December 12, 2024
Lycoming College received a generous contribution of $20,000 from AT&T to support the Lycoming Summer Academy (LSA), a scholarship-earning bridge program dedicated to helping first-year college students achieve success in higher education as they make the transition from high school to Lycoming.
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December 10, 2024
“Most African American poets, if they had their druthers, would rather be musicians,” says Everette Hoagland, the first Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Massachusetts. “Ours is a spirituality with what we call flava. In every subgenre—be it the spirituals that come out of work songs, be it the blues, be it jazz—one follows the other, takes its trajectory from the other.”
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December 4, 2024
Students with an interest in research know that an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) can provide the boost their resume needs for entry into graduate school or the career field of their choice. Despite limited REU offerings in the social sciences, Lycoming student Alex Jones ’25, was able to secure a rare REU in criminology – the first from Lycoming College to do so – impacting the trajectory of their education and career.
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November 20, 2024
Performance has taken hundreds of forms across hundreds of years, and one of its most interesting forms is wrestling. Is wrestling real or fake? Are professional wrestlers like The Undertaker and Charlotte Flair actors? Why do masked luchadores never reveal their faces? For the 2024 fall semester, incoming first-year students were offered the first-year seminar “Theatre Professional Wrestling.” Led by Matt Ripa, M.F.A., visiting assistant professor of theatre, the class isn’t just answering these questions, but seeing them answered live.
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November 15, 2024
Carrying the Lycoming College Art Gallery through the holidays will be the College’s 2024-25 Art Faculty Show, opening on Friday Dec. 6 with a gallery talk at 5:30 p.m. The show is free and open to the public and will run through Feb. 7. The annual show will feature the works of the following faculty artists:
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November 12, 2024
Joining the ranks of Pennsylvania research institutions including Carnegie Mellon and Lehigh University, Lycoming College today announced it is the recipient of a five-year NASA Space Grant award that will enable the institution to host 15 astronomy research interns over its duration. The College is committing to this on-campus, NASA-funded research by matching the award for a total investment of $70,000 in astronomy student research opportunities.
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November 6, 2024
As Lycoming County high school students begin to register for spring semester classes at Lycoming College through Early Warrior Dual Enrollment, the program is getting a $20,000 contribution from C&N.
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October 31, 2024
Please note this event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
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October 29, 2024
Visiting Scholar, archaeologist, and museum professional James Doyle, Ph.D., will deliver a talk entitled, “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Mayan Art,” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m., in the Humanities Research Center on the Lycoming College campus. The lecture is a free event and is open to members of the public.
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October 28, 2024
The George I. Alden Trust granted Lycoming College $150,000 for updated instrumentation in the Detwiler Planetarium including a new projection system, software, and increased computing power. This is the sixth grant awarded to Lycoming by the Alden Trust since 2005, bringing a total of $710,000 in support.
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October 25, 2024
Registrations are underway for the Lycoming College Warrior Spirit Open House on Saturday, Nov. 16. Space for this very special event is limited and college-bound students interested in finding their best college fit should register now.
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October 23, 2024
Lycoming College will open its 2024-25 theatre season with the “E-N-T-E-R-T-A-I-N-I-N-G” and “D-E-L-I-G-H-T-F-U-L” musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The production will take place at the Mary L. Welch Theatre, Nov. 13-16, with all shows beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available to purchase beginning Wednesday, Oct. 23, at http://www.bigtickets.com/events/lycoming-college.
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October 21, 2024
Well-known Colombian poet Felipe García Quintero will present his work during a bilingual public lecture and reading on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m., in the Lycoming College Humanities Research Center (HRC). Simultaneous interpretation will be provided by Gerardo Luna, Spanish language assistant at Lycoming. The event is free and open to the public.
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October 19, 2024
Chase Bottorf speaks to Lycoming College faculty and trustees, as well as Kent Trachte himself about the president's retirement.
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