Newsline: Carl J. Strikwerda named president of Elizabethtown College
From CoBNews <CoBNews@brethren.org>Date Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:27:16 -0600
Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service, News Director Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext. 260, cobnews@brethren.org Carl J. Strikwerda named president of Elizabethtown College (Feb. 10, 2011) Elgin, IL -- The Board of Trustees of Elizabethtown College has announced the appointment of Carl J. Strikwerda as the college's 14th president. Elizabethtown College is a Church of the Brethren-related school located in Elizabethtown, Pa. After working collaboratively for a month alongside current president Theodore E. Long, Strikwerda will begin his tenure on Aug. 1. Strikwerda is dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and professor of history at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. In this position, he oversees 378 faculty members, 21 departments, and 14 interdisciplinary programs that serve 5,600 students, including 500 graduate students in six doctoral and 11 master's degree programs. During his six years at William and Mary, he oversaw construction of science buildings, helped create a program in community engagement and scholarship, and initiated work to win grants. He also regularly has taught a course on global history and advised international relations majors. In previous positions he was associate dean at the University of Kansas 1998-2004, where he helped create a European studies program and a peace and conflict studies minor, led study abroad programs to Europe, won a Kemper Fellowship for excellence in teaching, and helped develop an indigenous nations studies program and forged strong ties with Haskell Indian Nations University. He also has held teaching positions at Calvin College, Hope College, SUNY Purchase, and the University of California, >Riverside. He holds a bachelor's degree from Calvin College, a master's degree from the University of Chicago, and a doctorate from the University of Michigan --all in history. He has published three books and numerous articles on European and global history. He served as historical consultant for the National World War I Museum and currently is treasurer of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences. (For more about Elizabethtown College go >to www.etown.edu.) The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts some 123,000 members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and India. ># # # >For more information contact: >Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford >Director of News Services >Church of the Brethren >1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120 >800-323-8039 ext. 260 >cobnews@brethren.org