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  • Individualized degrees create “major” opportunities

    Individualized degrees create “major” opportunities

    • News
    • September 13, 2018

    In the 2018-2019 school year, Elizabethtown College introduced nine new majors on campus. These majors include business data science, chemistry laboratory science, criminal justice, data science, engineering: biomedical and civil, financial economics, graphic design and marketing. These majors include classes that have been available through the College for an extended period of time. For example,

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  • Campus-wide outages bring long blackouts

    Campus-wide outages bring long blackouts

    • News
    • September 13, 2018

    Elizabethtown College suffered two major, campus-wide power outages Tuesday, Aug. 28 and Wednesday, Aug. 29. The first of the two power outages lasted from approximately 7 p.m. until 8:35 p.m. The second power outage occurred around the same time. In a statement sent out to the campus community Aug. 28, Facilities Management and PPL, the

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  • College announces tuition transparency plan

    College announces tuition transparency plan

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    • September 13, 2018

    Wednesday, Sept. 12, the Office of the President announced Elizabethtown College’s new tuition transparency plan, set to begin during the 2019-2020 academic year. Under this new financial program, the College announced in a campuswide event plans to reduce incoming first-year students’ tuition by 32 percent, making the “sticker price” of the College drop to $32,000.

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  • Music Review: Rainbow Kitten Surprise: Strange name, wonderful surprise

    Music Review: Rainbow Kitten Surprise: Strange name, wonderful surprise

    Collectors of music and avid readers have at least one thing in common; they both understand the importance of an enticing title. One night, as I was sitting on a dorm-room floor, a friend of mine said, “Sam, you’ll love this band.” I asked, “What are they called?” He said “Rainbow Kitten Surprise.” Naturally, I

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  • Etown Simplified: Learning to Live Smarter, not harder

    Etown Simplified: Learning to Live Smarter, not harder

    Also written by: Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor-King This year marks the twelfth cohort of the first-year seminar titled Simple Living. It is also the second year that the 16 students enrolled in the course will be authoring this weekly column to share with our community, new ways to live, work and consume. This year, the

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  • New Vice President for Student Life, new approach to student concerns

    New Vice President for Student Life, new approach to student concerns

    This past July, Elizabethtown College welcomed a new Vice President for Student Life, Celestino Limas. Limas’ appointment followed the retirement of former Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marianne Calenda. Though Limas attended three large universities – he received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa, his master’s degree from the

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