Campus Community Gathers to Remember Sara Gifford
By Sophie Lange, News Editor On Thursday, the Gettysburg College campus community held a Service of Remembrance for Assistant Director of International Student Services Sara Gifford in Christ Chapel. Gifford, 35, passed away on Dec. 22 as a result of an automobile accident. In addition to her work with the Office of International Student Services, she was also a Ph.D. candidate at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the English...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: Jan. 25, 2024
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Iuliano began the faculty meeting on Thursday by welcoming faculty members back from winter break before turning the discussion to this year’s admissions progress. Admissions Update The deadline for general applications for the Class of 2028 was Jan. 15. For the second year in a row, Gettysburg College has received a record number of applications with over 8,100 applicants....
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...
Problem of the Week: Spring 2024, Number 1
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 Campus Community Receives News of College Employee’s Passing
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief This afternoon, President Bob Iuliano sent an email to the campus community detailing the untimely passing of Assistant Director of International Student Services Sara Gifford. The College became aware of the news earlier this morning. “She died as a result of an automobile accident on Friday, December 22,” Iuliano wrote. “The news has come as a shock to our entire community, including her fellow...
Editorial: On Crafting the Academic Environment
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board Colleges and universities are institutions that are meant to guide humanity into the future. Ideas—new and old—are exchanged, discussed, studied and analyzed in the pursuit of knowledge. The nature of academia is inherently divisive because of its role as a place for contradicting views and ideas to be challenged. This divisiveness is by design—existing knowledge, opinions and theories are meant to...
