GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A precursor to a ten-day performance trip to Greece and Italy, Gettysburg College's Jazz Ensemble will perform a farewell concert May 18 on campus.

The 7 p.m. performance will take place on the lawn outside Schmucker Hall on the west side of the building. The ensemble will play jazz favorites including Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz" and Neil Hefti's &...

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Nationally, only about two percent of all undergraduates study overseas, but at Gettysburg College, that figure is a whopping 50 percent.

Nearly 90 programs help prepare students for today’s global workface, offering enough geographic and academic variety to tempt even the most reluctant armchair traveler, from music in Austria and student teaching in London to computer s...

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Gettysburg students benefit from close collaboration with professors, often resulting in joint publications in scientific journals. Students also enjoy hands-on use of advanced equipment that most institutions reserve for graduate students. Facilities include a proton accelerator, electron microscopes, a DNA sequencing instrument, a planetarium, an observatory, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, and laboratories dedicated to plasma physics, optics, psychology, and child development.

Majors, Minors, & Programs

Ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe, Gettysburg College offers nearly 200 off-campus study programs. Opportunities run from year- and semester-long programs at universities around the world to internships at major companies to dual-degree programs with a variety of prestigious institutions. Nearly half of Gettysburg students take part in at least one off-campus programs by the time they graduate.

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Gettysburg College has fielded one of the most successful NCAA Division III athletic programs in the region for many years. That has especially been the case since the College joined the Centennial Conference in all sports beginning in 1993-94. Through the 2005-06 year, Bullets teams have won 74 team conference championships. That number outdistances the second highest total by nearly 30 titles in the conference's 13 years as an all-sports association.

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Approximately half of the campus's 2,600 students are involved with community service at any given time. Opportunities range widely, from volunteering for a day at the local homeless shelter to spending spring break cleaning up hurricane damage in New Orleans. Other spring and winter break "immersion" trips include providing meals and outreach to people living with AIDS in New York City or helping with grassroots community development projects like school construction in Nicaragua.

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The arts are central to the Gettysburg experience. Students participate in a wide variety of performance ensembles, including the Orchestra, Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, and Marching Band. In 2004 the College's Sunderman Conservatory was founded, which offers a major in music performance. The fully renovated Majestic Theater offers a professional venue for stage performances, and the Owl & Nightingale Players theatrical club is one of the most active organizations on campus. Courses in the visual arts attract students in record numbers, and student work is exhibited regularly. There is also a writing program, which guides students in the craft of both fiction and non-fiction.

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