A Note from the Editor: Reflections on Year One
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief The world has a strange way of humbling people. Last May, I took over as editor-in-chief of The Gettysburgian brimming with confidence and excitement about what the future would hold. I had inherited leadership of a newspaper whose organizational structure and capacity I had helped build, but whose focus and temperament I knew needed to be refined. One year later, it has become clear that, as much...
The Business Major: What Happened?
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Listen to this story: https://gettysburgian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bp-reading-business-major-story_mixdown.mp3 At the Feb. 2, 2006 meeting of the Gettysburg College faculty, then-Provost Dan DeNicola announced that the college had a problem. The Carnegie Foundation, which classifies colleges and universities nationwide, had announced that its subsequent classifications would include...
Live Coverage: The Class of 2019 Graduates
Staff Report This article will be updated throughout the day. For live updates, follow us on Twitter. THREAD: Updates on Commencement … follow along here #gburg2019 — The Gettysburgian (@GCgettysburgian) May 19, 2019 View...
Board Releases Renaming Principles, Forms Committee to Weigh Garthwait
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief The Board of Trustees approved a policy entitled “Policy for Renaming Principles and Process” over the weekend, Board Chair David Brennan ’75 announced in a campus-wide email disseminated Sunday afternoon. The principles were proposed to the Board by an advisory group composed of trustees, faculty, staff, and students. That group, chaired by Trustee Richard Scheff ’77, held a...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: May 2, 2019
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief 364 days after she informed the faculty of her plan to retire after the 2018-19 academic year, President Janet Morgan Riggs was the subject of two valedictory speeches and a faculty resolution — and was serenaded with a surprise musical presentation from Camerata — at the final faculty meeting of the academic year. Management Department Withdraws Business Major Motion Prior to the...
