Etown College Traditions
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August 25, 2011 Vol. 108, No. 1
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tions faithfully! The Bowers Writers’ House brings novelists, journalists and essayists; the Music at Gretna Music Series at Leffler Chapel sponsors world-class performers; and many of our departments will introduce you to distinguished scholars, scientists and business leaders. Watch for your fellow students to perform in our campus theatre and musical groups and cheer on the Blue Jays in every sport you can. I invite you to get to know Lancaster County, a unique place of historical richness, religious diversity and natural beauty. The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies and its Bucher Meeting House on our campus is a good place to begin learning about the distinctive history of this area, but go on to visit the small towns and historic sites throughout Lancaster County that draw millions of people here every year. While you are here in a
very special place, I urge you to study abroad if you are at all able to do so during your college career. Your generation will live in the most globally connected world the human race has ever known. Check out the Center for Global Citizenship and the BCA study abroad websites and their offices on campus and go global! Most of all, I invite you to grow as a person while you are here. You’ll experience a host of changes—a new relationship with your family, new friends, new ideas, new challenges. In all the changes, remember that your most important task is to decide who you are, what values you want to hold and how you want to live your life. All of us are here to help you answer those questions. Make the most of your opportunities, ask yourself the big questions and, of course, have a great time. Best wishes, Class of 2015 — Blue Jays always!
Dr. Carl J. Strikwerda assumed duties as President of Elizabethtown College Aug. 1, 2011. He is the fourteenth President in school history.
Dear First Year Students: elcome to a very special place! Elizabethtown College is a community that values your special gifts and provides you with the chance to be a bigger
part of the world and to make the world a better place. Like you, I’m a firstyear, that is, I’m a first-year college president. What drew me to Etown may be some of the same things that drew you here: a
committed group of staff and faculty who care about learning and helping you discover your unique gifts, a beautiful campus, a commitment to peacemaking and reconciliation, and a residential community that combines living and learning. In the weeks and months ahead, you have an unparalleled opportunity to learn, in the broadest possible sense, inside and outside the classroom. Your teachers will encourage you to stretch your mind, use talents that you didn’t know you had and open up your imagination. Your first-year adviser and peer mentors are invaluable resources for advice for your whole first year. I’ll be leading one of the “Open Book” groups on Rebecca Sloot’s bestselling novel, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Use your discussion group to get a sense of how you can participate in and learn from class discussions. Ms. Sloot will be speaking on April 24 to celebrate Scholarship and Creative Arts Day, one of many noteworthy speakers from around the world who you will have a chance to meet while you’re here. Read Campus Connec-
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