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WEBSep 19, 2024 · April 30, 2024. News. Charter Day. Fariya Bushra '28, Guest Writer • September 19, 2024. 241 years ago, Dickinson College was founded in Carlisle by one of the founding fathers of the United States: Benjamin Rush. On September 9, 2024, the students, faculty and... Dickinson alumnus join faculty. September 19, 2024.
College Democrats and Republicans prepare for November
WEB17 hours ago · The past few weeks have been particularly active politically on the Dickinson College campus, with a debate watch party in ATS and the first meetings of the College Democrats and Republicans. Matthew Craig ’25, president of Dickinson College Republicans, was excited by the high engagement he saw at his club’s first meeting. He says students...
DPS investigations into Latinx gun incident ongoing
WEB17 hours ago · Dickinson’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a call on Saturday, Sept. 21, from students at the Latinx house, stating that there had an altercation. An individual who was later discovered to be a non-Dickinson student lifted his shirt to reveal a semi-automatic handgun in his waistband. The subject was …
Dickinson’s New Athletic Director has Ambitious Goals
WEB16 hours ago · Ben Gurwitch. October 3, 2024. Celine Cunningham is Dickinson College’s new Director of Athletics (AD). Cunningham has a storied career in sports, including playing lacrosse at University of Maryland and winning a national championship there. The new AD has a lot of coaching experience and she brings a competitive nature to the position that ...
History and Heritage: Dickinson Football and the Conestoga Wagon
WEB16 hours ago · The Conestoga wagon, originating in the early 18th century from German immigrants in Pennsylvania, was a large, robust horse-drawn transport vehicle. Known for its boat-like curved body, it was designed to keep luggage centered and was primarily used in North America until the mid-19th century. This very same type of …
Paralympic Viewership in the US and Dickinson
WEB16 hours ago · Sports. Paralympic Viewership in the US and Dickinson. Abby Duval. October 3, 2024. The Paralympics took place in Paris, France this year two weeks after the Olympics. It featured 22 different sports, all the way from swimming to fencing. For the first time, the events were completely covered by broadcasting networks worldwide.
The Dickinsonian Turns 150!
WEBOct 27, 2022 · On the first Tuesday in October, 2022, The Dickinsonian turned 150 years old! The first issue of Dickinson’s student-run newspaper, which we still diligently print every other week, was first published in October 1872 as a joint effort between the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical literary societies. That first issue was very different from what...
Dickinson phasing out only master’s program – The Dickinsonian
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · Dickinson faculty approved the discontinuation of the school’s only master’s program during the Nov. 2023 faculty meeting. The program, a master’s in Managing Complex Disasters, is being shut down less than three years after it was first announced in Jan. 2021. One factor for the program’s ending is its “low enrollment” according to …
Dickinson Sees a Record Breaking Number of Applications for the …
WEBApr 17, 2022 · Dickinson College saw a record number of applicants this year for the incoming class of 2026, dropping Dickinson’s acceptance rate from 49% during the 2021 application cycle to 35%. Cathy Davenport, Dean of Admissions, believes there are many contributing factors to this large applicant pool. She credits Dickinson’s enrollment team, who used strategies introduced during...
Stellfox Awardee Limón Generates Buzz on Campus
WEBOct 12, 2022 · Every year, Dickinson chooses a recipient for the Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers campus residency. This year’s recipient is the newly appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Many prominent figures, literary and otherwise, have visited Dickinson throughout its 239-year history. When the poet Robert Frost came to …