Weekly Event Roundup: October 21 – 26, 2019
By Maura Breth, Staff Writer Monday, Oct. 21: Responsible Business: Capitalism in the 21st Century Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in Mara Auditorium, Masters Hall Join Dr. R. Edward Freeman, Elis and Signe Olsson Professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business This lecture will focus on principles that undergird the new story of business that is emerging, which include the importance of purpose and stakeholders a more robust...
Newman Lecture: Michael Moreland on Religious Liberty and First Amendment Rights
By Phoebe Doscher, News Editor Dr. Michael Moreland presented in CUB 260 Thursday night on the intersection between religion and politics for the Annual Newman Lecture presented by the Newman Association and Catholic Campus Ministry. Moreland is the University Professor of Law and Religion and the Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion, and Public Policy at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law....
14th Annual Gondwe Lecture: Léonce Ndikumana Presents on Capital Flight and Debt in Africa
By Phoebe Doscher, News Editor Mara Auditorium was almost filled to capacity on Thursday evening for the 14th annual Derrick K. Gondwe Memorial Lecture on Social and Economic Justice, co-sponsored by the Africana Studies Program, the Department of Economics, and the Events Planning and Coordinating Committee. This year, Distinguished Chair and Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Léonce Ndikumana presented...
Review: Gettysburg Hosts the World Premiere of Susan Russell’s Twin Hearts
This slideshow requires JavaScript. By Phoebe Doscher, News Editor I bundled up in four layers of clothing on Friday night to brave the brisk, fall weather and attend a performance of Gettysburg College Theatre Arts Professor Susan Russell’s original play Twin Hearts, in its world premiere weekend at the Gettysburg Community Theatre. But the cast, along with Russell herself, who starred as Helen Keller’s mother Kate and managed the...
Robert W. Iuliano Installed as Gettysburg’s 15th President
By Nicole DeJacimo and Phoebe Doscher Robert W. Iuliano was installed as Gettysburg College’s 15th president on the Beachem Portico in front of Penn Hall this Saturday. Students, alumni, family, and Gettysburg community members filled the white fold-out chairs in the hot sun during the ceremony and fanned themselves with their programs while others rested in the shade on the library steps. For those who could not bear the...