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. |
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