First Senate Meeting: Update to Agenda, Quan Outlines Expectation of Respect
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief On Monday night, Student Senate held their first meeting of the semester with the new executive board. After President Syd Quan ’22 called the meeting to order, Secretary Evelyn Datte ’24 took roll. Quan started by instructing the group to maintain a level of general respect during Senate meetings. “I absolutely respect your different opinions, and you’re allowed to have your...
COVID-19 Update: One Student and Three Employees Test Positive
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief Since students began arriving on campus, one student has tested positive and three employees have tested positive for COVID-19. The College will continue to monitor levels of transmission; the mask mandate remains in effect and will be re-evaluated weekly. “We will provide an update next week based on campus positivity rates and other indicators as the term’s activities begin,” Dean of...
Center for Public Service Sponsors 28th Annual GIV Day for Class of 2025
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief On the Friday of First-Year Orientation, first-year students had the option to give back to their new community through the Center for Public Service’s (CPS) Gettysburg is Volunteering (GIV) Day. The event lasted from the morning through the afternoon, with students dispersed at various community partners throughout town to have a hands-on service experience. Students began in the Ballroom with a...
Class of 2025 Steps Into Gettysburg Tradition with First-Year Walk
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief and Katie Oglesby, Magazine Editor On Thursday, Aug. 26, the Class of 2025 participated in the First-Year Walk, beginning in the Chapel and ending at the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The tradition is 17 years in the making, hearkening back to the 1863 trek to the Cemetery where students, faculty, and members of the community heard Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. The first-year class...
Class of 2025 Enters Gettysburg Community in Opening Convocation
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief and Katie Oglesby, Magazine Editor On Wednesday, Aug. 25, Gettysburg College welcomed first-year students and families for the 190th Convocation for the Class of 2025, in-person outside of Pennsylvania Hall. It began with words from Orientation Coordinator Kayla Julio ’22, who read the Land Acknowledgement Statement, a new addition to the convocation tradition. Julio advised the first-year class to...
Move-In Day for the Class of 2025
Photos by Aly Wein, Director of Photography Yesterday morning, members of the Class of 2025 and their families moved in to their dorms. Resident Assistants, Orientation Leaders, staff members, and volunteers greeted the newest class of students and carried their belongings into their new home for the next four years. Follow along for highlights from move-in:
