The Dedication of Academic Administrative Assistants
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief Each department at Gettysburg College has an academic administrative assistant who performs secretarial, clerical, supervisory and administrative services for the faculty members and students in their department. Some of the work that academic administrative assistants complete includes greeting incoming students, faculty and visitors to the department, submitting payment requests for vendors,...
An Email from Residential Education Details the Off-Campus Housing Process
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief Residential Education sent an email to students today detailing information regarding the availability of off-campus housing for the 2024-25 academic year. The email began by detailing Gettysburg College’s belief that living on campus is integral to the campus community: “The College requires all full-time students to live on-campus during their four undergraduate years at Gettysburg. The four-year...
Investigating the Total Compensations of Gettysburg College Administration Members
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief & Ella Prieto, Managing & News Editor The faculty meeting on Nov. 16 heavily dealt with a review of Gettysburg College’s financial compensation for faculty. This review found that the average salaries for assistant professors, associate professors and professors are below the College’s peer institutions, and the administration stated that faculty compensation is not where they want it to...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: Nov. 16, 2023
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Iuliano began Thursday’s faculty meeting by recognizing numerous faculty members that had recently received accolades or published new work. Iuliano then detailed his experience on the November budget retreat. He shared that the College remains on track to balance the budget on a cash-basis this year. Iuliano also mentioned that the projections for structural deficits have effectively...
Unraveling the Strategic Direction
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief Gettysburg College is currently facing budgetary pressures that have caused them to make and propose decisions that have elicited strong reactions from faculty and students. In an interview with The Gettysburgian, President Bob Iuliano explained that the administration has launched a new strategic planning process, which causes the administration to determine what resources best enhance the student...
