• Discovering differences in gender ratios according to major

    Discovering differences in gender ratios according to major

    Does gender affect what major college students choose? Nationally, some majors have relatively even gender ratios, while others have more uneven gender ratios. What causes this? There are several possible answers, and each major is different. According to a 2014 Georgetown University study titled “What’s It Worth?: The Economic Value of College Majors,” some majors

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  • Etown alumna now lives in Mexico and co-owns two companies

    Etown alumna now lives in Mexico and co-owns two companies

    Where will your major take you? Elizabethtown College graduate Stephanie Watts ‘93 majored in business administration with a concentration in international business management and a minor in French. She currently lives in Puerto Vallarta, a resort town in Mexico. Watts and her husband, Conner Watts, moved to Puerto Vallarta a year after having their destination

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  • Speaker expresses passion for nonprofit organizations and artwork

    Speaker expresses passion for nonprofit organizations and artwork

    Be out in the world and be comfortable with that,” internationally famous artist Sean J. Patrick Carney said. Carney dedicates his time, passion and artistic talents to working for nonprofit organizations. Carney spoke at Elizabethtown College Monday, Oct. 16. He gave two different presentations: “Making the Nice a Bit Nicer: Management, Engagement and Contribution in

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  • Afternoon craft talk leads students to write creatively about photos

    Afternoon craft talk leads students to write creatively about photos

    You’re making the painting speak, the sculpture speak,” poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf said during her craft talk Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Bowers Writers House. Spicher Kasdorf spoke about the relationship between poetry and image. Poets have been writing in response to images and photographs for years. Spicher Kasdorf told the audience about the Imagist

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  • Guest lecturer on photography shares stories behind his photographs

    Guest lecturer on photography shares stories behind his photographs

    During a photography lecture Thursday, Oct. 12, photographer Steven Rubin shared some of his projects and the scenarios of the people he had photographed. As an associate professor of art in the Photography Department at Pennsylvania State University, it is no wonder Rubin has pursued a diverse amount of projects. After Elizabethtown College professor of

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  • Career Palooza celebrates professional development through trivia

    Career Palooza celebrates professional development through trivia

    Elizabethtown College’s career center hosted its annual Career Palooza event in the Baugher Student Center and Blue Bean. The event lasted from 5 to 7 p.m. and featured a variety of interactive games for students to learn about the services that the office provides. Senior Matthew VanCleef is a student assistant who had helped with

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  • Professor researches prophecies and how to determine the truth

    Professor researches prophecies and how to determine the truth

    How can we determine if we should believe everything prophets of the 21st century are telling us? Religious studies professor and researcher Dr. Julia M. O’Brien spoke about this topic at Elizabethtown College Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Her research goal was to determine if what prophets say is true and how a society of

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  • Diversity team hosts second part of series, a panel on gender identity

    Wednesday, Oct. 11 the Elizabethtown College Diversity Team hosted the second part of their “Blue Jays Talk” series, a panel on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation at the Mosaic House. The event featured three panelists: Dr. T. Evan Smith, associate professor of psychology, Dr. Andy Dunlap, associate professor of social work and Dr. Michael Long,

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  • Former Etownian Editor-in-Chief writes book of poetry titled, “Salt Water”

    Former Etownian Editor-in-Chief writes book of poetry titled, “Salt Water”

    Brianna Wiest, a 2013 graduate of Elizabethtown College, is making her mark on the literary world. Wiest is the author of many articles that have been published in a variety of well-known magazines, such as Huffington Post and Teen Vogue. She has not stopped her writing escapades there. Her outcoming work is her introduction to

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