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Student-curated Asian art exhibit on display Nov. 20 to Dec. 5
Elizabeth Petersen '10, a senior art and art history major, worked with Visual Arts Prof. Yan Sun, Director of Special Collections and College Archivist Karen Drickamer, and Director of the Schmucker Art Gallery Shannon Egan to choose the work, theme, and art, and handle publicity, marketing, and design to gain hands-on experience creating an exhibition for a gallery or museum.
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National Science Foundation grant supports student-faculty nuclear research
A National Science Foundation grant will further Gettysburg College's tradition of student-faculty collaboration on research.
The nearly $120,000 grant will permit two students to work with Gettysburg College physics Prof. Sharon Stephenson on developing new instrumentation to study the structure of exotic atomic nuclei.
Students will work with Stephenson on the assembly, testin...
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48th annual Fortenbaugh Lecture, Lincoln oratorio premiere Nov. 19
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The 48th Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture and a premiere composition by John "Buzz" Jones in honor of President Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial will take place at the Majestic Theater Nov. 19, coinciding with the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's delivery of the "Gettysburg Address."
The 7:30 p.m. event will begin with the premiere of &quo...
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Gettysburg College students travel to Britain to study ancient artifacts
What if Stonehenge were relocated to a museum and replica stones were erected at the original site? Would the site still feel sacred? Would the fake stones be sacred? And how about the original stones in their new location?
Stonehenge isn't in danger, but other ancient British artifacts have been moved indoors to ensure their preservation, and replicas — some excellent, others awf...
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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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