The Artistry Project

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Calling all Faculty, Staff and Students to show us what you got! Poetic Artistry is hosting a talent show called ‘The Artistry Project’. This project welcomes all acts, talents, and musical selections to be showcased for Purple and Gold week here at Albion College. Let’s end the year with a bang. We are holding auditions April 8th through 12th from 6 p.m.–8 p.m. on the 4th floor loft of the KC; the showcase is on Thursday, April 18, 2024.  We encourage all groups, organizations, clubs, etc to sign up! We can’t wait 🙂

Sign up Here!

Posted on Monday, April 08, 2024 by Classidy Scales (cs21@albion.edu)

Student Senate Election Ballot

By Students
Hello Student Body,

The 2024-2025 Student Senate elections are underway. Vote for your President, Vice-President, and up to twenty Senators. Responsibilities include meeting with administrators, presenting reports to the Board of Trustees, managing student funds, and supporting student initiatives. Cast your vote before 9 am on Monday, April 15, 2024, via Engage or the provided link. 

While the current ballot is set, membership in Student Senate can also be obtained through regular attendance of general meetings, as well as through our fall and special elections.

For questions or concerns, please contact Election Commissioner Rodney Mitchell, rdm13@albion.edu.

Posted on Monday, April 08, 2024 by Rodney Mitchell (rdm13@albion.edu)

Detroit Lions CFO Allison Maki ‘ 97 – virtual guest speaker Mon Apr 22

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Alumna, Board of Trustee member and Detroit Lions CFO Allison Maki will speak virtually via Google Meet to any interested students on:

Monday, April 22
3-4 PM
Olin 112
Allison will speak about her job responsibilities, her path from Albion to today, and any tips or advice she has for the students.

Please consider joining us!

Posted on Monday, April 08, 2024 by Leah Parker-Roth (lparker-roth@albion.edu)

April 8 Eclipse Viewing

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Love sparkly things? Come see nature’s biggest diamond ring! 

Join the Physics Department and student ambassador to watch the Partial Solar Eclipse (almost 100% coverage!). Wondering what diamond ring? Then come find out! Learn about this beautiful phenomenon as the Moon is aligned in between the Sun and Earth. Find out where the ring is 😉

Note: The event is weather permitting, but as long as  you can see your shadow, viewing will occur.

Location: Palenske roof and the Quad! You pick 😉

*Faculty have been invited to request solar eclipse glasses for their classes.*

All glasses will be collected and donated to Astronomers Without Borders recycling program.

 

Posted on Saturday, April 06, 2024 by Tia Sriprom (ts21@albion.edu)

I-Space Mega-Multi Cultural Event

By Faculty and Staff, Students

WHEN:  Wednesday, April 10th
7:00 – 8:30pm

WHAT:  The I-Space’s annual Mega-Multi Cultural event to share food, music, games and activities from countries around the world, including Ecuador, Peru, France and Germany, with the Albion College campus.

WHERE:  2nd Floor in the Kellogg Center

This event if free and no language experience is required to come and enjoy the fun.

Sponsored by the I-Space (aka the Modern Languages & Cultures Living, Learning Community), with support from Modern Languages & Cultures and the Center for International Education.

Posted on Friday, April 05, 2024 by Linda Clawson (LClawson@albion.edu)

KC mailbox key returns for Seniors.

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Graduating students that are leaving campus after commencement will need to clean out their mailbox and retrieve any remaining packages. Mailbox keys will need to be returned to the Campus Post Office just prior to leaving campus. Keys can be returned M-F, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Do not leave keys with Community Living or an Area Coordinator. Seniors that will be staying into the summer or coming back for Fall 2024 semester can keep their mailbox keys until you leave at that time. Seniors staying during the summer or some part of it will need to come to the Campus Post Office to fill out the necessary paperwork as soon as possible.

Seniors that will not be coming back to campus will need to delete their Albion College address information for online purchases. Amazon, UPS and Fed Ex Ground/Express packages cannot be forwarded from the Campus Post Office to another address if received here.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

 

Posted on Friday, April 05, 2024 by Barry Beilfuss (bbeilfuss@albion.edu)

Daoud Lectureship: “Fantasmic Objects: Art and Sociality from Lebanon, 1920-1950”

By Faculty and Staff, Students

Dr. Kirsten Scheid, an associate professor at the American University of Beirut and author of Fantasmic Objects, offers a striking study of both modern art in Lebanon and modern Lebanon through art on Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. in Towsley Lecture Hall.

An historical ethnography of “art acts” which played a significant role in founding the nation during French occupation (1920-1950), Fantasmic Objects foregrounds the decolonizing and self-civilizing efforts of painters, sculptors, and activists who fiercely upheld aesthetic development and battle for new forms of political and pious being.  It thus recontextualizes the art of Lebanon’s recent “postwar period” by closely reading artworks and careers, such as those of Moustapha Farrouk and Omar Onsi, through the lens of Islamic theories of fantasm that informed twentieth-century civic experimentation.

The talk is sponsored by The Daoud Family Lectureship in Middle Eastern Studies.  The public is invited to attend this free event.

Posted on Friday, April 05, 2024 by Linda Clawson (LClawson@albion.edu)