Story of Vietnam Veteran Adamson, ’63, Part of First-Year Seminar
"In teaching history at Albion College, one of my goals is to bring national and international historical issues home to Albion: to the community and the campus," writes history professor Wes Dick, who this fall is teaching a First-Year Seminar titled Sense of Place: Albion and the American Dream. "In exploring Albion College during the Vietnam War ... I have discovered only one Albion College alumnus who died in Vietnam. That individual is Donald Bruce Adamson (pictured at left) and 2016 marks the 50th anniversary year of his death."
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Boston Seminar Proves Eye-Opening for Two History Students
The discovery of the story of African American Paul Cuffee, and the unfolding of others like his, was a revelation to Albion students Corey Wheeler, '18, and Elijah Bean, '19, and made the recent three-week Boston Summer Seminar, sponsored by the Great Lakes Colleges Association and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, an experience they'll never forget.
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Wes Dick, History Department Recognizes Retiring Professor Geoffrey Cocks
Albion College’s current longest-tenured professor, Wesley Arden Dick (far left), offered remarks about longtime History Department colleague Geoffrey Cocks at Cocks’ May 5 retirement reception in the Wendell Will Room of Stockwell Library.
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Teagle Grant Connects Albion Classes with Other Liberal Arts Colleges
Albion College and five other Great Lakes Colleges Association institutions are coming together to design and teach hybrid courses, with an emphasis on digital teaching, thanks to last year's $335,000 grant from the New York-based Teagle Foundation. This semester, history professor Marcy Sacks (left) is collaborating with a counterpart from Hope College; in the fall, exercise science professor Heather Betz will team up with a faculty peer from DePauw University.
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