Albion College alumni and friends answered a call for support over the last year in inspiring fashion, sparking a record fundraising total that will benefit the College for years to come in ways that will prove beneficial and dramatic.
Albion College’s “great reputation,” as well as its “small-town feeling” and “rigorous but rewarding” academic experience, are just some of its qualities cited by The Princeton Review in the 2020 edition of the test-prep company’s annual college guide, The Best 385 Colleges.
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.
Albion College is among a select group of institutions featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020. The publication, now in its 36th edition and considered one of the best independent college guides available, mentions that Albion “attracts an ambitious, involved group of students” while touting the College’s “top-notch academic and career counseling.”
A new endowed gift from Stephen and Susan Brochu Greehalgh, ’74 ’75, will offer a greater opportunity for students with financial need to take part in faculty-sponsored academic trips. “I believe that experiential learning can make all the difference in a liberal arts education,” Stephen Greenhalgh said.
The newest class of Build Albion Fellows features 10 students from the local community who are eager to play an active role in the future of their hometown as part of their college experience. Notably, half of the group has a sibling who is also a participant in the five-year-old program, which after a selection process provides four-year tuition, housing and meals to high school graduates from Albion in exchange for service in the community.
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.
