Articles: Tag: Center for Political Participation

Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds Historic Session at Allegheny College, Judge Murray Highlights Civic Role of Judiciary

by Allegheny College October 2nd 2024

On Tuesday, October 1, Allegheny College hosted the Pennsylvania Superior Court, hearing oral arguments for several cases, as well as hosting a lecture by Judge Mary Murray, Judge Maria McLaughlin, and Judge Megan McCarthy King about the court’s civic purpose. The court’s visit to Allegheny College provided the institution with a special distinction. Although the

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National Voter Registration Day At Allegheny College

by Allegheny College September 17th 2024

National Voter Registration Day is held on September 17, 2024. Let’s get out to vote! In the last presidential election, Allegheny College was honored with a gold seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for students getting out to vote. Learn how to get engaged in civic activities on campus by visiting https://go.allegheny.edu/vote. 

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Pathway To Politics In Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth

by Erica Erwin ’02 August 5th 2024

In painting a picture of Pennsylvania’s future, Gov. Josh Shapiro pointed to past progress. “In every chapter of this Pennsylvania story, we got better,” Shapiro, the Democratic 48th leader of the Commonwealth, said in his January inauguration speech. “We got stronger. We got more tolerant. Our story is one of progress and prosperity, and today

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People & Places: December 2023 – April 2024

by Allegheny College May 3rd 2024

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability Delia Byrnes contributed an essay titled “Ecocriticism: From the Wilderness Idea to Just Multispecies Futures” to the edited collection The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice, which was published on November 20, 2023.  Her essay traces the theoretical field of ecocriticism from its origins in European and

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Make Your Passion Your Plan: Law and Policy Program Changes Path of New Grad

by Jennifer Rignani April 4th 2024

As anyone who has attended college and began their career can attest, often what you think you’re going to study or do for a living is not at all what ends up happening. Claudia Huber ‘24 was certain she was destined for law school. Huber says as a freshman, “I was extremely focused on how

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Voter Participation Among Allegheny College Students up in 2020

by Katheryn Frazier November 9th 2021

Allegheny College reported that student voting increased 10.5% in last year’s presidential election, rising to 71.5% in 2020 from a rate of 61% in 2016. Voter turnout among Allegheny students was higher than the average across private and public institutions, based on 2020 reports. “Allegheny College can be proud of the work done by our

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Allegheny College Designated Voter Friendly Campus Through National Nonpartisan Initiative

by March 9th 2021

Allegheny College has been designated as a Voter Friendly Campus through an initiative led by two national nonpartisan organizations — the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The initiative held participating institutions accountable for planning and implementing practices that encouraged their students to register and vote

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Allegheny Professor Brian Harward Participates in Reading To Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg

by November 21st 2020

Brian Harward, the Robert G. Seddig Chair in Political Science at Allegheny College, participated in a reading of Robert H. Jackson’s opening statement to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and Jackson’s role as chief U.S. prosecutor. The reading, sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York,

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Allegheny College Senior Places Third in Statewide Draw the Lines Competition

by November 9th 2020

For the second year in a row, Alexander Yarkosky, a senior from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, has won honors in the statewide competition for redrawing election district lines with the goal of making for fairer elections in the commonwealth. In the most recent competition, Yarkosky placed third, and in 2019 he was awarded honorable mention for his

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It’s Prime Time for Allegheny’s Center for Political Participation

by October 9th 2020

From hosting forums among candidates for local political office to encouraging students to vote in the Nov. 3 national election, Allegheny College’s Center for Political Participation (CPP) has a very busy few weeks ahead. Student members of the CPP, along with MitzVote, Rock the Vote and the Andrew Goodman Foundation, have been working on outreach

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