Category Archives: Students

Climate Education For All: Empowering a Climate-Ready Workforce, a presentation and Q&A by Dr. Elise DeCamp

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Join the Center for Sustainability and the Environment (CSE) and the Earth and Environment (E&E) and Anthropology/Sociology Departments in learning about the work that Higher Education for Climate Action in Michigan (HECAM) is doing to connect and empower higher ed faculty and students. Visiting assistant professor of anthropology Dr. Elise DeCamp will be sharing what HECAM is working to achieve and how students and faculty can get involved in the higher education climate action movement. The presentation and Q&A will be on Thursday, Oct. 17th from 7-8pm in Norris 102. 

Dr. DeCamp provides leadership and organizational support to three Michigan statewide climate-focused educational organizations: Higher Education for Climate Action in Michigan (HECAM), the Climate Education Action Team, and the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education.

We hope you will join us in learning about how Albion can get involved in the climate action movement in Michigan.



Posted on Friday, October 11, 2024 by Ashlynn Reed (areed@albion.edu)

Accounting Society – Ever wondered what employers expect from an intern. Or what they look for in your resume?

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Enjoy some free pizza on October 22nd, from 4:15 to 5:15 pm in Rob 206 and learn about the internship process and how to build your resume. The Accounting Society will host members of ShindelRock a CPA firm located in Novi, MI. ShidelRock offers everything from tax and audit to forensic accounting. They will discuss the internship process and resume building. Bring your questions and appetite. This meeting is open to everyone no matter your major.
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday the 22nd in Rob 206 at 4:15 pm!

Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2024 by Connie O’Brien (Cobrien@albion.edu)

Special Meditation/Q & A with Local Buddhist Monk

By Faculty and Staff, Students

On Thursday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m., Prior Chiezan Tomczyk of the SokukoJi Buddhist Temple Monastery in Battle Creek will lead a guided meditation and answer questions about Buddhism, including basics, what it is like to be a Buddhist monk in his order, and how to apply meditation ‘off the cushion’.

The session will be held in Kellogg 405. Whether you are new to meditation, a practicing Buddhist, or just curious about Buddhism, all are welcome. Snacks will be provided.

Sponsored by Albion College Spiritual Life

Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2024 by Laura Todd (ltodd@albion.edu)

See How We Fight For Voting Rights In America? Very Mindful, Not So Demure

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Did you know that there are people out there who want to make it hard for you to vote?  What are they afraid of? Dr. Liette Gidlow, professor of history at Wayne State University, will speak on “Voting Rights in the U.S. from New Nation to Now”, on Wednesday, October 16th, at 4:30 pm in Bobbitt Auditorium, as the History department’s 2024 Coy James Lecturer in American History. Dr. Gidlow, a scholar of voting rights, woman suffrage, and Black electoral politics, is the author of The Big Vote: Gender, Consumer Culture, and the Politics of Exclusion, 1890s – 1920s, and the editor of Obama, Clinton, Palin: Making History in Election 2008.  The lecture is free and open to the public. Don’t stay home! And don’t stay home on November 5th!

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Ellen Wilch (ewilch@albion.edu)