SpaceX senior manager Vincent Werner ’06 understands that physics is the basis of everything — foundational knowledge he cultivated at Allegheny College. After completing his bachelor’s degree, Werner earned a master’s degree from Purdue University in aerospace engineering. Since 2008, Werner’s career has advanced alongside the rocket startup SpaceX. “Allegheny provided me with strong technical […]
Chris Allison, co-director of the Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business and Economics at Allegheny College, was interviewed for this story, sharing insights on the local and global economy.
Earlier this year, Allegheny College students Rachael Pieto ’23 and Megan Swing ’22 shared insights as panelists during a virtual event hosted by Pittsburghers Against Single-Use Plastic (PASUP). PASUP’s mission is to create awareness on the effects of single-plastic, support individuals or groups against single-plastic, and advocate for sustainable solutions. Allegheny’s Director of Sustainability, Kelly […]
Allegheny College, one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold, is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Scholars. Each year the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces […]
Realizing a goal he had since his first year at Allegheny College, senior Brett Heckert will continue his studies and athletic career at the University of Pittsburgh. Heckert has committed to pursuing a Master of Business Administration at the nationally ranked Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. As a graduate student, he will be […]
Professor Emeritus of Art George Roland had a work of computational art accepted for an exhibition, “Anything Goes,” at the Art Center Sarasota. The juror, Tom Casmer, awarded Roland’s entry an honorable mention. The exhibition runs from January 27 to March 5, 2022. Student Aaron Adsit was invited to speak at the Geological Society of America Northeast sectional […]
Allegheny College mourns the death of Henry B. Tippie, a businessman and philanthropist whose extraordinary generosity, vision, and care touched the lives of countless individuals at Allegheny and many other organizations. Mr. Tippie, the husband of Allegheny Trustee Emerita Patricia Bush Tippie ’56, passed away on February 20 at age 95. Mr. Tippie was noted […]
As an accomplished trial attorney, Elaine Herrmann Blais ’91 still frequently uses something she learned during her Allegheny College junior seminar: Albert Ellis’ rational emotive therapy, a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy. “It really changed the way I thought about public speaking,” Blais says. “Step away from the emotions of the speech and focus on the […]
A program being developed by the Meadville chapter of the NAACP and Allegheny College is seeking to help make the transition to post-secondary education easier for Meadville-area students.
The members of the Allegheny College Knitting Club are a tight-knit bunch. Dedicated to all things crafty, members of the club have banded together to hand-knit hats and scarves for the campus community. Knitting Club President Kaleigh White explains that the initiative started with a piece of advice she first received as a child. “My whole […]
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