Allegheny professors to teach, conduct research abroad
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.
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Two Allegheny College Professors Receive Fulbright Awards to Teach and Conduct Research Abroad
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, […]
Two Allegheny Students to Be Honored for Environmental Sustainability Work
Two Allegheny College students will be recognized by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium as 2021 Campus Sustainability Champions. The Campus Sustainability Champion title is awarded annually to students, faculty, administrators and staff of Pennsylvania colleges and universities who have made meaningful contributions benefiting social, economic or environmental sustainability on their campus or in their community. […]
People & Places: April 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. Allegheny College received $100,000 from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation of The Pittsburgh Foundation for an Integrated Research-Education Grant to support Associate Professor of Chemistry Mark Ams’ research project, […]
Allegheny College Community Joins Together To Set Records on Gator Give Day 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
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 […]
Allegheny College Named a Best Value College for 2021 by The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review has recognized Allegheny College as a Best Value College for 2021, based on Allegheny’s stellar academics, affordable cost and strong career prospects for graduates. The Princeton Review chose its 200 Best Value Colleges by analyzing 40 data points to tally ROI (Return on Investment) ratings of the colleges. Topics covered everything from […]
Persistence Pays Off With Opportunities Abroad for Allegheny College Junior
Allegheny College junior Sebastian McRae doesn’t give up easily when it comes to pursuing one of his immediate goals: traveling out of the country to study and to explore a new culture. McRae, an environmental science and sustainability major and a history minor, plans to attend a summer program in Costa Rica with the School […]
Allegheny wants higher ed climate action, social econ change
Allegheny College is calling on higher education institutions in the United States to accelerate climate action by tackling intertwined issues of climate, social and economic inequality, and public health.
Allegheny College Calls on Higher Education Community to Accelerate Climate Action and Address Intertwined Social and Economic Issues
Allegheny College, one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold, is calling on higher education institutions in the U.S. to accelerate climate action by tackling intertwined issues of climate, social and economic inequality and public health. The College has developed a seven-point resolution aiming to decarbonize […]
