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Building upon our proven approach to guarantee career-ready graduates through our liberal arts and sciences education, Gettysburg College adds two new majors: finance and public health policy.

Continuing to meet the needs of today’s students and equip them with the knowledge and enduring skills that employers desire, Gettysburg College is proud to announce the launch of two new majors—finance and public health policy. Both will be available to students beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

A Gettysburg student collects water, soil, and plant samples in an Adams County, Pennsylvania, wetland to bring back to the lab to study the mineral levels and different species that live in the area. (Photo by Abbey Frisco)

Gettysburg College has created a new Guided Pathways Fund to support students’ pursuit of experiential learning activities within the Guided Pathways, a defining part of the Gettysburg Approach.

Students enjoy an activity at Gettysburg College’s El Centro program, which serves Spanish-speaking families and is administered collaboratively by the Spanish Department and the Center for Public Service.

Gettysburg College received a 21^st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant to establish a community learning center on campus that provides high quality, bilingual learning opportunities after school and in the summer for underserved students and their families in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

In memory of the late Gettysburg College Trustee Emeritus Troy Datcher ’90, the T. Troy Datcher Endowed Scholarship will support students who exemplify values of social equity and justice. (Photo by Jason Minick)

From the Gettysburg Approach to the faculty’s exploration of genAI to the creation of the Donna Jean Brogan Center for Quantitative Learning to our $2.4 million Wi-Fi upgrade, and so much more, there are few liberal arts colleges that have done more in a one-year span to position itself for the future than Gettysburg College.

Renowned blues musician Corey Harris performs in a free public concert at the Majestic Theater on March 28, 2024.

Our passionate alumni believe in our students’ potential to Do Great Work and lead lives of meaning and consequence after graduation.

As an undergraduate majoring in psychology, Michelle Fox Kelley ’16 took part in an externship at Mars, Incorporated, and shadowed Corey Huber ’06 to learn more about human resources. Speaking to Kelley and other Gettysburg students, Huber shared his career path and a few important lessons he had learned along the way.

Through Gettysburg College’s Guided Pathways, students receive support from co-curricular advisors who help them connect their interests with the experiences they want to have and the enduring skills they want to build.

Our first-class faculty believe in our students’ potential to Do Great Work and lead lives of meaning and consequence after graduation.

During his sophomore year, French major Will Oehler ’26 from Hollis, New Hampshire, sat in Prof. Florence Jurney’s office trying to figure out his next steps. His foray into an introductory chemistry course wasn’t going well and he was worried how it would impact his remaining time at Gettysburg College. Empathic to his needs, Jurney helped Oehler learn how to overcome obstacles to reach goals.