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GatorCon: Going Beyond the Classroom

Some people say food fuels the best ideas — and seniors Natali Salaytah and Julia Niemeier would concur, as they developed the idea of an Allegheny TEDx-inspired convention while eating at McKinley’s Food Court. “I wanted to give people an opportunity to speak about those things that get them excited about learning, even if they […]

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Video: Alum House in Meadville

Heather Fish ’15, Lee Scandinaro ’15, and Autumn Vogel ’15 are just a few of the many Allegheny alumni who have made their home in Meadville after graduation. This video shares their story of getting involved in a community that — as they discovered — also wanted to give back to them. Their involvements were […]

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Allegheny College Center for Business and Economics To Host Annual Zingale Big Idea Competition

The Center for Business and Economics at Allegheny College will hold its Annual Zingale Big Idea Competition April 26–27 in Quigley Hall on the Allegheny campus. The funding-request presentation contest emulates the experiences seen on the popular ABC and CNBC broadcast “Shark Tank.” The public is invited to attend the final round of presentations on […]

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Allegheny’s 2019 Scholars Symposium to Celebrate Student Research and Accomplishments

Allegheny College will welcome students, their families and friends, staff, faculty and the public to a celebration of student research and achievement on Tuesday, April 30. This will be the College’s third annual Richard J. Cook – Teresa M. Lahti Scholars Symposium, a campus-wide, all-day celebration that highlights innovative student projects completed during the past […]

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Allegheny Senior Bailey Pifer Prepares for Peace Corps Service

The tropical savannas and rainforests of Rwanda are a long way from the temperate rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, and Allegheny College senior Bailey Pifer is about to find that out. Pifer, who will graduate on May 11 from Allegheny, will soon thereafter board an airplane and fly to central Africa as part of a […]

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Century-old chimes system in college chapel restored

Allegheny student Jacob Sutter brings music to the entire campus by playing the recently restored, century-old tower chimes system in Ford Chapel. This article was distributed nationwide by the Associated Press.

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Robot offers a deeper dive into Lake Erie research

Allegheny sophomore Elisia Wright and Computer Science Professor Janyl Jumadinova programmed the sensors for an underwater robot that will collect water quality data at Presque Isle Bay. This story in the Erie Times-News was subsequently distributed by the Associated Press.

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Allegheny Students Prank Their Favorite Professor

Many professors have great relationships with their students, but Lowell Hepler, chair of the Allegheny Music Department, fosters healthy ties with students for their entire time at Allegheny. Many students look to “Doc” as they call him, as a mentor. Hepler also knows how to take a joke — something students have capitalized on lately […]

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Career Focus: Doctors

We interviewed current seniors and alumni leading up to National Doctors Day on their experience with Allegheny’s Health Professions Office and the Pre-Health track. We’re proud of the work our physician alumni do every day, and of our students following in that path! Hannah Smith ‘19 from Pittsburgh, PA. Neuroscience Major, Education Minor: Q: What made […]

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Hungry for More: Behind Allegheny Student Abraham Duncan’s Brand-Building

For many students, school is a full-time job. But for Abraham Duncan, a junior at Allegheny College, school wasn’t enough. He was inspired during his freshman year to create something that was an extension of himself — Never Go Hungry, a brand and an online clothing store that both represented what he believed in and […]