Tim DeWitt, who has held several positions in the Division of Finance and Administration in his 12 years at Albion College and who currently serves as the College’s interim chief financial officer, has been named the new president of Lumen Christi Catholic School in Jackson and the executive director of the Jackson Catholic Schools system. “Words cannot begin to describe how grateful I am for the opportunity to work and represent Albion College,” DeWitt said.
Albion College President Mathew Johnson was a guest July 29 on “The Paul W. Smith Show,” WJR’s popular morning news-and-talk radio program. Dr. Johnson spoke about the College’s robust COVID-19 testing regimen and the many other planning components that are going into the College’s preparations for the start of the Fall 2020 semester.
Albion College President Mathew B. Johnson has announced today an updated and comprehensive plan for the safe return to campus this fall. To that end, Dr. Johnson said the College is partnering with Testing Centers of America (TCA) to provide unprecedented testing and monitoring of the entire Albion College community—students, faculty and staff.
In the midst of a transformative time unlike any other for Albion College and its home community of Albion, Michigan, Dr. Mathew B. Johnson officially took his place as the College’s 17th president on July 1. “There are many challenges we face as a new academic year begins,” President Johnson says, “but together—with the College community and the community of Albion—it will be a year full of promise and excitement.”
Dr. Mathew Johnson writes: “As an institution that educates beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Albion College is celebrating the June 18, 2020 Supreme Court ruling that allows DACA to continue providing a path for more than 700,000 Dreamers to study, work, contribute to their communities and live meaningful lives in the country many of whom know as the only home they’ve ever known.”
Dr. Mathew Johnson, who begins his Albion presidency on July 1, shares a message with the Albion College community following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this week that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people from discrimination in their employment.
Two seven-week modules will be offered in which students may take up to two in-person courses in each module, plus new summer and intersession learning opportunities. The semester will end by Thanksgiving.
A pair of Eastern box turtles named Sid and Nancy, who have called Whitehouse Nature Center home for years, have had a long and tempestuous relationship. But in February Nancy laid eggs, and in March, against the odds, one hatched. “This is kind of a big deal,” said Center Director Jason Raddatz.
More than 100 cars and 150 people—not to mention two bicycles and a fair number of dogs—rolled out on Thursday, May 21, to say farewell to retiring Albion College President Mauri Ditzler and his wife, Judi. The route started from the Erie Street parking lot behind the Ferguson Building and ended at the President’s Home at 501 E. Michigan Ave.
Tim DeWitt, who has held several positions in the Division of Finance and Administration in his 12 years at Albion College, has been named the College’s interim chief financial officer, replacing Dee McCormick, who retired last month.
