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People & Places: March 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.   Associate Professor of History Guo Wu was invited by Quansheng Zhao, Professor of International Relations and Chair of the Asian Studies Research Council at American University, to contribute […]

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Shoutout to the Shenango

The scenic, meandering Shenango River has been selected as Pennsylvania’s River of the Year in 2021, and an Allegheny College alumna and current Penn State staff member leads the group that helped bring that honor to the waterway. Brandi Baros is a 1995 Allegheny graduate and the president of the Shenango River Watchers. The organization […]

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Allegheny College Appoints New Vice President for Enrollment Management

Ellen V. Johnson assumed her new position as Allegheny’s vice president for enrollment management on Tuesday, March 23.

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Allegheny College Launches Renaissance Vision with Strategic Realignment to Become Leading Multidisciplinary Institution for Future Generations

Allegheny College has announced its president’s Renaissance Vision and a new administrative realignment to become a leading college for future generations — preparing students for a life, not merely a job.

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Allegheny College Announces Plans for Annual Gator Give Day on April 22

The seventh annual Gator Give Day is scheduled for Thursday, April 22, this year as Allegheny alumni and friends from around the world are encouraged to come together to celebrate the College’s success, show support for the institution, and join in a day of camaraderie with classmates. The fundraising event, which goes until midnight (EDT), […]

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Ellen V. Johnson Appointed Vice President for Enrollment Management at Allegheny College

Following a national search, Allegheny College President Hilary L. Link announced today that Ellen V. Johnson has been appointed as vice president for enrollment management at Allegheny. Johnson will assume her new position on March 23, 2021. Johnson will serve as the chief enrollment officer and will have oversight of institutional marketing and communications for […]

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Alumni Connection Provides Allegheny Students With Financial Services Career Opportunities

As 2020 drew to a close, Annemarie Murphy, a 1991 Allegheny College graduate, knew she needed some versatile and talented student interns to help handle increased loan activity at First Bank of the Lake, where she is the executive vice president and president of Small Business Administration lending. She reached out to Jim Fitch, Allegheny’s […]

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Allegheny designated voter-friendly campus

Allegheny College has been designated as a Voter Friendly Campus through an initiative led by two national nonpartisan organizations — the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

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Reimagining Higher Education before We Face the Enrollment Cliff

“Higher education institutions must begin to think and work differently, to define themselves in new ways, to question their own existence and not be afraid of the answers that might be revealed,” Allegheny College President Hilary L. Link wrote in this article. “We owe it to the students we educate and graduate into the world, to […]

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President Link Receives Pittsburgh Professional Women 2021 Influential Leadership Award

Women from the region have been selected to receive this prestigious recognition because of the courage, leadership, innovation, creativity, and resilience that was modeled in 2020 while living, working, and leading others through a pandemic.