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Gettysburg Grateful
Homecoming Weekend always brings much happiness to campus as alumni return to our College, reunite, and reconnect. As part of the Homecoming festivities in September, we held our annual Cupola and...
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Public Service: The Legacy of Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy signs the Peace Corps act in to law on September 22, 1961. Photo credit: Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston I...
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Gettysburg’s legacy in empowering students to succeed
Over the past few months, the Obama administration has brought a great deal of attention to higher education. First Lady Michele Obama has joined the conversation with her recent remarks on the “power...
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East Meets West – the Sunderman Conservatory goes to China
Sunderman Conservatory students perform with students from Shaanxi Normal University. A few days ago, Ed and I returned from a trip to China with Gettysburg College’s wind symphony who toured China and...
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A Global Gettysburg
Last week, we were pleased to welcome Dr. Allan Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education, to our campus. During his visit, we told Dr. Goodman about our work to bring an...
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Our “Gettysburg Tattoo”
On Commencement Day, May 18th, we welcomed 660 graduating seniors into our community of Gettysburg alumni. Each year, I am inspired by our new graduates’ accomplishments and idealism, and this year was...
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Supporting lives of service
Last week, we were pleased to host on our campus hundreds of leaders from the government, nonprofit sector, military, corporate world, higher education, and media for the Franklin Project’s Summit at...
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Achieving More Together
A few years ago, I had a conversation about college collaboration with Washington and Jefferson College’s president, Tori Haring-Smith. We discussed the fact that Pennsylvania is home to a rather...
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One-on-one with Dr. Jeanne Arnold, Gettysburg’s New Chief Diversity Officer
This August, we welcomed Dr. Jeanne Arnold to our campus as Gettysburg College’s Chief Diversity Officer. Dr. Arnold joins us from Grand Valley State University in Michigan, where she served for seven...
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Leadership for today
“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” On November 19, 151 years ago, these powerful words of President Abraham Lincoln echoed...
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