Elizabethtown College News 
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. |
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