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  • Nonprofit provides winter shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness in Elizabethtown area

    Nonprofit provides winter shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness in Elizabethtown area

    Elizabethtown Community Housing & Outreach Services (ECHOS) is a nonprofit social services agency that works with individuals experiencing homelessness, those at risk of becoming homeless or people in need of additional services that address homelessness. What began as a winter shelter in Dec. 2015 eventually evolved into a full-fledged social services agency in July 2016.

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  • Mellon Grant aids funding to Etown clubs, programs

    Mellon Grant aids funding to Etown clubs, programs

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    • December 6, 2018

    Elizabethtown College is in the middle of the second year with its Mellon Grant, “Confronting Challenges with Confidence: Humanities for Our World Today.” This grant includes $300,000 over a three year period from Aug. 1, 2017 to July 31, 2020. The College spent roughly $100,000 last year and is expecting a similar number this year

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  • Wrestling home opener, team suffers tough loss against York

    Wrestling home opener, team suffers tough loss against York

    The Elizabethtown College men’s wrestling team had their home opener Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Thompson Gymnasium against #7 York College. The Blue Jays had an upset victory against the Spartans last season where they won 22-19, but this time the results were in York’s favor. The Jays fell 42-0 against the Spartans’ four nationally ranked

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  • Alumna promotes ethical standards in public, private institutions

    Alumna promotes ethical standards in public, private institutions

    Alumni from Elizabethtown College go into highly varied fields of work in many places across the world. Among Etown’s graduates are many who choose to work to give back, whether on a local or a grander scale. Dr. Patricia Harned, ’88 is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) in

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  • High Library art, photo exhibits showcase themed student work

    High Library art, photo exhibits showcase themed student work

    Photo: Cheyenne Lawyer With sponsorship from the Elizabethtown College campus High Library, Department of Performing Arts and the Study Abroad office, students within academic and artistic departments are provided with an opportunity to share pieces of their individual work to display directly inside the entrance of the library. The gallery of student artwork went on

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  • Office of Diversity expands, adds new members

    Office of Diversity expands, adds new members

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    • November 16, 2018

    Photo: Elizabeth Gipe The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Title IX at Elizabethtown College is undergoing many changes during the 2018-2019 school year. Most notably, the Office of Diversity has expanded from its history of being just one person, to adding a second person to work on programming, to becoming a team of three people,

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