Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Elizabeth Palmer, '10, has a family background full of teachers that includes her father, mother and sister. But she was interested in another direction: historic preservation. Now she is Albion's new Marilyn Crandell Schleg Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, and ready to make available the College's impressive archives to all those interested. Says Palmer: "I’m of a mind that why do we have it if it’s not benefiting others?"
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Monday, August 19, 2019
Albion College alumni and friends answered a call for support over the last year in inspiring fashion, sparking a record fundraising total that will benefit the College for years to come in ways that will prove beneficial and dramatic.
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Friday, August 16, 2019
"When I began embracing my autistic identity and getting involved in disability rights, I didn’t know what I wanted to contribute and where my place should be," writes the sociology and English double major and Brown Honors Program and Ford Institute member. "This summer, the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) ended up being the perfect place for me to explore those questions."
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Monday, August 12, 2019
"This summer I interned in Michigan’s 44th District Court in my hometown of Royal Oak to gain a better understanding of the judicial system in Michigan," writes Brittan, a political science major and Ford Institute member. "I was surprised to learn that there are many ways our district court helps people in my community."
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Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Albion College’s “great reputation,” as well as its “small-town feeling” and “rigorous but rewarding” academic experience, are just some of its qualities cited by The Princeton Review in the 2020 edition of the test-prep company’s annual college guide, The Best 385 Colleges.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Chemistry professor Craig Streu, a 2004 Albion alumnus, and his student researchers are on the cutting edge of developing light-responsive chemotherapy to battle different types of diseases, from arthritis to Alzheimer’s to perhaps the biggest obstacle of all—cancer.
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