Take a look back at campus life at Allegheny in 2021. Click on a photo to view a larger version.
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- In February, Allegheny welcomed students back to campus for Module 2 of the spring semester.
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- The annual Midwinter Festival, sponsored by Spiritual and Religious Life in early March
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- Students enjoyed springlike weather — and a day off from classes — on March 10.
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- Allegheny Recreation’s snow-tubing outing in March (Photo by Jacob McGee ’24)
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- Will Harrod ’21 takes a 29-year-old red-tailed hawk out for examination, part of his volunteer experience with Tamarack Wildlife Center.
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- Spectators from the campus community were permitted to return to Gator athletics home contests, including this softball game, in March.
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- The Allegheny community joined together on March 23 to hold a vigil for victims of shootings in Atlanta and to bring awareness to anti-Asian violence.
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- Allegheny alumni sent more than 500 notes of encouragement to students in the spring.
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- The Allegheny Art Galleries’ “Performance Anxiety” exhibit was on display in March and April.
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- On April 22, Gators from around the globe made a record-setting 2,612 gifts to Allegheny, totaling more than $1 million, as a part of the 7th Gator Give Day.
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- The Allegheny Choirs performed an outdoor concert in May. (Photo by Sydney Emerson ’23)
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- The Gator women’s track team celebrates their 2021 NCAC outdoor championship.
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- The Egg Detectives student improv group performs in May. (Photo by Sydney Emerson ’23)
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- The annual Honors Convocation was held in Shafer Auditorium in May.
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- The traditional “Burning of the Comps” during Senior Day festivities
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- The inaugural First-Generation Pinning Ceremony recognized Class of 2021 graduates who were first in their families to attend college.
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- Commencement for the Class of 2021
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- Associate Registrar Debbie Zinz received the Robert T. Sherman Distinguished Service Award at the Employee Recognition Ceremony in June.
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- Class of 2020 graduates reunited on the evening before their Commencement ceremony in July.
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- The Class of 2020 was honored at Commencement on July 31 — a ceremony delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Professor Richard Bowden and Katie Brozell ’23 conducted soil research in Bousson Environmental Research Reserve during the summer.
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- The Maytum Center for Student Success opened in Pelletier Library during the summer.
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- During the summer, Grace Hemmelgarn ’22, Danielle Studer ’22, and Dr. Mark Kirk ’11 helped the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission monitor water quality and document the presence of valuable aquatic life in area streams.
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- Members of the Class of 2025 gather in the Campus Center during Gator Week of Welcome activities in August.
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- President Hilary L. Link addressed new students at the First-Year Academic Convocation and Matriculation Ceremony.
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- Students kicked off the fall semester with a pep rally on Bentley Hall Lawn.
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- Students explored activities and interests at the annual Involvement Fair.
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- In September, the Playshop Theatre presented “Bikeman,” a famed journalist’s firsthand account of 9/11. ((Photo by Mary Dosch ’23)
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- Student fellows in the Center for Business and Economics discussed their experiences during a Gator Day panel discussion on Sept. 22.
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- In September, Students for Environmental Action participated in the Global Climate Strike. (Photo by Bianca Sanchez ’24)
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- The annual Competition of the Muses during Blue & Gold Weekend
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- Students, alumni, families, and friends gathered on campus for Blue & Gold Weekend in late September.
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- Trustee Afua Osei ‘08 served as the 2021 Executive in Residence in the Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business & Economics in October.
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- The College celebrated the rededication of the restored Bentley Hall on Oct. 16.
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- College and community volunteers served the community on Make a Difference Day.
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- The Allegheny club ice hockey team competes in a home contest.
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- The Gator Women’s Cross Country team won its 16th NCAC championship on Oct. 30.
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- Intro to Public History students created pop-up museum events on campus in November.
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- Pink-out football game showing support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Nov. 4
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- Culture Night, sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, on Nov. 11 (photo by Sami Mirza ’24)
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- The Playshop Theatre presented Pearl Cleage’s “Bourbon at the Border” in November, featuring the first all-Black cast in the Playshop’s 91-year history. (Photo by Mary Dosch ’23)
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- Legendary coach and athletic director Norm Sundstrom was honored during events on Nov. 20.
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- On Dec. 1, Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity toured the Allegheny campus to promote the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program and learn more about the College.
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- The “Untitled: Advanced Studio and Senior Project Show” was on display in the Allegheny College Art Galleries in December.
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- Dress rehearsal for the annual Cookies and Milk Dance Concert
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- The College celebrated Pride Day at the men’s and women’s basketball games on Dec. 4.
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- Late Night Breakfast on the last day of fall semester classes
