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All summer, faculty members like Karl Qualls have been hard at work learning the tools and strategies to bring the benefits of a liberal arts education online.

Dickinson College Faculty Members Prepare to Bring Benefits of Liberal-Arts Education Online

All summer, faculty have been hard at work learning the tools and strategies to bring the benefits of a liberal-arts education online this fall.

Summer Program for Youth Campers and staff practice proper social distancing during morning session.

Dickinson, Community Action Network Help Local Day Camp Cope With COVID-19 Challenges

Dickinson College and the Community Action Network (CAN) recently helped a local summer day camp provide academic enrichment and childcare for more than 70 local first- through third-graders.

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Alum and Daughter Step Up in Philadelphia Area During Pandemic

During the COVID-19 crisis, Sarah Winkelman Bates ’03 and her 5th-grade Girl Scout daughter, Katie, have been making meals for a local organization called Caring for Friends.

Community Action Intern Julie Siecinski ’21 helped rebrand a community resource, researched nonprofit bylaws, edited educational videos and researched a grant. “It’s an incredibly rewarding experience,” she says.

Dickinson College Students Build Skills, Give Back Through Social-distance Internships

The new Civic Action Internship program unlocks professional skills for the COVID-19 era. It also empowers students to lend a hand in the Carlisle community when help is needed most.

Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Dickinson College Staff Members Help Return Items to Students in the Wake of Campus Closure Due to COVID-19

Student-life staff members pitch in to help students safely retrieve or secure the items they'd left behind after the campus closed because of COVID-19.

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Dickinson College Alumnus’ Biotech Company at the Forefront (Again) of Vaccine Creation

GeneOne CEO Young Park ’87 confronts COVID-19 as his biotech company fights the pandemic.

Students in the spring 2020 Environmental Innovations and Activism capstone course present their work online.

Dickinson College Students Share Research on Environmental Issues in Their Communities

Students present original community-based research that includes creative, zero-waste approaches and a proposal to the Carlisle Borough Council.

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88-Year-Old Dickinson College Alumna Spearheads Retirement-Community Volunteer Project, Makes 700 Medical-Quality Masks

Betts Slim '53 responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by leading a team of 50 volunteers to make 700 masks suitable for medical use.

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Carlisle’s Community Action Network and Dickinson Leaders Honored for Service During Pandemic

Carlisle’s Community Action Network (CAN), and two Dickinson leaders were lauded by the PA Humanities Council for remarkable community service during the pandemic.

A "Raise Your Glass (or Mug)" event brings Dickinsonians together onscreen for a toast to the college during Virtual Alumni Week.

Virtual Alumni Week: Connecting, Celebrating and Learning From the Comfort of Home

With on-campus class reunions postponed, Dickinson plans online get-togethers June 8-12 to keep Dickinsonians connected.

Clinical Accuracy, an oil painting by Associate Professor of Art Todd Arsenault ’99 created in response to the pandemic.

Life Interrupted

Dramatic changes to routines and plans become the norm as the world, and the college, responds to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Critical Community Connections

Dickinson President Margee Ensign's connections to the Carlisle community proved essential as the town responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Studio-art majors in the class of 2020 had some special challenges as they prepared their exhibition. They met them with fierce creative force.

Coronavirus Altered the Processes, Venue and Work, But the Senior Art Exhibition Blazes Ahead

COVID-19 closures forced students to radically rethink their senior art exhibition, midstream. The exhibition, their processes and their artwork reflect the zeitgeist of the extraordinary times.

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Dickinsonians Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic

From launching charitable startups to ramping up ventilator production, Dickinsonians around the world are responding to the challenges presented by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Dickinson College Alumni Couple Raises Funds for Restaurant Industry During Global Pandemic

Lauren Reynolds '08 and Steven Meyers '08 provide personalized video-conference cooking lessons with prominent chefs to raise funds supporting the hard-hit restaurant industry.

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