Albion College has been awarded a major federal grant to prevent and respond to interpersonal violence on campus. The $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) provides a unique opportunity for institutions of higher education to establish multidisciplinary approaches to combat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking on campuses.
It is ambitious. It is intrepid. It is challenging. And it is the next step in Albion College’s goal of creating a liberal arts experience for students to change the world. The College is embarking on perhaps the most far-reaching comprehensive campaign in its 185-year history, and by the time it ends Albion will be remade in ways both large and small.
As the Albion College campus community settles into the fall 2019 semester, Leroy Wright, vice president for student development and dean of students, shares a message of support with all students.
Elizabeth Palmer, ’10, has a family background full of teachers that includes her father, mother and sister. But she was interested in another direction: historic preservation. Now she is Albion’s new Marilyn Crandell Schleg Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, and ready to make available the College’s impressive archives to all those interested. Says Palmer: “I’m of a mind that why do we have it if it’s not benefiting others?”
Albion College’s Board of Trustees now sits at 27 members following the recent appointments of Jeffrey Youle, ’81, Allison Maki, ’97, and Chelsei Carpenter, ’19. The appointments began on July 1.
Being in college, struggling with a disability, and advocating for a change in campus climate seems just about impossible—until you meet Jasmine Maddox, ’20. This semester, Maddox was one of two undergraduates nationwide to receive a 2019 Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Scholarship. The award recognizes Maddox’s work as a disability advocate on Albion’s campus, and provides support for her final year of college.
According to psychology professor Drew Christopher, Albion College’s Commencement on May 4 marked the end of the Class of 2019’s 1,352-day career. More than 330 graduates were celebrated on the almost perfect spring day in Albion.
From Albion College Campus Safety–Last night (Sunday, April 14) the students who reported the discrimination incidents on Friday, April 5 reported again finding that racist and vulgar language had been written on the whiteboard located on their room door in Wesley Hall. Campus Safety investigated the incident and was able to identify the person responsible as an Albion College student. The student is no longer on campus.
Campus Safety is continuing to investigate whether this latest incident is related to the previous incidents that were reported on April 5. Albion Public Safety is also aware of this latest incident and is continuing their investigation as well. Anyone with information about any of these incidents is encouraged to contact Campus Safety (517-629-1234 or [email protected]), and/or the Albion Department of Public Safety (911 from a cell phone).
Two prominent almuni—Albion native and pharmaceutical exeuctive Barbara Weiskittel, ’83, and recently retired Britons football coach Craig Rundle, ’74—will speak to the Class of 2019 at Albion College Commencement. The event will be held Saturday, May 4, beginning at 1 p.m. (processional at 12:45 p.m.) on the Quadrangle in front of Kresge Gymnasium.
Albion College’s institutes, faculty and course development are among the key areas of support in a recently awarded $500,000 grant from the Midland, Michigan-based Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation. As one example of how community-based learning will benefit, grant funds will facilitate the completion of the move of the Carl A. Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management and the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and Service into the downtown Ludington Center by fall 2019.
