Allegheny College’s Ron Cole Honored with 2021 Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officer Award
“For me it meant learning to ask for help.”
I think that’s personal for everyone. You define that for yourself. But for me, success meant learning to ask for help. The people here want you to be successful. Everyone wants you to be the best you. You have to go about that by asking every question and seeking every opportunity and, yeah, being uncomfortable sometimes.
I think there is an advantage to going to a smaller school. My high school was big, and I was just another kid in school. There are some professors here I’...
I think there is an advantage to going to a smaller school. My high school was big, and I was just another kid in school. There are some professors here I’...
Genesis Pena
Student, Biology Major, Spanish Minor
Genesis Pena is a senior at Allegheny College, majoring in biology and minoring in Spanish.
What does it mean to be successful?
“Success isn’t to be happy but to have done good in the world”
Success isn’t to be happy but to have done good in the world. I think money and happiness are strong motivators, but age has brought me the wisdom that to spend life looking for monetary satisfaction or happiness is to set yourself up for disappointment - we always want more.
There’s something deserving of award if you spend your life doing your best to make the world a better place. I believe that happiness and satisfaction — in part — come from learning to love to learn...
There’s something deserving of award if you spend your life doing your best to make the world a better place. I believe that happiness and satisfaction — in part — come from learning to love to learn...
Eric Pallant
Professor, Environmental Science & Sustainability
A twice-named Fulbright Scholar and sourdough aficionado, Dr. Eric Pallant is an expert on the topics of sustainable development, food and agriculture, educational innovation, and writing creative nonfiction.
What does it mean to be successful?
“For me it meant learning to ask for help. ”
Genesis Pena, Student
Biology Major, Spanish Minor
“Success isn’t to be happy but to have done good in the world ”
Eric Pallant, Professor
Environmental Science & Sustainability
you can be anything you put your mind to. why put your mind to just one thing?
The future is wide open to you right now. There’s a world of things for you to learn. Why would a school teach you only one way to think? Prepare you for just one kind of job? You’re capable of more than that. So we’re going to ask more of you.
