Bruce and Jane Harper want to do their part to help the planet, the environment and Albion College, and they hope their $108,000 Earth Day 50th Anniversary Gift will be a meaningful step in that direction. "The envionrment has become a much more urgent issue the last couple of decades," Bruce Harper, '67, says.
It looks pretty easy on television, but Charlie Downey, '20, knows that getting information from human remains isn't something you can do during the commercial break. "We examined thousands of fragments of bone," says the anthropology and German major and member of the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program, who spent the summer doing National Science Foundation-sponsored archaeology research at the University of South Alabama.
"Consistency" could be one word to describe Albion's incoming Class of 2023, which moved in August 23 in advance of the start of fall semester August 26. According to Director of Admission Mandy Dubiel, the 419 first-year students and 27 transfer students match the qualities that positively distinguish Albion's current student body.
In addition to his studies, Chris Bell, ’20, gives back to the Albion community as part of the College’s Build Albion Fellows Program. Little did he know that he also would have a month-long opportunity this year to give back to Albion’s sister cities, Noisy-le-Roi and Bailly, France.
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?"
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.
