High school seniors! We have extended the deadline to receive $4,000!

Visit campus by May 1 to earn the Visit Grant ($1,000/year) to add to your scholarship and aid offer upon admission.

Skip to content
Logo

Five Questions with Allegheny College Professor Emerita and Public Artist Amara Geffen

Amara Geffen, the Ella V. Bush Endowed Professor of Art (Emerita), is coordinating a community chalk art festival during the Second Saturday Market in downtown Meadville in June.

John-Miller

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

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 […]

a cover of a book

People & Places: June 2021

People & Places is published monthly during the academic year. It reports on the professional activities of members of the College community and highlights student achievement. On May 5, 2021, Professor of Political Science and International Studies Shannan Mattiace shared her co-authored work on “Indian Resistance to Criminal Violence in Mexico,” with master’s students at the Autonomous […]

Logo

Ceremonies at Allegheny celebrate 317 graduates

Allegheny President Hilary L. Link, presiding at her first commencement at the college, honored the graduates in the Class of 2021 for their resiliency and their special place in history.

a group of people in graduation gowns and hats walking down a sidewalk

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

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 […]

a person holding a chicken in a field

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

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 […]

portrait of a person with long hair wearing glasses

Allegheny College to Honor Three Distinguished Leaders at Commencement Ceremonies

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 […]

Logo

Allegheny College senior honored for mentoring younger students

Allegheny senior Osbaldo Meza was recognized for his work in a mentoring program that supports Meadville Area Middle School students. In addition to mentoring students, Meza developed a virtual version of the program.

a logo for allegheny college

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

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 […]

a person standing in the back of a pickup truck with a surfboard

Great Adventure on the Great Lakes

When Alexandrea Rice was studying in the classrooms of Carr Hall, she never envisioned herself voyaging on a research vessel on the wind-whipped Great Lakes during the month of April when the weather can be fatefully fickle. But that’s exactly what the 2017 graduate of Allegheny College found herself doing this year. “Being on the […]