Category Archives: Faculty and Staff

Kanoe the Kazoo this Friday at Festival of the Forks!

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Come canoe the Kalamazoo River in downtown Albion this Friday during the Festival of the Forks.

In the afternoon of the first day of the festival, Friday September 20th, festival-goers will have a chance to experience Albion from the river. On a first-come-first-served basis, people will launch from the Porter Street Canoe Launch, float 1/2 mile downstream where they will take out just past Superior st. Canoes, paddles and life preservers will be provided. 

Please join us between 3-6 pm for the opportunity to paddle down the Kalamazoo River!

The Center for Sustainability and the Environment (CSE) at Albion College is partnering with the Kalamazoo Watershed Council, the Calhoun County Conservation District,  Barry Calhoun Kalamazoo Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (BCK CISMA) and the Calhoun County Trailway Alliance to provide this opportunity.

For more information, please contact CSE staff at cse@albion.edu.

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2024 by Ashlynn Reed (areed@albion.edu)

Book Sale at the Albion District Library begins Friday, September 20th!

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Need more books? Of course you do! The Albion District Library’s annual Festival of the Forks used book sale begins Friday, September 20th, with an early sale for Friends of the Library members, 4:00pm – 5:30pm. The sale is open to everyone from 5:30-7:00pm Friday, and on Saturday from 9:30am – 4:30pm. Paperbacks and kids’ books are fifty cents; hardcovers, DVDs, and CDs are a dollar. If you find you didn’t get enough books over the weekend, and I’m pretty sure you didn’t, the sale continues from Monday, September 23rd – Thursday, September 26th (sale closes an hour before the library) — fill up a bag or box for a dollar! Not a member? Join at the checkout! $10 for students and seniors, $15 for everyone else. All proceeds from sales and memberships benefit the Friends of the Albion District Library. Have fun at the Festival of the Forks this weekend, and give some deserving books a good home!

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2024 by Ellen Wilch (ewilch@albion.edu)

Who Gets To Vote? Free pizza and workshop on the history of voting rights, Tuesday October 8, 5:30-7:00pm

By Faculty and Staff, Students

First time voting in November? Lovers of democracy everywhere congratulate and thank you! First-timers and old-timers, if you want to learn a little more about this precious right, join the History department at 5:30 pm in the library’s Mudd Learning Center on Tuesday, October 8th, for a workshop on the history of voting rights. Freedom isn’t free, but the pizza is. Open to the public; everyone is welcome

Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 by Ellen Wilch (ewilch@albion.edu)

What’s your plan for after graduation? Join us a Beyond Albion and find out!

By Faculty and Staff, Students
Beyond Albion is a Career, Graduate School, Service Organization, and Domestic Study Away Fair and will be held Wednesday, September 25 from 4-6 pm in the Science Atrium.

Held each fall, this event is for students seeking full-time employment, internships, after-graduation service projects, information on graduate/professional programs, and those interested in domestic off-campus study.

For those seeking a job or internship, present yourself professionally by wearing business casual or professional attire and bring numerous copies of your resume printed on resume paper. Get your resume reviewed and visit the Career Closet for FREE professional attire at the Career and Internship Center in Ferguson on the 3rd floor.

There will be a photo backdrop at Beyond Albion. Have a friend take your photo with your phone and use the photo for your LinkedIn profile!

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Dawn Hernandez (dhernandez@albion.edu)

Sigma Chi Alpha Pi Golf Outing

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Sigma Chi will be holding its annual golf outing for the huntsman foundation October 6th! $60 per player, teams of four. There will be food after aswell as prizes and mini competitions throughout the outing. After the outing there will be drawings for gift baskets! Once you have your foursome, send money in full to @Sigmachialphapi on Venmo with the names of your team in the description. You can reach out to Jimmy Buurma with questions.

517-706-1312 or jrb16@albion.edu

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Jimmy Buurma (jrb16@albion.edu)