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Betsy Morley, director of international recruitment in the Albion College Admission Office, had been out of the country on assignment for all of one day when news arrived that she knew would make her job a little more challenging.

Albion College anthropology professor Alli Harnish has a question. And she really wants an answer. “I moved here in 2013 and I saw all these signs around the state with the name Cass,” she said. And then she began to list them off in rapid succession.

Emerita professor of education Nancy Held passed away February 4 at Providence Hospital in Novi at the age of 84. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, February 11, at 10:30 a.m. in Albion College’s Goodrich Chapel.

Donald Trump’s presidency has impacted many things, according to Eugene Robinson, including his own job. That was one of many insights The Washington Post opinion writer and MSNBC commentator shared with a Bohm Theatre full house January 30 for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation and Community Celebration.

Dr. Mauri A. Ditzler shares his thoughts about the recent White House executive order pertaining to national immigration policy.

“Working in Senator Gary Peters’ office in Washington, D.C., has given me quite a few odd stories,” writes Nick Panourgias, ’17, about his fall-semester Ford Institute internship. “My favorite happened just two weeks into my internship. I lost my cell phone going to a briefing on the tram that connects Senate buildings. When the car I was riding in came back, Senator Barbara Boxer was in it.”

Theatre, music and art along with two culturally based dinners give Albion College’s 2017 Black History Month Celebration an entertaining and thought-provoking flair.

With Albion’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation and Community Celebration coming up on January 30, Rosemary Smith Zander and Denny Kime, both from the Class of 1964, share their recollections of August 28, 1963, when they took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and listened firsthand to one of the seminal speeches in U.S. history.

Albion College’s national reputation continues to shine with a strong placement earlier this month on The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. On their list of the country’s best liberal arts colleges, Albion was ranked No. 65.