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Green Coalition holds clothing swap
“It’s kind of like thrift shopping but without spending any money, because at this point, thrift stores are expensive,” Liam Shields, co-president of Green Coalition, said about the Clothing Swap held Oct. 29 and 30.
MCP moves to Cussewago Square
A rainbow of playground equipment no longer decorates its exterior, and neither does a kaleidoscope of drawings and posters adorn the staircase on the first floor of Oddfellows Hall. The Meadville Cooperative Preschool, which once occupied a section of Oddfellows, moved operations to Cussewago Square as of the 2026-27 school year. “This new preschool setting will provide expanded space for hands-on learning, creative play and outdoor exploration,” the preschool’s website reads.
CCPD holds upperclassmen ‘Real Talk Conversations’
The Center for Career and Professional Development has unveiled a series of events for upperclassmen aimed at discussing anxieties and the intricacies of post-graduate life. The meetings are the creation of Liza Schaef, associate director of the CCPD, and Carene Shipley, third and fourth year class dean, and hosted every third Wednesday of the month in room 301/302 of the Henderson Campus Center.
Gator2Gator moves to LinkedIn
For Allegheny’s upperclassmen, the question of what comes after college may be an arduous one. That’s why the Center for Career and Professional Development’s (CCPD) mission is to help students find the answer that works best for them. This help comes in numerous forms: resume consultations, interview coaching and practice, and browsing internships and employment opportunities on Handshake.
Student Art Society gears up for fall events
Allegheny’s Student Art Society will continue their operations for the fall semester following their return to campus in the spring 2026 semester. After electing new board members to head the club’s planning and responsibilities, the student-led art organization kicked off the semester with events focusing on artistic exploration and creativity.
Allegheny star golfer returns to coach
Coach Carter Hassenplug In a press release released in July 2026, Carter Hassenplug, ’25, was named the new Head Golf Coach for Allegheny’s Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams Allegheny College Director of Athletics Bill Ross announced the decorated player’s ascension to the role after the retirement of former Golf Coach, Jeff Groff, after over 40 years.
Campus Center goes around the world in 60 minutes
Categories: About the Contributor Paige Kageni, ’27, is from the Central Pennsylvania area. She is planning to major in English and minor in Communications and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. This is her third year as a staff writer for The Campus. In her spare time, she enjoys playing guitar, crocheting, and going on long walks.
Head coach hired for women’s flag football
Abby Haynie was hired as the inaugural head coach of Allegheny’s women’s flag football team, as announced on Tuesday, Sept. 16, by Director of Athletics and Recreation Bill Ross. “Her passion for the game and vision for building this program make her the perfect leader to guide such a historic addition to Gator athletics,” Ross wrote in a press release announcing the decision. “She is a great addition to our staff.” Haynie has been an athlete her whole life and has played football for many years.
Outdoor classroom begins construction
Initial construction has begun on a new outdoor classroom next to the Lawrence Lee Pelletier Library, but it is now stalled, pending a building permit from the city of Meadville. For those who have walked by the library this semester, the equipment and materials may have sparked some curiosity. The classroom is being funded by the Allegheny Student Government.
Students start glugging at new Gator Gulp station
Gator Gulp, which opened at the beginning of the semester, is the newest healthy dining option available on the first floor of the Henderson Campus Center. Menu items include ginger shots for $2.50, kombucha for $5 and smoothies for $7.50, among other selections. Items are payable via credit or debit card, but can also be purchased with Express Cash or meal swipes for select items.
Life Design Office receives $15,500 grant from Stackpole-Hall Foundation
A $15,500 grant for Allegheny’s Life Design Office will fund the creation of a Life Design Speaker and Community Dialogue Series. The grant comes from the Stackpole-Hall Foundation, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that funds a wide variety of initiatives focused on education, health, community development and more. The new programming will feature two keynote speakers from across disciplines that contribute to furthering the Life Design Office’s core tenets, according to the Sept. 11 press release.
‘Bio Blitz’ at Carrden documents campus wildlife
From birds to butterflies, students observed all sorts of wildlife and plant life in the Carr Hall Garden at this year’s Bio Blitz. The event was organized by the Office of Sustainability, the biology department and the new Green Coalition — an amalgamation of numerous environmental clubs at Allegheny. The event was held on Sept. 5, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and featured the usage of iNaturalist, an app for citizens to share scientific observations for identification.
Former editor of The Campus honored in Erie ‘40 Under 40’ list
Categories: A former editor of The Campus was honored on the “40 Under 40” list published annually by The Erie Reader, a free monthly publication serving the Erie area. Olivia Burgess, ’21, was recognized for her work as the director of collective giving with the Erie Community Foundation, a nonprofit that supports various funds and grants for local organizations by acting as a bridge between the nonprofit and philanthropic communities.
WHYY shares Allegheny research on local health departments
A public health study by Associate Professor of Biology Becky Dawson and her students was recently covered by WHYY, an affiliate of National Public Radio. The study, titled “Differences in community health outcomes in counties with and without health departments in Pennsylvania,” was originally published by Springer Nature on Dec. 30.
Meadville history reignited by Allegheny reverend
Categories: On the icy morning of Saturday, Feb. 1st, a number of Meadville residents and Allegheny College community members gathered at the Crawford County Historical Society for a talk given by the Rev. Sarah Roncolato, ’80. The talk, titled “Re-Igniting the Past,” focused on the story of Elias Allen, an African-American Meadville citizen who in 1880 petitioned to enroll his children into a school that at the time allowed only white students.
Physical Plant breaks the ice
Categories: As students returned for a second week of classes, an arctic blast dropped snow and ice onto the region. Both Tuesday and Wednesday were 16 degrees Fahrenheit at their warmest and fell below zero at night. In an email sent out on Jan. 18, Dean for Student Life Trae Yeckley issued precautions to remain safe, including appropriate clothing and recommendations to monitor time outside. At the same time, Physical Plant prepared to salt the sidewalks and push snow from walkways.
Generative AI and the future of academia
Categories: With tools such as ChatGPT and Grammarly, generative AI has never been so easy to use. Simply entering prompts can produce paragraphs or entire essays in just a few seconds. Large language models, or generative language models trained on massive amounts of pre-existing text, are expected to grow in usage and become implemented in more everyday uses in the near future. However, what happens when these uses stretch into the academic sphere?
Website, GatorHub launch
Categories: Allegheny has launched a new website and a new internal platform to replace MyAllegheny. GatorHub will serve as the all-encompassing internal website for students, faculty and staff. GatorHub includes features such as a campus-wide events calendar, dining menu and ordering information, appointment reminders and a customizable interface for user convenience.
Allegheny secures grant
Allegheny College announced on Thursday, Oct. 10, that it had secured a $1 million grant for the Meadville Community Revitalization Corporation. The grant comes from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that has funded other projects in Meadville. The MCRC, a non-profit independent of Allegheny College, was founded in September and was established specifically to aid the Meadville area with economic and community development.
Delgado gives talk on race, religion and reproductive rights
Professor of History and Religion Dara Delgado held a talk in the Collaboratory of the Lawrence Lee Pelletier Library to speak about the connections between race, religion and reproductive rights on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The talk followed her article published in “The Conversation” in early October, which provided commentary on a speech given by Democratic party presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, to Zeta Phi Beta sorority members.
Invite, Inspire and Invest
Categories: 5-year ‘In For Allegheny’ campaign aims to raise $250 million The lobby of the Henderson Campus Center was packed with students, alumni, faculty, administrators, family and friends celebrating the ‘In For Allegheny: Our Pathway Forward’ campaign kickoff on the evening of Friday, Oct. 18. “This is the most significant campaign in Allegheny College history,” said President Ron Cole, ’87, in an interview with The Campus.
Green clubs hold Climate Awareness Day
Students gathered in front of Brooks Hall on Friday, Sept. 27, they were not there just because it was lunch time; rather, they were there to spread awareness about the climate crisis. Several environmental groups on campus, such as Food Recovery Network, Geology Club and Green Students of Color Society hosted the Day of Climate Awareness, an event to educate students on the importance of sustainability and conservation on campus.
#SporkTheQuad leans into fun sustainability
Categories: When students walked to the Henderson Campus Center to go to lunch or class on Wednesday, Sept. 23, a surprising sight greeted them on the Gator Quad: hundreds of gleaming metal sporks impaled in the lawn. The Office of Sustainability’s #SporkTheQuad event was responsible for the view. Students were able to pick up sporks on their way in and out of the campus center, learning sustainability facts from volunteers who handed them out.
Vote For Equality arrives for election season
As the presidential election nears, student political activity continues to ramp up. Vote For Equality is one example of the growing student efforts to mobilize peers to participate in the election process. A political action committee of the non-profit organization Feminist Majority Foundation, Vote For Equality was founded in 1987 and works to spread political information and resources to students on a number of social issues.
New Blue & Gold Career Fair to occur
The Center for Career and Professional Development will host the inaugural Blue & Gold Career Fair on Thursday, September 19 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the lobby of the Henderson Campus Center, coinciding with Blue & Gold weekend. The event will provide a space for students to meet alumni and potential recruiters for networking and business opportunities. In addition, attendees will get a chance to take professional headshots and enter raffles for various prizes.
Allegheny celebrates Meadville with Downtown Dollars
Categories: The morning air is warm and humid. The smell of barbecue wafts and travels through it. The sound of children playing reverberates throughout Diamond Park. A guitarist serenades the crowd before him, plucking his strings to a delightful melody. Vendors and community organizations pitch their tents, eager to engage with passersby. It’s 11:30 a.m. on a Saturday and everyone is gathered for Celebration Meadville, a yearly event to commemorate the city of Meadville.
English Department to host book swap May 1
Allegheny’s English Department is hosting its inaugural Book Swap on Wednesday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Students can stop by the lobby of Oddfellows Hall to swap out or simply pick up literature while enjoying a meal courtesy of the English department. Haylee Pierce, ’25, had originally proposed the idea of a book swap as a final project for a communications course, citing the numerous textbooks left over from previous classes with no way to dispose of them.
Earth Day programs span week
With Earth Day rapidly approaching, the environmental groups of Allegheny’s campus are getting creative with their Earth Week events. From April 20 to April 28, events will be taking place across campus for the enjoyment and education of Allegheny, with a specific emphasis on this year’s worldwide Earth Day theme; Plants vs. Plastic. Sofia Maass, ’24, president of Allegheny College Bird Club, explained the events being hosted by her group.
Parkhurst Dining to return after two years of Aramark
Allegheny College will be returning to Parkhurst Dining Services as its dining provider in the 2024-2025 school year. This was announced in an email sent on March 28, emphasizing sourcing local vendors and commitment to the college sustainability plan. This comes after a two-year-long partnership with Aramark Higher Education introduced in the Fall 2022 semester.
Roberson honored as ‘trailblazer’
Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Heather Moore Roberson was honored this past month as one of City and State Pennsylvania’s 2024 Black Trailblazers. The list recognizes the achievements of African American business owners, politicians, academics and other professionals. Other notable names on the list include Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and Larry Hailsham, ’15, current deputy chief of staff for Gov.
Black History Month events underway
The IDEAS Center kicked off Black History Month by hosting the Black Inventors Traveling Museum event in the lobby of the Henderson Campus Center on Feb. 1. The event was informative, showcasing the numerous inventions created by African American inventors and their contributions to American society as a whole. This was just one of many events scheduled for the month of February from the IDEAS Center and other student organizations at Allegheny.
‘Meeting this Moment’ book releases on UMC ties
If not for the funding provided by the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Allegheny College would have likely permanently been closed forever. The partnership allowed not only Allegheny to remain open, but also maintained a close relationship with the church for many years. This relationship, however, was re-examined through a modern lens when some policies of the church were considered to be problematic.
Boulton recognized for her impact
Director of Sustainability Kelly Boulton, ’02, was recently honored with a spot on the 2023 City & State Pennsylvania Impact List for her work to achieve carbon neutrality at Allegheny College.
ALIC expands to serve Meadville community
Allegheny College unveiled an additional location for the Allegheny Lab for Innovation and Creativity for Crawford County residents on Nov. 2. Dubbed “ALIC@Bessemer,” the initiative’s goal is to provide training and onboarding opportunities to work directly with industry partners, according to a press release from the college.
Time capsule discovered in rubble of Caflisch Hall
A sturdy, metal box sits leisurely in the Office of Marketing and Communication waiting patiently for its relocation to the Allegheny Archives. It is the newly-excavated Caflisch Time Capsule, discovered during the demolition of Caflisch Hall, which used to house upperclassmen and was known for its complex layout and floor plans. Now, after the dust has settled, the capsule begins another life unearthed; open for its contents to tell the story of another time.
The Mount Vesuvius Challenge: AI and its implications
In 2023, the application of artificial intelligence is diverse. It can be utilized daily as anything from a virtual assistant like Siri to speeding up the process of diagnoses and reducing human error in the medical field. In the world of archiving, AI is being used to digitize documents that cannot be read by the human eye.
Food waste signs posted in McKinley’s
Changes to student meal plans beginning for the fall 2023 semester not only changed McKinley’s Food Court to a meal swipe system, but also aimed to aid the issue of food insecurity that some students face. However, with the new changes to meal plans allowing for students to take more food from dining halls during the week, it also opens up questions concerning food waste.
Paulson to race in Ironman World Championship Oct. 14
Associate Professor of Psychology Lauren Paulson will be competing in the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawai’i, on Oct. 14. Being her 10th Ironman in total, Paulson will be heading to Hawai’i to embark on “a 2.4 mile open water swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, a 112 mile bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert and finally a marathon (26.2 miles) run along the coast of the Big Island,” Paulson said.
The science behind Wi-Fi: How the network works
If you’ve been anywhere on campus for the past month, you’ve most likely noticed a number of things; Gator Quad construction, art gallery showings, football games and other numerous events and happenings. However, you may have noticed one ever-present thing that’s a popular conversation topic: Wi-Fi. Ever since the beginning of the semester, internet connection has been hard to come by, constantly going in and out or not working at all.
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