Office of Multicultural Engagement Moves into New Space
By Sarah Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer As part of its commitment to create an inclusive environment on campus, the Office of Multicultural Engagement (OME) is settling into a newly renovated space on 102 West Water Street. The building, which previously housed groups including the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the International Student program, is now known as Mosaic House. It includes a classroom, full kitchen, laundry room, and spacious...
Holocaust Survivor David Tuck Speaks at Gettysburg
By Sarah Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer When Hannah Labovitz ’21 first began searching for a Holocaust survivor to speak on campus, the prospects seemed slim. She tried contacting the Holocaust Awareness Museum in Philadelphia over the summer, but few of the aging speakers they worked with were able to make the 2-and-a-half-hour drive to Gettysburg. A Google search led her to David Tuck, a Levittown resident with an extraordinary story of...
Counseling Services Offers New Online Mental Health Resources
By Sarah Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer As student demand for mental health resources grows on campus and nationwide, Gettysburg College Counseling Services has added two new online self-help programs to their website. The first of these programs, Therapist Assisted Online (TAO), is a software designed to help users with moderate anxiety or other mental illnesses to manage their emotional wellbeing through psychoeducation and guided...
Wind Symphony Will Go “Live! On Air” at Family Concert Friday
By Sarah Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer On Friday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m., the Gettysburg College Wind Symphony will take the stage for one of its most unique performances yet. The musicians will play a series of pop songs, each representing a different genre, that a listener might hear while on flipping through the radio stations. Student workgroups collaborated with conductor and former radio disc jockey Dr. Russell McCutcheon to...
Twilight Hour Welcomes Gettysburg Class of 2021 into Alumni Network
By Sarah Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer As members of the Gettysburg Class of 2021 paraded from the ballroom to Pennsylvania Hall Friday evening, they officially became part of a network of 28,000 Gettysburg alumni that came before them. This annual tradition, known as the Twilight Hour, took place on Friday, January 27 at 6:30 pm. The evening began in the CUB ballroom where professors, alumni board members, and student representatives...
