My Allegheny

The Playshop Theatre presents alum Elizabeth Colarte ’17 in her show “As Good As It Gets” Friday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the Vukovich Center’s Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre. Liz presented this “wet punch of comedy” this past August in Scotland at the famed Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

“What do you do when you hate the guy you’re dating, but he only has one eye? What do you stare at when sitting across from an old person whose eyes are constantly dripping in a way that can’t possibly be healthy? What happens when a textbook life doesn’t match up with the story you had in your head? May as well have some gross, wet cake and laugh all the way down. A wet punch of comedy and of what we lose when we can’t be satisfied.”

“As Good As It Gets” performs Friday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the Vukovich Center’s Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre. There are no reservations, and tickets are pay-what-you-will. For more information, please call the Playshop Theatre Box Office at (814) 853-5523.

“As Good As It Gets” includes some sexually graphic language and descriptions. The performance is recommended for audiences over the age of 16.

The Office of Marketing and Communications is seeking students interested in either a takeover or developing a day-in-the-life video next semester. The video would be highlighted on Allegheny College’s social media. Students who participate will be given a free T-shirt!

If interested, email kfrazier@allegheny.edu to inquire!

Join Allegheny Jewish Students Association for our annual Rosh Hashanah community dinner! It’s high holy day season VERY soon, and in order to properly prepare, we need to get an approximate head count of the people coming! Rosh Hashana kicks off the Jewish New Year, and we celebrate it with a yummy dinner of traditional Jewish dishes.

This dinner will be on October 4 starting at 4:30 pm at the Meadville Jewish Community Center. The attire is dressy casual. This is an open-campus community event!

You do not need to be Jewish to come! We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP with the Google Form here.

Club Volleyball is starting up again! The club is in need for an advisor. This is open to faculty looking to play some volleyball or interested in advising a club!

If interested please email medrano01@allegheny.edu!

The Financial Aid Office is currently receiving a large volume of student employment forms for the new academic year. It may take us longer than usual to enter your paperwork due to the number of forms we receive this time of year.

If you are unable to log hours by Thursday, September 26th, please reach out to studentemployment@allegheny.edu to make sure we are not missing any paperwork. The student deadline to submit hours for the month of September is Saturday, October 5th at 3 p.m.

Please keep track of the days and times that you work so you can enter them when your position is available on the employee tab in Self Service. First-time employees will receive an email when their employee tab has been activated.

There’s still time to register and prepare for the first-ever on-campus Blue & Gold Weekend Career Fair on Thursday, September 19th, 4:30–6 p.m. in the Campus Center.

Register via Handshake and remember to stop into the Center for Career & Professional Development office or make an appointment with a Career Coach to prepare your resume and personal pitch in time for next Thursday!

Wellness Opportunities

For staff and faculty enrolled in our Highmark insurance program, whether through the PPO or QHDHP plans, you are invited to take advantage of the wellness coaching opportunities available.

These wellness coaching sessions provide support for managing stress, weight loss, health screenings, improving sleep habits, and more!

To participate in these programs, please visit the HR website.

Click on “Summary of Benefits”
Select your plan (PPO or QHDHP)
Scroll down to the “Wellness Coach” section to explore the available options

Should you need assistance or have additional questions, please contact the office of Human Resources.

Disturbances happen…stay safe! There are two kinds of disturbances:

• Personal – involving a targeted person or group of individuals
• Campuswide – something threatening the entire campus or community

An assault, riot, explosion, shelter-in-place, or missing student can occur without warning at any time. These are just a few of the topics covered in this area of the safety committee website. The Disturbances Safety Procedure Site provides initial instructions and contact information to minimize the negative effect from such events.

Check out the QR code to the public safety website Emergency Guides!

Athletics Communication is seeking reliable help for home athletic contests at the Wise Center and Robertson Athletic Complex. Must be willing to work nights and weekends. Schedule will vary depending on the competition schedules. There are numerous roles for each home game, including scoreboard operator, timekeeper, live stream producer, live stream camera operator, music, public address announcing, stats spotter, statistician, etc. A general knowledge of sports is preferred. For more information, please contact Travis Larner, Director of Athletics Communication, at tlarner@allegheny.edu or Jem Smith, Senior Assistant Director of Athletics Communication, at jsmith2@allegheny.edu.

Won’t you be my neighbor? Neighboring is defined as being next to or very near a place. The spaces we work in and spend a significant amount of time are no exception.

The Office of Inclusive Excellence is creating the opportunity for employees (non-faculty staff) to begin a unique dialogue group experience around the topic of neighboring on campus and building to actions steps centered on creating an engaged, fun community built around a vibrant and inclusive culture.

These dialogues will use the Sustained Dialogue process, an intergroup dialogue-to-action process used to help groups build relationships and take action together around shared community concerns.

A dialogue group that applies the Sustained Dialogue® process follows a specific process to create a unique experience in which the same group of 8-15 people meets multiple times over a period of weeks or months. Together the small group moves through a five-stage dialogue to action process, which helps them build relationships and work together to take action to address issues affecting the community.

Each dialogue group of 8-15 participants is facilitated by two trained co-moderators who have received training from the Sustained Dialogue Institute in how to facilitate the Sustained Dialogue® process.

If you are interested in learning more, please fill out this survey and attend the information session on September 17 at 12 pm in Campus Center 301/302; lunch will be provided.

If interested, please sign up here.