This week鈥檚 trip through the archives uncovers stories about the origins of a trauma awareness program, a campus immunization campaign, a German student鈥檚 impressions of postwar America, and the construction of an early athletic facility.
response to the Sept. 11 attacks 25 years ago, 黑料正能量鈥檚 evidence-based training program, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), continues to change lives by helping people understand trauma, break cycles of violence, and build resilience.
, appearing below a photo of Cliff Brubaker injecting a hog, continues: 鈥淢rs. Miriam Kauffman, college nurse, has ordered 1,200 doses to be distributed free to staff, faculty, and students between the ages of 18 and 65.鈥�
On that note, don鈥檛 forget to get your flu shot if you haven鈥檛 already!
An American Studies student from Germany, where World War II had ended just six years earlier, his experiences arriving by ship in New York, traveling through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.鈥攚here 鈥渢here are more cars on the streets than pedestrians鈥濃�攁nd settling into campus life at Eastern Mennonite.
鈥淚 enjoy my study, campus life, and also the food, which is not too different from that at home,鈥� he writes. 鈥淚 am thankful and glad to be here.鈥�
According to a story in the Crossroads archive, 鈥渟tudents and faculty built a barn-looking wooden 鈥榚xercise hall鈥� in 1926.鈥�
鈥淎 twister felled it four years later,鈥� the story continues. 鈥淚ts replacement in 1930 was a cinder block building about 2/3 the size of a regular gym, with no space for spectators.鈥�
We’ve come a long way since then!
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