Problem of the Week: Spring 2024, Number 5
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest....
Problem of the Week: Spring 2024, Number 4
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest....
The 26th PCG: Connecting Gettysburg College to the Past
By Laurel Bennett, Features Editor The 26th Pennsylvania College Guard club (26th PCG/PCG) gives members the opportunity to attend Civil War reenactments and living history events around Gettysburg and at National Park sites. The club draws its name from the Pennsylvania College students who served their nation during the American Civil War and put their studies on hold. Each semester, the 26th PCG attends one to two events that allow...
Problem of the Week: Spring 2024, Number 3
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest....
Problem of the Week: Spring 2024, Number 2
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest....
Gettysburg College Professors Create Free Open Spanish Textbooks
By Theodore Szpakowski ’24, Contributing Writer Last year, four Gettysburg College Spanish professors worked to create a set of textbooks that would better meet student needs in the areas of curriculum and cost. As a result, students in Spanish 101 and 102 saved a combined total of $46,762 from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023. The professors have found that some textbooks do not cover all the course materials or cover some poorly, and this in...
