Category Archives: Students

Foraging and Cooking in Nature at Stirling Books and Brew

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 PM
Hosted by the Calhoun County Trailway Alliance chapter of the North Country Trail Association

This free event will be at Stirling Books & Brew, 119 N. Superior St.

Join us for an exciting foraging presentation with Val Rossman, an experienced forager who has incorporated wild food into her daily life since childhood. Val will share her journey with foraging, starting with hickory nuts and black raspberries, and offer tips on how to safely begin foraging yourself.

Don’t miss this unique event in Albion!

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Ashlynn Reed (areed@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)

Calhoun County Trailway Alliance of the North Country Trail Association Cancer Awareness Hike at the Whitehouse Nature Center

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 1:00 pm

Hosted by the North Country Trail Association

This free event will be at Whitehouse Nature Center.

WEAR YOUR PINK and join us for a 5-mile Cancer Awareness hike at the Whitehouse Nature Center. Meet at the interpretive building at 12:45 pm so that the hike can begin promptly at 1:00 pm.

A post-hike event will be hosted at Albion Malleable Brewing Co.

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Ashlynn Reed (areed@albion.edu)

National Coming Out Day Mini-Fest Thursday and Friday

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Several Albion College departments are working together to hold Coming Out Day events across campus October 10th and 11th, celebrating LGBTQIA+ identity, acceptance, and pride. See schedule below.

Thursday:

– 1:00-2:00 p.m. – FURSCA project presentations by Killeen Javorsky and Fox Dionysus in Mudd Library living room

– All day – Buttons, education station, and karaoke in the Kellogg Stack; stickers and book display in Stockwell Library

Friday:

– 11:00-2:00 p.m. – Coming Out photo opportunity, resources table, yard games, and light snacks on the Quad

– All day – Buttons, education station, and karaoke in the Kellogg Stack; stickers and book display in Stockwell Library

 

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Laura Todd (ltodd@albion.edu)

First Senior Class Gift Meeting TODAY!

By Students

Join us on Wednesday, October 9 at 6:30 p.m. in KC Room 339 for the first Senior Class Gift meeting of the year! The Senior Class Gift is an Albion College tradition dating back to the 1800s. Members of the Class of 2025 are invited to attend and discuss the legacy of this year’s senior class. Pizza will be provided!

 

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Jordan Revenaugh (jrevenaugh@albion.edu)

Seeking Community Corps Volunteers for Tutoring at Marshall High School!

By Students

Are you passionate about helping students succeed? Marshall High School is looking for Community Corps volunteers to provide tutoring support for high school students. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact, build relationships with students, and help them reach their academic goals.

No prior tutoring experience required—just a willingness to help and a desire to make a difference!

Volunteers will work one-on-one or in small groups to assist students with homework, studying, and overall academic development.

Interested? Email Niya Martin, Community Corps Coordinator, at nmartin@albion.edu to learn more and get involved!

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Lindsey Knowlden (lknowlden@albion.edu)

Sigma chi founder’s scholarship available

By Students

Sigma chi fraternity Alpha Pi chapter makes available the annual founder’s scholarship, for an amount of $1000, to all the male students in Albion College of the classes: first-year, sophomore and junior.

To be able to receive it, you will have to meet with our scholarship committee !

The meetings are going to take place at our house during the week between NOVEMBER 11 and NOVEMBER 15.

To book your meeting use the link and complete the spreadsheets with your name and your albion email address: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a13MNnnBVpxCIeTHVnToSOEaXCULwh9-sciKc4-kEA8/edit?usp=sharing 

If you need more informations do not hesitate to contact Filippo Novali ( fmn10@albion.edu ).  

Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 by Filippo Novali (FMN10@albion.edu)