Implementing New Academic Programs: Finance, Public Health Policy and Communication Studies
By Brandon Fey, News Editor Gettysburg College has begun offering new academic programs in public health policy, finance and communication studies. Beginning this fall semester 2025, students have the option of pursuing curricula toward these majors. The finance and public health policy programs were approved by a faculty vote on Sept. 26, 2024, and the communication studies program was approved at a meeting the following March. ...
Award Recipients at the 2025 Fall Honors Day
Compiled by Mika Klubis, Contributing Writer Dr. Ralph Cavaliere Endowed Teaching Award: Lindsey Reid Seniors Elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Michael Aaron Anne Bolenbaugh Marisia Conners Dylann Eck Mary Huegel Maria Kardash Carissa Mobley Alice Nguyen Trang Pham Rebecca Ruggles Hassler Latin Prize: Alice Nguyen Muhlenberg First Year Student Prize: Margaret Hunter Samuel Garver Greek Prize: Natalie Hughes Samuel Garver Latin...
Gettysburg’s Approaching Mayoral Election and What it Means for the Borough
By Brandon Fey, News Editor This Nov. 4, Gettysburg voters will decide whether to re-elect the incumbent Mayor Rita Freeling as part of the 2025 Municipal General Election. Mayor Frealing is challenged by Councilman Chad-Alan Carr, who holds the at-large seat of the Gettysburg Borough Council. Carr defeated Frealing in the Democratic Primary in May, after receiving 268 votes compared to Frealing’s 237. However, Frealing was able to...
Classics Department Rebrands as Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
By Brandon Fey, News Editor The Department of Classics at Gettysburg College has officially rebranded itself as the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies. The department held its annual fall welcome party on Sept. 24 in Weidensall Hall for returning and interested students, where faculty discussed the change and the trajectory of the department going forward. The renaming was inspired by a motivation to underscore the...
EI Concludes Democracy Week with “Join or Die” Film Screening
By Brandon Fey, News Editor The Eisenhower Institute (EI) concluded its fourth annual “Democracy Week” programming with a film screening of Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary “Join or Die: A Film About Why You Should Join a Club.” This was held in the Mara Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m. Director of the Eisenhower Institute Tracie Potts delivered some opening remarks about the value of civic participation and encouraged...
