Monday, March 25, 2019
Albion College’s institutes, faculty and course development are among the key areas of support in a recently awarded $500,000 grant from the Midland, Michigan-based Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation. As one example of how community-based learning will benefit, grant funds will facilitate the completion of the move of the Carl A. Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management and the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and Service into the downtown Ludington Center by fall 2019.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Albion College is pleased to announce four recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award, along with three recipients of the 2019 Young Alumni Award. A dinner and ceremony in recognition of this year's honorees is scheduled for Friday, April 12 in Baldwin Hall.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
The two longtime supporters of Albion College are driving a new fundraising initiative to make a pair of dreams a reality on campus. The first is a newly expanded fitness and student activity facility at the site of the current Dow Recreation and Wellness Center. The second is a new or renovated competition facility for the teams that currently call Kresge Gymnasium home.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
An award-winning author and an environmental researcher will offer a wealth of ideas during Albion College's 2019 Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium. Natalie Dubois, '97 (pictured near left), will present the Isaac Alumni Lecture on Wednesday, April 17, while Make Your Home Among Strangers author Jennine Capó Crucet (far left) will deliver the Symposium Keynote Address on April 18.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
One of the iconic figures in Albion College athletics as a student-athlete, a coach and an administrator, Frank Joranko passed away March 8. The 1952 alumnus was a nine-time Britons letter winner (four in football, four in baseball, one in basketball) who returned to Albion in 1973 and coached two MIAA championship teams in football and nine in baseball. Joranko also served as athletic director for 16 years and was an associate professor of physical education.
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Monday, March 11, 2019
With nearly 20 years of experience working with students in a higher education setting, Detroit native Leroy Wright has been named Albion College’s new vice president for student development and dean of students. Wright, who has been associate vice chancellor for student affairs at Appalachian State University in North Carolina since 2016, will begin his duties at Albion on July 1.
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