[highlight]“E-town in the News” is a semi-regular hand-curated collection of links to recent articles, appearances and publications from other media outlets that feature people of Elizabethtown. Have an item to report? Email now@etown.edu.[/highlight]

For this edition of E-town in the News, we’re sharing some hits received throughout the summer break. In the future, this recurring column will feature the most recent news items.

Elizabethtown College was featured in an April Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era story called “Diploma ceremonies go digital.” Several members of the Office of Marketing and Communications team were quote about the College’s livestreaming and social media activities during the ceremony.

Dr. John Kokolus, dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, contributed “The Internet killed the classroom star” to The EvoLLLution, an online newspaper dedicated to higher education. His article, published on July 16, likens the “technological tsunami” in higher education to how, in 1981, MTV changed the way we consume music.

Dr. Michael G. Long, associate professor of Religious Studies, was featured in the July 19 History Q&A on Mainline Today. Long was interviewed about his interest in and writing on Bayard Rustin.

Dr. Donald Kraybill, distinguished professor and senior fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, busts six myths about the Amish in a column for Huffington Post, “Fake Amish and the Real Ones.”

Jane Nini, director of Career Services, was quoted in an Aug. 18 Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era article “Area colleges ramp up career services.”

Robert Wallet, Vice President of Administration, was highlighted for his recent appointment in the Patriot-News’ Trade Talk column on July 26.

Dr. Robert Wheelersburg, Sociology and Anthropology and several students were featured in “Elizabethtown College students get to dig for artifacts” in the June 25 edition of Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era. The story, which also features a video, covered the annual Field School class.

Wheelersburg also wrote an op-ed for PennLive.com’s As I See It section called “Europe’s royals get a ratings bump from the baby bump.”