May 12, 2012 ? Allegheny College today honored 456 graduates and four distinguished leaders at the college?s 193rd commencement ceremony. Washington Post columnist and political commentator E.J. Dionne, who was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the ceremony, delivered the commencement address. In his address Dionne challenged the Class of 2012 to become [...]

May 11, 2012 — The Buhl Foundation has awarded a grant of $30,000 to Allegheny College in support of the Pittsburgh operations of Creek Connections, a partnership between Allegheny College?s natural science division and elementary, middle and high schools. Founded in 1995, the project has grown from five to more than 50 participating teachers at [...]

May 3, 2012 ? Allegheny College is one of only 10 academic institutions in the nation to be honored by Second Nature and the American College & University Presidents? Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) in the Third Annual Climate Leadership Awards. The awards, which will be presented at the ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. on [...]

May 3, 2012 ? Allegheny College will award an honorary doctorate to Carol Glazer, president of the National Organization on Disability (NOD), at the college?s Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12. In the college?s 197th year, Glazer will be joining E.J. Dionne Jr., Arnold Palmer and Tom Ridge in receiving honorary doctorates from the college. [...]

?May 3, 2012 — Allegheny College environmental science graduate Lindsay Baxter, a project manager with the Pittsburgh office of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), has been named a 2012 ?Champion of Change? by President Barack Obama. Baxter–one of only nine Americans nationwide recognized–was selected for ?her innovative energy priorities and sustainable living practices making a [...]

April 30, 2012 — The Allegheny Chamber Singers will present a program of opera scenes on Sunday, May 6 at 3:15 p.m. in Ford Chapel on the Allegheny College campus. Admission is free. The concert will showcase the talents of Caitlyn Askey, James Baker, Danae Binder, Bailey Blashford, Brent Carlini, Nicholas Diana, Breana Gallagher, Benjamin [...]

April 26, 2012 ? Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. will deliver the Commencement address at Allegheny College?s 2012 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12. In the college?s 197th year, Dionne will be joining Arnold Palmer and Tom Ridge in receiving honorary doctorates. ?We are proud to have E.J. Dionne address our graduating class at [...]

April 26, 2012 — The Richard King Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $150,000 to Allegheny College in support of the Pittsburgh operations of Creek Connections, a partnership between Allegheny College?s natural science division and elementary, middle and high schools. Founded in 1995, the project has grown from five to more than 50 participating [...]

April 23, 2012 — The Allegheny College Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble will present their spring concert on Sunday, April 29 at 3:15 p.m. in the college?s Shafer Auditorium. Admission is free. The Allegheny saxophone and flute ensembles will present pre-concert music beginning at 2:40 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby. Both the Wind Symphony [...]

April 23, 2012 — The Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College will present a free public lecture by Stephen Collinson, a White House correspondent with the AFP news agency (Agence France-Presse), at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in Quigley Hall auditorium. The title of Collinson?s talk is ?The Opacity of Hope: The Enigmatic [...]