Elizabethtown College received a $2.5 million gift pledge, the largest toward an endowed scholarship by a living donor in college history, from Robert Rigg, Class of 1974, and wife Karen Rigg.  

Elizabethtown College recently received its second largest monetary gift. The $6.5 million gift from the estate of alumnus Jay A. Izenour ’72, will endow the Jay A. Izenour and Karen L. Izenour Endowed Scholarship Fund. An anonymous $8.5 million gift in 2019 is the largest gift the college has received. The Izenour Fund will provide need-based ...

The High Center is run through Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County. It was started in 1995 through funding by the High Companies and other investors to help boost family-owned and privately held businesses. It offers education, peer counseling and other business-boosting services.

Elizabethtown College recently received $3.5 million in gifts and commitments toward diversity and inclusion efforts, cultural and performing arts, and student scholarships.

An Elizabethtown College program designed to jump start the next generation of social entrepreneurs has been shelved by COVID-19. But the week-long summer academy for high school students called Entrepreneurship with a Purpose, and scheduled for July will be held on campus sometime next summer. 

Elizabethtown College’s new president, Cecilia McCormick, says she arrived at a time when higher education is in a state of disruption. “We can’t continue as we have been,” she said. “At Elizabethtown, we have to make sure we continue to deliver a high-quality education, but also to make sure that education is affordable for our students.”

Over the last decade, Elizabethtown College has been reusing food waste while providing a learning opportunity for its students.