Elizabethtown College News 
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.” |
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. Back to News Index
