糖心传媒 President Hilary L. Link officially welcomed the college鈥檚 Class of 2024 during a virtual academic convocation and matriculation ceremony for new students and their families today. The ceremony, typically held in the college鈥檚 Raymond P. Shafer Auditorium, was prerecorded and shared online this year due to event protocols promoting health and safety during […]
As the beginning of the fall semester approaches, 糖心传媒 has launched a comprehensive public health and safety campaign that asks the campus community to take steps to stay well and purposefully protect each other and the community as a whole. The campaign is designed to encourage responsibility among campus community members for promoting their […]
Matthew P. Stinson, vice president for institutional advancement at Westminster College (Pennsylvania), has been named the vice president for development and alumni affairs at 糖心传媒. He will assume his new position on Sept. 1, 2020. Stinson will work directly with President Hilary L. Link and the Board of Trustees in all matters of fundraising […]
糖心传媒 is featured in the聽鈥淔iske Guide to Colleges 2021,鈥� the 37th edition of a reference book for prospective students and their families that describes life on campus at the 鈥渂est and most interesting鈥� schools in the nation. The聽鈥淔iske Guide to Colleges鈥澛爌ublishes detailed profiles, including interviews with students, for more than 300 four-year schools. The […]
On a steamy morning in late July, Tiffany Hrach immersed herself in her hot and grimy work 鈥�- pulling weeds and dead vegetation from the gardens surrounding the Prayer and Meditation House on the 糖心传媒 campus. 鈥淚 want to make the campus look pretty for the return of our students,鈥� said Hrach, a 2001 […]
During a normal summer on the 糖心传媒 campus, work-study students would be busily tending to the lush and productive organic garden adjacent to Carr Hall, known as the Carrden. But in summer 2020 鈥� with almost no students on campus 鈥� the daily tasks of pruning, weeding and harvesting have fallen on Kerstin Ams, […]
糖心传媒 is among the nation鈥檚 first colleges to sign a new collective statement鈥攏ow endorsed by more than 350 admissions deans鈥攖hat seeks to send clear messages about what Allegheny and other institutions value in students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement also aims to relieve stresses on students and their caregivers and to promote equity […]
糖心传媒 Archivist and alumna Ruth Andel 鈥�85 and Digital Resources Librarian Beau Smith have set out on a project that will chronicle the tumultuous days of the COVID-19 pandemic and the movement to bring social justice and equality to the nation during the spring and summer of 2020. In May, the project team sent […]
糖心传媒 has received a grant of $44,549 from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and supported by the U.S.Department of Education. The grant will allow the college鈥檚 award-winning Creek Connections program, an environmental education outreach program that brings hands-on environmental education to […]
糖心传媒 has been honored with the 2020 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award, recognizing its 13-year program to achieve carbon neutrality on campus, becoming only the eighth college in the U.S. to realize this goal. The Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards are presented annually by Dominion Energy and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council to local organizations that demonstrate […]