Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College is a private, coeducational, undergraduate, liberal arts college located in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The school's annual tuition and room and board fees is around $47,000.

19-year-old Gettysburg College student Emily Rachel Silverstein was fatally stabbed in an off-campus student housing apartment on April 9, 2009. Her 21-year-old former boyfriend Kevin Robert Schaeffer has been charged with her murder. College President Janet Morgan Riggs issued a statement describing the incident as a tragedy for both the community and the families involved.Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. college student charged with killing... (April 9, 2009)

Pennsylvania College was founded in 1832. During the Civil War the campus was used as a hospital for injured soldiers. The institution opened its doors to female students in 1883 and in 1921, it was renamed Gettysburg College. Gettysburg.edu: College History

Gettysburg college features 41 different majors and a student body of approximately 2,600 students. Gettysburg.edu: Facts and Figures The institution boasts a student to faculty ratio of 11 to 1 and programs that are consistently ranked near the top of the nation's best liberal arts colleges. About the College

• Michael Bishop
• Bruce Gordon
• Carson Kressley

"Gettysburg College, a national, residential, undergraduate college committed to a liberal education, prepares students to be active leaders and participants in a changing world. This statement is grounded in the core values of the institution: The worth and dignity of all people and the limitless value of their intellectual potential;The power of a liberal arts education to help students develop critical thinking skills, broad vision, effective communications, a sense of the inter-relatedness of all knowledge, sensitivity to the human condition, and a global perspective, all necessary to enable students to realize their full potential for responsible citizenship..." Gettysburgh.edu:Mission Statement

• Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. college student charged with killing... (April 9, 2009)

• College News: Student charged in Gettysburg College stabbing (April 9, 2009)

• Philadelphia Inquirer: Gettysburg College says student fatally stabbed (April 9, 2009)

• Official Site: Gettysburg College News

• Campus Newspaper: The Gettysburgian

• Location newspaper: Gettysburg Times

• Google News: Gettysburg College News

• President: Katherine Haley Will
  • 2004-present: President
    • 1999-2004: President, Whittier College

• Gettysburg College: Academics
• Gettysburg College Notable Programs of Study:
  • Civil War Era Studies
  • First-Year Seminars
  • Globalization Studies
  • Sunderman Conservatory

• These are from the official Gettysburg College website:
  • Application Process
  • Class Profile & Statistics
  • Scholarships & Aid
  • International Students
  • Transfer Students

• Official Site: VisitingGettysburg

• Official Athletic Site: Gettysburg College "Bullets"

• Centennial.org: The Centennial Conference

• Soccer: Men's | Women's

• Football: Gettysburg College

• Softball: Gettysburg College

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