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Allegheny College’s Creek Connections Program Receives Grants to Promote Watershed Education

July 1, 2021

Allegheny College has received $93,000 in grants from The Grable Foundation of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to support the College’s Creek Connections program, an environmental education outreach effort that brings hands-on environmental education to K-12 schools throughout western Pennsylvania. A $90,000 grant from The Grable Foundation, a foundation dedicated to changing […]

Student-Faculty Summer Research Returns to the Allegheny Campus

June 15, 2021

Allegheny College’s Summer Research program is returning in a big way in 2021 as 103 students will be participating in some form of summer research and the well-attended weekly Allegheny College Research Seminar Series (ACRoSS) meetings will return, albeit virtually at first. The student-faculty research this year is funded through the Provost’s Office, through external […]

Allegheny College English Professor Receives Prestigious American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

June 4, 2021

Allegheny College Assistant Professor of English John MacNeill Miller has been named a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for the fall of 2021. Miller said he will use the fellowship semester to complete his book, On Background: Scenery, Ecology, and the Social Novel, which focuses on the entangled intellectual histories of […]

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Commencement Ceremonies at Allegheny College Celebrate 317 Graduates, Three Distinguished Leaders

May 22, 2021

Allegheny College today honored 317 graduates and presented honorary degrees to three distinguished leaders in three separate Commencement ceremonies held on the Bicentennial Plaza in the college’s 206th year. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees were conferred on Emily Graslie, a science communicator, video host and educational media producer; Dr. Denise Johnson, acting physician general […]

Allegheny College Student’s Dry Lake Farm Pitch Wins Zingale Big Idea Competition

May 19, 2021

Allegheny College student Brandon Bolling won the $10,000 first-place prize at the 14th annual Zingale Big Idea Competition, held virtually by the College’s Bruce R. Thompson Center For Business & Economics on Saturday, May 8. Bolling pitched a concept for Dry Lake Farm, an environmentally friendly chicken producer, in the competition, which emulates the experiences seen on […]

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Allegheny College to Honor Three Distinguished Leaders at Commencement Ceremonies

May 17, 2021

In its 206th year, Allegheny College will award honorary degrees to three distinguished leaders at the College’s Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021 on Saturday, May 22. Commencement will be held in person and in three separate ceremonies on the Allegheny campus. Receiving honorary degrees will be Emily Graslie, a science communicator, video host […]

Allegheny College Hosts Events to Celebrate Achievements, Award Recipients in the 2020–21 Academic Year

May 13, 2021

Allegheny College is hosting several events on Thursday, May 13, to celebrate student achievements and award recipients in the 2020–21 academic year. The Allegheny community, family members, and others are invited to join the events virtually. The fourth annual Richard J. Cook-Teresa M. Lahti Scholars Symposium is a virtual event featuring the Senior Comprehensive Projects […]

Two Allegheny College Professors Receive Fulbright Awards to Teach and Conduct Research Abroad

May 3, 2021

Allegheny College Professors Christopher Bakken and Stephen Onyeiwu have received 2021–22 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards to teach and conduct research in Greece and Nigeria, respectively. Each will return to a country that played a formative role in his development as a scholar and educator. Bakken, the Frederick F. Seely Professor of English, has taught, […]

Allegheny College Community Joins Together To Set Records on Gator Give Day 2021

April 23, 2021

Allegheny College called on supporters to join together on the College’s 7th Gator Give Day to show current Allegheny students that a powerful community stands with them. And those donors responded with record-setting generosity on April 22. In all, 2,612 supporters made gifts totaling $1,004,425 to Allegheny during the annual fundraising event — shattering Gator […]

Allegheny College Alumni Share More than 500 Notes of Encouragement with Current Students

April 22, 2021

Responding to a request from the Alumni Council, Allegheny College alumni sent more than 500 notes offering words of encouragement to current students as they navigate the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic this semester. Some alumni sent multiple cards, wrote several paragraphs expressing care, and even provided gift cards for students to buy pizza. The […]

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