Gettysburg News

Juried exhibition under way at Gettysburg College's Schmucker Art Gallery

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00

Gettysburg College's Schmucker Art Gallery is hosting the Adams County Arts Council Adams County Arts Council's sixth annual Juried Exhibition through July 11.

The exhibition in Schmucker Art Gallery includes some 50 photographs, drawings, prints, sculptures, paintings, and decorative arts were selected by juror Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, professor of art history and curator at Towson University and adjunct curator of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington.

The gallery is on the main floor of Schmucker Hall, at the intersection of North Washington and Water streets and is fully accessible. The main entrance is on the building's west side, facing away from the street. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is operated by Gettysburg College's Department of Visual Arts.

Also continuing is a book art exhibition at Musselman Library in the center of campus. The library will explore the theme of book arts during the 2009-10 academic year.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,500, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Contact: Jim Hale, online content editor

Spring athletic teams end season on a high note

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00

Men's Lacrosse Makes NCAA Title Run; Kehoe Makes History

Two goals were all that separated the men's lacrosse team from its first national title. Although the Bullets lost by a 9-7 count to Cortland State in the NCAA Division III championship game - the program's third appearance in the final - it hardly put a damper on a magnificent season. After a 2-3 start, the Bullets reeled off a school record-tying 14-game winning streak, during which the team beat two different No. 1-ranked teams on the road. First, head coach Hank Janczyk's crew defeated top-ranked Salisbury University 11-10, ending the Sea Gulls 55-game winning streak and 80-game home winning streak. Then, the Orange & Blue knocked off No. 1 Stevenson University 12-7 in the NCAA semifinals.

Senior long-stick midfielder Tommy Kehoe made history on two different fronts - earning Gettysburg's first-ever NCAA Division III Player of the Year award, then becoming the first player in program history to be drafted by Major League Lacrosse (MLL). He was picked by the MLL's Chicago Machine, and went on make the team as a short-stick defenseman. Men's lacrosse

Women's Lacrosse Posts Thrilling Performance in Final Four

The women's lacrosse team also recorded an impressive postseason run. Making their third appearance in the NCAA Division III semifinals in the last four years, the Bullets gave No. 1 Salisbury University all it could handle. But despite leading for most of the game, the Sea Gulls rallied with two late goals to claim an 11-10 victory. Gettysburg, which finished the season with a 16-4 record, downed a pair of nationally-ranked programs on its road to the Final Four, handling No. 17 Roanoke 15-6 in the NCAA Second Round before topping No. 4 College of New Jersey 10-9 in the quarterfinals. Junior Hollis Stahl gained a slew of postseason awards for the Bullets, including Centennial Conference Player of the Year, ECAC Division III Metro/South Region Player of the Year, and Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) First Team All-American. She finished with 64 goals for year, tying for sixth on the school's single-season list. Women's lacrosse

Pabon Places Ninth at Track & Field Nationals

Junior Vanessa Pabon capped an outstanding season with a strong showing at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Competing in the triple jump, Pabon missed all-America honors by one place, finishing ninth with a mark of 38-7 1/2, just three-quarters of an inch shy of her own school record. The Centennial Conference indoor and outdoor triple jump champion, Pabon also broke her previous school record in the heptathlon this spring with a score of 4,065 points. Women's Track & Field

Softball Bounces Back With Winning Season

After a tough 2008 season, the softball team bounced back with a successful 2009 campaign. The Bullets added 14 wins to their 2008 total and finished 27-10-1, posting their second-highest victory total in program history. Going 11-4-1 in Centennial Conference play, the Bullets finished third in the conference standings to earn a postseason playoff berth. Senior centerfielder Erin Ober was lauded as the Centennial Conference Player of the Year after leading the team in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.402), runs (41), home runs (six) and RBIs (tied, 31). She tied the school's single-season home run record. Softball

Ditillo, Kurpis Named Academic All-Americans

Success on the field and excellence in the classroom went hand-in-hand for a pair of Gettysburg lacrosse players, as juniors Nicole Ditillo and Tim Kurpis were named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Both Ditillo, an English and psychology double major with a 3.99 cumulative GPA, and Kurpis, an economics and mathematics double major with a 4.04 GPA, earned second-team honors. Ditillo became Gettysburg's first-ever women's lacrosse CoSIDA Academic All-American while Kurpis is the second men's lacrosse player to capture the honor.

Gettysburg College honored for work with Philadelphia public school grads

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00

Gettysburg’s Dean of Intercultural Advancement Pete Curry received a “Key to Our Success” award from Philadelphia Futures’ Sponsor-a-Scholar (SAS) program.

Curry was honored June 10 as SAS recognized 38 students who graduated this year from colleges and universities including Gettysburg, Dartmouth, Drexel, Penn State, and others.

“Dean Curry made our success possible,” said one of this year’s Gettysburg College graduates, William Green. “He knew how to support us, how to motivate us, and how to celebrate us.”

Green praised Curry as the “go-to person” who “heads up a whole system of support for us at Gettysburg. “Dean Curry met us on day one — before we were even admitted to the college. He participated in our admissions interviews, welcomed us on Get-Acquainted Day by hosting a barbeque for our families and us at his home, and made it his priority to meet with us weekly during our first year at Gettysburg. Dean Curry always knew what was going on with us.”

Also attending the ceremony was Travis Jones, another SAS student who graduated from Gettysburg College this year.

Two SAS students enrolled at Gettysburg College this past fall. Two more will do so this coming fall.

Gettysburg College has been a partner with Philadelphia Futures for nine years. At the June 10 event, Curry was praised for having worked with SAS students longer than anyone at other partner institutions, and for his participation in Philadelphia Future events in the city.

For SAS students, Gettysburg College provides continuing one-on-one mentoring through its Intercultural Resource Center, sessions on how to look for colleges, complimentary transportation for overnight campus visits, and campus events and interviews, and assistance regarding financial-aid forms.

“Despite statistics and circumstances that would predict otherwise, these students are determined to earn their college degrees and take their place in the world,” says the Philadelphia Futures website. “Students who are accepted into the SAS Program receive one-on-one, long-term mentoring; a comprehensive, year-round curriculum of academic enrichment and college guidance; funds for college-related expenses; and staff support through high school and college.”

A “Key to Our Success” award also went to Manny Ruiz, a counselor at Gettysburg College’s Center for Career Development. He was honored for work he did previously at Dickinson College.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,500, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Contact: Jim Hale, online content editor

Photo of the Day contest under way; iPod is prize

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00

Submit an image for Photo of the Day on Gettysburg College's website and you could win an 8gb iPod touch.

Submissions must be related to the College, but potential subject matter is as wide as your imagination, from an informal gathering of alumni in Cancun or Connecticut to a family at Commencement to a nostalgic shot of campus days gone by.

The winner will be chosen via an online poll this summer in the first-ever online edition of Gettysburg, the College’s magazine.

Images received by July 10 will be eligible, and may be posted as Photo of the Day before then. As of June 23, 40 individuals had submitted images.

Send jpg attachments to jhale@gettysburg.edu with caption information that identifies individuals (with class/parent year if applicable) and describes the event pictured.

Visit www.gettysburg.edu and click on Photo of the Day every day for the latest image, or browse the archive.

Anyone is eligible to enter. Submissions must meet guidelines for Photo of the Day.

New musical by Gettysburg College prof to premiere on campus

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:00:00

The world premiere of a Gettysburg College professor's new musical about Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan will take place June 13, 14, 18, and 20.

Gettysburg College theatre arts Prof. Susan Russell wrote the book and lyrics for Helen and Teacher. The play follows Sullivan's real-life struggle to teach Keller, who was blind and deaf, culminating in Keller's acquisition of language in 1887. Original music is by Dr. Lynn Gumert.

Performances will take place June 13, 18, and 20 at 8 p.m. and June 14 at 2 p.m. in Gettysburg College's Kline Theatre, off North Washington Street at Water Street. Proceeds will benefit the American Foundation for the Blind, for which Keller began working in 1924. The suggested donation is $10. Tickets are available at 717-334-2692 or at the door.

Cast members include Kathleen Sasnett, a professor at Gettysburg College's Sunderman Conservatory of Music, as Helen's mother, and Allison Erskine, who will be a sophomore at Gettysburg College this fall. Erskine, who plays Sullivan, is majoring in theatre arts and religion. She hails from Georgetown Del. Costume design is by Zennis Goshorn, also of the College's theatre arts department.

The Gettysburg College Department of Theatre Arts and the Adams County School of Musical Theatre (ACSMT) are co-producing Helen and Teacher. ACSMT Founding Executive/Artistic Director Chad-Alan Carr and Russell are co-directing. The production is part of the Gettysburg Festival's Fringe Festival.

This year "marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Broadway premiere of William Gibson's brilliant play, The Miracle Worker," Russell said. "I believe it's acceptable and germane to respectfully revisit these two extraordinary women's lives for the new century."

Other cast members include Wayne Hill as Captain Keller, Elizabeth Wills as Aunt Ev, Gail Gesell as Julia Anagnos, Tom Rodgers as Michael Anagnos, Carr as Frank Sanborn, Ben Sasnett as James Keller, as well as students of Adams County School of Musical Theatre, including Sarah Bodvin as Child Annie (Sullivan's younger self), Gabrielle Saghy as Helen Keller, Katie Gesell as the Voice of Helen, Allison Wychryst as Martha, Camden Selby as Andrew, Hunter Selby as Simpson Keller, and Brooke Eastman, Emily Staub, Rachel Swingler, Madison Maloney, Hannah Wehler, and Alexis Staub. Also featured are Ben and Will Berger.

Musical direction is by Tim Foster.

An earlier version of Helen and Teacher was presented as a staged reading at Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater in spring 2007, with funding from Gettysburg College's Department of Theatre Arts, Faculty Development Committee, Office of the Provost, and Americans with Disabilities Act Committee. The latter provided sign-language interpreters and will do so again for the current production.

A staged reading with professional actors took place in New York City last summer with support from the Mellon Foundation.

The Hanover (Pa.) Evening Sun published an interview with Russell about the production.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,600, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Contact: Jim Hale, online content editor

Students network with policy professionals in Washington, DC

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:00:00

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 friends of the College.

“These professionals become part of students’ Gettysburg network for life,” said Kathy Williams, director of the Gettysburg College’s Center for Career Development.

Students visited professionals at their workplaces for in-depth discussions of policy. For example, 1980 Gettysburg graduate Mike Russell, minority senior counsel for the House Committee on Homeland Security, not only met with the students, but also facilitated their attendance at a committee session featuring testimony by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Students used their policy discussions as the basis of case studies, which they presented to the group. In addition to honing networking and presentation skills, students gained confidence in navigating an unfamiliar city. Their headquarters was Gettysburg College’s Eisenhower Institute, located just two blocks from the White House.

“The program provided great opportunities for students to meet people who have succeeded,” said Megan Crowe, Class of 2010. “It was helpful to hear their tips and make connections with them.” Crowe is pictured with fellow students Stanford Chihuri (center) and Michael Carrozza as they made their presentation on health care policy.

More than 30 policy professionals in international affairs, national security education, environmental, health care, and education interacted with students. Among them were:

• 1972 graduate Stephen Colo, formerly a Secret Service special agent assigned to protecting President Reagan and now chief security officer for Science Applications International Corporation, a Fortune 500 research and engineering company with expertise in national security, energy, health and other critical fields

• 1969 graduate Kendra Dimond Campbell, a director of Daylight Forensic & Advisory, an international firm where she has 25 years’ experience working with government agencies, health care providers, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and others on regulatory and law enforcement issues.

• 1968 graduate Richard Erdmann, executive vice president and general counsel of The Conservation Fund

• 1992 graduate Nicole Ruman Skinner, director of marketing for the American Enterprise Institue, a preeminent think-tank

A schedule and list of professionals and workplaces for the three-day event is here, in pdf format.

Earlier this year, students maintained a blog as they visited New York City to meet professionals in accounting, finance, marketing and human resources.

Over the past five years, Gettysburg College’s networking program, known as “Bright Lights! Big City!,” has also taken students to Boston, and Philadelphia.

Health care presentation photo by Eisenhower Institute Communications Coordinator Caroline Sadowska

Contact: Jim Hale, online content blog

Why is Cheney so vocal? Gettysburg College prof offers answer

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00

The San Francisco Chronicle turned to a Gettysburg College professor for analysis of former Vice-president Dick Cheney’s very public defense of the Bush administration’s national security record.

June 3’s Chronicle included a piece by political science Prof. Shirley Anne Warshaw, an authority on the presidency who often lends her expertise the media, including PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," CNN and National Public Radio.

Warshaw’s article examines why Cheney has recently felt “compelled” to defend the Bush administration’s legacy. “It's important to keep in mind that the policies in question are his policies,” Warshaw writes. “They are not Bush policies; they are Cheney-developed and Cheney-orchestrated.” The article appeared in the Chronicle’s Open Forum column.

Warshaw’s books on the presidency include her newest, The Copresidency of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (2009, Stanford University Press), as well as Powersharing: White House-Cabinet Relations in the Modern Presidency, The Eisenhower Legacy: Re-examining the Eisenhower Presidency, and The Domestic Presidency. In a video, she discusses her book The Keys to Power: Managing the Presidency.

Warshaw has been a consultant to the White House under three administrations and a consultant to the Public Broadcasting System. She has also been involved with presidential debates and serves on the National Advisory Council for the Center for the Study of the Presidency.

Warshaw also serves on the Advisory Council of Gettysburg College's Eisenhower Institute.

Before joining Gettysburg College political science faculty, Warshaw worked in the Pennsylvania Governor’s office during two different administrations. She has been awarded research grants for work conducted in the presidential archives of Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan. She serves on the National Board of the Presidency Research Section of the American Political Science Association. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree from Wharton School of Business, and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,500, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Contact: Jim Hale, online content editor

Scholars retire, departments get new names at Gettysburg College

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00

From faculty retirements and additions to new names for departments, change is in the air at Gettysburg College this summer.

Retiring faculty members, who gain the title of emeritus, and their years of service are:

• Gabor Boritt, director of the Civil War Institute and professor of history, 28 years
• Ralph Cavaliere, professor of biology, 43 years
• Ann Harper Fender, professor of economics, 31 years
• Miguel Vinuela, professor of Spanish, 21 years

History Prof. Michael Birkner will serve as the interim director of the Civil War Institute while a national search is conducted.

The Provost's Office will also change leadership while a national search for a provost is conducted and Acting Vice Provost Kathleen Cain spends one year on a Fulbright Fellowship to Egypt. James White will continue as interim provost. Jack Ryan will serve as acting vice provost and Elizabeth Richardson Viti as associate provost for faculty development.

The academic department of Anthropology and Sociology will separate into two departments. The amicable separation reflects the evolving character of the two fields of study. Both departments will remain in Glatfelter Hall. Charles Emmons will serve as chair for sociology and Julia Hendon will serve as chair for anthropology. Also, Women's Studies will also change its name to Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.

Thirteen tenure-track positions will be filled before this fall, included in that number are five expansion positions. Visiting scholars for the upcoming academic year include Laura van den Berg as the emerging writer lecturer in the English Department and Kwame Essien as the Derrick K. Gondwe Scholar in Residence.

In other faculty news, during Commencement weekend Chemistry Prof. William Parker received the Distinguished Teaching Award and Environmental Studies Prof. Sarah Principato received the Luther W. and Bernice L. Thompson Distinguished Teaching Award.

By: Kendra Martin, director of media relations

Gettysburg College hosts portal conference

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00

Some 160 web and information technology professionals are expected to attend the portal2009 conference at Gettysburg College.

Planned June 2 through 5, it is the fourth annual conference sponsored by Gettysburg College's Information Technology office.

The keynote speaker is Richard N. Katz, vice president of Educause, a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Katz is the author, co-author, or editor of dozens of books, monographs and articles on a variety of higher education, management, and technology topics. His book, Web Portals and Higher Education: Technologies to Make IT Personal, published in 2002 is still considered one of the definitive sources on portals in higher education.

"The theme for the conference, portal2009: users uses usability, is meant to reflect the idea that portals have many definitions, and the different portals have different audiences (users), tools (uses) and interfaces (usability). The more everyone knows about the differences, the more people can continue to evolve their institution's portal into a more useful commodity," according to the conference webpage.

Bullets laxers rally late, but fall 9-7 in national championship game

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00

Gettysburg College finished the men's lacrosse season second in the nation, falling to SUNY Cortland 9-7 in Sunday's NCAA Division III championship game at Foxborough, Mass.

A very large contingent of Bullets fans accompanied the team, including President Janet Morgan Riggs '77.

The loss ended a school-record tying 14-game winning streak. It was the third national championship game appearance for the Bullets, who lost to Middlebury in 2001 and 2002.

Complete coverage, including a photo gallery, is at www.gettysburgsports.com

Meanwhile, senior Tommy Kehoe won the Iroquois National award as the Division III Player of the Year. He was the first Gettysburg player to win the honor. In addition, six Bullets players earned all-America honors from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,500, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Contact: Braden Snyder, sports information director

Give It Up for Good Sale planned Saturday to benefit United Way

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00

The sixth annual Give it Up For Good is set for 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 23, at Gettysburg College's Hauser Field House.

All proceeds of the sale — which features furniture and household items donated by departing Gettysburg College students — will benefit the United Way of Adams County's Community Fund.

Admission is free, but early birds can pay $5 to enter at 7 a.m.

Items run the gamut, including young men's and women's clothing and shoes, kitchen/bed/bath items, rugs, lamps, fans, furniture, shelving, storage units, small appliances, vacuum cleaners, and more.

Hundreds attended last year's sale, which raised some $14,000 for the United Way of Adams County and prevented approximately 25 tons of goods from simply being discarded. The sale has raised nearly $60,000 for the United Way since its inception, as well as removing approximately 100 tons from the waste stream. Some 200 volunteers provided about 800 hours of labor to prepare for and run last year's event.

Reflecting Gettysburg College's commitment to sustainability, the "Give It Up for Good" sale received the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Waste Watcher Award for Outstanding Recycling and Special Collection Efforts from the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association and Keystone Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America. The organizations recognize outstanding recycling, waste education, reuse and composting programs from across the state. The College's program was selected for its commitment to reuse.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With approximately 2,600 students, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Posted May 19, 2009

From archaeology to cinema, Mellon grants support students' summer research

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00

From an archaeological dig in the Republic of Macedonia to the role of music in Civil War films, Gettysburg College students will research a wide variety of topics this summer with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Katherine Haas will return to an ancient fortified urban settlement called Golemo Gradiste, where she served as site architect last summer, compiling field measurements to create a comprehensive map plan.

Haas, an anthropology major, said she hopes artifacts and other data will reveal more about "who the inhabitants of the site were, where they came from, what activities and occupations they participated in, and what was their group affiliation or ethnic identity."

Data from ground-penetrating radar will add a new dimension to Haas' work with Classics Prof. Carolyn Snively, whose work over the past decade has helped date the site to Late Antiquity, between 1,400 and 1,700 years ago. The dig is a cooperative project of Gettysburg College and the Museum of Macedonia in Skopje

• Ancient artifacts will also be the focus for two students who are heading to Great Britain to study Neolithic standing stones and medieval high crosses.

Anthropology major Katherina Santangelo and history-art history double major Gwendolyn Williams will examine how the objects fit into their surroundings, and the implications of relocation to a museum setting. "In a modern world, how can we balance the necessity for preservation while maintaining the original sacred space?" asked Williams.

Her faculty mentor is visual arts Prof. Felicia Else; Santangelo's is anthropology Prof. Julia Hendon.

• Andrew Deen's plans combine his major in music performance and minor in Civil War Era studies. Using scores, scripts, diaries, interviews, and other data, he will study the role of music in Civil War films from the silent era-when live musicians accompanied movies-to today.

As well as studying the oboe at Gettysburg College's Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Deen is involved with the Civil War reenacting community and has played in a fife and drum corps since high school. Last May, he was an extra in a full-length professional docudrama about the Battle of Gettysburg.

"I am particularly interested in the rise of period performance and the way recent composers have integrated period music with the film score," said Deen, who will be working with English Prof. Jack Ryan.

• This will be the fourth consecutive summer during which Mellon grants have supported collaboration between students and faculty members. Gettysburg College's scholar development program supports undergraduate research and creative activities throughout students' four years. The program facilitates fellowships, scholarships, and grants and celebrates student research at an annual colloquium.

Other Mellon-supported projects this summer include the following.

• Celie Katovitch will conduct interviews to preserve the history of anti-war and other forms of social activism in Gettysburg from the Vietnam era to today, with emphasis on "those who may not have sped off to California on a Day-Glo painted bus, but who were committed to working quietly in their own small town."

She will also use the oral histories as the basis for a non-fiction novella. Her majors are in philosophy and her self-created interdisciplinary program of "peace and justice through writing." She will work with English faculty member William Lane.

• Philosophy and history major Aaron Lawson will examine "the role that community plays in addressing the problem of suffering" by interviewing religious leaders and others at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois universities, two very different campuses where mass shootings occurred. He will work with religion Prof. Charles Myers.

• History and art history double major Kyle Lawson will travel to Istanbul, Turkey, to examine Koranic talismans from the 9th through 14th centuries as precursors to Tarot and modern playing cards. His findings may change the history of printing by showing that the technology entered Europe from the Islamic world rather than vice versa. He will work with history Prof. Karen Pinto.

• Health sciences major Kristen McMahon will explore the sociological and biological implications of aging and investigate the possible anti-aging effects of an enzyme called Nampt in connection with resveratrol, a substance in red wine that appers to protect against diabetes and heart disease. She will work with health sciences Prof. Josef Brandauer.

• History and Spanish major Evan Rothera will analyze 107 letters from 16th-century Spanish King Phillip II to his son-in-law. Rothera hopes to draw conclusions about the period's culture of letter-writing and the character of the king. Historians have regarded Phillip as repressive and fanatical, but letters to his daughter-which are being studied Rothera's faculty advisor, history Prof. Magdalena Sanchez-show the monarch to be caring and affectionate.

• In addition to this summer's Mellon scholars, Denitsa Koleva, an economics and political science major, will study personal privacy in American constitutional law in collaboration with political science Prof. Ken Mott. The project will be supported by the Millard E. Gladfelter Prize, named after a 1925 graduate of Gettysburg College.

All the students are members of the Class of 2010, except McMahon, Class of 2011.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Men's lacrosse beat Stevenson, advance to NCAA Division III championship in Boston

Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Junior Kyle McGrath scored three goals and handed out two assists and senior Zach Furshman made 13 of his season-high 15 saves in the second half as No. 5 Gettysburg defeated No. 1 Stevenson University 12-7 in the NCAA Division III semifinals Sunday afternoon at a windy, chilly Caves Athletic Complex.

With the win, the Bullets (16-3) advance to the Division III national championship game for the third time in program history and will take on No. 7 SUNY Cortland, a 16-8 winner over No. 2 Middlebury in the other semifinal. Gettysburg and Cortland will meet on Sunday, May 24 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. in a game that will televised by CBS College Sports Network.

Gettysburg, which played in the national championship game in 2001 and 2002, also tied the school record for consecutive victories with its 14th straight win.

To read more, click here.

TV journalists Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt tell graduates ‘the future is optimistic’

Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - TV journalists Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt spoke as a duo to 607 graduates May 17 at Gettysburg College's Commencement Exercises, charging them with optimism for the future, despite today's bleak financial climate.

"You are entering the world after college in the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression. Most of you would have to reach back to great-grandparents for a parallel," said Woodruff. "But whatever the uncertainties, do not be discouraged. You are all too good. Whether from the United States or countries abroad, the graduates of Gettysburg College are in a position to prove the naysayers wrong."

Hunt followed Woodruff's remarks by reminding the graduates that out of failure comes much success.

"Try to think of anyone who has achieved something important, something durable, that has not suffered a major failure. Remember that Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team and Winston Churchill flunked sixth grade," said Hunt. "To make a difference, to do something big, requires a boldness of aspiration, a willingness to think and act big, to take real risks, which courts failure. The pursuit of a life of excellence is not defined by the fame or the riches you achieve; it is defined by the contribution you make. And if you do that, those inevitable failures as well as the economically challenging times of 2009 will seem a dim and distant past."

Sunday's Commencement was the 174th at Gettysburg College, a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. In addition to Woodruff and Hunt, recipients of honorary degrees were Carol Bellamy, a 1963 Gettysburg College graduate who has served as director of both the Peace Corps and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and is president and CEO of World Learning, and Simon Schama, a professor of art history and history at Columbia University, will also receive honorary degrees. Lauren Meehan, Class of 2009, served as the student speaker and William Parker, a chemistry professor, received the Gettysburg College Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Simon Schama and Carol Bellamy '63

Photos, videos, and copies of remarks are available online.

With a student body of approximately 2,600, Gettysburg College is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Colloquium celebrates student research and creative activity

Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00

From ancient Greek drama to cutting-edge science to student-produced films, Gettysburg College students showcased their research and creative activities Saturday, May 2.

Presentations and performances took place across campus throughout the day. Photo galleries and numerous videos hint at the wide range of students' efforts. A list of performances and presentations is at www.gettysburg.edu/celebration.

This year's event inaugurated what will become an annual tradition of celebrating undergraduate research and creative activities.

A few of the students and
their topics include:

David Neagley, tropical diseases, video

Madeline Shepherd, evolution and creationism, video

Marc Fialkoff, green chemistry, video

Students Anne Marie Wheeler, Michael DeLue, Daniel Sprague, and Jessica Marshall presented on a new publication they helped found, Accent: The Gettysburg College Journal for the Languages.

Students Jackie Powell, Dana Meyer, Rene Romig, Amy Robandt, filmed a documentary about child cemetery workers while studying in Bolivia through the School for International Training.

The event also included an exhibition by senior Anukul Gurung, who devoted sales of his images to supporting a school in his home nation of Nepal.

In addition to the annual collquium, undergraduate research opportunities abound at Gettysburg College. A video shows some of the possibilities. Past projects are highlighted here.