Faculty Meeting News and Notes: September 1, 2022
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief Takeaways The College met its admissions goals for class size and revenue with the Class of 2026. The Class of 2026 has 85 international students. The College has begun searches to fill nine tenure track positions in all three divisions. The College is set to end the year with a balanced budget on a cash basis, and is making progress on stabilizing the budget without needing to lay any employees...
Campus Safety Sends out Campus-Wide Alert about Residence Hall Security Incidents
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief On Saturday, Executive Director of Campus Safety Alex Wiltz sent out a campus-wide email alerting the college community to two student reports of individuals forcing their way into different first-year residence hall rooms they don’t live in nor were authorized to be in. In one instance, the exterior door of the residence hall was damaged. Wiltz said they have rekeyed the rooms and the exterior door...
Class of 2026 First-Year Walk Takes New Route Through Town
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief The annual First-Year Walk took place on Wednesday. The Class of 2026 walked a new route toward the Gettysburg National Cemetery for the recitation of the Gettysburg Address and speeches from students and faculty. The new route took students primarily along South Washington Street, rather than Baltimore Street as it previously had. Instead of the speeches and recitation being in the Gettysburg...
Provost Search Moves Beyond First Round of Interviews
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, President Bob Iuliano provided the campus community with an update to the search for a new provost. Iuliano said that the first round of interviews was a success, and now the candidates have moved to the next stage: visiting campus. “We had some hard choices—the position has attracted a deep and diverse pool of talented teacher-scholars with many years of administrative experience,”...
Gettysburg College Welcomes the Class of 2026 in the 191st Opening Convocation Ceremony
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, Gettysburg College welcomed the Class of 2026 for the 191st Opening Convocation Ceremony. The ceremony began with Chaplin Bright giving the Land Acknowledgement Statement and leading guests in prayer. Student speaker and Student Senate President Miranda Zamora ’23 began her speech by discussing her experience at Gettysburg College and the steps she took to become more involved on campus,...
