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Transfer Student Finds Belonging & Embraces Unusual Combinations At Allegheny College

In a sea of students, Sterling Levine ’27 didn’t want to feel like a statistic. As a transfer student studying psychology with an art, science, and innovation minor, Levine says that it was the faculty connections that first made an impression on them. 

Maria Paluselli ’92

Alumna Serves Students With Dyslexia In The Pittsburgh Area As Provident Charter School’s Chief Executive Officer

Alumna Maria Paluselli ’92 is committed to addressing that alarming statistic by serving students with dyslexia and language-based difficulties from grades two through eight as Provident Charter School’s chief executive officer.

Jessy Hulme Archer ’03

Alumna Awarded The 2024-2025 Assistant Principal of the Year For The State of Ohio

Jessy Hulme Archer ’03 is always there to lend a helping hand to students at Nordonia High School— it’s no wonder she was awarded the 2024-25 Assistant Principal of the Year for the State of Ohio.

Eddie Taylor Jr. ’87

Eddie Taylor Jr. ’87 Honored Among Cleveland Magazine’s Most Interesting People 2025

Cleveland Magazine recognized Eddie Taylor Jr. ’87 this year on their Most Interesting People list. While at Allegheny College, Taylor studied psychology and was a running back on the football team.

Rebecca Watters ’06
Marla A. Sacks- Alumni Feature

Allegheny Alumna Featured In The Meadville Tribune

Marla A. Sacks ’13 was recently featured in The Meadville Tribune to share her journey to Allegheny College. The idea of "unusual combinations" resonated with Sacks as she pursued the field of medicine through an interdisciplinary lens as a physics major and psychology minor.

Yazmin Infante Peña '15

First-Generation Allegheny Graduate Supports Global Education At Carnegie Mellon University

Yazmin Infante Peña '15 says that as a first-generation college graduate, Allegheny College made her more versatile for her career and ultimate position at Carnegie Mellon University. 

Chris Brussalis ’87

Chris Brussalis ’87: College President, Gator Dad, Cattle Herder and Liberal Arts Champion

Dr. Chris Brussalis ’87 doesn't make it to his family farm in southern Allegheny County much, but when he does, he’s reminded that in the dirt and among the animals, a person is a person. The nearly hundred head of cattle sure aren’t impressed that he was recently inaugurated as the ninth president of Point Park College and is the former CEO of the highly esteemed Hill Group Inc.

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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 […]

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Allegheny Alumna Named Founding Dean for Admissions and Recruitment at Methodist University’s College of Medicine

Allegheny alumna, Dr. Rebecca Miller Wise ‘91, has been named Founding Dean for Admissions and Recruitment at Methodist University’s new Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine. Wise is a board-certified clinician in Geriatric Pharmacy with more than 30 years of experience in education with expertise in integrative medicine, medical cannabis, geriatric medication therapy management […]