Rebecca McLaughlin, ’14, has wanted to be a novelist since she was a kid. Through hard work, trial and error and a belief in herself, she is on her way. Her young-adult fantasy book The Nameless Queen is set to be published by a major publishing house next year. “It blew me away,” she said.
Hannah Schoon, ’19, expected to spend this past summer becoming a technician of sorts for a highly specialized piece of research equipment (a mass cytometer) at the Mayo Clinic. That job got interrupted—and as a result, Schoon is co-author of a paper published this month in the prestigious Blood Cancer Journal.
Griselda Iñiguez, ’19, figured out early on that hard work and determination were the keys to success. Now, as a senior at Albion College, she has learned those lessons and more, both as a psychology major and as a member of the equestrian team. “I’m a lot more independent,” she says.
There are stories in the rocks, and nothing makes Albion College’s Carrie Menold happier than figuring out the tale they’re trying to tell. With a grant from the National Science Foundation, the associate professor and chair of geological sciences and resident petrologist (rock expert) hopes to tell some of that story with a colleague and friend from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Through a gift to their alma mater, Dr. James Wilson, ’77, and Lisa Wilson, ’79, have established the Lisa and James Wilson Institute for Medicine at Albion College. An evolution from the former Institute for Healthcare Professions, the Wilson Institute for Medicine will rethink and advance undergraduate teaching and preparation in a fast changing medical-education environment, providing Albion students with a competitive advantage in gaining entrance to top-tier medical schools and in their overall career paths.
Michigan is understandably proud of Gerald R. Ford, but on October 4 Albion got a better understanding of the importance of Betty Ford. Lisa McCubbin, author of a 2018 biography of the former first lady, along with former Secret Service agent Clint Hill, who served under five presidents and wrote three best-selling memoirs with McCubbin, shared historical facts and personal insights during Albion College’s Joseph & Donna Calvaruso Speaker Series event at the Bohm Theatre.
Author Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of the late human rights activist Malcolm X, spoke at the Bohm Theatre on October 2 about her book about her father, her work as an author, and her unique role in the history and future of civil rights activism. Her 2016 book about her father, titled X, is the choice for Albion’s 2018 Big Read.
A microeconomist with research interests in the minimum wage and employment practices, JIm McCarley taught 41 years as a tenured professor and another 10 as an adjunct at Albion where he developed courses including Women in Economics, Econometrics, Armchair Economics (a First-Year seminar), and Great Issues in Social Sciences.
Alena Farooq, ’18, Kate Hao, ’99, Paul Huth, ’77, Madison Kase, ’18, and Brian McPheely, ’78, are the newest members of the Albion College Board of Trustees.
E&M associate professor John Carlson went back to college at age 57 to earn his Ph.D. and has now found a home at Albion where he has developed a reputation of teaching accounting in a relatable and interesting way. This year his work has also earned him a state excellence in teaching award.
