Commencement Postponed
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor President Bob Iuliano announced Monday that Commencement, originally set for May 17, has been postponed. With the switch to remote learning due to health concerns around the coronavirus, questions had arisen about the status of Commencement. Now, Iuliano has addressed that, leaving space for questions about what this then means for seniors who may still wish to receive their diplomas in front of...
Students Scramble to Move Out Before Campus Closure
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor On Monday, March 16, Gettysburg College sent out a notification that classes will be delivered remotely for the rest of the semester. Students are expected to clear out their on-campus housing by Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. For out-of-state students, this news creates a concern about how they will retrieve their belongings from their homes, potentially across the country, if flying is too...
Gettysburg Students Petition to Come Back to Campus, Others Argue Return is Unsafe
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor Delaney Etzkorn ‘23 has formed a petition asking for Gettysburg College to allow students to return to campus at the end of the extended Spring Break. The petition outlined a number of reasons students should be permitted to return, including that campus has better internet access than rural areas that students may come from and that students with learning disabilities may struggle in online...
With Virtual Instruction Looming, Faculty Prepare to Adjust Courses on the Fly
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor Gettysburg College has not yet decided whether classes will resume in person or online come March 23, but members of the faculty are preparing for the possibility of remote instruction. While the lack of personal interactions would upend one of the pillars of a residential liberal arts college, the faculty is drawing on lessons learned from the past several summers of online hybrid instruction...
Students Await More News As Spring Break is Extended
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor After the college announced yesterday that it would extend spring break through March 22, many Gettysburg College students are wondering what this means for the rest of the semester. Among these concerns is the larger question of what remote teaching could mean for all students, but especially those who are international students, involved in courses that cannot easily transition online, or...
