On Friday, April 12, OIW will be hosting a free campus wide 5K color run. Feel free to run, jog or walk the route. Snacks and water will be provided after the race. Please use the form below to sign up for the event. This event is open to employees, families and students.
We hope to see you there!
Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by MELISSA SOMMERS (msommers@albion.edu)
Global Fellows Quin O’Keefe and Serenity Dean will present on their Albion study abroad experiences. Serenity will present “Breaking Down German Stereotypes” and Quin will present “Educational Systems in Costa Rica and Mexico.”
Tuesday March 12, 7 p.m., Norris 102
Hope to see you there.
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2024 by Cristen Casey (cie@albion.edu)
Joe from EY will be speaking with us on Monday, March 18, at 4:30 p.m. He will present virtually, while we are all in Robinson 206! He intends to talk about EY, IT in audit, and data analysis.
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2024 by Alexis Glaser (ang12@albion.edu)
The History club is sponsoring a trip to the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids this Saturday, March 16. Transportation is provided. We will be leaving campus at 11:45 a.m. and returning around 6:45 p.m. We still have a handful of tickets left for students! Also, we have one ticket left available for staff! Please contact Emily Abramczyk at era13@albion.edu if you can and want to attend. If you confirm a spot for this trip, you are expected to attend this Saturday, March 16 since we will not be able to get ticket refunds.
TKE will be hosting its annual philanthropy event Pig Roast. For $10 a ticket, you can enjoy pulled pork, mac and cheese, cornbread, collard greens, and baked beans on Saturday, March 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Tabling will be at the Kellog center on Tuesday, March 12, Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Stop by and buy a ticket!
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2024 by Kevin Herrera (Kh19@albion.edu)
on College Spiritual life and local Buddhist meditation teachers will facilitate a meditation session and lead discussion in Kellogg 412 from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. this evening. Teachers Bruce and Teri Nelson are lay practitioners and authorized meditation instructors in the Kagyu-Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Anyone interested in learning more about meditation is welcome. Chairs and cushions will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. (Note that meditation will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday evenings for the rest of the semester.)
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2024 by Laura Todd (ltodd@albion.edu)
The Student Senate and the President’s Office are hosting a State of the College address/town hall Wednesday, March 13, at 7 p.m., in Norris 101.
President Webster will provide updates on topics such as finances, communications, and renovations. There will also be an open Q & A session. Free refreshments will be provided.
If you have any questions, please contact senate@albion.edu.
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 by The Albion College Student Senate (senate@albion.edu)
Please join us for the annual Yinger Lecture on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Towsley Lecture Hall/Norris 101.
This year’s invited speaker is New York Times-bestselling author Kiley Reid. Reid’s debut, Such a Fun Age, was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author and for the 2020 Booker Prize. Her second novel, Come and Get It, was released in January 2024.
Reid earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where she was awarded the prestigious Truman Capote Fellowship and taught undergraduate creative writing workshops focusing on race and class. She has had work featured in The New York Times and TIME, and her short stories have appeared in several notable publications like Playboy, Ploughshares, December, New South, and Lumina. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments served.
Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2024 by Mary Morrow (mmorrow@albion.edu)
