alumni

  • Alum in politics series: Representative Martina White

    Alum in politics series: Representative Martina White

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Martina White graduated from Elizabethtown College in 2010, and she currently serves as a State Representative for Pennsylvania’s 170th Legislative District. Before her election to public office in 2015, White worked as a financial advisor. Having graduated from Etown with a B.S. in Business Administration and dual focuses in finance and

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  • David Hickernell: Alum and State Rep.

    David Hickernell: Alum and State Rep.

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Rep. David Hickernell ’83 is an Elizabethtown College graduate who went on to become the House Representative of Pennsylvania’s 98th District. During Hickernell’s time at Etown, he was involved with a variety of extracurriculars — including Student Senate. He was also a psychology major and was on the tennis team. Most

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  • Alumni outreach: Teachers for West Africa Program

    Alumni outreach: Teachers for West Africa Program

    Photos courtesy of Maura Longenecker The High Library Innovation Design Expression Art (IDEA) Lab opened the exhibit “A Decade of Service: The Teachers for West Africa Program (TWAP), 1962-1972” on Monday, Jan. 27. According to High Library Archivist Rachel Grove Rohrbaugh, the IDEA Lab is a space used for interactive exhibits and goes beyond the

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  • Alum conducts work to assist first-generation college students

    Alum conducts work to assist first-generation college students

    The Open Doors Education Group first opened its doors to first generation college students at the beginning of April. This group’s founder, president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ramon Rios, is an alum of Elizabethtown College and a few current students are helping out with the organization. This organization is based in Lancaster, and Rios

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  • Class of 1969 celebrates golden reunion

    Class of 1969 celebrates golden reunion

    A 50th anniversary is always something to celebrate. For the Office of Alumni Relations at Elizabethtown College, 50th anniversaries mean golden class reunions and a special precession in that year’s commencement ceremony. 24 graduates from the Class of 1969 will participate in the optional precession during the 2019 Commencement Ceremony. As of Wednesday, April 17,

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  • Alum stays involved, helps college athletics program post graduation

    Alum stays involved, helps college athletics program post graduation

    An incredibly important part of campus life at Elizabethtown College is sports. With 24 different varsity intercollegiate sport programs, students have many choices for how to become involved in Blue Jay Athletics. Students can also participate in any of the 10 different intramural sports, which are more casual and recreational and are managed by the

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  • Alumnus works to protect people from West Nile Virus, Lyme disease

    Alumnus works to protect people from West Nile Virus, Lyme disease

    Feb. 18, Elizabethtown College alumnus Jon Bachman, ‘17, returned to Elizabethtown College to speak to current students about his career as an aquatic biologist with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP). Bachman is part of a team researching and working to increase awareness of arboviruses. Arboviruses are viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes,

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  • Alumna lives authentically, launches brand to help companies, individuals

    Alumna lives authentically, launches brand to help companies, individuals

    The odds were stacked against Amita Mehta to have a successful career in any field, much less one in male-dominated financial services. She had been expelled from her home in Uganda at the hands of a dictator, and she grew up in poverty as a refugee with her parents and three brothers in Lancaster, PA.

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  • Environmental Science major comes back to the nest, talks consulting

    Environmental Science major comes back to the nest, talks consulting

    Life after graduation can settle Elizabethtown College alumni near or far, but in some fortunate circumstances the alums are willing to stop back and share their hard earned information from the working world. Alexandra Doran graduated as an environmental science major with a minor in political science in 2015. Feb. 4 she returned to speak

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