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Storm dumps two feet of snow on campus; photo galleries
Gettysburg College was not immune from the giant snowstorm that hammered the mid-Atlantic region Feb. 5 and 6.
Students made the best of the situation, playing football in the snow, digging snow caves, and strolling through the drifts.
Accumulation totaled approximately two feet.
Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and s...
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Gettysburg College names new provost to lead academic division
Gettysburg College has named a new provost to lead its academic division.
Christopher Zappe will start July 6. Zappe is currently dean of arts and sciences at Bucknell University, where he has also been a faculty member in the management department.
"Chris emerged from a rich applicant pool of highly qualified candidates. I am confident that he will have great success in le...
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USA Today journalist Joan Biskupic to speak Feb. 11 for EI Spring Speaker Series
Journalist Joan Biskupic will speak about the Supreme Court Feb. 11 at Gettysburg College.
The 7 p.m. talk will take place in the third-floor Lyceum located inside Pennsylvania Hall. Biskupic's talk, "Antonin Scalia and the Contemporary Supreme Court" is open to the public at no charge.
Biskupic has covered the Supreme Court for the Washington Post, Congressional Q...
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Art exhibit addressing race, gender issues open Jan. 22 to March 5
An exhibition of sculptures, installations and films that reflect issues of race, gender and social policies will be on display Jan. 22 through March 5 at Gettysburg College's Schmucker Art Gallery.
The exhibit, "Maren Hassinger: Lives," coincides with the Central Pennsylvania Consortium Africana Studies Conference on Public Policy in the African Diaspora. An artist's tal...
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Civil War Programs
No American college is better or more appropriately suited to offering exemplary programs focused on the American Civil War than Gettysburg, a college that is immersed in the history of the war era.
The College's rich historical context creates the backdrop for three distinctive Civil War programs:
- The Civil War Era Studies Program
- The Gettysburg Semester
- The Civil War Institute
Civil War Programs
The Eisenhower Institute
The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College is a distinguished center for leadership and public policy based in Washington, D.C. and Gettysburg, honoring the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that develops and sponsors civic discourse on significant issues of domestic and international public policy.
The Institute provides both top-level dialogue among policy-makers and a premier learning experience for undergraduates. Its activities include research and scholarship, education and outreach, and recognition and celebration.
The Eisenhower Institute
The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College
The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College combines a superb music tradition and strengths as one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges.
The distinctive vibrancy of a Sunderman Conservatory education results from three things coming together: a diverse and vital music environment, a culturally rich and supportive atmosphere for all of the performing and visual arts, and an energetic college community full of intense involvement in a broad spectrum of pursuits.
Offering three majors, bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of arts in music, and bachelor of science in music education, the Conservatory's curriculum encompasses a wide variety of music genres and traditions and opportunities to perform with more than a dozen vocal and instrumental ensembles.
The Conservatory was founded by a $15.7 million gift from 1919 Gettysburg graduate Dr. F. William Sunderman.
The Sunderman Conservatory
The Majestic Theater home to the Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center
The Majestic Theater is home to the Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center, a world-class facility featuring an 816-seat theater, two cinemas, and art gallery., offering pre- and post-performance dining with a swanky, 1950s ambience.
The 83-year-old theater reopened in Nov. 2005 after a $16-million renovation, invigorating the cultural community in Gettysburg. Owned and operated by the College, the Majestic offers a diverse program of Broadway shows, classical and popular music, dance, comedy, children's theater, film classics, and other attractions.
The Majestic Theater
The Gettysburg Review
The Gettysburg Review is one of the nation's premier literary journals, publishing fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews of the highest quality by some of the world's finest writers since 1988. Published by Gettysburg College, The Gettysburg Review is noted for the highest quality writing, editing, and design.
The Gettysburg Review has won many prizes and awards, including a Best New Journal award, four Best Journal Design awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, and a PEN/Nora Magid Award for Excellence in Editing. More than 80 short stories, poems and essays first appearing in the journal have been reprinted in prize anthologies, such as The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Essays, The Best American Poetry, and The Pushcart Prize: Best of Small Presses. Contributors have included such luminaries as E.L. Doctorow, Rita Dove, Donald Hall, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as emerging writers Ginger Strand, Scott Schrader, Kellie Wells, and Charles Yu, among others.
The Gettysburg Review
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