Breaking: Governor’s Order Will Prevent Students from Retrieving Belongings, But Students Approved to Stay Can Stay
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief An order from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf requiring the closure of all non-life sustaining businesses by 8:00 p.m. Thursday will require Gettysburg College to close. Students will no longer be able to return to campus to retrieve belongings, an email from Dean of Students Julie Ramsey said. Previously, the college had planned to be open through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. for students to move out of...
Spouse of College Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19, But Risk to Campus Remains Low, College Says
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Adams County’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease that stems from the coronavirus, is a college employee’s spouse, President Bob Iuliano said in an email to faculty and staff Thursday afternoon. The college emphasized that there is a “low level of risk” to those with whom the employee whose spouse was infected has been in contact, but, moving forward, the...
In Just Over 24 Hours, College Raises More Than $50,000 for Gettysburg College Student Emergency Fund
By Nicole DeJacimo, Investigations Editor As of 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 19, the college has raised $56,510 in an urgent push to fulfill over $50,000 in student requests over the past several weeks to the Gettysburg College Student Emergency Fund. The campaign, launched in an email to alumni Wednesday by Alumni Board of Director President Lauren Wise Bright ’90, aims to raise $75,000 to support student expenses associated...
In Facebook Live Town Hall, Iuliano Answers Questions About College’s Handling of Coronavirus
By Phoebe Doscher, News Editor President Bob Iuliano began Wednesday afternoon’s virtual town hall–his first live, public interaction since announcing Gettysburg College’s transition to remote learning for the remainder of the semester–alongside Vice President of College Life Darrien Davenport with an outpouring of gratitude for the campus community during the COVID-19 pandemic. He recalled a moment days earlier when he...
Five Tips from the Counseling Center About Emotional Wellness Amid the Coronavirus
By Phoebe Doscher, News Editor The Office of Counseling Services at Gettysburg College has cancelled all therapy appointments for the remainder of the semester in compliance with the College’s transition to remote learning. The Office will continue to offer students with mental support despite the inability to move to remote sessions or teletherapy “given ethical and legal restrictions on practice,” according to an email from Director...
A Note from the Editor: I’ve moved out for the last time. It sucks. But we’re not done yet.
To our readers: Earlier today, I returned to campus to clean out my room and office at The Gettysburgian. Truthfully, it was nothing short of gut-wrenching to pack four years worth of accumulated memories in about 90 minutes and leave campus without there even being anyone here to whom I could say a final goodbye. A semester that was cruising along as the highlight of my college career has suddenly hit a brick wall, and there is...
