Articles: by Richard Stanley

Allegheny’s Playshop Theatre to Stage “Go Play Outside!” in an Outdoor Venue

by Richard Stanley September 23rd 2020

While the bright lights of Broadway and theater districts throughout the nation remain mostly dark, Allegheny College’s Playshop Theatre will stage an outdoor performance festival “Go Play Outside!” on three weekends in late September and October. The festival is open only to members of the Allegheny community. It will be staged in the Vukovich Center

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Allegheny Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2020

by Richard Stanley September 9th 2020

It’s quite the fusion of talents joining the ranks of Allegheny College’s faculty in the fall of 2020. From scholars in modern Arabic literature and French and Francophone studies to a former economic analyst for a global banking firm, Allegheny’s new faculty members bring unique backgrounds and qualities to the campus classrooms this academic year.

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Allegheny Alumnus Fields Jackson, Jr. to Speak on Diversity in the World of Commerce

by Richard Stanley September 4th 2020

Allegheny College’s Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business and Economics (CBE) will welcome Fields Jackson, Jr. ’80, chief executive officer of Racing Toward Diversity magazine, to address students in an online forum at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8. Jackson will present his talk, “Making the Business Case for Diversity,” via Zoom. “This year, the Center

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Allegheny College Honored for Achieving Renewable-Energy Milestone

by Richard Stanley September 2nd 2020

The PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center has honored Allegheny College and other higher-education institutions in the Commonwealth for achieving key energy sustainability goals. The Policy Center issued its report in August as part of the nationwide survey of “America’s Top Colleges for Renewable Energy 2020: Who’s Leading the Transition to 100% Renewable Energy on Campus?”

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Allegheny Alumni Step Up for Americorps VISTA Community Service

by Richard Stanley August 26th 2020

When it comes to community service, Allegheny College students and alumni move to the front of the line, and the 2020–21 Lake Effect Leaders cohort demonstrates that pointedly. This year, the Lake Effect Leaders AmeriCorps VISTA Project accepted 23 VISTA members. Five of those positions are in Meadville and 18 are in Erie. Of those

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Allegheny College Among the Best in Nation, The Princeton Review Says

by Richard Stanley August 24th 2020

Allegheny College has again been named one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review in its 2021 publication of “The Best 386 Colleges.” The Princeton Review’s 29th annual report on the nation’s institutions of higher learning includes 29 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania. The institutions were selected based on “our

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Mathematical Association of America Honors Allegheny Professor

by Richard Stanley August 10th 2020

Allegheny College Mathematics Professor Dr. Tamara Lakins has received the 2020 Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The Certificate of Meritorious Service, announced in a video ceremony in July, was presented for service at the national level or for service to a section of the Mathematical Association of America. There were

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Recent Allegheny College Graduate Receives Prestigious Teaching Fellowship

by Richard Stanley August 7th 2020

Joseph P. Hayes, a 2020 Allegheny College graduate from Jamestown, New York, has received a $32,000 Pennsylvania Teaching Fellowship from the WW Foundation to fund his master’s degree studies at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he also will teach in high-need schools. “I’m really looking forward to getting into the classroom and building relationships with

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Allegheny’s Carrden Is Still Flourishing Despite Fewer Gardeners

by Richard Stanley July 29th 2020

During a normal summer on the Allegheny College campus, work-study students would be busily tending to the lush and productive organic garden adjacent to Carr Hall, known as the Carrden. But in summer 2020 — with almost no students on campus — the daily tasks of pruning, weeding and harvesting have fallen on Kerstin Ams,

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