In season two, episode twenty-four of “On Target,” the season finale, we sit down with Gettysburg’s retiring president, Janet Morgan Riggs ’77. She reflects on her time at the college, and we learn more about what “unfinished work” she believes lies ahead for her alma mater. Then, Pontz and Mangala debrief the semester and share their own reflections on where Gettysburg College stands and where we are headed.
Bullet Points
Interview with Janet Morgan Riggs (0:30)
Semester debrief (23:35)
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Author: Benjamin Pontz
Benjamin Pontz '20 served as Editor-in-Chief of The Gettysburgian from 2018 until 2020, Managing News Editor from 2017 until 2018, News Editor in the spring of 2017, and Staff Writer during the fall of 2016. During his tenure, he wrote 232 articles. He led teams that won two first place Keystone Press Awards for ongoing news coverage (once of Bob Garthwait's resignation, and the other of Robert Spencer's visit to campus) and was part of the team that wrote a first-place trio of editorials in 2018. He also received recognition for a music review he wrote in 2019. A political science and public policy major with a music minor, he graduated in May of 2020 and will pursue a master's degree in public policy on a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Manchester before enrolling in law school.
