• Prof. Hoffman energizes classrooms through thrilling experiments

    Prof. Hoffman energizes classrooms through thrilling experiments

    In the collegial community, only a handful of individuals achieve success in their respective field. Rarely do we see an individual who succeeds in multiple arenas of academia; however, some professors do. Meet the man who wrote “An Integral for Second-Order Multiple Scattering Perturbation Theory.” Where would a student find a man of this caliber?

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  • Dr. Varamini, Dr. Hagan encourage visits to work spaces

    Dr. Varamini, Dr. Hagan encourage visits to work spaces

    It is fairly common for students to visit their professors’ offices to discuss issues they may be having with class. Occasionally, students converse with their professors about their hobbies or ask questions about their favorite items. Such conversations bring the professors and the students closer to one another, develop the mutual understanding between the professors

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  • Professors promote global citizenship in Oman, Egypt

    Professors promote global citizenship in Oman, Egypt

    Three faculty members from Elizabethtown College have been chosen to join members from other local colleges as participants in the 2011-2012 Faculty International Scholarship Seminar (FISS). Six participants represent five disciplines at three local colleges: Etown, Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg. The seminar program, focused on the Middle East, includes many on-campus events and a

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  • “Time of Our Lives” unravels mysteries of philosophy

    “Time of Our Lives” unravels mysteries of philosophy

    Time, particularly to the average college student, can be a cruel mistress. It flies when fun is had and crawls with every minute spent staring blankly at a textbook. It cannot be stopped or rewritten as it passes. We have our ways to measure its passage, formally with clocks and calendars, and informally through cups

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  • Educators open office doors: Part three

    Educators open office doors: Part three

    Many students know their professors by the material they teach in class and the way they interact with their students. However, many probably do not actually know a lot about professor’s lives outside the classroom. Their offices tell a great deal about their character and themselves as individuals. Whether it be the pictures they have

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  • Inside look at professors’ offices: Part Deux

    Inside look at professors’ offices: Part Deux

    We usually see one side of our professors—the serious (but sometimes not) face they maintain while teaching us their trade. We’ve all had the awkward experience when we run into a professor outside of school and have that momentarily lapse in mind. “Professors have lives, too?” Well, obviously they do, and one way for them

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