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Mary Jean Eisenhower shares her remarkable career in international peace work as Albion College’s 2017 Joseph S. Calvaruso Keynote speaker on Thursday, April 20. The College’s 28th annual two-day Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium opens Wednesday, April 19, with the Isaac Alumni Lecture, to be given by shark researcher Nick Whitney, ’00.

Covering equal pay, entertainment, the environment and much more, Albion College celebrates Women’s History Month with a wide variety of events.

While many Albion students (and professors) made time for rest and relaxation during spring break, it was also a great opportunity to apply and expand upon work done in class. This week, students in music, mathematics and the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program have gone in all directions to gain some unique learning experiences.

In 1936, homesick for his native Upper Peninsula, John Reynolds, ’39 (left), planted an Austrian pine tree from his home on the quad. Eighty-one years later (and earlier this week), two of his grandchildren who are members of the College grounds staff helped take down the tree, which had been beset by disease. But a new tree from the Reynolds family cabin in the U.P. will soon be brought to campus and planted in the same spot.

For nearly 40 years, Mary Johnson was a welcoming, soothing, calming, always smiling presence at the entrance of Albion College’s dining hall. And she knew every student’s name, or at least it certainly seemed that way. Johnson passed away Monday, February 27, at the age of 75, and her loss has left a hole in the Albion College community.

Fifty-eight majors, 31 minors and two concentrations were declared during Albion College’s Declare a Major event February 21. And that’s a start. Indeed, one of the biggest challenges for colleges everywhere is to get students to declare their major, preferably by the end of their sophomore year.

Betsy Morley, director of international recruitment in the Albion College Admission Office, had been out of the country on assignment for all of one day when news arrived that she knew would make her job a little more challenging.

Donald Trump’s presidency has impacted many things, according to Eugene Robinson, including his own job. That was one of many insights The Washington Post opinion writer and MSNBC commentator shared with a Bohm Theatre full house January 30 for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation and Community Celebration.

Dr. Mauri A. Ditzler shares his thoughts about the recent White House executive order pertaining to national immigration policy.

Theatre, music and art along with two culturally based dinners give Albion College’s 2017 Black History Month Celebration an entertaining and thought-provoking flair.