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Transformative Leaders Fellowship positions Gettysburg College as global leader in peace and justice

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:19:48 -0500

Following a week of intensive reflection, discussion, and collaborative ideation, Gettysburg College's inaugural Peace and Justice Transformative Leadership Fellows return to their spheres of the world-from Arizona to New York, Canada to the ca...

Amy Cantrell '22: Journey to Gettysburg

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:21:16 -0500

Amy Cantrell '22 arrived at Gettysburg College on move-in day in the fall of 2019 without ever visiting. The cross country and track and field junior transfer grew up on the west coast but wanted to branch out and try something completely new. ...

Meem Noshin Nawal Khan '24: Sparking change through chemistry and writing

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:32:01 -0500

In the fall of 2020, Meem Noshin Nawal Khan '24 started her Gettysburg College experience from her home in Bangladesh. A year later, as the COVID-19 pandemic improved, the chemistry major found a home on campus, spending most of her time in a S...

Amanda Oross '22 invited to present at Johns Hopkins' research symposium

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:54:27 -0500

Amanda Oross '22 participated in the 2020 Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium hosted by Johns Hopkins Kreiger School of Arts & Sciences in April. The symposium is invitation only and provides students from a...

Chris Lough '22 on how historical research satisfies your global ambition

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:42:08 -0500

How can you satisfy your global ambition at Gettysburg College? The answer might be studying abroad, but for Chris Lough '22, who has yet to leave the country, opportunities abound right on Gettysburg's campus to reach new heights acros...

The power of intellectual curiosity for Casey Ottaway '22

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:31:49 -0500

Two years ago, Casey Ottaway '22 found himself 13 hours from home as an engineering student at a public university. Eager to change his major and itching to be closer to home, Ottaway fell in love with the environment of intellectual depth and ...

In Her Words: Merlyn Maldonado Lopez '22 curates art exhibition for Sentinel anniversary

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:51:56 -0500

As part of the Kolbe Fellows Program last summer, Merlyn Maldonado Lopez '22 curated the art exhibition, "Martin Puryear: 40 Years Since Sentinel." The exhibit, which was on display at the Gettysburg College Schmucker Art Gallery earlier this s...

Dystopian fantasy novel written by first-time author Andrew Casher '24 explores meaning of life

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:32:10 -0400

English major and newly-published author Andrew Casher '24 remembers going to the library when he was younger and finding a book that truly piqued his interest: "Silver" by Chris Wooding, a children's book about a silver beetle that turned peop...

Local Students Named to the Gettysburg College Dean's List for Spring 2021

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:15:41 -0400

Gettysburg College students take pride in their work, and we are likewise proud to announce their recent academic achievements. Students whose semester averages were 3.6 or above were recently placed on the Dean's Honor List. Th...

Local Students on Dean's Commendation List at Gettysburg College for Spring 2021

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:14:41 -0400

Gettysburg College students take pride in their work, and we are likewise proud to announce their recent academic achievements. Students with a quality point average in the range of 3.300 to 3.599 for a semester's work were recently pla...

Internship introduces aspiring author Rachel Ruffner '23 to a different kind of storytelling

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:05:33 -0400

Rachel Ruffner '23 is a storyteller at heart. She loves how a well-crafted piece of writing can transport readers to a completely different world. She gets lost in the dark, and at times, the chilling words of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King-t...

Jaeger Held '22 selected as a 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Society Key into Public Service Scholar

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:24:17 -0400

In early June, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's most prestigious academic honor society, selected history major Jaeger Held '22 as one of its 2021 Key into Public Service Scholars. Held is also pursuing minors in civil war era studies, ...

TEDxYouth speaker Elijah Jones '24 advocates for diversity, inclusion, and kindness in education

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:19:53 -0400

Elijah Jones '24 has been a social justice advocate since he was a child. He's used his voice to stand up for himself, for others, and educate those who see the world through a veil of ignorance. Like many of his passionate Gettysburg C...

Matthew Feldstein '21: pursuing a passion for public policy and national security

Fri, 07 May 2021 11:09:14 -0400

Gettysburg College is a place where many students discover their true passions and how they will leverage their passions to make a difference in the world. For Matthew Feldstein '21, who is a political science and public policy double major, hi...

Two students win prestigious awards from the American Chemical Society

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:39:58 -0400

Every summer, with the support from the Cross-Interdisciplinary Science Institute (X-SIG), Gettysburg College faculty members and students conduct many collaborative research projects. Those research projects expand across academic areas includ...

Haley Shultz '21 is leading a new public policy newsletter, informing the community on law updates

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:58:44 -0500

With the help of a grant from the Adams County Bar Foundation, Gettysburg's Public Policy Program is distributing a new victims' rights and criminal justice newsletter to local attorneys, to help keep them in the know of evolving law. I...

Local Students on Dean's Commendation List at Gettysburg College for Fall 2020

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:37:54 -0500

Local Students Named to the Gettysburg College Dean's List for Fall 2020

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:36:58 -0500

Two Gettysburg College students are awarded prestigious Gilman Scholarship to study abroad

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:23:32 -0500

Opportunities to learn and grow exist around every corner for Gettysburg College students, from extracurricular activities on campus, to community-based learning, and the valuable global perspective offered through studying abroad-a Gettysburg ...

Jaeger Held '23 served as Montana's youngest delegate for the 2020 DNC

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:26:00 -0500

When he was seven years old, Jaeger Held '23 visited Washington, D.C., for the first time. It was the winter of 2008-09, shortly after Barack Obama was elected president. The air was crisp, and all around him, the excitement was palpable. Seven...

Srey Nich Vunn '22: A global citizen with a passion for social change

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:15:43 -0500

At Gettysburg College, our students are given the opportunity to explore new subjects and perspectives and tap into experiences that challenge them to think critically and reflexively. International student Srey Nich Vunn '22 who flew to the U....

Art as activism: Schmucker Art Gallery exhibits explore how art has been a canvas for change throughout history

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:13:35 -0500

Throughout history, forms of artistic expression have served a dually reactive and proactive purpose-being an outlet to reflect on the past and present and project toward a different and better future. Today, it can be seen in action across soc...

Local Students on Dean's Commendation List at Gettysburg College

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:27:32 -0500

Local Students Named to the Gettysburg College Dean's List

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:14:22 -0500

X-SIG goes virtual: 35 students, 15 faculty conducted remote research this summer

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:36:24 -0400

At Gettysburg College, creative thinking is more than a skill taught in the classroom. It's cultivated in everyday life and evident in the various hands-on learning opportunities available to students, such as student-faculty research. ...