Gettysburg College Forms Office of Campus Life to Streamline Student Experience
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief Last semester, student staff of the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) and Residential Education (ResEd) were alerted via email that the two offices were merging into an Office of Campus Life. It featured a forwarded email by Vice President for College Life Anne Ehrlich, where she stated, “This strategic integration reflects a fundamental truth about the student experience:...
A Note from the Editor: On Human Connection through Communication
By Sophie Lange, Managing Editor It is hard to believe we are over halfway through the spring semester, and as a senior, I am certain I am not alone in saying that my time at Gettysburg feels far shorter than four years. In many ways, I feel as though I just got here, and yet, in less than two months, the Class of 2026 will walk through Pennsylvania Hall and emerge as graduates. As my final semester at Gettysburg draws to a close, I...
The Crossword Answers, February 2026 No. 3 Issue
This crossword originally appeared on page 23 of the No. 3 February edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. Created by Cassidy Haines, Magazine...
Portrait of a Graduate: How Mastery Learning Interacts with Higher Education
By William Oehler, Director of Photography The enduring sentiment of Gettysburg College’s education as “consequential” creates an objective for every professor and student alike; but how does this ideal exist beyond the classrooms of college, into the halls and schools that lead us to Gettysburg’s hallowed grounds? In the 1950s, Benjamin S. Bloom, alongside a group of educators, formalized the idea of Mastery-Based Learning...
Making Her Mark: Fifty Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony
On Wednesday, Jan. 28, the Schmucker Art Gallery welcomed independent scholar Bruce Weber for a dialogue and a reception to officially open his curated exhibition titled “Making Her Mark: Fifty Women Artists of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony.” In addition to Weber’s work, the display was also supported by two student researchers from the Art History department, Adrianna Ashcraft ’26 and Audrey Blazsak ’27. Introduced by the...
The Next GR8 Era of Gettysburg Football: Meet Head Coach Michael Green
By Caitlin Rubsamen, Sports Editor After a 7-43 record over the past four seasons, Athletic Director Troy Dell felt that a change of personnel was needed within the football program in the form of a new head coach. Dell gathered a committee with two members of the Board of Trustees, two Athletic Department administrators, an Admissions representative, a member of the faculty, a representative from the College’s advancement team,...
