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There are stories in the rocks, and nothing makes Albion College’s Carrie Menold happier than figuring out the tale they’re trying to tell. With a grant from the National Science Foundation, the associate professor and chair of geological sciences and resident petrologist (rock expert) hopes to tell some of that story with a colleague and friend from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Through a gift to their alma mater, Dr. James Wilson, ’77, and Lisa Wilson, ’79, have established the Lisa and James Wilson Institute for Medicine at Albion College. An evolution from the former Institute for Healthcare Professions, the Wilson Institute for Medicine will rethink and advance undergraduate teaching and preparation in a fast changing medical-education environment, providing Albion students with a competitive advantage in gaining entrance to top-tier medical schools and in their overall career paths.

Michigan is understandably proud of Gerald R. Ford, but on October 4 Albion got a better understanding of the importance of Betty Ford. Lisa McCubbin, author of a 2018 biography of the former first lady, along with former Secret Service agent Clint Hill, who served under five presidents and wrote three best-selling memoirs with McCubbin, shared historical facts and personal insights during Albion College’s Joseph & Donna Calvaruso Speaker Series event at the Bohm Theatre.

Author Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of the late human rights activist Malcolm X, spoke at the Bohm Theatre on October 2 about her book about her father, her work as an author, and her unique role in the history and future of civil rights activism. Her 2016 book about her father, titled X, is the choice for Albion’s 2018 Big Read.

A microeconomist with research interests in the minimum wage and employment practices, JIm McCarley taught 41 years as a tenured professor and another 10 as an adjunct at Albion where he developed courses including Women in Economics, Econometrics, Armchair Economics (a First-Year seminar), and Great Issues in Social Sciences.

Alena Farooq, ’18, Kate Hao, ’99, Paul Huth, ’77, Madison Kase, ’18, and Brian McPheely, ’78, are the newest members of the Albion College Board of Trustees.

E&M associate professor John Carlson went back to college at age 57 to earn his Ph.D. and has now found a home at Albion where he has developed a reputation of teaching accounting in a relatable and interesting way. This year his work has also earned him a state excellence in teaching award.

Some good word of mouth was enough to convince Jackson-based Consumers Energy to film a portion of its rebranding advertisement on the Albion College campus. And for one day, the College showed it was ready for its closeup.

Less than a month after a landmark biography of Betty Ford hits the shelves, its author, Lisa McCubbin, will participate in Albion College’s annual Joseph & Donna Calvaruso Speaker Series. Her visit is scheduled for Thursday, October 4, at 7 p.m., at the Bohm Theatre in downtown Albion.

Of course, we should all pick up trash, recycle paper and conserve electricity. But environmental activists know that real change lies in the hands of politicians, policymakers and the people who elect, educate and support them. Read about three Ford Institute students who share unique views of environmental policy action in Michigan, via three very different summer experiences.