated into mainstream culture, the Wenger Mennonites still use horse-and-buggy transportation and speak the Pennsylvania German dialect of their ancestors. In “Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites,” Kraybill and Hurd use cultural analysis to interpret the Wengers. They systematically compare the Wengers with other Mennonite groups as well as with the Amish, showing how relationships with these other groups have had a powerful impact on shaping the identity of the Wenger Mennonites in the Anabaptist world. The Wenger Mennonites have grown to some 18,000 members living in nine states. A birth rate of 8.3 children per family and a retention rate of 90 percent has produced an annual growth rate of 3.7 percent. At this rate, the group will number 31,000 by 2021. Kraybill and Hurd attribute the growth and success of this group in the midst of modern high tech culture to several factors: high fertility rate and retention of youth, strong private education, control of technology, emphasis on family values and hard work, regulation of social interaction with the outside world and use of a Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. The researchers found that these factors provide a strong sense of meaning, belonging and identity that has bolstered the vitality of the group. As Kraybill and Hurd show, the Wengers have learned that it is impossible to maintain a truly static culture, and so examining the ways in which the Wengers cautiously and incrementally adapt to the ever-changing world around them is an invaluable case study of the gradual evolution of religious ritual in the face of modernity. Back to top 8/23/2006 James B. Hoover Center for Business dedication slated for Sept. 14 The Elizabethtown College community will gather on Sept. 14 to celebrate the opening  and dedication of its James B. Hoover Center for Business. The ceremony will recognize the three donors whose support – along with gifts from area foundations, alumni, parents and friends – has allowed the College to build the $5.2 million Center: S. Dale High of Lancaster, James B. Hoover of Locust Valley, N.Y., and Edward R. Murphy of Lynbrook, N.Y.Elizabethtown broke ground for the Hoover Center in September 2005. The two-story, 30,000-square foot facility houses the Department of Business, the S. Dale High Center for Family Business and the Edward R. Murphy Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning. Elizabethtown College’s Department of Business will enroll more than 400 majors this year, and 13 full-time tenure-track faculty members teach for the department. “Everything in the Hoover Center has been designed to promote interaction between those faculty and our students,” according to department chair Sean Melvin. “We take a ‘heart-to-heart’ approach to teaching, and that’s been the driving force behind many features of the new building.” Tiered classrooms with state-of-the-art projection equipment and data ports have been designed to provide room for faculty to move about and interact with students. Most have been built to accommodate a maximum of 35 students. In addition, a resource room containing books, computers and newspapers will give small groups – led by a student or faculty member – a space for collaboration and research. And informal seating areas throughout the building, complete with data ports, will allow for impromptu conversations. “There is no wasted space here,” Melvin said. “Everything has been designed to allow us to work closely with students, because we do our business face-to-face.” In addition, the Hoover Center provides more space for the department’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) program, through which local senior citizens with limited means receive free assistance with income tax returns. Last year, students working in the program helped with the filing of nearly 90 returns. The S. Dale High Center for Family Business, established in 1995, provides member family businesses with opportunities to address and resolve their succession, management, ownership and strategic issues through a special program of seminars and access to national resources and networking. Corporate sponsors for the Center are Barley Snyder, Fulton Bank, Glatfelter Insurance Group, McKonly & Asbury, and MANTEC, Inc. The Hoover Center will provide “a permanent home for many aspects of the Family Business Center program,” according to director Mary Beth Matteo. Space has been designated for business mentoring, for member-to-member consultation programs and for affinity groups, like CEOs or young leaders. There is also a resource library that will be available to not only member businesses, but all small family businesses in the area. “We’re particularly pleased that we can open up this resource library to local family businesses that might need help finding answers to their questions,” Matteo said. The new facility has also provided the opportunity for a CEO-in-residence program, which Matteo hopes to have up and running within the next year. Being located in the Hoover Center with the Department of Business is a plus for both Family Business Center members and Elizabethtown students, according to Matteo. “This will allow us to build a more synergistic relationship between the Family Business Center and the Department of Business,” she said. “We now have space for students to attend some of our sessions and to meet with our members. And our members see the affiliation with an academic institution as a plus. It will now be easier for us to make connections between practicing business people and Elizabethtown students." Elizabethtown College’s degree programs for adult learners are now housed in the Hoover Center’s Edward R. Murphy Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning. Since the 1970s, Elizabethtown has offered educational opportunities that extend the boundaries of the College’s learning community to include a wider and more diverse population. Through its five-week accelerated courses – available in the classroom or online – the Center caters to working adults in the central Pennsylvania region. “Accelerated courses and flexible scheduling allow our students to complete their degree in a reasonable period of time,” said Director of Marketing and Admissions Barbara Randazzo. “With the option to step in and out of the program as their life demands, they can fit their desire to learn into their busy schedules.” The Center also provides flexibility to adult learners by offering its programs at three campuses: Elizabethtown College’s main campus, Harrisburg’s Dixon University Center and Lancaster’s College Square on the Harrisburg Pike. “We foster connections with our adult learners at all three locations through strong academic advising services and vehicles like our website,” Randazzo said. “Elizabethtown College’s learning community is enhanced through the addition of adult learners, who bring a wealth of life experience into the classroom. Adult students are able to connect with Elizabethtown’s dedication to academic excellence and commitment to service to others.” With its new home in the Hoover Center for Business, the Edward R. Murphy Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning has a new image to offer its students, according to Randazzo. “The academic atmosphere and more professional image of the Hoover Center is what our students – many of them working professionals – are looking for.” Back to top 8/14/2006 History prof's book garnering national attention  A book written by Elizabethtown College history professor David Brown has received some notable attention, including reviews in The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times and The Washington Times.Brown’s “Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography” (University of Chicago Press, 2006), has been called “an incisive interpretive profile” by The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Carlin Romano. And Sam Tanenhaus of The New York Times calls the book “intelligent and stimulating.” Brown’s biography of Hofstadter -- a Columbia University historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who was one of the most prominent liberal intellectuals of recent time -- explores his remarkable life story in the context of the rise and fall of American liberalism. According to Brown, Hofstadter saw that America’s transformation from a Protestant and provincial culture into a more urban and multiethnic one would inspire in rural America an anti-intellectualism and hostility toward cosmopolitanism that was perilous in a mass democracy.This idea makes Brown’s biography particularly timely, considering the United States’ current culture of blue vs. red state. Claude Marx of The Washington Times writes that Brown’s examination of Hofstadter’s work “sheds some light on contemporary politics. That’s why [the book] is especially timely in view of the problems facing those on the left side of the ideological divide.” And Christopher Shea of The Boston Globe writes, “As it happens, some of [Hofstadter’s] themes seem presciently in tune with our times, too – tension between rural and urban America, grass-roots distrust of expert and intellectuals, democracy’s vulnerability to demagoguery. All of which make Brown’s biography, the first of Hofstadter, especially timely.” Brown received his Ph.D. in American history at the University of Toledo and has been teaching at Elizabethtown College for nine years. “Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography” is his second book. He is currently working on a study of the University of Wisconsin’s contribution to historical writing in the 20th century. Back to top 8/11/2006 Golf program ranked in Golf Digest Elizabethtown College's golf program has been honored with a place on Golf Digest’s "Academics First” list for men in the magazine’s second-annual college guide. Elizabethtown is ranked 42nd on the list of 50 colleges and universities in the magazine’s September 2006 issue.According to the magazine, for those “who are excellent students first, golfers second, these schools [on the "Academics First” list] provide the best education and an opportunity to play.” The list includes institutions from all three divisions of the NCAA. In Golf Digest’s breakdown of the rankings, Elizabethtown College has scores in the top 20 percent in the academics category and in the top 30 percent in the coaches/facilities and the player growth categories. Elizabethtown is ranked 25th out of the 30 NCAA Division III programs that made the list. Provided by The Etownian Back to top 8/7/2006 College names six to faculty Elizabethtown College welcomes six new tenure-track faculty members at the start of the 2006-07 academic year.  R. William Ayres IV has been named director of the Center for Global Citizenship – which brings together activities in international studies, service-learning and peacemaking -- and associate professor of international relations. He previously served as an associate professor of political science at the University of Indianapolis, where he has taught since 1999. He has also served on the faculty at the University of Mississippi and at St. Mary’s College in Maryland. An accomplished scholar, he has published numerous articles on ethnic conflict and national secession conflicts. Ayres earned a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and a master’s degree and doctorate from Ohio State University.Christina Ciocirlan has been appointed assistant professor of management. A doctoral candidate in public administration at Penn State University, she previously studied at Auburn University, Central European University in Budapest, University of Essex in England and Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. Ciocirlan maintains a personal and scholarly interest in environmental stewardship and has written on the political economy of “green” taxation and the challenge of integrating sustainability in the practice of strategic management in business and organizations. Scott Hendrickson will serve as director of the Pre-Law Program and assistant professor of public law. After completing an undergraduate degree at Wartburg College, he studied law and earned a J.D. at the University of Iowa. Subsequently, he studied political science at Washington University in St. Louis, completing both a master’s degree and a doctorate. Through his research, Hendrickson has studied judicial independence by examining the role of constitutional guarantees of tenure for federal judges. Kristi Kneas has been appointed as assistant professor of chemistry. For the past six years, she has been on the faculty at Maryville College in Tennessee, where she was granted tenure. Kneas is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and completed her doctorate at the University of Virginia. Her scholarly interests are in computer interfacing and the development of novel, luminescence-based sensors for biological and environmental applications. Charla Lorenzen has been named assistant professor of Spanish. Immediately following her undergraduate studies at the University of Iowa, she spent a year as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Valladolid, Spain. She then studied Spanish literature at the University of Kansas and completed both a master’s degree and doctorate in foreign language education at the University of Texas. Heather Watson will serve as assistant professor of engineering. She holds three degrees in mechanical engineering: a bachelor’s degree from the University of Detroit, a master’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a doctorate from New Mexico State University. For the past two years, she has been on the engineering faculty at Clemson University, with previous experience in the aerospace industry. Back to top 8/2/2006 Bailey named vice president for finance Elizabethtown College has named Richard L. Bailey of Freeland, Md., as vice  president for finance.Bailey previously as assistant vice president for financial systems at Loyola College in Maryland. Prior to that, he served for seven years as director of financial accounting systems at Johns Hopkins University. He also held positions in banking for a number of years. Bailey earned a bachelor’s degree in business and management from the University of Maryland, where he graduated with highest honors, and an executive MBA from Loyola College in Maryland. Back to top 7/31/2006 Think BIG camps to offer science, business to elementary students Nearly 75 elementary students from Lancaster are expected to attend this year’s “Think BIG: Believing, Inspiring, Guiding” weeklong summer camp,  organized by Elizabethtown College students.Held this year from Aug. 7-11 on the Elizabethtown campus, the camp provides exciting learning experiences in science and business to students in grades 4, 5 and 6 who attend Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and Wharton Elementary in the School District of Lancaster. The project is organized by Elizabethtown students who are members of the Medicus Club (students with an interest in the health care field) and Students in Free Enterprise (club that focuses on the development of leadership teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise). With help from sponsorship by The Alcoa Foundation for the past two years, Think BIG has grown from 20 campers since it began in 2002. Throughout the week, campers work with Elizabethtown College students and faculty members to learn the fundamentals of science through hands-on activities. Business activities teach them what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur, including developing a budget and pricing items, marketing products and learning about business ethics. Students work toward the grand opening of their own mini-businesses, which occurs on Aug. 11 at the conclusion of the camp. Later that day, at 2 p.m. in the Event Space, campers don graduation caps and receive a diploma. The graduation ceremony, which is open to parents and community members, also features highlights of the week and guest speakers. Back to top 7/19/2006 Prof publishes PA camping guide An Elizabethtown College professor has written a guide that offers outdoor enthusiasts the 50 best places in Pennsylvania to pitch a tent.  In his book “The Best In Tent Camping: Pennsylvania (Menasha Ridge Press),” Matt Willen features campgrounds that offer a quality camping experience for families – ones that aren’t too noisy or crowded. He offers his own personal observations of each and rates them according to six criteria: beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security and cleanliness. Willen spent the past year traveling to each site mentioned in his guide. In addition to providing essential information (including season, rates, facilities and how to reserve a site), he also identifies the best sites at the best campgrounds, offers information on exciting day trips, suggests hikes and activities accessible from the campgrounds, and describes the flora and fauna campers might encounter on a trip. “There’s a lot in Pennsylvania,” Willen said. “I hope people who are interested in going out to some of those placed with their families will enjoy the book. I hope people will make good use of it.” A resident of Hershey, Willen has lived in Pennsylvania for the past 15 years, during which he has explored many of the state’s hiking trails and kayaked many of its rivers. He teaches professional writing courses at Elizabethtown College. Willen is currently working on another guide for Menasha Ridge Press, “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Harrisburg.” It is set to be published in spring 2008. Back to top 7/18/2006 Marianne Calenda named dean of students Elizabethtown College has named Marianne Calenda as dean of students, effective July 1.  Calenda previously worked for a number of years in student affairs at Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., most recently serving as associate dean of students and co-director of the first-year experience. She was also responsible for residence life and worked for several years in the College’s Office of Development. A graduate of Thiel College, Calenda earned a master’s degree from Geneva College. As dean of students, Calenda will oversee the five divisions of student life: Athletics, the Office of Residence Life, Health Services, the Center for Student Involvement (Student Activities, Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life, and the Office of Diversity and Community Outreach) and the Center for Student Success (Academic Advising, Career Services, Counseling Services, Learning Services and Disability Services). “Marianne Calenda brings to this position experience gained through many years of service in student affairs at Thiel College,” said College President Ted Long. “She is a collaborative and creative leader and a dedicated student advocate, and we are fortunate to have her as our dean of students.” Back to top 7/10/2006 Nihon University students visit; host families needed Twenty students from Japan’s Nihon University will arrive in Elizabethtown on July 27 for a three-week stay, thanks for a program offered through the Edward R. Murphy Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning at Elizabethtown College.  With the help of 1967 graduate and trustee Kyoko Akanoma, Elizabethtown College formalized in 1999 an agreement with Nihon that provided for exchange of students and faculty, as well as intensive summer programs of study. Hosted by members of the campus community, Nihon students strengthen their English language skills with faculty members Kurt Barnada, associate professor of modern languages, and Mahua Bhattacharya, assistant professor of Japanese. During their stay, they also visit New York City, Washington, D.C., Hersheypark and other area attractions. Another integral part of the program includes a weekend stay with an American host family, which allows the students to experience and understand the American culture. At the end of their stay, they earn college credits for participating in the program. Families interested in hosting a Japanese student for a weekend stay from August 4-6 should contact Cristie Dry at 717-361-1373. Back to top 6/27/2006 Provost Parkyn to serve as president of North Park University Elizabethtown College’s provost and senior vice president will begin serving as president of Chicago’s North Park University on July 1.  Following a 16-month national search, David L. Parkyn was elected on June 15 as North Park’s ninth president. Founded in 1891 by the Evangelical Covenant Church, North Park is located on Chicago’s north side and enrolls more than 2,800 students from around the country and the world. “Over recent months I have learned why graduates feel so strongly about North Park,” Parkyn said upon his election. “Located in the city of Chicago, the University educates students in both mind and spirit to be servants of transformation in the church and society. This is a very special place, and I am honored by the invitation to lead the University.” “In his two years at Elizabethtown, David Parkyn earned the confidence of the entire community and made significant contributions to our future, particularly in the strategic vision process,” said Elizabethtown College president Ted Long. “North Park University is fortunate to have secured such an able and generous leader. Our loss will certainly be their gain, and we will watch the progress of that institution with great interest and anticipation.” Parkyn has served as Elizabethtown College’s provost and senior vice president since July 2004. He also held faculty rank as professor of religious studies. Parkyn began his career in higher education as a faculty member at Endicott College. In 1981, he joined the faculty at Messiah College, achieving tenure and moving up the faculty ranks. In addition, he also served as Messiah’s director of general education and assessment from 1989 until 1995, vice president for planning from 1995 until 2002, and senior vice president from 2002 until his departure in 2004. Parkyn’s scholarly work in religious studies has focused on religion in Latin America, with special attention to Guatemala. He is also the author of numerous articles and papers on issues in higher education, focusing especially on college and university planning. Parkyn earned a bachelor’s degree from Messiah, a master’s degree from Gordon-Conwell Seminary and doctorate from Boston College. Parkyn's wife, Linda, is a tenured faculty member at Messiah College. Back to top 6/22/2006 Progress continues on construction of Masters Center Progress has been made on construction of the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering since the April 21 groundbreaking. Photos of the work being done are available at the Facilities Management website.  When completed in 2007, the $19-million project will renovate more than 95,000 square feet of existing laboratories and classroom space in Musser and Esbenshade halls and provide a new 33,000-square-foot wing for the College’s biology program, which has grown by more than 20 percent during the past 15 years. The April groundbreaking marked the beginning of the most extensive phase of the project, which will include common areas within the Center, the new Lyet biology wing and an integrated building façade. Elizabethtown College provides its science students with significant opportunities to participate in one-on-one, groundbreaking research with faculty. The new laboratory space will offer the potential for broader opportunities for interdisciplinary research and project work in cutting-edge science arenas, such as robotics, neural networks, cybernetics and rehabilitation engineering. The new facility also will provide additional applied research opportunities and internships through partnerships with regional manufacturing companies and medical centers. Back to top 6/21/2006 Alumnus named director of major gifts Elizabethtown College has named a 1997 graduate as director of major gifts. Bob  Miller previously served as senior major gifts officer at Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked closely with the School of Computer Science. Prior to that, he served as director of major gifts at Albright College and as staff assistant in the office of former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge. Back to top 6/13/2006 Grad, staff member create sculpture for Kitefest Susan Davitti Darling, artist and mail services clerk, and 2006 graduate J. Nate Matias  created a sculpture for Harrisburg's Kitefest. The piece, "Read for the Sky," was chosen for sponsorship by The Whitaker Center and The Patriot-News and placed on the front steps of the State Capitol Building."Read for the Sky" is a literacy-promotion sculpture proposal adapted from the pre-made kite forms provided by the Harrisburg Arts Council. It depicts a child climbing out of a book on the kite string, toward a smiling sun. His path is marked by yellow flags reading, "Read," "Imagine," "Reach," and "Achieve." The open book features a collage of illustrations, titles, and pages from literature and folk stories. To view more photos of this sculpture, click on the link below. • "Read for the Sky" photos website Back to top 6/13/2006 Alumna named one of PA's Best 50 Women in Business A graduate of Elizabethtown College’s Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning was recognized by Governor Edward G. Rendell as one of Pennsylvania’s  Best 50 Women in Business.Tina Hiestand, co-owner, president and managing partner of Lancaster’s H2, LLC, was among the recipients of the award. H2, a Women’s Business Enterprise recognized by the state, is a specialty building products supplier serving the residential and commercial construction industry. Hiestand earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Elizabethtown College in 1986. An independent panel of judges selected the top 50 candidates based on dedication to business growth, professional and personal accomplishments, community involvement and advocacy for women in business. Hiestand and other honorees were recognized at a May 15 ceremony at the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg. They will also be highlighted in special supplements in the Central Penn Business Journal, Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal, Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal, Pittsburgh Business Times and Pennsylvania Business Central. Back to top 6/5/2006 EC SIFE places at national competition Elizabethtown College's Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team traveled to Kansas  City in May to compete for the 17th consecutive year at the organization's national competition. EC SIFE was named second runner-up in their league, placing the team somewhere between 41st and 60th in the nation. Congratulations to the group's recent graduates, Don Megahan, Megan Grimes and Jonathan Schultz.Back to top 5/30/2006 Blue Jays among nation's best at track and field championship Two Elizabethtown College athletes finished among the nation's best at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois.Junior Tyson Evensen (West Sand Lake, NY) earned All-America status by finishing fourth in the nation in the men’s 800m on May 27. It was the third time in his career that Evensen picked up All-America honors, having also been an All-American in both the 800m and in the distance medley relay at the 2006 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in March. Sophomore Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA) finished as the nation’s runner-up in the men’s pole vault with a clearance of 16’3-1/4” to earn All-America honors on May 25. He became the fourth Elizabethtown College track & field athlete to finish as a national runner-up in the seven year history of the program. It was Clark’s second time as an All-American, having also received the honor at the 2006 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in March. As a team, the Elizabethtown men finished in a three-way tie for 20th place in the nation out of 70 scoring teams at the national championship with a total of 13 points. Back to top 5/25/2006 Four elected as trustees; Hosler re-elected as chair Elizabethtown College recently elected four new members to its board of trustees and re-elected Dave Hosler of Lititz, a 1972 graduate, as chairman. Hosler is currently chief operating officer of Murray Insurance Associates, which he joined in 2003. He previously served as senior vice president of the John P. Woods Company, Inc. and as chairman, president, chief executive officer and director of the Old Guard Group, Inc. Hosler is also a director and former vice chair of Sterling Financial Corporation and a director of Brethren Village, Inc. He received an outstanding alumnus award from Elizabethtown. New trustees are David Benton of Media, Pa., vice president and general manager of Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Hotel and parent of a 2004 graduate; Doris Gordon of Washington, D.C., founder of the College’s occupational therapy program; J. Alexander Risser of Chesapeake, Va., a 1976 graduate who is owner and president of Outer Beaches Realty on Hatteras Island, N.C.; and Judy S. Ware of Lancaster, a 1968 graduate who is a community leader and philanthropist. David Benton has served as vice president and general manager of Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Hotel and Condominium Residences since 1990. Under his management, the Rittenhouse has been ranked as one of the 20 best hotels in the United States and its in-house restaurant, Lacroix, was named one of the world’s best places to eat. A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, he previously served as general manager of Denver Place in Colorado City, corporate director of food and beverage for Fiesta Americana Hotels in Mexico City and general manager of the Host Resort in Lancaster. Benton is currently executive in residence at Temple University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management and is a member of the advisory board of Widener University’s School of Hospitality Management. He has served on the boards of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, International Visitors Council, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, Friends of Rittenhouse Square and Hero Scholarship Fund. His daughter, Samantha Benton, graduated from Elizabethtown College in 2004. Doris Gordon was a member of the Elizabethtown faculty for eight years and received the 1980 John F. Steinman Department Award for Teaching Excellence. During her tenure, she designed and directed the undergraduate occupational therapy curriculum and developed clinical facilities in Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lebanon and Reading. In 2005, the College presented her with an honorary Doctor of Science degree. Gordon currently serves as the director of international affairs for the Accrediting Council for Occupational Therapy/American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). She has spent nearly 20 years specializing in accreditation activities ranging from the development of self-studies to the development of both national and international standards, and her work has been focused on associations, colleges and universities. She earned degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University’s School of Medicine. She is a fellow of AOTA and of Yale University’s Bush Center for Child Development and Social Policy. J. Alexander Risser currently serves as chair of the Elizabethtown College Leadership Council. His family has longstanding ties to the College, which counts among its graduates his parents Pearl and Arthur Risser, brother Dr. Thomas Risser and sister Deana Rundel. Alex Risser is also active in his local community, where he serves his church and is a member of the county advisory board and the Kiwanis Club. Judy S. Ware is a volunteer, leader and philanthropist in the Lancaster community who supports in various ways the Fulton Opera House, the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, the Pennsylvania Academy of Music, St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, the Women’s Symphony Association, the Women’s & Babies Hospital of Lancaster General Hospital, WITF-TV and the YWCA. In 2001, she founded the Lancaster Investment Forum Team and served as the Women’s Investment Network Club president. Ware served for five years on the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority Board and was the second vice chairman when her term ended fall 2005. She was an art teacher at Lancaster Country Day School, from which she retired in 1997. Ware is a member of the Leadership Council at Elizabethtown College and of the board of directors of the Samaritan Counseling Center. Back to top 5/23/2006 E-town group does hurricane relief work in Mississippi A group of 26 left Elizabethtown College on May 14 for a week-long service trip to aid  victims of Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers worked at two sites -- Mennonite Disaster Service and God's Katrina Kitchen -- in Pass Christian, Miss. Coordinator of Campus Events Karen Hodges '05 (right), who previously served Katrina victims in Louisiana, led 25 students on the trip sponsored by the Chaplain's Office. The group helped with jobs ranging from clean-up to cooking to construction. Students leaders at the two sites were first-year student Kyle Bauman of Quakertown, Pa., and junior Jonathan Goff of Jefferson City, Tenn. Other  student participants were Megan Memoli, Dave Grey, Christine R. Miller, Brittany Coyle, Christine Rosen, Kim Hailey, Kristen Paporello, Erin Fisher, Marisa Wirfel, Ahn Nguyen, Erica Siarkievicz, Judy Glanc, Lindsay Nestor, Dave Achey, Anna Quimby, Brian Umberger, Valerie Shiro, Emily Stanzione, Alan Popoli, Mindy Johnson, Emily Berger, Courtney Moyer and Ashley Beaver. Back to top 5/22/2006 2006 grad earns scholarship to Cambridge J. Nathan Matias '06 of Mount Joy, Pa., has been awarded a full scholarship to study  English literature at the University of Cambridge. The Davies-Jackson Scholarship is for students with exceptional academic records who are among the first in their family to attend college. As a Davies-Jackson winner, Matias will read for the Master's-equivalent Cantab degree at St. Johns College, Cambridge, where he will continue to pursue his diverse interests and activities for two years.
Back to top 5/22/2006 Three earn honorary degrees at commencement During its May 20 commencement exercises, Elizabethtown College awarded  honorary degrees to (from left) speaker Christopher Gates, president of the National Civic League; former U.S. ambassador and Scholar-in-Residence John Craig; and benefactor Frank M. Masters Jr. of Harrisburg, who gave $4 million toward the construction of the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering. Gates received a Doctor of Laws; Craig received a Doctor of Public Service; and Masters received a Doctor of Science and Engineering. Pictured with the recipients is College President Ted Long.
Back to top 5/8/2006 McClellan named interim provost Elizabethtown College has named Fletcher McClellan, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, as interim provost and senior vice president for the  2006-07 academic year. During that time, the College will conduct a search to replace David Parkyn, who currently serves in that position. Parkyn will leave the College this summer to serve as president of North Park University in Chicago.A member of the Elizabethtown faculty for 24 years, McClellan has served in many leadership roles, including interim provost and dean of the faculty in spring 1997. He has also served as associate dean of faculty, co-chair of the College’s Institutional Self-Study Committee for re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and as president of the Faculty Assembly for the past two years. In addition to teaching a number of courses at Elizabethtown, McClellan also served as a lecturer in political science at Queen’s University International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in England. He has also served as director of the political science department’s Capital Semester Internship Program since 1983. An active member of the Undergraduate Education section of the American Political Science Association, McClellan has presented dozens of papers in such areas as the American presidency, politics and film, U.S. policies toward Native Americans and higher education administration. He offers commentary on current political events for area newspapers and public radio and television. McClellan earned a bachelor’s degree in government from Franklin & Marshall College, a master’s in political science from East Tennessee State University and a doctorate in political science from University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Back to top 5/3/2006 Two students named MASCAC Scholar-Athletes Two seniors have been named the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic  Corporation (MASCAC) Scholar-Athlete for their sport in the 2005-06 academic year. Middle-distance runner Kim Whalen has been named the MASCAC Scholar-Athlete for women’s outdoor track & field, and midfielder Matt Seiboth has  been named the MASCAC Scholar-Athlete for men’s lacrosse. Both are business administration majors.The MASCAC comprises the 16 colleges and universities that are members of the Middle Atlantic Conference, the Commonwealth Conference and/or the Freedom Conference. One scholar-athlete, who must be a senior with a minimum GPA of 3.2 to be considered for the award, is selected by the MASCAC for each sport per year on the basis of academic and athletic accomplishments. Back to top 4/26/2006 Masters Center benefactor on hand for groundbreaking The benefactor of Elizabethtown College’s new Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering was on hand at the recent groundbreaking for the Center.  Frank M. Masters Jr. (pictured with College President Ted Long) of Harrisburg contributed $4 million – the single largest cash contribution in Elizabethtown’s history – toward the construction of the Masters Center. The $19-million project – designed by architectural firm Marshall Craft Associates, Inc. and to be built by High Construction Company – includes considerable work to update existing science laboratories and classroom space and provides for the construction of an all-new wing for the College’s biology program, which has grown by more than 20 percent over the past 15 years. When completed, the project will renovate more than 95,000 square feet and provide an additional 33,000 square feet of science classroom and laboratory space. Over the past two years, the College already has completed portions of the work on the Masters Center project, as it upgraded the electrical, mechanical and ventilation systems within portions of the existing science facilities. The Masters gift allowed Elizabethtown to break ground on the most extensive phase of the project, which will include common areas within the Center, a new biology wing and an integrated building façade. Elizabethtown College provides its undergraduate science students with significant opportunities to participate in one-on-one, groundbreaking research with its faculty. The new laboratory space will offer the potential for broader opportunities for interdisciplinary research and project work in cutting-edge science arenas, such as robotics, neural networks, cybernetics and rehabilitation engineering. The new facility also will provide additional applied research opportunities and internships through partnerships with regional manufacturing companies and medical centers. Masters has dedicated a lifetime to the understanding and support of the sciences. He graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Licensed to practice in 21 states and the District of Columbia, most of his professional career was spent in various positions in that field. Throughout his life, his professional interest in the physical sciences often crossed over into his personal life. His passion for the field is evident in the extensive mineral collection that will eventually find a home in the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering to inspire future generations of Elizabethtown College students in the pursuit of these disciplines. A noted area philanthropist, Masters has provided support and counsel to many cultural, educational and environmental causes. He has served as a board member of several organizations, including his current position on the board of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Pa. His connection with Elizabethtown College resulted from his involvement on the board of Gretna Music, which has partnered with the College for more than a decade to bring gifted musicians to central Pennsylvania. Back to top 4/24/2006 Political science students visit United Nations Twenty-one students, accompanied by political science professors April Kelly-Woessner and Wes McDonald, visited the  United Nations in April. The group met with Bill Brencick (center), director of the Political Section of the United States Mission to the United Nations (UN), who spoke about the work of the UN Security Council, especially as it relates to the current situation in Iran. The trip was sponsored by the Political Science Club and organized by Club president Gerry Blitz, a senior from Port Jervis, N.Y.Back to top 4/24/2006 National Civic League president to address graduates The president of the National Civic League will address the graduating class at  Elizabethtown College’s commencement ceremony, which will begin at 11 a.m., May 20, in The Dell. Rain location is Thompson Gymnasium. More information is available at the commencement website.“Christopher Gates is widely known and highly regarded for his advocacy of civic engagement and community building, and his organization, perhaps best known as the sponsors of the ‘All-American City’ awards, has led the way in energizing communities around the country,” said College President Theodore Long. “A frequent speaker and facilitator for leadership training and community development across the country and internationally, he will encourage our graduates to exemplify the College’s motto of ‘Educate for Service’ by making a difference in their communities.” Prior to being named president in 1995, Gates was vice president of the National Civic League for eight years. In addition to his national and international speaking engagements, he also provides technical assistance to communities undertaking strategic planning or visioning projects. In addition to Gates, Elizabethtown College will award honorary degrees to former ambassador and Scholar-in-Residence John Craig and benefactor Frank M. Masters Jr. of Harrisburg. Gates will receive a Doctor of Laws; Craig will receive a Doctor of Public Service; and Masters will receive a Doctor of Science and Engineering. A Pennsylvania native, Craig graduated from American University with a degree in international services and earned a graduate degree in international relations from the National War College. He later took part in many international leadership positions during times of turmoil, including service as the Deputy Chief of Missions in Damascus, Syria and Bogota, Colombia. In addition, he has participated in many peacekeeping missions, such as the 1978 Camp David Peace Conference and the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, and was also involved in senior policy-making positions as Director of Arabia Peninsula Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State. He has previously traveled throughout Saudi Arabia, Libya and Egypt as an economic and petroleum analyst. Masters recently contributed $4 million – the largest cash contribution in the history of Elizabethtown College – toward the construction of the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering. The $19-million Center includes considerable work to update existing science laboratories and classroom space and provides for the construction of an all-new wing for the College’s biology program. When completed, the project will renovate more than 95,000 square feet and provide an additional 33,000 square feet of science classroom and laboratory space. Masters has dedicated a lifetime to the understanding and support of the sciences. He graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Licensed to practice in 21 states and the District of Columbia, most of his professional career was spent in various positions in that field. Throughout his life, his professional interest in the physical sciences often crossed over into his personal life. His passion for the field is evident in the extensive mineral collection that will eventually find a home in the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering to inspire future generations of Elizabethtown College students in the pursuit of these disciplines. A noted area philanthropist, Masters has provided support and counsel to many cultural, educational and environmental causes. He has served as a board member of several organizations, including his current position on the board of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Pa. His connection with Elizabethtown College resulted from his involvement on the board of Gretna Music, which has partnered with the College for more than a decade to bring gifted musicians to central Pennsylvania. Back to top 4/20/2006 Two seniors exhibit art during annual show Two Elizabethtown College senior art majors will exhibit their work in Hess Gallery,  Zug Memorial Hall, from April 30 through May 20. The annual senior show will feature pieces by Heather Sweigart of Elizabethtown (left) and Lindsay Lampreda of Jamesville, N.Y. (right).The opening reception is scheduled for 1 p.m., April 30, in Hess Gallery. The reception and exhibit are open to the public free of charge. Hess Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  Lampreda is a member of Emotions dance ensemble and a resident of the Brightening Our Community Student Directed Learning Community, a residence that volunteers at Lancaster’s Milagro House. She is currently an intern at Lynden Gallery in Elizabethtown and has exhibited at the College’s 2005 student show, the 2002 Scholastic Art Show at Onondaga (N.Y.) Community College and the Student Art Show at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, N.Y. Sweigart is a volunteer at the Masonic Village Health Care Center in Elizabethtown. Back to top 4/20/2006 Anabaptist spirituality to be topic of annual Durnbaugh Lectures Anabaptist spirituality will be the topic of this year’s Elizabethtown College Durnbaugh  Lectures, which will be presented by C. Arnold Snyder, professor of history at Conrad Grebel University College in Ontario.Snyder will discuss “The ‘Catholic’ Roots of Anabaptist Spirituality” at 7:30 p.m., April 27, in Myer Hall’s Susquehanna Room. He will make the case that Anabaptist spirituality bore an essentially “Catholic” shape and pointed to a spiritual path that long pre-dated the Reformation. Snyder’s talk is open to the public free of charge and is presented as part of the College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies’ annual banquet. A reception for Snyder begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by the banquet at 6 p.m. Audience members may choose to attend the banquet, the talk, or both events. Snyder will also present a seminar titled “Contemporary Anabaptist Spirituality” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 28, at the Young Center. He will outline the essential marks of Anabaptist spirituality then discuss the contemporary application and relevance of the Anabaptist spiritual path. Reservations for the Young Center banquet and the seminar are required by April 17 and may be made by calling the Young Center at 717-361-1470. Tickets are $15 for the banquet and $15 for the seminar (including lunch and Snyder’s recent book “Following in the Footsteps of Christ”). Snyder has published three monographs, translated a volume of Anabaptist sources into Spanish and published numerous articles in scholarly journals. His research interests include Anabaptist history and thought, spirituality and peace, and church history. 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 4/19/2006 Business students tour Baltimore port, airport Elizabethtown College business students in Sylvester William’s international law  course learned firsthand how the Department of Homeland Security protects America’s ports and airports.Williams, an assistant professor of business law (right), worked with the Field Office of the Customs Department in Baltimore to schedule three guided tours. Students first visited the Port of Baltimore to view operations, discuss anti-terrorist procedures and examine shipments that come in and out of the port. The second guided tour was the customs house in downtown Baltimore, where students were briefed by a customs inspection officer on how to inspect shipment, review paperwork and apply tariffs on products. The class was also given a tour of the Harmonized Trade Schedule using a real shipment of products from a country. Baltimore Washington International Airport was the third destination. Students were given a tour that covered airport security and package inspection behind the scenes. They also learned how customs addresses visa and temporary visitation issues with people on international flights and were given a hands-on demonstration of how packages are handled under the new rules of Title 19 of the United States Code. “We will be making this same trip each spring that the course is taught to learn about the practical application of customs in the United States,” Williams said. Back to top 4/18/2006 Christina Bucher named dean of the faculty Christina Bucher, a 1975 graduate of Elizabethtown College who has served as a member  of the religious studies department faculty for nearly 20 years, has been named the College’s dean of the faculty. She is currently completing a one-year assignment as interim dean of the faculty.“I want to thank Dr. Bucher for accepting this position and for her very capable work over many years at Elizabethtown,” said Provost and Senior Vice President David Parkyn. “She and I look forward to working together with the faculty, with students and with our administrative colleagues, as we manage the affairs of the academic program and as we lead the College into the days and years ahead. Elizabethtown College is a place of great promise and with Dr. Bucher’s attentive leadership we can claim this promise.” The Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Bucher served as chair of the Department of Religious Studies from 1995-2005. She teaches in the field of biblical studies and is currently researching the reception history of the Song of Songs. Bucher is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and has been active in the Society of Biblical Literature at the national, international and regional levels. In 1990, she participated in an National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on the Bible and the Ancient Near East. Bucher served as editor of the quarterly journal Brethren Life and Thought from 1991-1997, and she is currently a member of the editorial board. She is former chair of the Society of Biblical Literature’s “Study of Peace in Scripture” research group and former regional coordinator of the Mid-Atlantic Society of Biblical Literature. Bucher earned a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy from Elizabethtown College, a master’s degree in theology from Bethany Theological Seminary and a doctorate in Hebrew Scriptures from Claremont Graduate University. Back to top 4/11/2006 Two students earn Finnegan Foundation Fellowships Two Elizabethtown College political science majors have been awarded James A.  Finnegan Foundation Fellowships. Juniors Jason Theobald of Honesdale (left) and John Bayard (right) of Green Lane bring to five the number of Elizabethtown students who have won Finnegan Fellowships in the past four years. Also pictured are Professor of Political Science Fletcher McClellan and Assistant Professor of Political Science April Kelly-Woessner.As fellowship recipients, Bayard and Theobald will serve full-time paid internships in Pennsylvania state government this summer. They were honored at a luncheon program in the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion on March 31. The Finnegan Foundation sponsors an essay contest open to all Pennsylvania students attending college or students attending Pennsylvania colleges. Bayard’s and Theobald’s essays on the significance of the recent Kelo decision on eminent domain were judged among the best. Back to top 4/7/2006 Students lobby for funding in Harrisburg First-year students (from left to right) Justine Peloquin (Westminster, MD), Lyndsey  Reeve (Turnersville, NJ), Natasha Threatts (Camden Wyoming, DE), Jordan Leggett (Lincoln University, PA), Shannon Sinclair (Philadelphia, PA) and Elizabeth Cox (Seaford, DE) participated in Student Lobby Day on April 4 in Harrisburg. Sponsored by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, students from more than 30 private colleges made personal visits to state legislators to appeal for more funding for PHEAA (Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency) student loans and for capital projects benefiting independent colleges. The students also visited the Department of Education and heard a talk from Sec. Gerald Zahorchak. All the Elizabethtown students are enrolled in an introductory American government class taught by Fletcher McClellan (third from right), political science, who accompanied them to the State Capitol. Also pictured is President Ted Long (second from right).Back to top 4/7/2006 Erin Lichti named MASCAC Scholar-Athlete Senior music major Erin Lichti of Shickley, Neb., has been named Middle Atlantic  States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) Scholar-Athlete for women’s indoor track & field for 2005-06.One scholar-athlete, who must be a senior with a minimum grade-point average of 3.2 to be considered for the award, is selected by the MASCAC for each sport on the basis of academic and athletic accomplishments. Read more. Back to top 4/6/2006 Cross country teams ranked high among All-Academic Teams Both the Elizabethtown College women’s and men’s cross country teams rank high  in the nation in the 2005 NCAA Division III All-Academic Teams, announced recently by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA). The women’s cross country team compiled the fifth-highest team grade point average in NCAA Division III, while the men’s cross country team had the 13th-highest team grade point average in NCAA Division III last fall, according to the USTFCCCA. Additionally, nine Blue Jay runners – five women and four men – earned spots on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team by finishing in the top 25 percent of the field at their respective regional championship while maintaining a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Read more.Back to top 4/4/2006 SIFE claims regional championship honors For the 17th consecutive year, Elizabethtown College’s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) 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 in Philadelphia, where they presented a report of their yearlong community outreach projects to a panel of business leaders. The team will now advance to the SIFE USA National Exposition, held in May in Kansas City. During the 2005-2006 academic year, Elizabethtown’s team organized 27 projects in the Elizabethtown community, including computer lessons for Mason Village residents. “We worked individually with the residents and helped them with everything from creating spreadsheets to e-mailing,” said EC SIFE’s administrative assistant John Killion, a junior from Moorestown, N.J. “We are teaching residents a skill that will help them communicate with their families from far away.” 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.Team members are, front row from left, Sarah Brodbeck, Holly Carr, Shaleen Spuilo, Stefanie Stamatopoulos, Tara Fagan, Kimberly Wefelmeyer, Leah Singer; back row from left, Don Megahan, John Killion, Jonathan Schultz, Jon Lewis, Robert Qualls, Matthew Miller, Jill Hugus, Dan Mallinson, and team advisor Kristen Evans-Waughen of the computer science department. Back to top 3/31/2006 Spring musical performances scheduled The following spring musical performances at Elizabethtown College are open to the public free of charge and will be held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The Symphonic Band, also conducted by Kun, will present “Danceries” at 3 p.m., April 30. The concert will draw from the vast repertoire of music derived from dance themes across the globe and will feature music by Bartók, Reed, Hesketh, Ginastera, Yurko and Van der Roost, with works inspired by or based on dances of Romania, Hungary, Armenia, old England and Latin America. The newly formed Men’s Chorus will be one of several groups performing during the spring choral concert at 3 p.m., May 7. “Sing into Summer” will also feature the Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus, Community Chorus and Camerata. The program will include selections from the choral repertoire including works by Eric Whitacre and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Back to top 3/30/2006 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' As director of some of Elizabethtown College’s theatre productions, Assistant Professor of Theatre Shari Taylor shares responsibility for things like set and lighting design with her students.  “As director, I tend to try to work with student designers, supervising them from a design standpoint,” she said. “That’s what makes our program at Elizabethtown distinctive. Students get to try their hand at things for which they have a certain level of skill and expertise.”Elizabethtown College’s spring theatre production, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” will feature the work of some of these talented students. The production will be performed at 8 p.m., April 21-23 and 28-30, in Tempest Theatre, which is located in Baugher Student Center. Ticket information is available at 717-361-1170. Sophomore Andrew Mannion of Linthicum, Md., designed the set for the production. Junior Becky Prough of Elizabethtown is serving as lighting designer; senior Sarah Nurnberger of Millville, N.J., is costumer; and props are being handled by senior Rachel Shaw of Brunswick, Ohio. In addition, senior Ashley Kerns of Mechanicsville, Md., is choreographer; senior Mila Henry of Royersford, Pa., is rehearsal pianist; and stage managers are first-year students Graham Stokes (Exeter, R.I.) and sophomore Katie Hauser (Bellville, Ohio). Back to top 3/30/2006 Trustee gives $100,000 for study abroad, service To inspire young adults to serve special children worldwide, Candace and David Abel of Elizabethtown – co-founders of Brittany’s Hope Foundation – recently made a $100,000 commitment to Elizabethtown College to endow the Brittany’s Hope  International Humanitarian Service Program for Children. Reflective of the two organizations’ common purpose of service, this program will provide financial support for Elizabethtown College students who wish to combine a semester-long, study-abroad experience with an opportunity to provide humanitarian service to poor and needy children worldwide.For Brittany Hope’s founder and Director Candace Abel – a 2002 graduate of Elizabethtown’s social work program and a member of the College’s Board of Trustees – this program is responsive to the Foundation’s mission of educating the next generation of child advocates. “Brittany’s Hope is excited about getting behind this program because it shapes the future of international children’s advocacy,” said Abel, who has personally been volunteering globally for more than two decades. “Providing for the immediate needs of foreign orphans is not enough to address this international crisis long-term. We also must open the eyes and hearts of tomorrow’s child advocates and educate them through personal experiences like those created in the Brittany’s Hope International Humanitarian Service Program for Children.” Brittany’s Hope International Humanitarian Service Program is open to Elizabethtown College students from all academic disciplines. Through the College’s active partnership with Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA), Elizabethtown will create study-abroad experiences at BCA’s already established 16 locations in Latin America, Europe and East Asia. In addition to providing students with the opportunity to take courses at an accredited academic institution in another country, the experience also will incorporate a service component that helps less-fortunate children in orphanages, schools or other social service organizations located nearby. Prior to their experience, the students will be provided with cultural training specific to the country in which they will study and serve that will help adequately prepare them for service at the host site. According to Elizabethtown College’s President Theodore E. Long, Brittany’s Hope International Humanitarian Service Program for Children advances the College’s increasingly distinctive approach to global citizenship. “Founded with an ‘Educate for Service’ motto, Elizabethtown College has long believed that the pursuit of knowledge is most noble when used to benefit others,” he said. “Through a combined international and service-learning experience, our students will develop a broader, deeper perspective of the value of lives of service now and for life, both here in the United States and around the world.” At Elizabethtown College, increasing numbers of Elizabethtown students are studying abroad through semester-long or short-term study abroad experiences. During the current academic year alone, more than 170 students have elected to study in another country. “Unfortunately, financial barriers continue to be a roadblock for some who would otherwise eagerly pursue an international service experience,” said Long. “We are grateful for this generous gift which will allow more of our students to learn and be enriched by an international service experience.” Abel, who is proud of her alma mater’s global emphasis, is enthusiastic about the opportunities that this program will create. “It’s refreshing to have this international perspective at a college right here in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,” she said. “Brittany’s Hope is pleased to work with Elizabethtown College to provide this program which will expand our circle of love beyond our immediate area to communities worldwide.” Formed in spring 1999, Brittany’s Hope in a nonprofit foundation dedicated to aiding and facilitating the adoptions of special children from around the world. To achieve that end, the organization educates and encourages families to consider the unique joys of parenting a special-needs foreign child through child-specific advocacy for waiting international children. Back to top 3/27/2006 History prof to discuss Asia in the 21st century The newest member of Elizabethtown College’s history department will present “History and Memory: Understanding Asia in the 21st Century” at 11 a.m.,  April 12, in Esbenshade Hall’s Gibble Auditorium. David Kenley’s talk is open to the public free of charge.Kenley teaches courses on the history of Asia, particularly modern China. In addition to his monograph, “New Culture in a New World: The May Fourth Movement and the Chinese Diaspora in Singapore, 1919-1932,” Kenley’s research has appeared in numerous journals and publications. He is currently studying Chinese-language newspapers from Singapore, Tokyo, San Francisco and Paris, analyzing the impact overseas print capitalism had on Chinese nationalism. Kenley earned a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from Brigham Young University, a master’s degree in history from the University of Utah and a doctorate degree in history from the University of Hawaii. In addition to Elizabethtown College, he has taught at Marshall University and Brigham Young University. He currently serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Chinese Studies and is a regional coordinator for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. He has lived and traveled throughout East and Southeast Asia and is fluent in Chinese. Back to top 3/24/2006 Biotech major earns research grant Senior biotechnology major Abbas Alibhoy of India has been awarded a highly competitive Sigma Xi grant to support his research on the bacteria that causes fire blight infections in apple orchard trees. 
Alibhoy is working with Debra Wohl, assistant professor of biology, on
this research, which is part of his senior project to earn honors in
the discipline in biology. The two are studying the bacteria Erwinia amylovora,
which causes fire blight infections in apple orchard trees.
Diseased appendages of trees ooze the bacteria, permitting rainfall to
possibly aid their accumulation in soil. To control infections,
streptomycin has routinely been sprayed on infected trees.
However, rising antibiotic resistance limits their usefulness.“My project proposes that the prevalence of fire blight infections is positively correlated to the presence of Erwinia amylovora in surrounding soil,” said Alibhoy. “It would also be expected that antibiotic resistance in soil from infected trees would be greater than in soil around uninfected trees. My preliminary data shows greater bacterial streptomycin resistance than tetracycline resistance with no difference in levels of resistance between soils taken from infected or uninfected trees.” While at Elizabethtown, Alibhoy has served as a tutor for Learning Services, as a laboratory assistant for the biology department and as team leader for the College’s annual community service project Into the Streets. He is currently a resident assistant, student manager for Dining Services and treasurer of the Biology Club. After graduation, he plans to pursue graduate studies in the field of cellular and molecular biology. The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research program has been providing undergraduate and graduate students with valuable educational experiences for more than 80 years. By encouraging close working relationships between students and faculty, the program promotes scientific excellence and achievement through hands-on learning. The program awards grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering. Designated funds from the National Academy of Sciences allow for grants of up to $5,000 for astronomy research and $2,500 for vision related research. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete a specific research project. Back to top 3/23/2006 Third Eye Blind in concert on April 28 Alternative rock band Third Eye Blind, along with opening act Raining Jane, will present an April 28 concert at Elizabethtown College’s Thompson Gymnasium. Doors will open at 8 p.m., and the concert will begin at 8:30 p.m.  General admission tickets, which cost $30, will go on sale beginning at 9 a.m., March 28, at www.etowncollegeonline.com. More information is available on the College’s Concert Hotline, 717-361-1579. Formed in the early 1990s, Third Eye Blind recorded their first demo in 1993 and signed with Elektra Records in 1996. The band’s 14-track self-titled debut album, “Third Eye Blind,” was released in 1997. This album included the smash hit “Semi-Charmed Life” and others, including “Jumper,” “How’s It Gonna Be,” “Graduate,” “Losing A Whole Year,” "Narcolepsy” and “Motorcycle Drive By.” The album has since gone on to sell more than six million copies. In 1999, the band began writing new material and recorded their 13-track album “Blue,” which was released on Nov. 23. The band’s third album, “Out of the Vein,” was released in 2003. A fourth album is reportedly in the works set for a possible 2006 release. Third Eye Blind won a 1997 Billboard Music Award for Modern Rock Track of the Year with “Semi-Charmed Life” and was nominated in 1998 for two American Music Awards for Favorite New Artist – Pop/Rock and Favorite Artist – Alternative. After a number of line-up changes through the early years, current members include Stephan Jenkins, Arion Salazar, Brad Hargreaves and Tony Fredianelli. Raining Jane is an independent, eclectic rock-folk band based in Los Angeles. Mai Bloomfield, Becky Gebhardt, Chaska Potter and Mona Tavakoli joined forces in 1999. After spending the next four years gigging in California, recording an album and finishing college, Raining Jane made its first venture outside the golden state. The foursome now spends much of their time touring throughout the United States and opening for artists such as Vanessa Carlton, Guster, Reel Big Fish, Citizen Cope and Maktub. In 2005, Raining Jane self-released their second studio album, “Diamond Lane,” and garnered a full endorsement from Fender. Back to top 3/20/2006 Political science prof testifies on political bias in PA colleges An Elizabethtown College political science professor who conducted a major study of how professors’ and students’ politics interact shared her research at a March 22 hearing fo  r the Select Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the group investigating political bias on Pennsylvania college campuses.Assistant Professor of Political Science April Kelly-Woessner and her husband, Matthew Woessner, an assistant professor of public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, surveyed 1,300 students from 30 colleges and universities in 19 states, examining student perceptions of professors’ politics and other factors. A paper on their research, “My Professor Is a Partisan Hack: How Perceptions of a Professor’s Political Views Affect Student Course Evaluations,” is forthcoming in the journal PS: Political Science and Politics. Media coverage of Kelly-Woessner's study and testimony includes a front-page story in the Lancaster Intelligencer-Journal, a piece on WITF-FM (NPR affiliate), a story on InsideHigherEd.com, and a mention in an Chronicle of Higher Education story. Back to top 3/16/2006 March is National Social Work Month March is National Professional Social Work Month. Elizabethtown College would like to recognize those serving in this profession by sharing the valuable work being done by several current students and a recent graduate.  A recent article in the Harrisburg Patriot-News described a family who had made it up and out of poverty, with the support of Harrisburg’s Interfaith Shelter program. An Elizabethtown College social work student, junior Jessica Pacek of Warminster, Pa., had worked intensively with the family as part of her internship, counseling and supporting them over several months so they could make this transition into self-sufficiency. Before working at the Interfaith Shelter, Pacek and her social work colleagues, junior Amanda McKee of Schuylkill Haven and Melissa Lopez of Watsontown, were engaged in a city service-learning project in which they assisted a parent and community leadership team (PCLT) in uptown Harrisburg. They met with members in their homes, helped them with meetings at the school, and supported the efforts of the PCLT to help children at risk in this high-poverty, racially segregated area of the city. The three Elizabethtown College students also helped organize the annual Martin Luther King Elementary School’s Family Holiday Festival, during which several hundred families participated in a holiday meal and activities. The low-income Lancaster community surrounding the School includes many Latino families, and the Festival was developed to bridge the language and culture gap between the families and the School. A group of Carlisle churches has organized a program to open their doors to homeless people during the winter months. Each church takes one month, and, with the help of volunteers, the church provides a place to sleep for the growing numbers of people who are homeless. The program is modeled after one begun by Harrisburg churches in response to the overwhelming number of homeless in that city. Beth Tatara of Camp Hill, a 2004 Elizabethtown College graduate, is the professional social worker who has volunteered to do the intake for the Carlisle program. She also provides training sessions for all those volunteering with the program. Tatara is also connected with a group of people who are making efforts to respond to the many problems created by the recent closing of the state hospital in Harrisburg. Back to top 3/14/2006 Five track and field athletes earn All-America honors Five Elizabethtown College athletes recently earned All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships by placing in the top eight in their respective events. Sopho Junior Tyson Evensen (West Sand Lake, NY) finished third in the nation in the men’s 800m with a time of 1:53.23. The men’s distance medley relay team of junior Patrick Donovan (South Pasadena, CA), first-year student Stephon Finley (Douglassville, PA), sophomore Drew Graybeal (Sykesville, MD) and Evensen finished sixth in the nation with a time of 10:13.73 As a team, Elizabethtown finished 12th out of 52 scoring teams, its highest NCAA Indoor Championship finish ever. Back to top 3/10/2006 Author Eleni Gage to read from 'North of Ithaka' at High Library Author Eleni Gage will read from her book “North of Ithaka: A Journey Home Through  a
Family’s Extraordinary Past” at 7 p.m., March 29, in Elizabethtown
College’s High Library. She will then sign copies of the book, which
will be available for purchase.The Olympic Flame Dance Group from Camp Hill’s Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral will perform briefly to begin the event, which is free and open to the public. Gage moved to Lia, the small mountain village in northern Greece where her father was born and her grandmother was murdered, to oversee the rebuilding of her grandparents’ home. Lia was made famous by her father, Nicholas Gage, in his 1983 bestseller “Eleni,” which chronicled the tragedy of his mother’s death during the Greek Civil War. “North of Ithaka” is Eleni Gage’s account of her emotional encounter with her family’s past. A graduate of Harvard College, Gage is a contributing editor for People magazine and a freelance writer. Back to top 3/8/2006 OT students attend Symposium on Childhood Mental Disorders A group a 12 occupational therapy students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the Symposium on Childhood Mental Disorders sponsored by the National  Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). The students are
currently enrolled in either a pathology class or graduate
elective on wellness and mental health, both of which are taught by
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy Virginia Hight. Students attended sessions on childhood anxiety, depression, eating disorders and bipolar disorder that were given by recognized experts in the field of child psychiatry. Pictured with them is Steve Doochin, executive director of NARSAD. Back to top 3/8/2006 Field hockey team earns National Academic Team Award Twelve members of the 2005 Elizabethtown College field hockey team have earned spots on the National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association (NFHCA) National Academic Squad by posting cumulative grade point averages of at least 3.30 through the first semester of the 2005-06 academic year. Additionally, the Elizabethtown field hockey team as a whole has earned the NFHCA National Academic Team Award by achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or higher during the first semester of the 2005-06 academic year. The Blue Jays were one of 73 NCAA Division III field hockey teams nationwide to receive the National Academic Team Award. The Blue Jay players who received spots on the National Academic Squad include junior forward Val Bawell (New Holland, PA/Garden Spot), junior forward Whitney Brown (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), first-year midfielder Kelsey Diehl (North East, MD/Rising Sun), first-year midfielder Alison Duval (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), senior goaltender Natalie Lyakhovetskaya (Huntingdon Valley, PA), first-year midfielder Andrea Miles (Phoenix, MD/Notre Dame Prep.), first-year forward Abby Mowery (Lewistown, PA/Indian Valley), junior midfielder Jen Pechart (Hanover, PA/Delone Catholic), junior midfielder Laura Rinck (Selinsgrove, PA/Selinsgrove), first-year forward Alli Stanley (Bear, DE/Caravel Academy), junior forward Bethanie Steese (Watsontown, PA/Warrior Run) and first-year defender Sarah Terry (Orrtanna, PA/Gettysburg). The Elizabethtown College field hockey team completed the 2005 season with a 13-5 overall record. The team was a semifinalist in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs, and it finished the 2005 season with a national ranking of 17th in NCAA Division III. Back to top 3/8/2006 Little Theatre of the Deaf to perform The Children’s Theatre wing of The National Theatre of the Deaf will present “Fingers Around the World . . . South of the Border” at 8 p.m., March 24, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Information on tickets for the The Little Theatre of the Deaf (LTD) has educated children and adults through their performances in schools and at public theatres for more than 35 years. The group has performed in all 50 states and in many foreign countries. In “Fingers Around the World . . . South of the Border,” Alice steps out from Lewis Carroll’s “Wonderland” to visit the wonderland of Mexico. The hour-long show will be performed in American Sign Language and by spoken English and will include a generous helping of Mexican Sign Language and culture and history. LTD’s performance is part of the One World Series, a yearlong series of artistic and cultural events designed to build bridges. The series is being presented by Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Back to top 3/8/2006 E-town art prof to exhibit bronze sculptures Elizabethtown College professor of art Milt Friedly will exhibit his
cast and welded bronze sculptures at the Susquehanna Art Museum’s Doshi
Gallery for Contemporary The Susquehanna Art Museum is located at the corner of 3rd and Market streets in downtown Harrisburg. Museum hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday – 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday - noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday - 1 to 4 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays. Admission to the museum is $2 for adults, $1 for children. Thursday evenings admission is free. Additional information is available at 717-233-8668 or www.sqart.org. Friedly has been teaching in Elizabethtown’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts since 1987 and has served as coordinator of the art division and director of Hess Gallery since 1991. He earned a bachelor of fine arts (with an emphasis on ceramics and printmaking) from Arizona State University and a master of fine arts in sculpture and printmaking from the University of Wyoming. Friedly most recently exhibited his work at Penn State Univ Friedly has earned prizes at a number of shows, including an honorable mention at Fort Hays State University’s “3rd Great Plains National,” a certificate of excellence at the Soho (N.Y.) International Art Competition, and the Juror’s Award at the 12th Annual All Wyoming Craft Show. He is also the past recipient of an Art in Public Places Award for the state of Wyoming. Back to top 3/2/2006 Amish business women, Lancaster Country tourism topic of talk Amish business women and Lancaster County tourism will be the topic of a March 23 A doctoral student at the University of Maryland, Graybill has
conducted ethnographic interviews with Amish women in business. Drawing
on her ongoing dissertation research, her talk will explore the concept
of commodification in the Amish tourism industry – to what extent the
Amish are themselves stereotyped by tourists as what anthropologist
Micaela di Leonardo called “exotics at home.” Back to top 3/1/2006 Alum's sculpture displayed at Capitol in support of pardon A replica of a statue by Frudakis Studio, Inc. of Glenside, Pa. – a business owned by Rosalie Gluchoff Frudakis ’74 and her partner Zenos Frudakis – was displayed on the Donahoe’s great-great-granddaughter, Margaret Traynor Juran of the Harrisburg area, submitted an application for a posthumous pardon for him. Donahoe was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians from Tuscarora. He was hanged on “The Day of the Rope,” June 21, 1877, in Mauch Chunk for the slaying of Morgan Powell, a Summit Hill coal company superintendent. “I feel to make a sculpture, if it doesn't move people, you might as well not have made it,” Frudakis said. “It's important to do a piece that moves people. And I've pushed it that way.” Back to top 2/28/2006 Student recognized by national education magazine Senior education major Amanda Milner was recognized in Tomorrow's Teachers, an annual magazine for National Education Association (NEA) student members. An  article devoted to Read Across America festivals and activities featured the Dr. Seuss birthday festival she organized last year as Southern region president for Student Pennsylvania State Education Association. More than 50 students from five colleges and one high school volunteered for the event, which brought hundreds of children and parents to Harrisburg's Strawberry Square.Amanda's pictured with her mother (a Bucks County, Pa., high school teacher) as a first-year student at Elizabethtown, when she dressed up as the Cat in the Hat for an event for NEA's Read Across America. Back to top 2/27/2006 E-town captures men's, women's indoor track & field championships For the first time ever at a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) track & field championship, Elizabethtown won both the men’s and women’s conference crowns at the 2006 MAC Indoor Championships, hosted by Susquehanna University on Feb. 25. It was the first MAC title for the Elizabethtown women’s track & field program and the fourth consecutive MAC indoor crown for the Elizabethtown men’s track & field program. Head coach Chris Straub was named the conference’s Coach of the Year on both the women’s and men’s sides, and Blue Jay first-year sprinter Stephon Finley was named the MAC Indoor Rookie of the Year. The Elizabethtown women placed first out of 10 teams in the meet with a score of 130 points, topping second place Susquehanna University by a margin of 14 points. The E-town men finished first out of 10 teams with a score of 129 points, topping second place Susquehanna by 48 points. Read more. Back to top 2/22/2006 $4-million gift paves way for Science, Math and Engineering Center The single largest cash contribution in Elizabethtown College’s history is paving the way for construction of the College’s new state-of-the-art Science, Math and Engineering (SME) Center. Designed to deliver on the Elizabethtown College promise of a relationship-centered education, the Center will provide the classrooms and the modern laboratories and research facilities essential for a 21st-century science education. Groundbreaking for the most intensive portion of this multi-phased project is expected by summer 2006. The recent gift of $4 million – contributed by a friend of the College who wishes to remain anonymous at this time – was given in support of the SME Center as part of Elizabethtown’s To Serve Tomorrow campaign. Launched in 2003, the campaign is the most ambitious in the College’s history and is funding its greatest period of capital construction since being founded more than a century ago. In response to this historic gift, Elizabethtown College’s Board of Trustees and the To Serve Tomorrow campaign executive committee approved an increase in the overall campaign goal from $35 million to $40 million and extended the length of the campaign to complete the fundraising effort for the building. According to College President Theodore Long, the SME Center will further strengthen the College’s position as one of the nation’s top comprehensive colleges. “As a result of this transforming gift, new generations of science and engineering students will receive a cutting-edge education,” said Long. “Our exceptional faculty will now have the superior tools and facilities they need to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century.” The $19-million SME Center project – which was designed by architectural firm Marshall Craft Associates, Inc. in conjunction with Elizabethtown faculty and facilities management staff – takes a multi-phased approach to construction. The integrated plan includes considerable work to update existing science laboratories and classroom space and provides for the construction of an all-new wing for the College’s biology program, which has grown by more than 20 percent over the past 15 years. When completed, the project will renovate more than 95,000 square feet and provide an additional 33,000 square feet of science classroom and laboratory space. Over the past two years, the College already has completed portions of the work on the SME Center project, as it upgraded the electrical, mechanical and ventilation systems within portions of the existing science facilities. This recent gift will allow the College to break ground on the most extensive phase of the project by early summer 2006, which will include common areas within the SME Center, a new biology wing and an integrated building façade. Elizabethtown College provides its undergraduate science students with significant opportunities to participate in one-on-one, groundbreaking research with its faculty. The new laboratory space will offer the potential for broader opportunities for interdisciplinary research and project work in cutting-edge science arenas, such as robotics, neural networks, cybernetics and rehabilitation engineering. The new facility also will provide additional applied research opportunities and internships through partnerships with regional manufacturing companies and medical centers. Back to top 2/17/2006 E-town students plan benefit production of 'Vagina Monologues' Elizabethtown College’s students will present a benefit production of “The Vagina  Monologues”
at 8 p.m., Feb. 24 and 25, and 1 p.m., Feb. 26, in Steinman Center’s
Brinser Lecture Room. Tickets cost $5 and will be available at the
door. Elizabethtown’s production is sponsored by the student group
Womenspeak.Elizabethtown’s production of Eve Ensler’s Obie-Award winning play is part of the 2006 V-Day College Campaign. College and university communities around the world present benefit productions of “The Vagina Monologues” on their campuses on or around V-Day (Feb. 14) to raise money and awareness to stop violence against women and girls. The proceeds from these events are donated directly by the schools to local organizations in their communities that are working to stop this violence. Back to top 2/10/2006 Alumna named to NCAA 25th anniversary women's basketball team Page Lutz, a 1984 alumna of Elizabethtown College, is one of only five former  student-athletes
and one coach in the nation to be honored with selection to the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III 25th
anniversary women’s basketball team. Announced today, the team is
comprised of basketball standouts who represent the strong leadership
and outstanding achievements of the millions of student-athletes and
coaches who have advanced opportunities for women in NCAA sports. Lutz was among a group of only 25 players and five coaches from the past 25 years chosen by the NCAA for inclusion on the ballot in an online election that selected the anniversary team. Her teammate Sherri Kinsey, also of the Class of 1984, and Elizabethtown College Head Coach Yvonne Kauffman were also nominated. Voting took place in late December and early January. More . . . Back to top 2/2/2006 One World Series to bring Libana Libana, a group founded to explore and perform pieces For the past 22 years, Libana – which takes its name from a 10th-century Moorish poet and musician – has presented a repertoire of ancient melodies and contemporary tunes that are performed a cappella and with a vast array of instruments including guitar, dumbek, accordion, oud, naqqara clarinet and double bass. Libana’s performance is part of the One World Series, a yearlong series of artistic and cultural events designed to build bridges. The series is being presented by Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Back to top 1/26/2006 Internationally acclaimed pianist, educator to present concert, workshops Pianist William Westney, top prize-winner of the Geneva International Competition, will present a concert at 7 p.m., Feb. 17, at Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and  Performance Center. His performance -- which will include pieces by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Heller and Ravel -- is open to the public free of charge.Westney will also direct morning workshops and an afternoon “Un-Master-Class” on Saturday, Feb. 18. These performance workshops -- described as “fascinating” in a New York Times article -- have been held at such centers as the Peabody Conservatory, Kennedy Center, Royal Conservatory (Toronto), Royal College of Music (London), Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Vienna) and the Juilliard School. The cost for attending Saturday’s events is $30. More information is available by contacting Cheryl Faul Gingerich at 717-569-4774 or cfg57@comcast.net. Westney holds a bachelor’s degree from New York’s Queens College and a master’s and doctorate in performance from Yale, all with highest honors. He has appeared as soloist with such major orchestras as l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Houston, San Antonio and New Haven symphonies. He studied in Italy under a Fulbright grant and was the only American winner in auditions held by Radiotelevisione Italiana. His solo recital appearances include New York’s Lincoln Center, the National Gallery and Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., London’s St. John’s Smith Square, National Public Radio and a U.S. State Department tour of Italy. An internationally noted educator, Westney holds two endowed positions at Texas Tech University and has been honored many times with teaching awards, including the Yale School of Music Alumni Association’s prestigious “Certificate of Merit.” He was named in 2005 to the roster of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars “Senior Specialist” program, through which the U.S. government sends professors around the world for academic residencies. He is author of “The Perfect Wrong Note,” which was published in 2003, and his edition and CD recording of piano etudes by Stephen Heller was released in October 2005. Westney’s residency is jointly sponsored by the Lancaster Music Teachers Association and Elizabethtown College. Additional funding is being provided through grants from the Music Teachers National Association and Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association. Back to top 1/24/2006 Lititz artist to exhibit ceramics Dennis Maust, an artist from Lititz who teaches at Lebanon Valley College and Eastern Mennonite University’s Lancaster campus, will show his ceramics at Elizabethtown Maust previously served as a ceramics instructor at Messiah College and Lancaster Mennonite High School’s Summer Program and as a visiting assistant professor of art at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y. He has also served as a product development consultant for Ten Thousand Villages, as a product designer for AMKA Registered Trust and as a design consultant for Mennonite Central Committee. Maust has exhibited recently at the Lancaster Museum of Art, Eastern Mennonite University’s Hartzler Gallery, Harvest View Gallery at the Landis Homes Retirement Community in Lancaster, and as part of an exhibit titled “Voices; Exhibition for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues” at the United Nations in New York City. Back to top 1/16/2006 Student interns on Capitol Hill Valerie Reed of Robesonia, a junior English and political science major at Elizabethtown College, spent the fall semester as an intern at the U.S. House of Reed is currently studying at the Queens University International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. She has served as president of the Elizabethtown College Honors Program Council, student representative on the Honors Program Committee, secretary of the Political Science Club and Academic Integrity Committee, member of Residence Hall Association and staff writer for The Etownian. She has also participated in concert band, orchestra, flute choir and community chorus. In addition, Reed was a research assistant at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, a writing consultant and tutor for Learning Services, and she assisted Associate Professor of English and Modern Languages Mark Harman with manuscript revisions of his translation of Franz Kafka’s “Amerika.” Back to top 1/12/2006 Polk photography in Lyet Gallery Reprints of 1930s and 1940s photographs of southern African-American
life by renown artist P.H. Polk will be on display in Elizabethtown
College’s Lyet Gallery from Feb. 1 These reprints by Polk represent three fascinating themes: African-American rural farm workers; studio portraits of upper-middle class black families; and portraits of Tuskegee Institute school associates, such as George Washington Carver, where Polk was the official school photographer. This exhibit is made possible through the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Back to top 1/9/2006 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' author to speak Azar Nafisi, professor and author of the national bestseller “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books,” will speak at Elizabethtown College at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 9, in Having spent many weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, “Reading Lolita in Tehran” is a portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected Nafisi and her students. The book has been translated in 32 languages and has won diverse literary awards, including the 2004 Non-fiction Book of the Year Award from Booksense, the Frederic W. Ness Book Award, the 2004 Latifeh Yarsheter Book Award, an achievement award from the American Immigration Law Foundation, as well as being a finalist for the 2004 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Memoir. Nafisi is a visiting professor at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and director of the SAIS Dialogue Project. She previously held a fellowship at Oxford University, teaching and conducting a series of lectures on culture and the important role of Western literature and culture in Iran after the revolution in 1979. She taught at the University of Tehran, the Free Islamic University and Allameh Tabatabai before her return to the United States in 1997, earning national respect and international recognition for advocating on behalf of Iran’s intellectuals, youth and especially young women. She was expelled from the University of Tehran for refusing to wear the mandatory Islamic veil in 1981 and did not resume teaching until 1987. Nafisi has written for The New York Times, Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Her cover story, “The Veiled Threat: The Iranian Revolution’s Woman Problem” published in The New Republic in 1999 has been reprinted into several languages. She is the author of “Anti-Terra: A Critical Study of Vladimir Nabokov’s Novels.” She is currently working on two books, one tentatively titled “The Republic of the Imagination,” which is about the power of literature to liberate minds and peoples, and the other, “Things I Have Been Silent About,” about culture, history and loss. Back to top 1/4/2006 Cross country captain named top scholar-athlete Greg Wetzel, captain of the Elizabethtown men's cross-country team during the 2005 season, recently was named his sport's top scholar athlete by the Middle Atlantic State Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC). Wetzel finished 114th during the 2005 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University. In addition to being a national qualifier in the 2005 cross-country season, he was also an All-Mideast Region Team member, finishing 21st at the Mideast Regional Championships. He was an All-Middle Atlantic Conference first team member by virtue of his ninth-place finish at the MAC Championships in October.  During his four-year cross-country career, Wetzel competed at the NCAA Division III Championships twice. He was an All-Mideast Region Team member four times, and he earned All-MAC First Team honors three times and All-MAC Second Team honors once. He was also the 2002 MAC Rookie of the Year. Also a member of the Elizabethtown indoor and outdoor men's track and field teams, Wetzel holds program records as a member of the indoor 4x800 meter relay (7:47.54), the indoor 1,000 meters (2:33.70), the outdoor 4x800 meter relay (7:44.97) and the outdoor distance medley relay (10:25.67). In indoor track and field, he has earned MAC event championships in the 4x400 meter relay in 2005, the 4x800 meter relay in 2004, the 800 meters in 2003, and the 4x800 meter relay in 2003. He was also a Second Team All-MAC honoree in the indoor 1,500 meters in 2004. In outdoor track and field, Wetzel was the MAC champion in the 800 meters in 2004, a MAC silver medalist in the 4x400 meters in 2004, and an All-MAC Second Team honoree in the 800 meters in both 2005 and 2003. Academically, Wetzel has earned spots on the MASCAC All-Academic Team every season since fall 2003. He is an Elizabethtown College Honors Program member and a Presidential Scholar. He has been a member of the College's Dean's List every semester since fall 2002. He is majoring in mathematics education and currently holds a 3.74 GPA. Back to top 1/4/2006 Vote for E-town players, coach for 25th anniversary team NCAA Division III women's basketball – which began in 1981 – will
celebrate its 25th anniversary at the 2006 championships. To
commemorate this milestone, a 25th anniversary team consisting of five
student-athletes and one coach will be named. Please cast your vote today at http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/womens/fanpolls/1013. Voting is expected to end on Jan. 12, 2006. The team will be announced Feb. 7. To learn more about the 25th anniversary of NCAA women’s championships, go to http://web1.ncaa.org/womens25/. |
concert, which cost $10, is available at 717-361-1985, 717-361-1212 or “Events” at 
Art from March 1 – 31. He will offer a free gallery talk from 6:30- 8:30 p.m., March 16. 
ersity’s
Hub-Robeson Gallery, Elizabethtown’s Hess Gallery, The Community
Gallery of Lancaster, Shippensburg University’s Kauffman Gallery and
Lock Haven University’s Sloan Fine Arts Center. He also participated in
Lebanon Valley College’s 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, “Images 2003”
at Penn State University’s Robeson Gallery, “Art in a Changing World:
Northeast PA Regional Art 2002” at Marywood University’s Mahady Gallery
and “In Response” at the Savannah (Ga.) College of Arts and Design.
talk
by the doctoral fellow at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for
Anabaptist Studies. Beth Graybill’s presentation is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. in the Young Center and is open to the public free of charge
steps of the Capitol Building on March 2 to support the posthumous pardon of the late Jack “Yellow Jack” Donahoe, one of the alleged Molly Maguires. 
that reflect women’s often undocumented musical heritage, will perform at 8 p.m., March 3, in Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Libana’s performance is being produced in collaboration with the Susquehanna Waldorf School in Marietta. Tickets cost $20, and information is available at the School at 717-426-4506, extension 224. 
College’s Hess Gallery from Feb. 10 through March 10. The exhibit will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Feb. 10. Both the reception and exhibit 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.
Representatives International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Human Rights, and International Operations. Her duties included drafting colleague letters, managing hearings and editing transcripts. “I cannot emphasize enough what a valuable experience it was interacting with Capitol Hill staff members and gaining practical knowledge of American government and international studies,” she said. 
through
28. An opening reception is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 1. The
reception and exhibit are open to the public free of charge. Hours for
Lyet Gallery, which is located in Leffler Chapel and Performance
Center, are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on
weekends.
Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Nafisi’s book will be available for purchase prior to the talk, and she will sign copies afterward. Free tickets are required for admission and can be obtained by calling Elizabethtown’s Office of College Relations at 717-361-1410. This event is sold out. 
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