facilities

  • Current campus work order system overhauled, welcomes improvements

    Current campus work order system overhauled, welcomes improvements

    In an email sent out to the Elizabethtown College community by Campus News Monday, March 11, Facilities Management announced that during the switch to the new work order system, the previous email, workorder@etown.edu, would be closed as of Friday, March 15. The new work order request system, which has been in place since before Spring

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Thursday, March 14, Student Senate held its most recent meeting, starting with a special order regarding the new work order system. Office/Work Station Manager for Facilities Management Bob Mrgich presented on the new automated system, which is a step up from the old manual one. This new system has been in place since before spring

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  • Opinion: Microbial substance gone, doubt among students isn’t

    Opinion: Microbial substance gone, doubt among students isn’t

    Complaints of a microbial substance in the Hackman apartments on campus surfaced August 20, a week before the semester was due to start. After Facilities met with an outside contractor the following day, all Hackman residents already on campus took part in a meeting to discuss the next steps in the process. Students scheduled to

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  • Facilities expands on solar power initiative

    The article “Solar panels could save nearly $1 million per year” highlighted the College’s historical conservation efforts and our goal of consuming only what we need to support the activities of the college.  The staff writer did a good job consolidating this complex subject into an article. Let me take this opportunity to provide a little

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  • Solar panels could save campus nearly $1 million per year

    Solar panels could save campus nearly $1 million per year

    • News
    • November 4, 2011

    Just how green is Elizabethtown College? According to a proposal made recently by Facilities Management to the Board of Trustees, not green enough. Solar photovoltaic energy – better known as the energy we get from solar panels – is just the latest upgrade Facilities Management is fighting to implement on campus. If the proposal is

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  • Coach Roderick hopes to ‘dress up’ field

    Field and equipment renovations are something that many Elizabethtown College athletes and coaches would enjoy seeing in the near future. There have been numerous discussions about a five-year strategic plan, installing a new press box in the soccer stadium and some chatter about an additional turf field. Over the past few months, an athletics strategic

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  • Facilities responds to spider concerns

    Facilities responds to spider concerns

    The Oct. 13 issue of the Etownian concerning the Brown Recluse spider resulted in considerable concern among students, staff and parents. Since nobody in Facilities Management had a chance to see the actual spider, it was never identified. However, after 10 minutes on the Internet, I located the photo used in the Etownian and found

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