News Tag: History
Allegheny’s Liberal Arts Education Leads to Global Engagement
When Sabina Sully graduated from Allegheny College in 2005, she decided to put her liberal arts education to use teaching young students about the global impact they can have on preserving and protecting the planet.
Allegheny Alumna Jenny Tompkins ‘18 Honored as Erie’s 40 Under 40 for Her Environmental Leadership
Jenny Tompkins ‘18 has been named one of Erie’s 40 Under 40 in Erie Reader for her significant contributions as Clean Water Campaign Manager at PennFuture. Based in Erie, Tompkins leads critical efforts to enhance climate resilience in Pennsylvania’s waterways and watershed communities.
Global Education Fuses Unusual Combinations With Adventure In Italy
Over a three-week course last summer, 17 student travelers journeyed to Italy. They were joined by local guides, professors, and specialists who enriched the students’ experiences.
Gator Alumni Apply Lessons Learned at Allegheny to Rewarding Careers in Nonprofit and Government Sectors
Allegheny College’s Blue and Gold Weekend welcomed alumni returning to campus, celebrating not just memories but also the impressive careers they’ve built since graduation.
Two Allegheny College Alums Provide Clean Energy To Appalachia
For over a decade, Laura Nagel ’07 and Dan Conant ’07 have relentlessly contributed to clean energy in West Virginia by providing a full-service solar development and installation service known as Solar Holler. The idea for the company started as Conant’s Senior Comprehensive Project, which proposed that clean energy needs to come to communities where […]
Allegheny College Graduate Leads Erie Insurance Human Resources Division
Karen Skarupski ’83 is inspired to help teams and people achieve their goals at Erie Insurance. As the senior vice president of human resources, Skarupski says Allegheny College set her up for success. “A liberal arts education really fosters curiosity, which has helped me through my legal and business career,” says Skarupski. “The faculty were […]
People & Places: December 2023 – April 2024
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability Delia Byrnes contributed an essay titled “Ecocriticism: From the Wilderness Idea to Just Multispecies Futures” to the edited collection The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice, which was published on November 20, 2023. Her essay traces the theoretical field of ecocriticism from its origins in European and […]
Award-Winning Buffalo Educator Transforms Lives Of Students
Rachel M. (Wysocki) Kent ’03 approaches life with the philosophy that no good deed should go undone. Although she wasn’t quite sure of her career plans as a student at Allegheny College, she loved learning and helping others. She maximized her time at Allegheny by choosing to double major in English and history— laying the […]
Military Historian Carol Reardon ‘74 Brings Battlefields to Life
Dr. Carol Reardon ‘74, a nationally-renowned military historian with expertise in the Civil War and Vietnam Conflict will be offering a free public lecture entitled “Gettysburg in History and Memory” on February 19 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in downtown Meadville. Prof. Rearden is the George Winfree Professor Emerita of American History […]
