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Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences News


Immersive French experience delivers a confidence boost

Working toward a bachelor’s degree with two majors is no easy task, and to do it in three years seems impossible. But that’s exactly what Lycoming College’s Addison Angstadt ’24 is aiming for, and she isn’t stopping there. Determined to top off her corporate communication and psychology double major with a French minor, Angstadt plunged herself into an immersive French language experience at the Université de Franche-Comté Centre de Linguistique Appliquée in Besançon, France, and her Wertz scholarship made it possible.

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First year seminar students investigate gender disparities in comedy

For Lycoming College’s 2022 fall semester, the first-year seminar, “Are Women Funny?,” was offered to incoming first-year students. Created and taught by Shanin Dougherty, associate director of career and professional development, the course provided students with an overview of comedy created and performed by women through text and visual media as well as why the idea of funny women continues to be a polarizing topic.

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Wertz Scholar finds “life skills” during study abroad in Barcelona

When deciding where to pursue a bachelor’s degree, Williamsport native John Confair ’23 didn’t have to travel far from home to find his best-fit at Lycoming College. But after winning a Wertz scholarship for high achieving students, he travelled across the ocean to spend a semester studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain.

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Lycoming College students take advantage of global opportunities

At Lycoming College, students are afforded a number of opportunities to expand the boundaries of their education with global travel. For the summer of 2022 and for the upcoming fall semester, a total of 14 students were awarded with study abroad scholarships, three of whom won nationally competitive scholarships, including Becky Wisdom ’24, Molly Jenkins ’23, and Dominick Philip ’24. All were made possible through the Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences’ Office of Global Education.

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Lycoming College student receives full scholarship to study abroad in Ireland

Music and anthropology major, Birdie Hadfield ’24, became the first Lycoming College student to win a Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship (FEA) and full tuition scholarships to study ethnomusicology in Ireland.

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Abigail Traxler: ‘Invest’ing in a career through internship opportunity

While writing a paper for class about diversity in business, Abigail Traxler ’23 happened upon a program that promotes just that— women in finance.

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Pursuing careers with a focus on networking at Lycoming College

When asked about overall advice for students, Lycoming College Career Advisor Anne Landon replied, “Never underestimate the power of networking whether it be with a career advisor, professor, coach, college alumni, friend, or even family member.” 

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Lycoming College graduate creates part-time job, internship for student

Things look differently today than they did one year ago. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the world halted, and with it, opportunities such as internships fell through for many college students, one of them being Alexander Laubscher ’22. A helping hand from Anne Landon, career advisor with the Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences (CEAE), as well as a local alumnus, enabled the corporate communication major and graphic design minor to secure the experience he needed to build his resume.

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Lycoming College alumni network supports student employment

In a season when so many future plans have been put on hold, young graduates from Lycoming College continued moving forward, thanks to the connections made possible through the College’s Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences (CEAE). Although the COVID-19 pandemic delayed fulltime job offers for many young grads, in the summer of 2020, now-alumna Mackaella Goodwin began a fulltime position at New York Life Insurance Company following a successful corporate internship with the same company.

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