Gifts in Action

Your financial support has an immediate and lasting impact on the people, programs, and places of Allegheny College. The continued generosity of alumni, parents, and friends of the College helps us to maintain our national reputation for academic rigor and producing successful graduates. Below, learn more about how gifts make a difference in the lives of Allegheny faculty and students.

Elizabeth AndrewsEnglish major brings talents to international newsroom

Interning at an NBC studio gave Elizabeth Andrews a taste of what the television industry is all about. Even with that experience, she admits still feeling a bit nervous about taking on an even greater challenge–working in a bilingual newsroom in Berlin.

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Stephanie WolfMarine mammal experience offers more than usual

Investing 499 hours in volunteer work with marine mammals has paid great dividends for Stephanie Wolf. “I was surprised at how hands on it was,” she says of her summer internship at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Read more about Stephanie…

Diverse assignments define legal internshipKristin Baldwin

As a paralegal intern in Washington, D.C., Kristin Isabelli expected she would learn more about what attorneys do–so she wasn’t quite sure why her first placement was in the law firm’s accounting department.

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Kristin BaldwinAlaskan expedition opens world of field research

Geology majors Sean Fitzgerald and Theresa Schwartz learned that, in Alaska, appearances can be deceiving – especially when it comes to maps.

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