Opinion: How Should the College Heal from the Pandemic?
Compiled by George Malian, Opinions Editor We asked faculty, staff, and students how they think the College should move forward from the pandemic. Here’s what they had to say: Hakim Williams, Professor of Africana Studies and Peace and Justice Studies “I think that healing will look differently for different aspects of the community. I think that it’s important that faculty, and many already do this, be increasingly welcoming to...
Back to School in Photos
Photos by Aly Wein, Director of Photography Students settle into campus for the fall 2021 semester in person. This article originally appeared on pages 20–22 of the September 24, 2021 edition of The Gettysburgian’s magazine.
Infographic: The Class of 2025 in Numbers
This infographic originally appeared on page 7 of the September 24, 2021 edition of The Gettysburgian’s magazine.
Dining Services Short-Staffed and Under-Resourced Due to COVID
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief Gettysburg College’s Dining Services has faced delays and shortages with food supply in addition to being under-staffed as a result of the pandemic. Executive Director of Auxiliary Services Mike Bishop explained the implications of these challenges and ways that the department has adjusted their operations with all students back on campus this semester. Hiring Challenges Over-Burden Current Staff...
A “New Normal”: The Impact of COVID on Students
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor and Katie Oglesby, Magazine Editor Following the spring 2021 semester and the announcement that the fall semester would be fully in-person, President Bob Iuliano emailed the rising sophomore, junior, and senior classes with class-specific notes about the path their education would take over their next years on campus in what he anticipated would be “far more traditional in nature.” Institutions of...
A Note from the Editor: On Community
I’m writing this to you from my on-campus apartment with my three roommates after attending a meeting in the Gettysburgian office to work on this magazine, an in-person class with nearly every seat filled, and an in-person rush event for Alpha Phi Omega. While I was on campus last semester, my daily schedule looked a lot different. Twice a week, I went to my one in-person class while half of the students stared back at us on a...
