International Student Admissions

Allegheny recently celebrated its International Dinner, hosted by the International Club. This event has become an annual event on campus– and a celebration of the diverse cultures and backgrounds that make up Allegheny.

For the event, the International Club took over one of the dining halls and cooked for two straight days– not to mention putting on a show featuring costumes, songs, and dances from around the world! Check out our photos from the event here.

We’ll be posting our International Dinner video on this page after the new year. Keep visiting this page for more updates!

Our international students love to travel! This semester, our international students have had the opportunity to explore several locations close to Allegheny. So far, they have visited the Crawford County Fair (right here in Meadville), the nearby city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, & the world-famous Niagara Falls in the state of New York, among other places. Click Here to see some pictures of these excursions.

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Keep visiting this page for pictures and video of this year’s annual International Dinner!

The Allegheny campus is gearing up for the many exciting events of next week’s International Education Week. The week features a study-abroad photo contest, presentations about the many collaborative projects Allegheny has in other countries– and of course our annual International Dinner, celebrating the rich diversity of cultures that make up our campus.

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Look for photographs of these events in future posts, but for the time being, we invite you to explore the week’s events here: International Education Week 2010 Events

Allegheny College is proud to have been recently featured among the 100 “best values” in liberal arts colleges in the United States, according to Kiplinger’s, a private financial advising company.
To read the full story, click here.

Each year the Allegheny Campus community rallies around one common theme. We are proud to announce that this year’s campus theme is the Year of Global Citizenship. We will be hosting events throughout the 2010-2011 Academic Year that relate to being active, contributing citizens in an integrated, global society. For a full listing and description of the events, please visit the Year of Global Citizenship web page at: http://sites.allegheny.edu/yogc/ .

The office of admissions has just announced new fall and winter dates for Skype interviews with Bob Baldwin, our international admissions coordinator. If you would like to explore Allegheny further and chat one-on-one with a member of our admissions staff, we invite you to fill out the registration form at: http://www.allegheny.edu/forms/553 .

The Office of Admissions will host individual webcam interviews with international students on Skype throughout the summer months.

If you are seriously considering Allegheny among your college choices, we recommend signing up for an individual interview. It is a great opportunity to learn more about the distinctive features of Allegheny and let us know more about your own “unusual combinations” of interests and talents!

To view a list of open dates, please see the reservation form at: http://www.allegheny.edu/forms/553 .

On Sunday, May 16, 2010 Allegheny held its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2010. This year’s graduating class, which marks Allegheny’s 195th year as a college, included several international students. Here is a sample of some of our international graduates’ plans:

Edayatu Lamptey (Ghana): Pursuing a masters in Public Policy and Management at Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pu Huang (China): Attending law school at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan

Moinuddin Syed (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia): Pursuing graduate studies in International Relations/Diplomacy at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey

Yuan Lin (China): Seeking employment in China for a year before pursuing graduate studies in Actuarial Science in the US

Aarish Riaz (Pakistan): Seeking employment in the field of economics/business in Washington, DC. Aarish hopes to leverage the strong connections he established in the Washington area during his internship at HSBC and semester spent studying at American University.

We wish these and all of our 2010 international graduates the best of luck in the future!

A recent study by Allegheny’s Center for Political Participation regarding civility in politics has received national publicity. The survey shows the majority of Americans want to see more respect and compromise in politics—qualities they find lacking in most of Washington’s discussions. Pulitzer Prize-winning David M. Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, used his well-respected voice to unequivocally endorse Allegheny’s effort:

“From Harvard came the Marshall Plan; from the University of Michigan, Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. John F. Kennedy gave his space-race speech at Rice and his world-peace speech at American University. Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. Years from now, if we are lucky, we may recall that the big idea of the early 21st century came from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. … the Allegheny idea is simple: ‘Nastiness, Name-calling and Negativity’ (the title of the college’s ground-breaking new report) are bad, and civility and compromise are good.”

Click here to read the full article, and click here to review the CPP’s study.

International student applications are currently under final review by the Admissions Committee.  Final decisions will be mailed to applicants on or before April 1, 2010.  If you would like to check your status or are unsure if your application is complete, please contact Bob Baldwin at: globalgators@allegheny.edu.

In addition, to accommodate continued interest, the Office of Admissions has extended the application deadline to April 7, 2010.  We will accept new applications submitted on or before this date, and students will still receive consideration for scholarships.  If you wish to apply and have not already done so, you may begin your application immediately at:  www.allegheny.edu/apply .

We hope to see your application arrive soon!