Your financial support has an immediate and lasting impact on the people, programs, and places of Allegheny College. The continued generosity of alumni, parents, and friends of the College helps us to maintain our national reputation for academic rigor and producing successful graduates. Below, learn more about how gifts make a difference in the lives of Allegheny faculty and students.
For student Heather Knupp, funding from the Shanbrom Research Fund—established by Dr. Edward Shanbrom '47 and his wife, Helen, to support student/faculty research—opened a window into the world of scientific research. "I was able to take an idea and, with the help of Dr. Coates, research it," she says. "I was proud to be acting on my own original idea."
With support from gifts to the Allegheny College Center for Experiential Learning, student Evan Burchard participated in an intensive Japanese language program at Middlebury College. "I think it was probably the best decision I ever made for my education," he says.
Student Afua Osei dreams of becoming a lawyer and having a positive impact on society. With the help of the Betsy Dotson, Esquire, Experiential Learning Fund, she came one step closer to achieving that dream. "This was by far the most worthwhile and educational experience in my Allegheny career," she says.
With support from the Professor Louis Jefferson Long Student-Faculty Research Fund, students Jennifer Rothfuss, Danny Flanagan, and Nicholas Fischietto conducted field research in Alaska with geology professor Ron Cole '87. The students presented their findings at the National Geological Society of America Conference in Philadelphia.
Read more about their research...
Professor of Physics Dan Willey benefited from a unique professorship established by alumni Sally and Tom St. Clair in support of Allegheny's program encompassing the First-Year and Sophomore (FS) Seminars, the Junior Seminar, and the Senior Project.
Read more about the St. Clair Professorship...
A research fund established by alumni Joan and Marty Pfinsgraff took student Christina Howard to Athens, Greece, where she volunteered at ARCHELON Sea Turtle Rescue Center. Christina, a biology major and history minor, describes her volunteer work as "the opportunity of a lifetime."
