We don't just challenge our students to pursue real-world opportunities. We guarantee it.
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At Elizabethtown College, we don't just challenge our students to pursue real-world opportunities. We guarantee it. Each of our students participates in at least two of our five Signature Learning Experiences, such as Supervised Research.
What will YOUR signature be?
Forming your hypothesis
Junior mechanical engineering major Martin Fevre was thrilled to stay on campus last summer to participate in the Elizabethtown's Scholarship and Creative Arts Research Program (SCARP). He and Dr. Tomas Estrada collaborated on a robotics project: a pace car that uses infrared sensors to follow a line on an indoor or outdoor track. Martin said this research involves many things he enjoys: mechanical, electrical and computer engineering, as well as sports—Martin also is captain of the Blue Jays men's soccer team. Students of all majors work alongside faculty mentors through SCARP; last summer, a Spanish major worked with a math professor to translate a historic string theory document, and there are plenty of opportunities to work as lab assistants in chemistry and the biology. Read More...
[SCARP] made me feel confident in what I want to do after my undergraduate career—earn a Ph.D. Martin Fevre
For many majors, research is integral to the learning process. The foundation to learning science is doing science. Dr. James MacKay, assistant professor
of chemistry
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