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  • Fifth annual Power of One Day to raise funds for campus projects

    Tuesday, March 19, Elizabethtown College will raise money in its fifth annual Power of One Day. The Power of One Day is part of the Be More Inspired Campaign, which raises money to fund various programs and initiatives on campus. This year, the Be More Inspired Campaign aims to raise $60 million and has already

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  • Senior Capstone Series: Innovative and compassionate engineering

    Senior Capstone Series: Innovative and compassionate engineering

    As a liberal arts college, Elizabethtown College has a large variety of majors, minors and programs. One commonly shared aspect of majors is a capstone project. For the engineering major at the College, the senior capstone project actually begins in junior year when students are assigned to project groups based on their interests and begin

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  • Scene on campus: art, music come together prior to Ware lecture

    In anticipation of this year’s Ware Lecture on the cultural exchanges of the Silk Road, student volunteers came together to show the interconnectivity between peacebuilding, art, and music by painting greenery on a piano in the halls of the Baugher Student Center. This piano will be freely available up until the lecture itself for those

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  • Senior Capstone Series: Recitals showcase talent, growth of music majors

    Senior Capstone Series: Recitals showcase talent, growth of music majors

    Every year, senior Elizabethtown College music majors from all three branches of the department are required to perform a thirty-minute recital with their principle instrument, whether that be voice or a physical instrument. These recitals take the knowledge that students have acquired over four years and put it to use in front of an audience.

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  • Folk musician raises funds for global refugees with benefit concert

    Folk musician raises funds for global refugees with benefit concert

    Sunday, Feb. 24, the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren hosted a concert featuring Kristen Graves to support Church World Service’s refugee resettlement efforts. The event was organized by church member Pat McDonough. According to McDonough, there were 92 people in attendance and the event raised approximately $1,300. One hundred percent of those proceeds will be

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  • Counselor discusses aspects of healthy and unhealthy relationships

    Counselor discusses aspects of healthy and unhealthy relationships

    It’s hard to graduate college without making connections. Whether they’re in classes, clubs, or just walking around campus, students interact with each other on a regular basis; deeper relationships, both platonic and romantic, are bound to form. What is difficult, however, is forming and keeping relationships that will benefit students. In July of 2014, 18-year-old

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  • African-American poetry celebrated through readings and song

    In celebration of Black History Month, Elizabethtown College presented “Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Celebration of African-American Poets” in Zug Recital Hall Sunday, Feb. 24. The show was presented to the general public and sponsored by The Fine and Performing Arts department (FAPA), The High Library and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Title

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  • Students travel to volunteer in Georgia, Alabama over spring break

    Students travel to volunteer in Georgia, Alabama over spring break

    Over Spring Break, the Chaplain’s Office and the Center for Community and Civic Engagement are leading two student trips focused on civil rights action and outreach. Both of these scheduled trips will be taking place in Atlanta, GA and place a focus on the experiences of minorities in the American South. Rev. Amy Shorner-Johnson will

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