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Allegheny Students Make a Difference, One Project at a Time

by Erica Erwin October 16th 2017

Raking leaves. Building a wheelchair ramp. Replacing a porch. Allegheny students were among hundreds of volunteers who joined together on Saturday to tackle those and more than 100 other service projects throughout Meadville and Crawford County as part of Make a Difference Day, an annual community service event sponsored by the college, the City of

Allegheny Program Develops Committed Global Citizens

by Joseph Merante ’20 May 16th 2017

Erin Zehr sees herself as “a person deeply interested in community and justice studies.” So when the Allegheny College sophomore saw an opportunity to connect her academic interests to an all-encompassing program that would help her develop a global perspective, she applied immediately. Zehr, a global health studies major and a Spanish minor, is one

Allegheny Students to Spend Spring Break Helping Others

by Emma Highland '19 March 15th 2017

Rather than spending spring break relaxing on the beach or vacationing in another country, each year more than 60 Allegheny College students choose to make a difference. These students donate their week off to go into communities and work on service projects across the nation. Since 1994, Allegheny’s alternative spring break program has sent groups

Brown, Raether, Roncolato and Weisman present at GLAA conference

by Erica Erwin October 31st 2016

Caitlin Brown ’17; Jonah Raether ’18; Dave Roncolato, director of the Office of Civic Engagement in the Gateway; and Eleanor Weisman, associate professor of Dance and Movement Studies, represented Allegheny College at the GLAA Conference “Civic Engagement & the Liberal Arts” in Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 23-25. Weisman introduced Brown and Raether, who presented on their work as Allegheny Community