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Volunteer Tax Assistance Program Prepares Nearly 1,000 Returns for Area Residents

by Allegheny College May 18th 2018

The Meadville Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) prepared 997 tax returns this year at no cost to area residents — despite a series of challenges stemming from a Jan. 31 fire that closed the Meadville Public Library, which served as home to the VITA program. The Meadville VITA program is a partnership between Allegheny

Allegheny Student Wins Fulbright Scholarship for Summer Study in the U.K.

by Richard Stanley May 15th 2018

Allegheny College student Sarah Shapley will participate in a Fulbright Summer Institute to study in Wales in the United Kingdom through one of the most prestigious and selective summer scholarship programs operating worldwide. Shapley, a rising junior, is from Fairport in suburban Rochester, New York. She is a major in international studies with a minor

Commencement Ceremony at Allegheny College Celebrates More Than 380 Students, Three Distinguished Leaders

by Allegheny College May 12th 2018

Allegheny College today honored more than 380 graduates and presented honorary degrees to three distinguished alumni at Commencement ceremonies in the David V. Wise Sport & Fitness Center. Honorary doctorates of humane letters were conferred on Allegheny alumni John Aldrich, Barbara Hotham Iglewski and Carol Reardon. Aldrich, Allegheny class of 1969, is the Pfizer-Pratt University

Barbara Shaw Receives Endowed Professorship for Interdisciplinary Studies at Allegheny

by Richard Stanley May 11th 2018

Barbara L. Shaw has been named the first recipient of the Brett ’65 and Gwendolyn ’64 Elliott Professorship for Interdisciplinary Studies at Allegheny College. Shaw teaches in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and has been at Allegheny since 2009. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College and a doctorate in American Studies

Two Allegheny College Seniors Awarded Student Prize for Civility in Public Life

by Josh Tysiachney May 9th 2018

Allegheny College seniors Sarah Alex Nathan and Lucie Rose Shiffman are the recipients of the 2018 Allegheny Student Prize for Civility in Public Life. The College awards the prize annually to two exemplary student leaders who have demonstrated a strong passion for, and deep understanding of, civility on the Allegheny College campus and in community

Kristin Dukes Named Dean for Institutional Diversity at Allegheny College

by Allegheny College May 9th 2018

Dr. Kristin Nicole Dukes has been named the dean for Institutional Diversity at Allegheny College, effective July 1, 2018. Dukes, who has more than a decade of experience working in higher education and institutional diversity, currently serves as an associate professor of psychology at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. “We are pleased to welcome Kristin

Allegheny Honors Students and Organizations for Outstanding Leadership

by Emma Highland '19 May 8th 2018

Allegheny honored dozens of students and student-operated organizations for their leadership on the campus and in the Meadville community during the 2017-18 academic year. Students and groups were nominated for the Annual Leadership Awards by community and campus sponsors, and were chosen by selection committees that included both faculty and staff. Awards were presented in

Coin Capital Team Wins Zingale Big Idea Competition at Allegheny College

by Josh Tysiachney May 3rd 2018

Allegheny College students James Burnette, Austin Bristol and Joe Nagel won first prize and $5,000 in Allegheny’s Annual Zingale Big Idea Competition, a contest sponsored by the college’s Center for Business and Economics and modeled after ABC’s popular “Shark Tank” show. Burnette, Bristol and Nagel’s team — Coin Capital — pitched an idea for a hedge

Allegheny’s Kyle Kanell to Study Arabic in Morocco with ProjectGO Scholarship

by Emma Highland '19 May 2nd 2018

Kyle Kanell has never left North America, but this summer his studies will take him across the Atlantic Ocean to Meknes, Morocco, where he has been awarded the ProjectGO scholarship for an intensive study of Arabic. Originally from Beaver, Pennsylvania, Kanell transferred to Allegheny College in the fall of 2017 from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Allegheny Senior Jonah Raether Wins Fellowship to Study at Clark University

by Emma Highland '19 April 26th 2018

Allegheny College senior Jonah Raether has been awarded the Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Fellowship to fully fund his Master of Health Science degree in community and global health at Clark University in Massachusetts. Graduating from Allegheny with majors in environmental studies and global health studies, Raether will begin the highly competitive graduate program

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