Implementing New Academic Programs: Finance, Public Health Policy and Communication Studies
By Brandon Fey, News Editor Gettysburg College has begun offering new academic programs in public health policy, finance and communication studies. Beginning this fall semester 2025, students have the option of pursuing curricula toward these majors. The finance and public health policy programs were approved by a faculty vote on Sept. 26, 2024, and the communication studies program was approved at a meeting the following March. ...
A Note from the Editor: On Change and Discovery
By Sophie Lange, Managing Editor Growing up, I always loved writing. It did not matter if it was creative, academic, or otherwise; I simply loved putting words down on paper and being able to tell a story. I have a distinct memory of my fourth-grade English teacher encouraging this passion, and little did she or I know, I would go on to become the Managing Editor of my college’s newspaper. When I first arrived at Gettysburg, I truly...
The Crossword Answers, October 2025 No. 1 Issue
This crossword originally appeared on page 23 of the No. 1 October 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. Created by Cassidy Haines, Magazine Editor ...
Postcard from Abroad: Walking (And Walking, And Walking) With Wordsworth
By Aubrey Mandichak, Guest Writer LANCASTER, ENGLAND – “I resolved to write a journal of the time till W & J return, & I set about keeping my resolve because I will not quarrel with myself, & because I shall give Wm Pleasure by it when he comes home again.” The above is an excerpt from the first entry of The Grasmere Journal, Dorothy Wordsworth’s account of living with her brother, William Wordsworth, in the...
Full Circle: Gettysburg Alum Brings Corporate Experience to Campus Leadership
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief On the second day of classes for the 2025-26 academic year, Gettysburg College President Bob Iuliano announced that Vice President for Enrollment and Educational Services (EES) Carey Thompson had stepped down from the role after four years. While Thompson’s title may not be easily categorized for many, he oversaw the College’s admissions, financial aid, institutional analysis, intercollegiate athletics...
Schmucker Art Gallery: Yesterday on Display
By Cassidy Haines, Magazine Editor At Gettysburg College, almost all of our arts and music programs are housed in Schmucker Hall. Named for the College’s founder, Samuel Simon Schmucker, the building is home to the renowned Sunderman Conservatory of Music as well as the Schmucker Art Gallery, where student curators and international contemporary artists alike can view their work in a formally artistic setting. Although the building...
