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.

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