Lancaster
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Site Information
Location
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Dorms
Fobs introduced in 03.1 Dorm names: Thomas, North Ben, South Ben, Schnader
History
Lancaster is one of the oldest CTY sites, and as such, has some of the oldest and richest traditions. Although the first OTID (Office of Talent Identification and Development, a former name for CTY) summer program was held at St. Mary's College in 1981, it was held at Lancaster and Carlisle in the following year, and these two sites have been the oldest continuously running CTY sites.
Throughout most of its history, Lancaster has been the largest site at CTY, hosting over 500 students each session. Until the mid-1990s, Lancaster's many courses were organized into five colleges, for Humanities, Writing, Math, Computer Science, and Science. Each college was partly autonomous, with its own graduation ceremony, and, for a time, its own t-shirts. Since then, the academic organization has been streamlined into three subject areas (Humanities/Writing, Math/Computer Science, and Science) with a single graduation ceremony.
Because of its size and age, Lancaster has seen numerous student groups and traditions arise; some of these can be seen below.
Courses offered
Lancaster has had traditionally been a hotspot for math and science courses. It is the only site to offer Number Theory, Theory of Computation, Data Structures and Algorithms, Selected Topics in Advanced Biology, and Selected Topics in Advanced Chemistry. Lancaster is one of two sites to offer History of Disease, Archaeology, and Paleobiology, and in 2001, it was the first site to offer Cryptology. Lancaster also has some strong humanities offerings, such as Ancient Greek and Etymologies, though it lacks the breadth of Carlisle in this regard.
Students and Organizations
Students
- Elizabeth Fong - 2001.1, 2002.1, 2003.1
- Daniel Ehrenberg - 2003.1
- Lisa Spitalewitz - 1996.2, 1997-1999.both. 2002.both RA.
