Scholar, Mentor and Friend: College Community Reflects on Professor Peter Carmichael’s Legacy
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Professor Peter Carmichael, director of the Civil War Institute and professor of history, died on Sunday, July 21, due to complications from a respiratory illness. He was 58. Carmichael was a historian and Civil War scholar who published numerous works, including his most recent, “The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought and Survived in Civil War Armies.” The Civil War Institute at...
College Announces Death of Professor Peter Carmichael
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Civil War Institute director and history professor Peter Carmichael, 58, has died due to complications from a respiratory illness. President Bob Iuliano announced his death in an email to the campus community Sunday afternoon. Carmichael was a published author, renowned Civil War scholar and Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Era Studies at the College for 14 years. “Pete’s impact on...
Former Student Charged in 2013 Campus Sexual Assault to be Extradited to U.S., French Court Rules
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief A former Gettysburg College student currently detained in France on charges related to a rape allegedly committed in a campus dorm room in 2013 will be extradited to the United States, a French court ruled Monday. Ian Cleary, who attended Gettysburg College between 2011 and 2014, was detained in Metz, France in April after evading authorities for three years. He will be extradited to face...
War Ravaged Gettysburg 161 Years Ago. Here’s How the Battle Affected Students
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief July 1, 1863, at first, appeared to be a relatively normal day for students at Pennsylvania College, despite the Civil War inching closer and closer to the town. A number of students were still studying and attending classes at Pennsylvania College, the former name of Gettysburg College. Confederate forces had crossed the border into Pennsylvania and moved into Gettysburg in the days leading up to...
Carnegie Classification Recognizes Gettysburg College for Leadership in Public Purpose
By Vince DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief On Friday, the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education announced that Gettysburg College has been selected as one of 25 colleges and universities across the country recognized in their inaugural Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose. Selection is conducted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the American Council on Education and the Doerr...
Vice President of IT Rod Tosten to Retire at End of the Year
By Vince DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Rod Tosten, vice president of information technology and longtime member of Gettysburg College’s faculty, will retire at the end of the fall 2024 semester. The retirement was announced to the campus community in an email by President Bob Iuliano. “I’m writing today with the bittersweet news that Rod has decided to retire at the end of the fall 2024 semester,” wrote Iuliano. “Rod’s work on campus has...
