Elizabethtown College playwriting students present original scripts April 25 and 26 during E-town New Playwrights Fest. Both nights, sponsored the the Department of Fine and Performing Art, Theatre Division, feature two unique bills with different playwrights, actors and directors. The events take place at 8 p.m. in the Tempest Theatre and are open to the public, but tickets are required. The Thursday, April 25, performance features: “Mirror Mirror” by Jenell Abram (comedy), directed by Stephen Boyhont; “The Cure,” by Kaitlin Koons (dystopian drama), directed by Keller Robinson; “Convenience,” by Katie Pebley (drama), directed by Rachael McQuiggan; “The Problem(s) With Love[Read more...]

The High Center for Family Business will hold a breakfast seminar for Center members from 8:15 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013 on the Elizabethtown College campus. Gregg Lichtenstein, Ph.D. presents a workshop titled “Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs in Family Business.” To register, please contact fbc@etown.edu or 717-361-1275. Currently, many families are preparing the next generation to manage the existing business by sending them to business school. But does the next generation have the ability, not just to maintain what has already been created, but to re-invent or re-create the business in the event that the[Read more...]

Sanford J. Ungar, President of Goucher College and Chair of the Landmark Conference Executive Board, announced today that Elizabethtown College has accepted an invitation to join the Landmark Conference as its ninth member institution, beginning July 1, 2014. “We welcome Elizabethtown College, an institution that shares the other eight Landmark members’ educational philosophies and high academic standards,” said Ungar. “I am sure the addition of Elizabethtown will build upon the reputation of our conference and enhance the quality of the college experience of all of our student-athletes.” “We look forward to continuing our long tradition of athletic success in a[Read more...]

Elizabethtown College-Community Orchestra performs its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21. This free event, sponsored by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, is in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The spring concert features winners of the 2012 Elizabethtown College Concerto Competition- soprano Anna Matlack, violinist Rachel Lane and pianist Shannon O’Leary. The performance will conclude with Modest Mussorgsky’s composition “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The College-Community Orchestra, an 80-member ensemble, performs under the direction of Dr. Robert Spence. Contact: Amy Reynolds at 717-361-1212 or reynoldsa@etown.edu

Performance for Children Music therapy students from Elizabethtown College perform an interactive program for children with and without special needs at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 13, in the College’s Zug Recital Hall. The 11th annual Open Door Recital, which is open to all families, is a unique concert of short pieces. Participation and expressions of joy for all children is encouraged. A reception follows the concert so children can meet the performers. This event, sponsored by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, is free and open to the public. Call 717-361-1991 or 717-361-1212, or email behrenga@etown.edu to reserve tickets.to[Read more...]

There are two ceremonies: 11 a.m. – Commencement ceremony for traditional students Location: The Dell    Commencement speaker – Eboo Patel, President of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) Patel holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. He is the founder of IFYC, a Chicago-based organization building the interfaith movement on college campuses. Both Patel and IFYC were honored with the Roosevelt Institute’s Freedom of Worship Medal in 2009. He was named one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009 by US News & World Report, and he was recently awarded the[Read more...]

New York Philharmonic violist Peter Kenote offers a guest performance, joining the Elizabethtown College Trio as they perform the Schumann Quartet during a Monday Series concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Also highlighted during the chamber recital hosted by the College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Music Division, are two works by Brahms, the B Major Trio and the E Flat Major Viola Sonata. Elizabethtown College Trio includes Sara Male on cello, violinist Stephanie McCullough, and Debra Ronning on piano. This event is free and open to the public. Contact: Amy[Read more...]

The Judy S. ’68 and Paul W. Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship will host a Ware Seminar titled “Mass Shootings in America: Moving Beyond Newtown” Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the Koon’s Activity Venue (KĀV) in Brossman Commons. Guest speaker James Alan Fox, the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, will discuss his article “Top Ten Myths About Mass Shootings,” a response to the school massacre in Newtown, CT published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, a source of news, information and jobs for[Read more...]

The Judy S. ’68 and Paul W. Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship will sponsor the Ware Seminar on Afghanistan Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at 7 p.m. The event, to be held in the Susquehanna Room of Myer Hall, will feature CEO of Aid Afghanistan and women’s rights activist, Hassina Sherjan; Matt Southworth, legislative associate on foreign policy with the Friends Committee on National Legislation; Steve Simon from the International Institute for Strategic Studies-US; and Joyce Davis, president of the Harrisburg World Affairs Council. The event will be moderated by Jonathan Rudy, Global Peacemaking Scholar-in-Residence at Elizabethtown College. Rudy[Read more...]

The “Britten Centennial Celebration” concert scheduled for Monday, Jan. 28, at Elizabethtown College, has been postponed. The remainder of the Monday Series concerts will take place as scheduled The Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents the Monday Series Concerts as a way to give students and community members the opportunity to hear professional performances free of charge on campus, said Department Chair Douglas Bomberger. “They have traditionally been held on Monday evenings for the convenience of the audience members.” This season, however, one Monday Series Concert takes place Sunday. Teresa Bomberger is joined by[Read more...]