Financial Restraints, New Major Proposals Covered at First Faculty Meeting
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Faculty and administrators met for the first faculty meeting of the academic year on Thursday afternoon, discussing the College’s strategic direction, new major proposals and welcoming new faculty. Provost Jamila Bookwala first explained that President Bob Iuliano would be unable to attend in-person as he recently tested positive for COVID-19. Iuliano joined the meeting through Zoom. Iuliano...
College Launches ‘Conversations for Change’ Initiative with Ballroom Lecture
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Rajiv Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, spoke on the first day of classes in the College Union Building Ballroom, the first major event part of the College’s new “Conversations for Change” initiative launched this semester. Conversations for Change, stylized as C4C, seeks to decrease political polarization and create constructive dialogue among Gettysburg students and...
Campus Safety Warns of Black Bear On Campus
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief A black bear was spotted on campus Tuesday morning, near Pennsylvania Hall. Campus Safety issued a warning asking students to stay indoors and to not approach the animal, before saying the bear had left campus. Video posted online appears to show a black bear roaming campus. “Campus safety has been notified of a black bear on the main section of campus near Penn Hall. Please do not approach the...
First-Year Walk Held for the Class of 2028
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief The class of 2028 became the latest students to partake in the first-year walk, a Gettysburg tradition tracing back to November of 1863, when College students walked through town to hear Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Annually since 2003, students have retraced those students’ steps, walking down Carlisle Street, through the Gettysburg borough and to Gettysburg National Cemetery, where...
Class of 2028 Welcomed to Campus at Convocation Ceremony
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Gettysburg College welcomed the class of 2028 in the Opening Convocation ceremony, held Wednesday afternoon on Pennsylvania Hall’s north lawn. The College Convocation Band played the opening prelude to the ceremony. The processional was led by Professor Michael Birkner. Director of Religious and Spiritual Life and College Chaplain Bright delivered the invocation and land acknowledgement. Next,...
