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Eight Gettysburg faculty earn tenure, five promoted as full professors
Gettysburg College professors all share the desire to enhance our intellectual environment through their courses and scholarly research. This year, eight faculty earned tenure and rank of associate professor, and five were promoted to full professor. Read about these distinguished teachers and scholars.
Venissa Ledesma ’19 leverages intercultural fluency in our interconnected world
Venissa Ledesma ’19, a community involvement specialist at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, reflects on the opportunities that she had at Gettysburg College to develop her intercultural fluency—an enduring skill that she finds highly valuable in her personal and professional life.
How Gettysburg College helped shape my career
Forty-five years ago, on the morning of my graduation, I stood in Pennsylvania Hall and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army. That day, I had no idea what the journey I was embarking on would bring. All I had were goals and dreams and the knowledge and hope that between my Gettysburg experience and life up to that point that I was prepared. I knew going forward it would be important to listen, keep an open mind, and ask a lot of questions.
Behind The Scenes With a Gettysburg Great
Prof Path: Kathleen Cain
Growing up as the oldest of five siblings, Psychology Prof. Kathleen Cain always looked after her little brothers and sister. Her mother, formerly an obstetrics nurse, loved babies, and it is to her that Cain credits her interest in developmental psychology.
Rising to Meet the Moment
Lives of Consequence: Elizabeth Foster ’15 builds hope as a Visionary of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Elizabeth Foster ’15
Growing up, Elizabeth Foster ’15 could be found twirling in her dance studio, pitching on the softball field, singing in the church choir, or working with charities alongside her family in her Annandale, Virginia, community.
“I’ve always been a community-focused person,” said Foster, who, in high school, became a middle school cheerleading coach and, as an adult, coached high school softball for years.
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