{"id":3851,"date":"2015-06-01T10:25:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2015-06-01T10:43:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:43:35","slug":"e-town-in-the-news-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2015\/06\/01\/e-town-in-the-news-may-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"E-town in the News: May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michael Long<\/strong>, associate professor of religious studies and director of Peace and Conflict Studies, discussed his book <em>Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers<\/em> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.witf.org\/smart-talk\/2015\/05\/smart-talk-was-children-tv-icon-fred-rogers-a-radical-czech-and-sloak-journalists-visit.php\" target=\"_blank\">WITF\u2019s Radio Smart Talk<\/a> and in an <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/features\/entertainment\/elizabethtown-professor-s-book-outlines-mr-rogers-vision-of-peace\/article_615e41a8-f5d4-11e4-aab0-3b8d7508b897.html\" target=\"_blank\">LNP article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Cramer<\/strong>, vice president for enrollment, spoke to LNP about the dynamics of the incoming class of first-year students in the article <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/elizabethtown\/news\/class-of-takes-shape-at-elizabethtown-college\/article_1547f6d6-f9c8-11e4-9572-3fb94151c5df.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cClass of 2019 takes shape at Elizabethtown College.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean-Paul Benowitz,<\/strong> director of Student Transition Programs and assistant director of academic advising, discussed the College\u2019s Momentum program, which graduated its first class this spring, in the LNP article <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/elizabethtown\/news\/elizabethtown-college-provides-momentum-to-first-generation-students\/article_46add180-ffe2-11e4-a576-c7575976a897.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cElizabethtown College provides &#8216;Momentum&#8217; to first-generation students.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don Kraybill<\/strong>, Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, talked about the challenges and rewards of working with the Amish and about his upcoming retirement in the Mennonite World Review article, <a href=\"http:\/\/mennoworld.org\/2015\/05\/18\/news\/mission-solving-amish-riddle\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRetiring scholar\u2019s mission: solving Amish riddle.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dmitriy Krichevskiy<\/strong>, assistant professor of economics, was interviewed for <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/business\/local_business\/change-is-in-the-air-for-retirement-advisers\/article_f4b149ea-f184-11e4-b5fc-7fe1480c9a37.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cChange is in the air for retirement advisers\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/business\/local_business\/selecting-the-right-financial-adviser\/article_c479997e-f186-11e4-bbd1-4b5ea9aa1055.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSelecting the right financial adviser,\u201d<\/a> LNP articles on retirement advising.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Susan Traverso<\/strong>, provost, was interviewed for <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/business\/local_business\/brookings-institution-study-rates-schools-by-how-much-they-boost\/article_1f600842-f1bd-11e4-9a2c-0300f7250e65.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBrookings Institution study rates schools by how much they boost earning power,\u201d<\/a> an article about the study that rates schools by how much they boost earning power.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl Strikwerda<\/strong>, College president, wrote a column, <a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/opinion\/columnists\/keep-both-eyes-open-and-keep-on-learning\/article_40866a3c-ef58-11e4-ab87-e38973b55ce6.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKeep both eyes open and keep on learning,\u201d<\/a> that congratulated and advised the Class of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Long, associate professor of religious studies and director of Peace and Conflict Studies, discussed his book Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers on WITF\u2019s Radio Smart Talk and in an LNP article. &nbsp; 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