10/30/2008		Percussion Ensemble to present concert Nov. 25
10/29/2008		Elizabethtown College K9 Club Pet Photo Day
10/28/2008		Ware Seminar on Global Citizenship to be held Nov. 20
10/28/2008		"Women on Top: Fact and Fiction in Matrilineal Societies" talk Nov. 13
10/24/2008		Restorative justice lecture to be held Nov. 11
10/24/2008		First-year seminar makes a difference
10/24/2008		Symphonic band presents fall concert Nov. 23
10/24/2008		Community orchestra presents fall concert Nov. 16
10/24/2008		K9 club annual Halloween parade to be held Nov. 1
10/24/2008		College welcomes 2008 Alumni Peace Fellow Dr. Caroline Hartzell
10/15/2008		Readings by Award-Winning Writer, Poet to be held Nov. 18
10/10/2008		Panel discussion on the implications of the U.S. Presidential election
10/10/2008		School safety expert to speak Nov. 10
10/8/2008		Collaboration connects families with resources to foster learning
10/8/2008		Long edits volume about Christian resistance
10/8/2008		Dale Brown Book Award recipient to discuss New Testament Research
10/8/2008		Senior places second in statewide academic competition
10/8/2008		Willen authors second guide to the Pennsylvania outdoors
10/8/2008		College receives national award for endowment performance
10/8/2008		Devroop presents concert
10/8/2008		President Long selected for National Leadership Coalition
10/8/2008		Internationally acclaimed human rights activist Enrique Morones to speak
10/8/2008		"Handprint Identity Project" exhibition
10/8/2008		Marassa Duo to present concert
10/8/2008		Accelerated adult degree program expands to York County
10/8/2008		“Smart” Polymer Detects Glucose and Lactate
10/8/2008		Sarracino co-authors analysis of the rise of America’s porn culture
10/8/2008		Journalist to speak
10/8/2008		Gillis co-authors strategic employee communications resource
10/8/2008		Grammy award-winning guitarist and vocal soloist present concert
10/8/2008		Grad Pens Upcoming Episode of House
10/8/2008		Award-winning Artist Linda Mylin Ross Exhibits
10/8/2008		Acclaimed Poet Sharon Olds to present poetry reading
10/8/2008		Internationally Acclaimed Baritone Anthony Brown to present concert
10/8/2008		Lecturer from Notre Dame’s Celebrated Hesburgh Lecture Series visits
10/8/2008		College Celebrates Constitution Day with Focus on U.S. Presidency

On Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m., the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department will present a concert featuring the Elizabethtown College Percussion Ensemble. This concert – which will be held in the Event Space of Brossman Commons – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

During the concert, the Elizabethtown College Percussion Ensemble – which is under the direction of adjunct faculty member, James Armstrong – will perform works by Ford, Green, Armstrong and more. The Ensemble will be joined by the Elizabethtown Congueros – a performance group specializing in the folkloric music of the Caribbean and West Africa. The Elizabethtown Congueros also is led by Armstrong.

Additionally for this concert, Elizabethtown College will welcome the Millersville University Percussion Ensemble. Under the direction of Dr. Daniel Heslink, the visiting ensemble will perform separately and then join the Elizabethtown groups for a special concert finale.

This panel discussion – which will be moderated by Dr. R. William Ayres, director of Elizabethtown’s Center for Global Citizenship and associate professor of international relations – will address questions of religion, citizenship and relations between individuals, government and faith institutions. The seminar will focus on some often-discussed questions about the roles of church and state. Where do citizenship and faith overlap, and where do they conflict? How do individuals manage these relationships in a society with multiple religious traditions? And how can they integrate their lives as public citizens and as faithful people?

Panel members include the Rev. Tracy Wenger Sadd, College chaplain, director of the Office of Religious Life, and lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies; Dr. Michael Long, associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies; and Dr. Jeffery Long, associate professor of religious studies, chair of the Department of Religious Studies, and co-director of the Asian Studies minor.

The Ware Seminars on Global Citizenships are part of the multi-faceted Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship, which is creating a distinctive educational experience for Elizabethtown’s students and for its neighboring communities by marrying the College’s pivotal mission areas of international education and purposeful life work with its Brethren heritage commitment to peace, non-violence and human dignity. Delivered annually under the auspices of the Center for Global Citizenship, the Ware Colloquium consists of the Ware Lecture on Peacemaking, Ware Practicum in Conflict Resolution, in addition to the Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship. The colloquium was created through the generous sponsorship of Judy S. ’68 and Paul W. Ware.

Elizabeth Hoover, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology, Brown University and a Mohawk woman of the Iroquois Confederacy, will speak November 13 at 12:30 p.m. in the Brossman Commons Event Space at Elizabethtown College. The title of her talk is “Women on Top: Fact and Fiction in Matrilineal Societies.” The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Robert Wheelersburg, associate professor of anthropology, at 361-1188.

Ms. Hoover addresses a common misconception that in matrilineal or female-dominated societies women have all the power and men have none, the mirror image of male-dominated societies. Quite the opposite-- in a matrilineal society like the Iroquois, individuals trace their descent through their mother’s line, but there is also clear shared responsibility and delineation of power between the sexes. Everyone is given responsibilities, men and women, and when everyone follows those responsibilities there is a balance. Clan mothers choose the chiefs, and the chiefs make political decisions. If a chief makes unpopular decisions, the clan mothers issue warnings, and then "dehorn" him and replace him with a new chief. Although men have no responsibilities in their wives’ households, they have influence in bringing up their sisters' children, and serve important roles in ceremonies. Hoover also discusses how traditional rights and responsibilities of clan mothers and female heads of house, including the selection of male chiefs has been affected by the federal government's creation of IRA tribal governments, where women can now serve as chiefs themselves.

“CITIZEN CIRCLES FORTIFY OFFENDER REENTRY” by Dr. Debra Heath-Thornton, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Messiah College

Restorative Justice seeks to repair the damage caused by criminal behavior.

This paradigm of justice focuses on all community stakeholders: victims, communities and offenders. One expression of the restorative ideal in communities that focuses on offender re-entry is Citizen Circles, a model that incorporates community members and criminal justice practitioners in efforts to fortify the community reintegration process for ex-offenders. This presentation will discuss the Restorative Justice perspective and apply it to this innovative community engagement mechanism.

November 11^th at 6:00pm in the Brinser Lecture Room (Steinman Center, Room 114)

Sponsored by the Sociology/Anthropology/Criminal Justice Club

For some orphans around the world, the word “homecoming” has little meaning. To make a difference for them, students in the “Global Child Welfare and Well-Being” First-Year Seminar took time out of Elizabethtown’s 2008 Homecoming celebration to raise money for Brittany’s Hope, a local nonprofit organization that strives to create homecomings for special needs children around the world by working with adoption agencies to find these children their “forever families.” The students – along with their instructor, Assistant Professor of Social Work Susan Mapp – held a silent auction of donated art, much of which was contributed by Elizabethtown students and their families, and faculty and staff.

According to Dr. Mapp, the silent auction allowed students to see the difference they could make. “I hoped that through this project the students would realize that they have the power to make an impact in the life of a child, even if that child lives on the other side of the world,” she explains. “It also gave them experience in coordinating an event and working as a team, which will benefit them regardless of their major.”

Ashley Huttenstine – a first-year chemistry and secondary education major – says that she valued the experience. “After watching videos in class about unfortunate children throughout the world, I felt a need to help,” she says. “Every little effort that I put into the auction, along with my classmates and professor, made a difference in someone's life.”

The group raised approximately $700 through the effort.

Elizabethtown College will welcome Dr. Caroline Hartzell, the College’s 2008 Alumni Peace Fellow, for a two-day residency, titled “Crafting Peace,” in mid-November. This annual residency is made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Elizabethtown College Alumni Peace Fellowship. In addition to smaller meetings with Elizabethtown’s faculty, staff, students and alumni, Hartzell will participate in two events on Wednesday, Nov. 12 that are open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1410.

At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the auditorium of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, Hartzell will participate in a panel discussion on immigration and refugees issues. Joining her on the panel will be Kathleen Lucas, a representative of the Refugee and Migrants Rights Working Group of Amnesty International USA and founder of the Coalition for Immigrants’ Rights at the Community Level (which is located in York County, Pa.), and Dr. Paul Gottfried, Raffensperger Professor of Humanities in the Department of Political Science at Elizabethtown College. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Susan Mapp, assistant professor of social work at the College. This discussion is part of Elizabethtown’s Perspectives Series, which offers differing points of view on issues of global significance. This year’s theme for Perspectives is “Finding your Home: Immigrant and Refugee Experiences.”

At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the Bucher Meetinghouse of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Hartzell will present a lecture, titled “Ending Wars: What Can, and Should, Third Parties Do?” According to Hartzell, third-party efforts to end civil wars have seen members of the international community become increasingly involved in the countries in which they seek to foster peace. In addition to traditional peacekeeping roles such as separating warring parties and providing aid for reconstruction, external actors are now involved in supervising elections, organizing civil society, and restructuring the economies of post-conflict states, among other tasks. In her talk, Hartzell takes a critical look at third-party involvement in countries that have experienced civil war, focusing on these actors’ motivations and the consequences of their actions. Alternatives to current models of peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and peacemaking also will be explored.

Dr. Hartzell is associate professor of political science and director of the Globalization Studies program at Gettysburg College. She teaches courses in international relations and specializes in international political economy with an emphasis on issues of development, conflict and globalization. Dr. Hartzell's research focuses on civil war settlements and the effects institutions, both domestic and international, have on social conflict.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – On Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m., Elizabethtown College will present readings by two award-winning writers, Lenore Hart and Jesse Waters, both of whom currently are teaching as visiting assistant professors in the College’s English Department. This event – which will be held in Gibble Auditorium in Esbenshade Hall – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1410.

Lenore Hart – who is also a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts at Sweet Brier College – has published works in nearly every genre. Her novels include “Black River” and “Ordinary Springs and Waterwoman,” a Barnes & Noble Discover Award winner and a BookSpan and Literary Guild selection. Hart also has penned books for younger readers, such as the young adult novel, “The Treasure of Savage Island,” and illustrated children’s book, “T. Rex at Swan Lake.” During the Nov. 18 event, Hart will read from two of her novels currently in progress, “Nevermore” and “Paradise Gate,” and from her popular “Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher,” which was a main selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday and Book of the Month book clubs. Hart earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Central Florida, a master’s degree in library administration from Florida State University, and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Old Dominion University.

Joining Hart on the Elizabethtown stage, Jesse Waters will read from his poetry collection, “Human Resources.” Waters’ work has garnered significant creative recognition, including winner status in the River Styx International Poetry contest, judged by Billy Collins. In addition to being awarded runner-up for the Iowa Review Prize in fiction, he has also been named a finalist in the Davoren Hanna International Poetry Competition. He is a Vermont Studio Center grant recipient and Pushcart Prize nominee. Waters earned an advanced college preparatory diploma from Fork Union Military Academy; bachelor’s degrees in professional and creative writing, and language and literature; and a master of fine arts in poetry from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Elizabethtown College Holds Panel Discussion on the Implications of the U.S. Presidential Election

On Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m., faculty members from Elizabethtown College’s Department of Political Science will host this area’s earliest public dialogue about implications of the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. The panel discussion – titled “The First 100 Days of the ????? Administration” – will be held in the Bucher Meetinghouse in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. It is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by contacting the College’s Office of Marketing and Communication at (717) 361-1410.

Elizabethtown College’s 2008 Tempest Lecture to Feature Recognized School Safety Expert

On Monday, Nov. 10 at 4:30 p.m., Elizabethtown College’s Education Department will present school safety expert Michael Dorn as this year’s featured speaker of the Anna Reese Tempest Distinguished Educator Lecture Series. Dorn’s presentation, “School Safety Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” will focus on school safety and emergency preparedness on K-12 and college campuses. This event – which will be held in Gibble Auditorium in Esbenshade Hall – is open to the public and free of charge. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. More information is available by calling 717-361-1410.

While visiting the Elizabethtown College campus, Dorn also will participate in a series of small group meetings with College faculty, staff and students. Officials and teachers from the Elizabethtown Area School District have been invited to the College to meet with the expert and gain valuable knowledge about emergency preparedness and violence prevention that will benefit them in their work with students in the district.

Michael Dorn – who is executive director of Safe Havens International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to school safety – is one of the most credentialed school safety experts in the nation. Selected as the world’s top school safety expert by Jane’s, he has authored or co-authored more than 20 books and hundreds of articles on school safety. During his 25-year career, Dorn has served in a variety of public safety roles, including positions in police enforcement and management, antiterrorism planning, public safety and emergency management. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Mercer University and holds a certificate in management development from the American Management Association – Harvard School of Business. Dorn also is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and Dartmouth College’s Advanced Russian Language Immersion Program. He completed intensive antiterrorism and counterterrorism training from the Israel Police, Israel Defense Forces and the Mossad through the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange Program at Georgia State University.

The Anna Reese Tempest Distinguished Lecture Series honors the admirable legacy of Elizabethtown alumna, Anna Reese Tempest ’34. Mrs. Tempest – a longtime teacher in this country’s public school system – dedicated her life to the education of young minds. After teaching foreign languages for many years at the high-school level, she was promoted to chair of the Language Department at Grant High School in Portland, Ore. As a result of her influence, many students’ lives were improved and their view of the world broadened.

The Anna Reese Tempest Distinguished Lecture Series perpetuates Mrs. Tempest’s legacy by bringing well-respected speakers to Elizabethtown’s campus to provide its students and the local community with the opportunity to hear thought-provoking ideas and to learn about practices in the field of education. Established in 2002, the lecture series was created through a generous donation from Mrs. Tempest’s family members. Through the lectures in this series, the next generation of educators is exposed to new, innovative theories and time-tested practices in the field.

10/7/08
21st Century Grant Pays Dividends in Harrisburg Community
Elizabethtown College – Camp Curtin School Collaboration Connects Families with Resources to Foster Learning, Heighten Student Aspirations

Spurred by a three-year, $500,000 21st Century Community Learning Center (CLC) grant, Elizabethtown College and the Camp Curtin School of Harrisburg, Pa., are partnering to create a vibrant Student and Family Learning Center, which connects urban families with resources to nurture learning for children and their parents. The Center – which is run by parents and community leaders – builds on the combined inspiration, perspiration and determination of College, community, school district and other volunteers to draw the entire community into the educational experience. This collaboration – which begins its first full year this fall – is expected to become a model for similar college-city-school urban collaborations nationwide.

Camp Curtin Assistant Principal Renda Wright is enthusiastic about this collaboration, which she expects to positively affect her students’ achievements and heighten their aspirations. “Our parents are the front line of education in this community,” she says. “Research clearly indicates that student academic achievement rises when their parents are involved in the educational process. All of us working together can and will make a difference in these children’s lives.”

Wright – who has been connected with the Harrisburg School District since 1958, when she began attending school there as an elementary student – has personally experienced the benefit of parental involvement as her mother, Clara, served as a constant source of inspiration and motivation during her school years. As a teen, Wright assisted her mother during her mother’s tenure as a Head Start volunteer in Wright’s younger brother’s class. Wright expects that this new program will create similar opportunities for parental and family engagement.

Through the 21st Century CLC grant, parent, school and College collaborators have created an in-school, parent-run student and family learning center, which is linked with a supportive network of higher education, school district, community and state resources to meet the academic, social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of urban students and families. In addition to tapping into learning opportunities available through Elizabethtown College’s academic departments, the partnership will leverage resources currently available through Harrisburg Area Community College, community agencies and groups, the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network, Keystone Keys/Stars and PA Campus Compact. The Center will provide enrichment opportunities to the school’s students and direct parents to resources, courses and workshops for themselves and their children.

According to Jill Bartoli – associate professor of social work and grant coordinator – Elizabethtown College’s connection with the program is a natural extension of the College’s focus on urban service-learning, which began almost a decade ago. “This program is service-learning at its best. Our students have the opportunity to gain important skills that will benefit them in their future careers and, in some cases, become connected with a much different experience than the one in which they grew up,” explains Bartoli. “And, through their efforts and those of our faculty and administrators, we are offering enrichment opportunities for the Camp Curtin students and pointing their families toward low-cost or free resources.” Bartoli expects that many of the College’s majors – students and faculty – will enrich the program and bring their learning and experience into the Camp Curtin classrooms and the community to support the educational experience.

For Nancy Valkenburg – the College’s director of service-learning and grant director – this program focuses on the family in order to create positive educational outcomes for the students. “The Student and Family Learning Center finds opportunities for building up families in this community … ways in which we can meaningfully connect parents with the learning experience,” explains Valkenburg, who notes that the collaboration is already being greeted with considerable excitement at the College and in the community. “We’ve had many organizations at Elizabethtown College volunteer ideas for supporting the community. And, the community has welcomed these opportunities with open arms.” As examples of the fruits of this collaboration, Valkenburg points to successful after-school activities, seminars and one-on-one mentoring relationships and tutoring that have already been implemented.

Bartoli hopes that this program will become a model for colleges nationwide. “It’s an ambitious dream,” she says. “This program supports a community in need by putting the mortar in the cracks in this country’s educational system that routinely allows at least 50 percent of urban students to fail. Our goal is to address the educational crisis, so that every single child succeeds.”

10/2/08
Elizabethtown College Professor Edits Volume about Christian Resistance

As nations worldwide are rocked by scandal, failed economic policy and international conflict, several respected and learned voices from the Christian community reflect in a new book about the collective obligation of the faith’s followers to take a vocal stand against the wrongs of today’s world. The volume, titled “Resist! Christian Dissent for the 21st Century,” was edited by Elizabethtown College faculty member Michael G. Long and published by Orbis Books.

Taking their cue from the gospels and the prophetic tradition, contributors to “Resist! Christian Dissent for the 21st Century” issue a spirited call to resist systemic evils in the realm of politics, economics and culture. Beginning with reflections on Jesus and his example of prayerful resistance and followed by Young Center Director Jeff Bach’s review of the history of Christian resistance in America, this collection of essays and other compositions address such themes as the challenge of empire, racism and the spirit of xenophobia, environmental depredation, and the culture of consumerism and individualism.

According to “Resist!” editor Michael G. Long, the sentiment expressed by this volume reflects the nature of Christianity. “Christianity is resistance, its character indelibly marked by opposition to political powers that undermine the biblical values of peace and liberation,” explains Long. “Resistance is the very heart of Christianity.”

Analytic essays by such authors as Bill McKibben, Larry Rasmussen, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and Roberto Goizueta are balanced by prayers and pastoral reflections from Elizabethtown College Chaplain Tracy Sadd, Stanley Hauerwas and Paul Raushenbush, which call people to open their hearts, to overcome borders, and to gather together in pursuit of “the beloved community.”

Michael G. Long is associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College. His many books include “First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson,” “Billy Graham and the Beloved Community,” “Martin Luther King on Creative Living,” and “Against Us But for Us.”

10/2/08
Dale Brown Book Award recipient to discuss New Testament Research

Willard M. Swartley, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will present highlights of his findings from Covenant of Peace: The Missing Peace in New Testament Theology and Ethics on Thursday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m., in the Bucher Meetinghouse of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. In his talk, titled “The Gospel of Peace: Biblical Witness and Challenge,” Dr. Swartley will sample from the range of topics addressed in his book, and will correlate this New Testament research with topics for preaching and teaching in churches. He will also briefly address the current relevance of these findings to the peacemaking challenges we face today. Dr. Swartley’s presentation is free and open to the public. Copies of his book, for which he earned the 2008 Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, will be available for sale and signing.

Willard Swartley holds a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is professor emeritus of New Testament at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, where he served as professor for twenty-six years and academic dean for seven years. He has edited nine New Testament volumes in the Believers Church Bible Commentary (BCBC) series and twenty other books. He has also written more than eighty articles and seven books, the most recent of which is Send Forth Your Light: A Vision for Peace, Mission, and Worship (Herald Press, 2007). Swartley is currently working on a commentary on the Gospel of John for the BCBC series.

9/30/08
Elizabethtown College Senior Places Second in Statewide Academic Competition

Senior accounting major, Amanda Cioban of Grantville recently took second place in the 2008 Student Writing Competition sponsored by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA). The competition is designed to encourage students to research and write about subjects that affect the business environment. It was open to accounting and business majors attending Pennsylvania colleges and universities, as well as Pennsylvania residents who attend college out-of-state.

As a student member of PICPA, Cioban was notified about the writing competition. Interested in pursuing the opportunity, she approached her Accounting Information Systems professor, Dr. Susan Sadowski, about using the writing competition topic as the subject for her capstone project for the class. Dr. Sadowski agreed and Cioban quickly got to work on her winning essay, titled “XBRL: A Revolutionary Advancement in Financial Reporting,” which explains the impact of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) on the accounting profession. XBRL is a programming language designed specifically for financial reporting.

Although confident in the quality of her effort, Cioban is surprised and humbled by her second-place finish. “I am very blessed to have been chosen second out of 80 applicants for the writing competition. I never imagined that my article would rank above so many other accounting students,” Cioban reflects. “I am grateful for the help and encouragement of Professor Sadowski throughout this process.”

9/30/08
Elizabethtown College Professor Authors His Second Guide to the Pennsylvania Outdoors

Released just in time for the beautiful fall foliage, Elizabethtown College faculty member Matthew Willen – who is an expert on the Commonwealth’s scenic natural resources and author of “The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania”– has penned his second guide to Pennsylvania’s great outdoors. The book, which is titled “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Harrisburg,” was published by Menasha Ridge Press. It is available at book stores, outdoor specialty shops, on the Web at www.menasharidge.com, or by calling -1-888-60-HIKES.

The first comprehensive hiking guide for south central Pennsylvania, “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Harrisburg” offers insights for all levels of outdoor adventurer. From trails through the gentle farm country of Lancaster and York counties, to steep-sided ravines along the Susquehanna River, to rugged ridges north of Harrisburg and the rolling hills of South Mountain, this guide provides plenty of options for outings lasting a full day or just a couple of hours. Included are driving direction, GPS coordinates, and at-a-glance data on trail length, hiking time, difficulty, scenery, traffic and accessibility.

9/29/08
Elizabethtown College Receives National Award for Endowment Performance

Elizabethtown College was recently awarded the Small Nonprofit of the Year at the eighth annual Nonprofit Awards for Excellence presented by Foundation & Endowment Money Management. The award recognizes the College for its innovation and performance in the management of its endowment.

The college has just $55 million under management, yet its asset allocation and performance rival much larger endowments. It has a substantial 70% allocation to alternatives, up from zero percent eight years ago. It is increasing exposure to international and emerging markets across several asset classes and seeking dislocated credit opportunities.

The college outsourced investments in July 2005 to Elizabethtown alumnus and advisory trustee James B. Hoover, principal and founder of Dauphin Capital Partners. He has been able to gain access to unique strategies through his network of relationships with managers.

Early last year, Hoover predicted that the subprime mortgage market would suffer and invested in John Paulson’s Paulson Credit Opportunities Fund, which returned 210% in the past fiscal year. Elizabethtown later invested in a specialty credit strategy with Oaktree Capital Management and a couple of other partnerships to take advantage of turmoil in the credit markets.

The endowment returned 17% in calendar year 2007. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, Elizabethtown was up 19.9% versus a 15.9% average for comparable colleges, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, the endowment was up 4.3% versus a majority of endowments having a negative return for the year. Elizabethtown has 50% in hedge funds, 15% in private equity, 5% in real assets and 30% in long-only equity.

9/25/08
Elizabethtown College Presents Concert Featuring Karendra Devroop

On Monday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m., the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present a Monday Series concert featuring Karendra Devroop. Accompanied by some of the area’s prominent jazz musicians, Devroop will perform traditional and modern jazz works, in addition to some of his original compositions, on alto saxophone and piano. The concert – which will be held in the Recital Hall in Zug Memorial Hall – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

Karendra Devroop is a saxophone and piano player from South Africa and a graduate from the University of North Texas. He has performed extensively throughout his homeland and the United States and has several live and studio recordings to his credit. He recently performed as a side stage act for Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Va. His jazz quartet has performed at several national and international jazz festivals, including the Indian Ocean Jazz Festival, the Virginia Arts Festival and the Hilton Jazz Festival.

Devroop’s most recent recordings include him on lead alto saxophone with the Carrol Bailey Big Band and the Marcus Wolfe Jazz Ensemble live at the Winspear Performance Hall. In addition to being a saxophone player, Devroop has composed and produced music for musicals, outdoor plays and television commercials.

9/25/08
Elizabethtown College President Selected for National Leadership Coalition

Elizabethtown College President Theodore E. Long has been named as one of 45 university and college presidents who have formed a national Leadership Coalition, committing their campuses to becoming models for what liberal education can offer—and most effectively deliver. The institutions in the Coalition will be supported in their plans and work over the next two years as they demonstrate how making a priority of creating and sustaining a campus culture for learning elevates expectations, involves greater faculty and student interaction, broadens reward structures, and results in greater attainment of the academic, well-being, and civic development of students.

With the generous support of the S. Engelhard Center, the Charles Engelhard Foundation, the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, and the Lumina Foundation, the Bringing Theory to Practice Project, an independent project in partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities, sought applications and plans from interested institutions of all types offering baccalaureate degrees. From those applications, it has selected and will offer grant support to forty-five colleges and universities as they form a Leadership Coalition.

The initial activity of the Coalition will be a President’s Symposium, to be held in Washington, DC, November 10-11, 2008. The objective in forming the Coalition is to encourage and support those institutions which are committed to providing successful models of how a campus culture focused on actively engaging students in learning, and evaluating their success in doing so, can address the full dimensions of the intellectual, emotional, and civic flourishing of students.

According to Sally Engelhard Pingree, Project founder and primary funder, “creating campus cultures that help students achieve all of the core outcomes of liberal education can become the defining condition for institutional excellence and appeal, and the best means of re-centering higher education’s focus on the whole student”. For Dr. Ted Long, “This is an exciting opportunity for Elizabethtown to advance the signature elements of our strategic vision, and I very much look forward to the new energy and ideas the project will bring to our college community. Our selection recognizes the significance of the program initiatives the college has undertaken in recent years, and I look forward to sharing those with my colleagues as we work to enhance liberal education nationwide.”

The 45 presidents (leading diverse types and locations of institutions) attending the two-day Symposium will form the nucleus of the Leadership Coalition. In addition to receiving grant support, the participating institutions agree to:

• Hold relevant internal conversations regarding the institution’s commitment to a call for a “campus culture for learning,” what that will mean for their campus, and what strategies they may employ.

• Establish a leadership/planning team that would initiate plans to fit their own institutional culture. The plans they develop will be presented at a national workshop session in 2009.

• Put into practice their plans beginning in calendar year ’09. A retrieval and dissemination conference will occur 2010. The campus projects will constitute the examples that will become the central features of a nationally distributed publication, promulgating the institutions as models of successful, effective and affordable “Strategies for Change in Creating and Sustaining Campus Cultures for Learning.”

The institutions listed below have been selected to participate in the Leadership Coalition and to receive support for their work in creating campus cultures that support learning and a commitment to the full development – intellectual, emotional, and civic – of their students.

Allegheny College

Bates College

Bennington College

Bryn Mawr College

Butler University

California State University-Chico

Clark University

Colorado College

Concordia College-Moorhead

Dickinson College

Drury University

Elizabethtown College

Elon University

European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin

Franklin and Marshall College

Franklin College

Georgetown University

Georgia Gwinnett College

Hampshire College

Hendrix College

Heritage University

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9/24/08
Elizabethtown College Presents Internationally Acclaimed Human Rights Activist Enrique Morones

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – On Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m., Elizabethtown College will welcome internationally recognized human rights advocate, Enrique Morones, as part of its fall 2008 Perspectives series. Morones’ lecture – titled “America’s Raging Immigration Debate” – will reflect on his experience as an advocate on behalf of migrant workers and as a recognized voice in the continuing U.S. immigration policy debate. The lecture will be presented in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. It is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling (717) 361-1410.

In March 1998, Enrique Morones became the first person to apply for and be granted dual nationality in Mexico and the United States. The ceremony highlighted his long-time involvement in issues affecting the relationship of the two countries, including immigration. In 1986, Morones founded Border Angels, a volunteer group dedicated to saving migrant lives by placing food and water—and blankets in the winter—in border areas. Additionally, he served as the first director and founder of Mexico’s Border Commission. Recognized as one of the 100 most influential Latinos in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine, Morones is a Frontline Human Rights international honoree for his lifelong dedication to human rights.

9/23/08
“Handprint Identity Project” Opens October 18 at Elizabethtown College

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – A unique traveling exhibition capturing the essence of human identity will open at Elizabethtown College on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. The diverse collection, titled “The Handprint Identity Project: An Exchange Between Artist and Poets,” includes work resulting from a collaboration of 20 respected poets and artist from throughout the United States.

Conceived and directed by Elizabethtown College Professor Milt Friedly, the exhibition will be available for viewing by the public through Dec. 15, 2008, in the Hess Gallery of Zug Memorial Hall and Lyet Gallery of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at the College. Both galleries are open from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. from Monday through Friday and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition is free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

According to Friedly, the “Handprint Identity Project” found part of its genesis in the turmoil of the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Friedly remembers being struck by media reports about the attacks. “After the twin towers collapsed, news reports began focusing on the process of identifying those lost,” he explains. “They spoke of discerning life through the smallest of remnants – mere fragments of the whole person.” The following day, Friedly took a piece of clay and pounded it with his hands to express his deepest feeling about the loss of life. The handprints that remained in the clay planted the seeds that just a few years later would grow into this exhibition, which creates an expression of humanity in its most basic of elements.

With exhibition co-directors, literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller, of Howard University, and poet Leslie McGrath, of Stonington, Conn., Friedly recruited 10 poets and 10 visual artists, who would work from the common theme for a period of one year, first individually and later in a cross-genre collaboration. The project received support through a grant from Elizabethtown College’s Collaborative Interdisciplinary Scholarship Program. The program provides financial support for interdisciplinary scholarship and seeks to promote interdepartmental interaction, as well as faculty and student research. It is administered by the College’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and was created through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

In the first phase of the project, each participant worked independently, interpreting the theme within their genre. The artists created works that speak to the concept of identity, as both an individual experience and as part of the universal experience. According the Friedly, the project addresses timeless questions typically assigned to the arts. “Given shared experience and broad diversities, can artist and poets create works that elucidate both common and individual identity? Can new works be created that are truthful to the artists’ experience, yet contain resonant meaning for all human beings?” reflects Friedly. “These are old questions … lasting ones … that have been posed throughout the ages. These times of economic globalization, war, and the diminishment of environmental resources compel us again to examine the tension and balance between the individual and the broader human community.”

In the second phase, artists and poets were paired. After exchanging some of the work created in the first phase, the collaborators reflected on and responded to, in their own genre, the work created by their partners. “We explore questions like how do collaborative artistic exchanges between artists and poets come into being? Are certain artistic genres more or less amenable to the expression of what it means to be at once deeply human and a unique individual?” he explains.

The Handprint Identity Project exhibition includes the work of artists and poets representing a broad diversity of ethnicities, native homelands, and religions. In addition to Miller and McGrath, poets include: Shirley Ainoo of Gathersburg, Md.; Scott Cairns of the University of Missouri; Jennifer Foerster of San Francisco, Calif.; Sandra Kohler of Boston, Mass.; David Mura of Minneapolis, Minn.; Julia Spicher Kasdorf of The Pennsylvania State University; Carmine Sarracino of Elizabethtown College; and Ravi Shankar of Central Connecticut State University. In addition to Friedly, the visual artists include: Stacey Carter of San Francisco, Calif.; Bivas Chaudhuri of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Carol Cole of Philadelphia, Pa.; Donald Forsythe of Messiah College; Carol Galligan of Lancaster, Pa.; Fred Metz in Seattle, Wash.; David Reif of the University of Wyoming (retired); Kebedech Tekleab of Savannah College of Art and Design; and Leslie Kaufman of Philadelphia, Pa. The project also involved two Elizabethtown graduates, artist Thomas Yukovic ’08 and poet Piece Hibbs ’07. The art exhibition is curated by Friedly and Yurkovic. The poetry collection was curated by Miller and Hibbs.

Available for purchase at the exhibition will be a full-color, glossy catalogue and a collection of poetry inspired by this project. The proceeds of the sale of these two pieces are earmarked for the creation of an Elizabethtown College scholarship fund for students studying art or literature.

Truly a coffee table piece, the exhibition catalogue will include high-quality photographs of the art collection, excerpts of the poetry, and reflections from the artists and poets about their participation in the Handprint Identity Project. It will include a forward by Thomas Zummer, regular visiting professor in the Transmedia programme/post-graduate at the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas/Universite Leuven in Brussels and visiting professor at the Transart Institute in Linz, Austria. PulseDirect, Inc. – an Elizabethtown-based direct marketing agency – donated its services in the design of the piece. The catalogue will be sold for $15.

Image 1 – Artist Stacey Carter of San Francisco, Calif. Titled “Porterhands.” Mixed media on paper. 16 inches by 24 inches.

Image 2 – Artist Donald Forsythe of Messiah College, Pa. Titled “Lineage One – Father, Mother, Self, Wife, Son.” Unique serigraph. 14 inches high x 42 inches wide.

Image 3 – Artist Leslie Kaufman of Philadelphia, Pa. Titled “Handscape.” Cherry. 22 inches wide by 55 inches tall by 55 inches deep (medium size).



Image 4 – Artist Fred Metz of Seattle, Wash. Titled “FMETZDMURA.” Anodized aluminum. 31 inches wide x 31 inches tall x 12 inches deep.

9/18/08
Elizabethtown College Presents Concert Featuring Marassa Duo

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – On Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m., the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present a concert by the Marassa Duo. The performance – which will be held in the Event Space of Brossman Commons – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

The Marassa Duo – which combines the talents of James Armstrong, a performer specializing in Afro-Cuban and West African folkloric music and adjunct faculty member at Elizabethtown College, and Nicholas Papador, a performer specializing in marimba as well as contemporary and orchestral concert music – brings together a wide variety of percussion styles and musical genres into a concise and unified whole. The group’s original programming provides a unique chamber setting that includes elements of traditional concert music, world music, mallet percussion, contemporary classical and jazz. The result is ground-breaking and exciting chamber music that opens new musical worlds to its audiences.

9/18/08
Elizabethtown College’s Accelerated Adult Degree Program expands to York County

Elizabethtown College is pleased to announce that a new location will be opening in York County in January 2009, just in time for students to start school for the spring semester of classes. Space has been secured and classrooms and offices will be designed in a new, state-of-the-art facility right off the Queen Street exit of Route 83. Partnering with Kinsley Properties, the College plans to provide York county adult learners a technologically advanced, comfortable and stimulating environment for learning.

Elizabethtown College is dedicated to providing the most adult-friendly and convenient academic programs in the region. The Center's Adult Degree Programs are designed for busy working professionals seeking to earn a college degree while maintaining career and personal lives. The Center currently operates campuses in Harrisburg and Lancaster, as well as providing extensive online course offerings.

Elizabethtown’s Adult Degree Programs are open to those age 23+ with professional work experience. The academic majors that will be available at this new site are Business Administration, Accounting, Corporate Communications and Criminal Justice.

To obtain further information about the opening of this new center of learning, please contact Barbara Randazzo, randazzob@etown.edu, (717) 361-3750 or Erica Schieler, schielere@etown.edu, (717) 519-9337.

9/18/08
“Smart” Polymer Detects Glucose and Lactate

With diagnoses of diabetes mellitus on the rise, the rapid and sensitive measurement of blood glucose levels continues to be an area of medically-significant scientific research. Also of interest to those in the field of sports medicine is measurement of a compound called L-lactate, which provides an indication of a muscle’s readiness for peak athletic performance.

In the analytical chemistry research laboratory at Elizabethtown College, student researchers and their faculty mentor are working to develop “smart” polymers that respond to varying amounts of each of these compounds of interest by either swelling or contracting. As the polymer swells or contracts in response to glucose or lactate, there is a concomitant change in color of a luminescent marker that has been embedded in the polymer. These “glow in the dark” sensors are expected to exhibit excellent sensitivity and a rapid response, even when used for real time monitoring in vivo.

9/18/08
Elizabethtown College Professor Co-Authors Analysis of the Rise of America’s Porn Culture

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Elizabethtown College Professor of English Carmine Sarracino and co-author Kevin Scott offer an eye-opening analysis of pornography’s journey from back alleys and dark rooms into the mainstream of American society in their new book, titled “The Porning of America: The Rise of Porn Culture, What it Means, and Where We Go from Here.” The book – which is slated for release Sept. 29 – is published by Beacon Press.

In tracing porn’s transformation from the Civil War, to the golden age of comic books in the 1940s and 1950s, to the adult film industry’s golden decade of the 1970s and up to today, Sarracino and Scott illustrate that what began in the clandestine corners of American life has now emerged as an unapologetic multibillion-dollar industry. The authors contend that porn has been absorbed by every defining aspect of our culture: language, entertainment, fashion, advertising, sexual behavior, and even politics. As a result, Americans no longer have to purchase pornography to get porn because we increasingly live it on a daily basis.

In this astonishingly comprehensive book, Sarracino and Scott profile “porn exemplars”—those who have been pivotal to the mainstreaming of porn, including Russ Meyer, Snoop Dogg, Jenna Jameson and Paris Hilton. Additionally, they document how mainstream advertising uses porn culture to sell commercial goods now to an even younger, “tween” audience. Most importantly, Sarracino and Scott pose thoughtful questions about the implications of this transformation, such as: How has porn shaped the way we view our own body and the bodies of others? How has porn influenced our relationships and how do current sexual behaviors, such as the “hook up,” mimic porn? How does porn shape our identity, as individuals and as a nation?

9/2/08
Journalist to Speak at Elizabethtown College

William Glauber has covered four wars and eight Olympics and reported stories in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He spent the first half of his career as a sports reporter before switching to news. Concentrating on Northern Ireland’s peace process, British politics, and the crisis of the Balkans, he was the London correspondent for The Baltimore Sun from 1995 to 2002. Mr. Glauber reported on the initial U.S. air strikes against Afghanistan as an embedded reporter with the U.S. military and reported widely on European cultural and social issues. Joining The Chicago Tribune in 2002, he covered local, national, and international news—including the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq—and wrote editorials. In 2006, he joined the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he covers aging and demographics.

9/17/08
Elizabethtown College Professor Co-Authors Strategic Employee Communications Resource

Pooling their half century of experience in the field, Elizabethtown College communications professor Tamara Gillis and Watson Wyatt Worldwide consultant John Finney crafted a guide to effective internal communications, titled “Essentials of Employee Communication: Building Relationship that Create Business Success.” The resource – which recently was published by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) – offers a step-by-step, proven process for executing and supervising internal communications efforts.

According to the authors, “Essentials of Employee Communication” provides communication professionals with an invaluable resource for engaging and empowering employees, “the most precious capital of an organization – large or small.” “Employee communication, like all processes in business today, is a moving target, an ever-changing process affected by technology and organizational culture,” said Gillis and Finney in their acknowledgements. “In this manual, we attempt to keep pace with current issues and provide case studies to support best practices.”

Designed as a start-to-finish solution for professionals, the guide is structured on the three steps vital to any communication program – planning, implementation and evaluation. It draws on analysis, research and the experience of consultants and in-house communication leaders to deliver a fully integrated perspective. Readers will learn from best-practice case studies that address both current technology and the evolving organization structure.

Contributing to the project were Jackie Stuedemann and Angela Barrus. Additionally, Ann Johnson and Beth Zemaitis provided early advice, support and contributions.

Tamara Gillis, Ed.D., ABC, is an associate professor of communications at Elizabethtown College, where she teaches organizational communication, communication research, public relations and journalism. She is editor of “The Handbook of Organizational Communication” and its companion instructor’s manual, which was published by Jossey-Bass in 2006. Additionally, Gillis authored “The Human Element,” which was published by IABC Knowledge Centre in 2008. Her research interests include change management communication as an organizational cultural artifact and public art as communication.

John Finney has more than 20 years of business communication experience with 12 years in Canadian health care, working in employee and crisis communication, media relations, and issues management. Now a consultant for Watson Wyatt worldwide, Finney specializes in employee sensing, strategic planning and change communication. He was chair of IABC from 1997 until 1998, and currently serves as the IABC representative on the Global Alliance of Public Relations and Communication Management.

9/16/08
Elizabethtown College Monday Series Concert Features Grammy Award-Winning Guitarist David Cullen and Vocal Soloist Kelly Meashey

On Monday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m., the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present the next concert in its signature Monday Series. The event – titled “An Evening of Jazz for Voice and Guitar” – will feature the talents of Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Cullen and professional vocalist Kelly Meashey. The performance, which is open to the public and free of charge, will be held in the recital hall of Zug Memorial Hall on Elizabethtown’s campus. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

Revered by Billboard magazine for his “ferocious fingerstyle,” David Cullen has performed in a dazzling range of styles, including jazz, classical and world music. During his career, he has collaborated with a collection of acclaimed artists, including Will Ackerman, Samite of Uganda, Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, The Jaco Big Band and the Philly Pops Orchestra. Cullen was recognized with a Grammy Award for the best pop instrumental recording and was selected as the featured soloist at the New York Guitar Festival. A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, he has released 10 CDs for the acoustic guitar label Solid Air Records and two books, titled “Jazz, Classical and Beyond” and “Grateful Guitar.” In addition to being artist-in-residence at Elizabethtown College, Cullen also teaches at Kutztown and West Chester universities.

9/16/08
Elizabethtown College Grad Pens Upcoming Episode of House

In September of 1994, only a few months after earning his B.A. degree in Communications at Elizabethtown College, Dustin Paddock got into his hatchback and drove solo across the United States to Los Angeles. His goal was to land a job in television.

While at Elizabethtown, Dustin was inspired by Professor Michael Sevareid, the son of renowned CBS correspondent Eric Sevareid. Television was in the Sevareid family genes and Michael had worked in Hollywood as an actor and writer, including crafting scripts for the Dukes of Hazzard TV show. While in professor Sevareid’s screenwriting class, Dustin put together a team of students to create the first scripted series for ECTV, the college’s TV station that is seen on the local cable system. Of that early experience Dustin says, “It wasn’t very good, but it taught me a lot.”

When he arrived in L.A. Dustin knew just one person, a guy he had met only once. But there’s a bond among Elizabethtown alumni and Brian Carroll, a 1981 grad, invited Dustin to crash on his couch for the next few weeks. Brian worked at Dick Clark Productions and helped Dustin get an interview. Dustin got the job, working as a production assistant (or as Dustin says, “A gofer”) for $50 a day.

Dustin worked from job to job over the years, including a stint at The Drew Carey Show during its first season. He worked his way up to being a writers’ assistant and then a script coordinator. “It’s a good job to work with writers, learn the craft, and be ready should an opportunity arrive,” Dustin said.

That opportunity came five years ago, when Dustin landed a job at a series that was about to premiere on the Fox network, House. The head writer, Emmy winner David Shore, mentored Dustin and his writing partner, Carol Green. Last year Shore gave Dustin and Carol a chance to pitch a story for the show. They suggested three ideas and Shore liked one of them, giving Dustin and Carol the go ahead to craft a script.

That script has now come to life as an episode of House titled “Adverse Events.” It will be broadcast on Fox on Tuesday, September 30 at 8 p.m.

9/3/08
Award-winning Artist Exhibits at Elizabethtown College

Beginning Friday, Sept. 5, the Fine Art Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present an exhibit, titled “Chiaroscuro,” by the award-winning artist, Linda Mylin Ross. Featuring 16 of the artist’s recent works, the exhibit will run from Friday, Sept. 5 through Oct. 3, 2008. It will be displayed in the Hess Gallery in the College’s Zug Memorial Hall and will be open to the public and free of charge.

The exhibit opening is slated for Friday, Sept. 5 from 5 until 7 p.m. At the event, Ross will discuss her work and the exhibit during a gallery talk, which is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. “Chiaroscuro” – which means light/dark in Italian and in the Renaissance techniques in which lighter forms emerged from darker areas creating volume and, often drama – will include several charcoal drawings. “They observe, stalk and cavort in the shadowy periphery of our domestic consciousness,” says Ross of the pieces. “In this series of drawings, charcoal is used to create the world of texture, pattern, light and dark our wild-at-heart felines inhabit.”

Ross was a long-time art, art education and art history professor at Penn State Harrisburg. In 2008, she left teaching to shift her professional focus entirely toward her own art. Over the past 30 years, she has participated in almost 80 local, regional and national exhibits, during which she has been recognized with numerous awards for her work.

The Hess Gallery is open from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. from Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

9/8/08
The Elizabethtown College Poetry Series Presents Reading by Acclaimed Poet Sharon Olds

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – On Monday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m., the Elizabethtown College Poetry Series will present a reading by the award-winning poet, Sharon Olds. The reading – which is open to the public and free of charge – will be held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Sharon Olds is the author of eight volumes of poetry. Her poetry, says Michael Ondaatje, is “pure fire in the hands,” and David Leavitt in the Voice Literary Supplement describes her work as “remarkable for its candor, its eroticism, and its power to move.” With sensuality, humor, sprung rhythm, and stunning imagery, she expresses truths about domestic and political violence, sexuality, family relationships, love, and the body. Often compared to “confessional” poets, she has been much praised for the courage, emotional power, and extraordinary physicality of her work. A reviewer for The New York Times hailed her poetry for its vision, “Like Whitman, Ms. Olds sings the body in celebration of a power stronger than political oppression.”

Born in San Francisco, Olds studied at Stanford University and Columbia University. Her numerous honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant; a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship; the San Francisco Poetry Center Award for her first collection, “Satan Says” (1980); and the Lamont Poetry Selection and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for “The Dead and the Living” (1983). Her other books of poetry are “Strike Sparks: Selected Poems 1980-2002” (2004); “Blood, Tin, Straw” (1999), “The Wellspring” (1995), “The Father” (1992), and “The Gold Cell” (1987). Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times. Named New York State Poet Laureate (1998 – 2000), Olds teaches graduate poetry workshops at New York University as well as the writing workshop she helped found at a 900-bed state hospital for the severely disabled. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science. Olds’ next collection, “One Secret Thing,” will be published in fall 2009.

9/8/08
Elizabethtown College Presents Internationally Acclaimed Baritone Anthony Brown

On Monday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m., the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will host internationally acclaimed baritone and peace activist, Anthony Brown, who will perform songs of composers throughout America’s rich musical history. The performance – which will be held in the recital hall in Zug Memorial Hall – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212.

Hailed as the new Paul Robeson, internationally acclaimed baritone Anthony Brown is a promoter of peace and goodwill around the world. Music critics have referred to him as “a warm and noble baritone.” While comfortable with a standard classical repertoire, Brown specializes in music of the American experience that promotes the process of healing and reconciliation. As an ambassador of peace and goodwill, he has traveled to countries such as Bosnia, Northern Ireland, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Uganda and Ethiopia to encourage peace and hope. His message – both spoken and delivered in song – brings people together across the divides of race, culture, ethnicity and religion to find common ground.

Currently artist in residence at Hesston College in Kansas, Brown was honored in Uganda in 2006, where he laid the cornerstone for the Anthony Brown Baritone Comprehensive School in the war-torn area of Pader. Most recently, he established the nonprofit organization, Peacing it Together Foundation, to advance his peace work.

9/8/08
Elizabethtown College Presents Lecturer from Notre Dame’s Celebrated Hesburgh Lecture Series

With its increasingly international curriculum, Elizabethtown College proudly hosts the Rev. Patrick D. Gaffney – a speaker from the celebrated Hesburgh Lecture Series of the University of Notre Dame – for a lecture, titled “Lost in Translation? Bringing American Ideals to the Middle East,” on Thursday, September 25 at 7 p.m. The lecture – which is free and open to the public – will be held in the Bucher Meetinghouse of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. It is being made possible through a partnership between Elizabethtown College’s Political Science Department, the University of Notre Dame, and the Notre Dame Club of Harrisburg, the local alumni organization of the university.

The Rev. Gaffney is associate professor of anthropology and a fellow of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. He specializes in social and cultural anthropology, with a strong interest in religion, politics, systems of authority, social movements, language and culture, symbolic representation, ideology, violence, conflict resolution, human rights and ritual expressions. Gaffney has extensive field experience in the Middle East, notably the Arab world, as well as in the Great Lakes region of Africa. His current research concentrates on religion, violence and reconciliations in the context of strained ethnic relations and the breakdown of political and economic order in central Africa.

During his lecture, Gaffney will discuss how the collapse of the Soviet Union set in motion a shift in global relations that continues to apply radical pressure for change on the political order of the Middle East. Older structures of authority – especially in traditional Muslim societies, which long defined regional national and religious identity – continue to face dramatic challenges as waves of reform, rethinking and resistance gain strength among a new generation that seeks to find its proper place in a post-9/11 world. The United States recently has adopted a role of unprecedented influence in the Middle East, especially as a direct military force, claiming to promote values such as freedom, democracy and social equality. This lecture examines the often-overlooked layers of contradiction, conflict and misrepresentation that frequently arise when the well-intentioned aspirations and the immense power of the United States intrude variously into the struggles among contending groups in today’s Middle East.

9/15/08
Elizabethtown College Celebrates Constitution Day with Focus on U.S. Presidency

In this presidential election year, Elizabethtown College will mark Constitution Day with a faculty panel discussion about the U.S. presidency and the Constitution. The event – which is open to the public and free of charge – will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Steinman Center’s Brinser Lecture Room.

The panel will be moderated by Scott A. Hendrickson, assistant professor of public law and director of Elizabethtown College’s Pre-Law Program. In addition to Hendrickson, the panel will feature three long-time Elizabethtown College professors, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science E. Fletcher McClellan, Professor of Political Science W. Wesley McDonald, and Professor of History Thomas R. Winpenny. Together, these experts will offer an insightful and timely look at the impact of this country’s most important document on its most important political office. The event will conclude with a question-and-answer session.