Elizabethtown Magazine

Elizabethtown Magazine is published three times per year by Elizabethtown College and is distributed to College alumni, parents and friends. Inside the pages of each issue you will find a letter from the president, faculty and staff accomplishments, Class Notes and inspiring and touching stories about how our students and alumni are carrying out the mission of Elizabethtown College. 

Along with the Winter 2012 issue, an online edition was launched to supplement the print magazine. Elizabethtown Magazine online features additional content, multimedia elements and offers readers tha ability to share and comment on stories.

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The Editorial Board

Elizabethtown Magazine is produced in the Office of Marketing and Communications under the advisement of an editorial aboard.

Purpose

The Elizabethtown Magazine Editorial Board members will advise the Office of Marketing and Communications about the content of the printed and online versions of the Elizabethtown Magazine. In addition, the Editorial Board will offer recommendations for initiatives related to the magazine that would enhance our communications with alumni, parents, donors and other key audiences.

The Editorial Board

Committee Facilitator, Director of Communications
Responsibilities: The Committee Facilitator will schedule and create meeting agendas, will record the activities of the Editorial Board, and will be responsible for responding to recommendations.

Members

• Liz Braungard, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications
• Amy Mountain, Director of Communications
• Wendy Sheaffer, Creative Director
• David Beidleman, Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Community Relations
• Lesley Finney, Executive Director of Foundation and Government Relations
• Mark Clapper, Director of Alumni Relations
• Matt Heffelfinger, Director of Athletic Communications
• E. Fletcher McClellan, Dean of Faculty
• Marianne Calenda, Dean of Students
• Kirsten Johnson, Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Communications
• Terri Riportella, Edgar T. Bitting Chair of Accounting

The Editorial Board will meet three times per year—in late-September, mid-February and late-April. With the exception of the spring meeting, the Editorial Board will convene approximately two weeks after the latest edition of the Elizabethtown Magazine has been distributed.

• The meeting discussion will focus on editorial planning, design review/improvements, and quality assessment.
• Editorial planning will focus at least two issues ahead for features and one issue ahead for news.
• The group will review the design of latest edition – both print and online versions—and make recommendations for improvement.
• The group will consider long-term enhancements for the Elizabethtown Magazine and make recommendations on periodic evaluation of the publication.