Amid Pandemic, First-Year Class Size Drops Lowest in Recent Memory
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief In 2018, 748 students matriculated at Gettysburg with their sights on being members of the class of 2022. This past fall, just two years later, that number dropped by more than 14 percent. There are 640 students in the current first-year cohort. “At our highpoint, in 2013, we had slightly more than 2,700 students enrolled,” Iuliano said in an address to the campus community on Oct. 29. “This...
The Spring Semester and Beyond: 10 Takeaways From Our Conversation With President Iuliano
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief With the start of a new semester during a pandemic comes a host of new challenges along with opportunities for improvement. Here are ten takeaways after sitting down, albeit virtually, with President Bob Iuliano. 1. Approximately 60 percent of the student body is currently on campus. This percentage accounts for students across all class years. 2. The college will prioritize...
Nine Students Test Positive For COVID-19, Six Sent Home For Violating Arrival Quarantine Protocols
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief In an email sent out this evening, the Gettysburg College community learned that nine students tested positive for the coronavirus in the initial round of testing during the three day move-in period for the spring semester. According to the COVID-19 dashboard a total of 1,415 on-campus tests were administered, pushing the positivity rate to approximately 0.6 percent among the residential cohort. ...
J. Carey Thompson Announced as Incoming VP for Enrollment and Educational Services
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief and Phoebe Doscher, Magazine Editor On Monday afternoon, President Bob Iuliano announced that J. Carey Thompson would serve as the next Vice President for Enrollment and Educational Services beginning July 1. Thompson, formerly Vice President for Enrollment and Communications and Dean of Admission at Rhodes College, replaces Barbara Fritze, who assumed the position in 2001 and announced her...
What We Learned From the Fall: Unpacking Gettysburg College’s COVID-19 Response
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief On June 22, President Iuliano announced that Gettysburg College would reopen for an in-person fall semester after closing in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By the time students were made aware of this plan to return to the residential model, intensive preparation was already well underway. The move-in process began in mid-August, and it seemed as though every aspect and inch of the college...
