4/30 Faculty Meeting: Concluding Meeting of the 2025-26 Academic Year
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief President’s Report President Bob Iuliano began the final faculty meeting of the academic year with an admissions update, sharing that the data is strong, particularly on the domestic side. This is especially important as international interest in American colleges has decreased due to federal policy. He stressed that there is still more work to do, but that he is proud of the work by the admissions...
Bishruti Rijal Selected as 2026 Student Commencement Speaker
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, Senior Class President Aynsley Lane ’26 announced Bishruti Rijal ’26 as the Student Commencement Speaker via email. “We had many great candidates in the running, but we are confident that [Rijal] will be a great speaker with her excellent leadership and academic skills,” wrote Lane. Rijal is an international student from Kathmandu, Nepal, graduating with a major in...
4/16 Faculty Meeting: Two Policy Proposals Passed, Possible Data Science Major Presented
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief The first 20 minutes of the Faculty Meeting were a closed, faculty-only discussion. The rest of the meeting was open as usual. Proposed Change in Policy for Soliciting External Evaluator Letters The faculty revisited the proposal to make the Provost’s Office responsible for soliciting letters from external evaluators of tenure requests and providing those letters to evaluation committee members...
Gettysburg College Forms Office of Campus Life to Streamline Student Experience
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief Last semester, student staff of the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) and Residential Education (ResEd) were alerted via email that the two offices were merging into an Office of Campus Life. It featured a forwarded email by Vice President for College Life Anne Ehrlich, where she stated, “This strategic integration reflects a fundamental truth about the student experience:...
4/9 Faculty Meeting: Proposed Policy Changes and Study Abroad Working Group Update
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief President’s Report President Iuliano began the faculty meeting by reminding everyone that Get Acquainted Day (GAD) will take place this coming Saturday. The event has had the largest number of registrants in four years. “If you have a chance to be on campus Saturday, strike up a conversation with a prospective student and their family,” urged Iuliano. “This is a really important opportunity to help...
