Career Development Center
Students are invited to attend career events hosted by Career Services throughout the academic year. A list of current events is maintained on the Career Services webpage; students should monitor regularly for updates and details.
Career Services staff members are available, remotely and in-person, to assist students and alumni with all aspects of their career development including job searches, LinkedIn profiles, application materials, and interview preparation. Students are encouraged to utilize resources on the Career Services website for job search resources, advice, and samples.
Job and internship opportunities are posted throughout Handshake. To access Handshake, please register using your etown.edu network account. Handshake uses a single sign-on that will prompt for your Etown network password.
Course Modifications for Non-native English Speakers
Elizabethtown College is committed to providing equal access to all courses, programs, and services for non-native (international and domestic) English speakers. The college supports students through tutoring, learning resources, course modifications, and learning opportunities.
Students interested in these programs should email Ms. Maria Petty, International Student Programs Advisor, or call (717) 361-1594.
Disability Services
Elizabethtown College is committed to providing equal access to all of its courses, programs and services for qualified students with disabilities in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
The Office of Disability Services requires documentation from the treating health care provider about a student’s condition in order to establish the presence of a disability, gain an understanding of how the disability affects the students’ ability to function in a college setting, and make informed decisions about reasonable accommodations and adjustments. The Director of Disability Services reviews all requests for academic adjustments and accommodations.
For further clarification about policies for students with disabilities, students should contact their academic advising coordinator or Lynne Davies, Director of Disability Services, at 717-361-1227. For more information, please visit www.etown.edu/offices/disability.
The Learning Zone in the Center for Student Success
Learning Zone is part of the Elizabethtown College Center for Student Success. Our goal is to help students be academically successful, well-rounded students. We offer tutoring for writing and specific courses, as well as assistance with study skills, test taking strategies and time management. While tutoring is a service available to all students, we do not guarantee tutor availability for every course taught.
Online Tutoring - Tutor.com
Tutor.com is a free online tool that offers students a personal tutor 24 hours a day in over 250 subject areas as well as ‘drop off’ writing support. In addition, tutor.com can assist learners with academic study skills like note-taking, study techniques, scholarly resources, and more. It can also provide life skills like finding balance, motivation, time management, and building a support system. There is a link in the main navigation of each course in Canvas that takes students directly to tutor.com. The course link is tied specifically to each course (we encourage students to access tutor.com through your Canvas course(s)).
The High Library
The High Library, located on Elizabethtown campus, offers many resources for students. The physical building houses books, DVDs, and journal and magazine subscriptions. Study space is also available for students and faculty. (Students may reserve group study rooms via an online reservation system: http://etown.libcal.com/reserve/reserveroom.)
The library’s homepage is a great place to start for all academic research, as the library subscribes to more than 100 searchable databases with lots of full-text articles, e-books, and other materials: http://www.etown.edu/library. Off-campus users will be prompted to enter their Etown usernames and passwords in order to access the library’s online resources. (Students should contact their academic advising coordinator if they cannot log in or access information.)
The library’s homepage features the following links and tools:
- Type a topic into the big QuickSearch box to search many general and subject-specific databases simultaneously.
- Choose the “Databases & Articles” button to view an alphabetical list of all databases. The list includes a helpful description of each database’s content.
- Use the “Journal Finder” tab to see if the library subscribes to a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper. (Search by the publication’s title.)
- Choose the “Research Help” button to view tips and tutorials for starting any research project.
- Choose the “Ask a Librarian” button to submit questions and to find contact information for the library staff. Students should not hesitate to reach out to the librarians for research assistance of any kind. The librarians are reachable via phone, email, text, and online-chat during the workday, and via email and text on evenings and weekends.
- On-campus study space is also available for students and faculty to use through the “Reserve a Study Room” button.
The library’s schedule of hours is posted on the website: http://etown.libcal.com/. Note that summer and holiday hours may vary.
Students who wish to check materials out of the library are first encouraged to obtain a College ID card from Campus Security. Students without a current College ID should contact an academic advising coordinator prior to coming to campus.
Students may also take advantage of the library’s reciprocal borrowing agreements with other area institutions:
- ACLCP is an association of Pennsylvania college and university libraries that includes Franklin & Marshall College, Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon Valley College, Penn State Harrisburg, and York College. Students may borrow books and other physical items from any ACLCP library listed here: http://www2.aclcp.org/?Members. Note that students are required to present a valid College ID card in order to borrow materials from these institutions. For more details, see the lending policy on ACLCP’s web page: http://www2.aclcp.org/?Policy%20001.
- PALCI is an association of college and university libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia. Students may borrow books and other physical items from many PALCI libraries as well. Consult the “List of Participating Libraries” on PALCI’s On-Site Borrowing web page: http://www.palci.org/on-site-borrowing/. Prior to traveling to another PALCI library, students should ask the Elizabethtown librarians to complete an Authorization Form (also on PALCI’s web page) that will grant permission to borrow materials.
Some local libraries, including those that belong to ACLCP and PALCI, offer on-site search access to several online resources and database subscriptions. As these permissions are determined separately by each institution, students may contact individual libraries to investigate this option.
Starfish
Starfish is a software tool that enhances advising relationships and student success at Elizabethtown College. Students receive real time feedback, encouragement and acknowledgement through flags and kudos and can easily connect to faculty, advisors, and staff through a network of information and services. The “Raise your Hand” feature allows students to ask questions about topics such as financial aid, residence life, major/minor inquiries and more. The “Success Network” is a personal list of individuals on campus to which a student is directly linked. Starfish (717) 361-1415 or www.etown.edu/offices/advising/starfish.
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