Environmental studies: The real world through many lenses
What may be the most “liberal arts” program on campus is also the one most likely to be called by the wrong name.
It’s not “environmental science.” It’s environmental studies (ES). And few programs match its academic scope: the social sciences, including... Learn More
All eyes on Iowa; new Gettysburg College grad covers caucuses for CBS, Fox
Josh Scheinblum '11 is living his dream.
After graduating from Gettysburg College with a degree in political science, he moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and became a reporter for KGAN/KFXA, the local CBS and Fox television news affiliate. Scheinblum has covered everything from the 2011 floods ...
Red Ants Pants entrepreneur Sarah Calhoun '00 invited to White House forum
Sarah Calhoun '00 was among entrepreneurs invited to the White House in November to attend the Business Leaders' Forum on Jobs and Economic Competitiveness.
Calhoun, founder and owner of Red Ants Pants, a Montana company that creates work wear for...
Gettysburg College: a fit-friendly, great place to work
For the ninth straight year, Gettysburg College was ranked as one of the "Best Places to Work in PA" by a group of independent agencies in Pennsylvania.
The college ranked 30th among the top 35 companies and institutions with 251 or more employees.
Annually since 2000, one hundred ...
Internships complement academics for Gettysburg College students
What do IBM, L.L.Bean, and Goldman Sachs have in common? Gettysburg College students interned there over the past year, positively contributing to each organization while enriching their own academic experience.
Darren McAuliffe '14, a computer science major, interned at IBM over the ...
Gettysburg College prepares mother and son for music careers
Not only did a Gettysburg College education help Holly Krafka '78 establish Boston's well-known New World Chorale, it also provided her son Nick '11 with a solid foundation to successfully begin his music education career.
After singing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Festival...
Grads and parents advise, inspire during Career Week 2011
It's no secret that Gettysburg College parents and alumni are successful. Seven of them recently returned to campus and shared the secrets to their success with students during Career Week 2011.
The annual event, hosted by the Center for Career Development Sept. 23-30, featured informational...
Doors to the future: Center for Career Development helps students find their way
The campus may seem a bit quieter over the summer months, but the staff at Gettysburg College's Center for Career Development (CCD) has been busier than ever. From planning immersion trips to placing students in externships, they are hard at work helping students explore potential careers.
The...
Web videos by Josh Scheinblum '11
Josh Scheinblum '11 is an active videographer on the Gettysburg College campus, working with the Sports Information Office, Office of Web Communications & Marketing, and Office of Communications & Marketing to produce web videos. He also interned with Laura Strickler '95 in CBS News' Investigative...
Alum shares career advice, authored 'You Majored in What?'
It's a question that is probably on the mind of most graduates in the Class of 2010. And also their parents.
"Now that I've graduated with this major, what am I going to do now?"
For an answer to this question, graduates can turn to one of their own for some advice. Katharine Brooks...
Students, alumni, and parents network during career-building experience in Boston
Gettysburg College students networked with alumni, parents, and friends of the college during an intensive three-day career-building event aimed at helping students to create their own career network.
More than a dozen students met with professionals working in law, medicine, insurance, government...
Gettysburg grads ready to serve in Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Teach for America
Several Gettysburg College graduates from the Class of 2010 are making their mark on the world by serving with the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Teach for America.
Both Kurt Hagemann, from Baldwin, N.Y., who majored in psychology and globalization studies and minored in music, and Nathan Storey...
Students get inside look at publishing world in NYC
New York City is the capital of book publishing in the United States - which is why English Professors Fred Leebron and Kathryn Rhett have taken students there for the last 12 years to meet with both publishing industry leaders and those just commencing their careers.
"For students interested...
Connect with Gettysburg College's more than 24,000 alumni
How can students begin connecting with the more than 24,000 Gettysburg College alumni who could help with a future career? Start by introducing yourself.
The Center for Career Development offers programs and events to make that introduction easier. Take Courtney Small, a 2009 graduate from...
Link in to the Gettysburg professional network
Gettysburg's extensive career network allows students, alumni, faculty, and parents to tap into the invaluable experience and career connections of our College community. Access to that network is made easier now through LinkedIn, the business-oriented networking website.
Currently, over 55...
Students gain valuable career networking experience in Philadelphia
More than ever before, finding a job involves networking with professionals in a particular field or position. About 100 Gettysburg College students did just that over the winter break by making valuable career connections with alumni and parents of the College through programs offered by the Center...
Gettysburg College students complete media internships with NBC, CBS, Sirius XM
While interning at NBC News in New York, Andrew Arenge, Class of 2010, was "in the control room during any breaking news," including "when we announced that Michael Jackson had passed away."
Arenge also worked on NBC's exclusive "Inside the Obama White House" special. He interned...
Pres. Riggs authors op-ed on liberal arts education and why it still matters
President Janet Morgan Riggs '77 authored an editorial that appeared in The Patriot News (Harrisburg, Pa.) Aug. 30 on the relevance of a liberal arts education and why it matters more in this turbulent economy and job market.
Riggs wrote, "The point is that it is not so much the specific...
Students network with policy professionals in Washington, DC
Gettysburg College students networked with policy professionals during an intensive three-day career-building event in Washington, D.C.
Twenty-one students met with federal officials and other Washington professionals who are Gettysburg alumni, parents of current students or alumni, or ...
Art students network in New York, visit alums, studios, galleries
Ten Gettysburg College art students networked with alumni who work at museums and auction houses in New York City.
Students dined with alumni who have professional experience at the Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby's, and the Museum of American Finance. "The idea of talking...
Award-winning student photographer has world-wide vision
Between Gettysburg and Nepal, award-winning photographer Anukul Gurung '09 has found his vision.
"As I walked down the streets of Kathmandu, my hometown, for the first time in three years after returning from the United States, I was heartbroken to see that the number of homeless people...
Lawrese Brown found direction at Gettysburg
Lawrese Brown has found her way at Gettysburg, first to a major that she created herself, and then, via the College's career development network, to a New York City internship.
At first, she wasn't sure that a small, liberal-arts school was for her, but then she realized "You...
Students network with alumni, future employers during Career Week Feb. 9-13
From networking with alumni and prospective employers to improving interview skills and finding an internship, Gettysburg College students will have an opportunity to take advantage of it all and then some during Career Week, Feb. 9-13.
"In today's competitive job and internship...
Gettysburg one of best values among liberal arts colleges, magazine says
Gettysburg College is one of the "best values" among American private liberal arts colleges, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
Gettysburg is among institutions that "provide a top-quality education at an affordable price--usually with generous...
Career networking program takes students to Big Apple
Bright Lights! Big City! is a three-day career networking program that introduces Gettysburg College students to successful alumni and parents in a particular metropolitan area.
This month, students visited the Big Apple to learn about opportunities in accounting...
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