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Allegheny Joins Great Lakes Colleges Association
Allegheny College has been selected to join the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA), a consortium of selective liberal arts colleges in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and, now, Pennsylvania. Allegheny's GLCA membership began July 1.

Allegheny College Joins National Campaign for Liberal Education
Allegheny College has joined with other colleges and universities around the country in the Campus Action Network of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) initiative Liberal Education and America's Promise: Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College (LEAP).

“Charting the Course to College”: College Search Workshop for High School Students
Allegheny College will present a free one-day workshop on Friday, July 11 for college-bound students and their families. Through interactive sessions the workshop, titled “Charting the Course to College,” offers professional insight into conducting a thorough and effective college search.

2008 Allegheny College Graduate Receives Fulbright Award To Study and Teach in Malaysia
As American families take time off from work to celebrate Independence Day with traditional picnics and fireworks, Afua Osei, of Bowie, Md., is preparing to study a much younger country's efforts to balance the needs of its growing economy against the desire to preserve its cultural traditions.

Healthy Homes-Healthy Children Offers Free Home Assessments To Reduce Environmental Health Hazards
As it begins its second year of working to reduce environmental health hazards, Healthy Homes-Healthy Children (HHHC) is encouraging local families to take advantage of the program's free in-home assessment service.

Retired Leader of “President's Own” Returns to Conduct Concert at Allegheny
The Week 2 Concert Band of the Band Camp for Adult Musicians at Allegheny College will perform a free gala concert on Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the college's Shafer Auditorium.

Allegheny College Pilots Energy Efficiency Program With Clinton Climate Initiative and Siemens
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. was recently selected to provide an investment-grade energy audit, the first step in a total energy use reduction plan, at Allegheny College, a private liberal arts college in Meadville, Pa.

Spoken Word Artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph To Perform at Allegheny
Acclaimed arts activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph will close the Consortium for Regional Empowerment through Educational Diversity's first Early College Summer Program session on Monday, June 23 at 7 p.m. in Montgomery Gymnasium with his nationally acclaimed spoken word presentation.

Allegheny College To Host Summit on Political Engagement
Allegheny College will host the Bonner Foundation's Summer Leadership Institute 2008, June 4-7.

Allegheny College Ranked in “Top 50” Colleges In New Outcome-Based Ranking System Published By Forbes
In a report published this month in Forbes magazine, Allegheny College is one of seven Pennsylvania colleges ranked in the nation's top-50 private liberal arts colleges.

Allegheny College Selected To Participate in National Public Health Institute
Allegheny College has been selected by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to participate in a national institute on citizenship and public health.

President Richard J. Cook Receives Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at 2008 Commencement
As he concluded the final Commencement ceremony of his tenure at Allegheny College, President Richard Cook's closing remarks to the graduating class highlighted the unique moment he shared with them.

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