Scholarship Established to Honor Frederick and Marion Steen
The children of Dr. Frederick Steen, professor emeritus of mathematics, and his late wife, Marion, have established a scholarship at Allegheny College to honor their parents. Read more...
Frank Fuhrer Gives $1 Million to Support Athletic Complex Renovations
Allegheny College will complete a major modernization and renovation of its Robertson Athletic Complex to include a new eight-lane competition track, a FieldTurf playing surface, scoreboard and lights. The renovated field will be named in honor of Frank Fuhrer, a 1948 Allegheny graduate. Read more...
Allegheny College Hits $105 Million Campaign Goal with Six Months to
Go
Allegheny College's capital campaign, Tradition & Transformation: Making a Difference, has
reached
its $105 million goal six months early. The campaign, which concludes in June 2006, is the largest
fundraising effort in Allegheny College's 190-year history. Read more...
Chris Allison and Jane France Establish Faculty Support Fund at Allegheny College
Chris Allison, a 1983 Allegheny College graduate, and his wife, Jane France, have given $100,000 to Allegheny to endow an unrestricted fund supporting faculty members. Read more...
Trustee Herb Myers Offers Endowment Challenge
To help bolster Allegheny's endowment, trustee Herb Myers '61 has pledged $1 million to match new gifts and pledges for faculty support and student learning. Read more...
Tradition & Transformation surpasses $100 million
Allegheny College's capital campaign has surpassed $100 million in gifts and pledges- a milestone that no other Allegheny fund-raising effort has achieved. Read more...
Allegheny College Receives $780,000 Grant
The Richard King Mellon Foundation has given $780,000 to enhance Allegheny College's academic support and environmental education outreach programs. Read more...
Tradition and Transformation Passes $90 Million
Allegheny's comprehensive campaign has surpassed the $90 million mark, an achievement that no
fundraising campaign in the College's 190-year history had ever matched.
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Natural Resources
David and Nancy (Miller) '53 Swanson transformed fallen timber into a gift for Allegheny College. Read more...
Small Gifts Propel Annual Fund Participation Rate (August 12, 2004)
Bucking the
national trend, Allegheny's participation rate for alumni giving, now at 40 percent, is the highest
it has been in seven years. Read
more...
College Reports Record Annual Fund Year (July 18, 2003)
"We have more
than three million reasons to be thankful today," said Annual Giving Director Tim Brady at a staff
meeting this week. "I feel very lucky to be part of this team." Read more.
Gift to Alma Mater Honors Student Who Plans to Give to America (March 28,
2003)
The Robert A. Marchman, Esq., '80 and Fay Chin Marchman Scholarship, recently established at Allegheny College to honor African-American or Hispanic Allegheny students for academic achievement, has been awarded to a promising scholar who plans to join the U.S. Marine Corps as a commissioned officer after her graduation this spring. Read more.
Gleaming Glass Art Adds Drama and Distinction to Allegheny College Campus (January 6, 2003)
It looks amazing because it is. London-based American artist Danny Lane has created an installation of public art on the Allegheny College campus that is thought to be the largest solid-volume glass sculpture grouping of its kind in the world. Read more.
Allegheny College Names New Trustees (December 4, 2002)
Six new members have been named to the Allegheny College Board of Trustees. Joining the board were Chris Allison, Alice S. Bierer, William H. Brown Jr., Ann Jones Gerace, Hayes Stover, and Marvin Suomi. Read more.
Dag and Julie Skattum Offer Allegheny College Alumni and Friends
Million-Dollar Challenge (November 14, 2002)
Standing before nearly a thousand alumni and friends of Allegheny College during the school's Celebration of the Liberal Arts weekend, Dag and Julie Skattum offered a simple statement of challenge and commitment: Give more this year to Allegheny College's Annual Fund, and we will match your increase. Read more.
Allegheny College Launches $105 Million Capital Campaign (October 18, 2002)
Allegheny College President Richard J. Cook today announced the launch of its record-setting $105 million, seven-year capital campaign.The campaign, Tradition and Transformation: Making a Difference, will build upon Allegheny's traditions and strengths with one overarching goal: to transform Allegheny College to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Read more.
Creating A Home Away From Home for Allegheny College Alumni (October 8, 2002)
Special Gift Enables Restoration of Early 20th Century Student Hub
As alumni return to visit their Alma Mater for Homecoming this month-reuniting with professors and friends, celebrating the kinship of a shared liberal arts education-they will hear a most sincere, "Welcome home!" from longtime friends of the College, Patricia Bush Tippie '56 and her husband Henry B. Tippie, who will help the College dedicate the site for Allegheny's new alumni center. Read more.
Liberal Arts Definitely Worth Celebrating At Allegheny College! (October 7, 2002)
Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pa., is hosting the biggest event of its 187-year history, a four-day Celebration of the Liberal Arts, homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-20. Read more.
Celebrate Politics? "Of Course!" says Allegheny College (September 30, 2002)
The trend is as startling as it is steep. Thirty years ago, when 18 year-olds were given the right to vote, about one-half did so. In the last presidential election, this figure dropped to 35 percent, according to Allegheny College Political Science Professor Daniel M. Shea. During this period, the number of Americans who followed political news declined by 40 percent. And in the last congressional election, only 19 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds made it to the polls. Read more.
On the Cutting Edge: Maytum Family Supports "Smart Classrooms" at Allegheny College (April 30, 2002)
At Allegheny College, students aren't the only ones experiencing intellectual growth. Even the classrooms are getting "smarter," especially with the help of the Maytum family of Fredonia, N.Y. Dr. Robert Maytum, Sc.D. '34, his son Robert A. Maytum '59 and daughter-in-law Marilyn Schweitzer Maytum '57 have generously donated more than $500,000 to Allegheny "smart classrooms," an educational spaces that infuses cutting-edge, multi-media technology into the curriculum. Read more.
Allegheny Dotson Scholar Program to Support Experiential Learning Opportunities in Our Nation's Capitol (December 1, 2001)
Offering a new opportunity to help college students connect academic programs with co-curricular activities, Allegheny College has announced the development of a new scholar program: The Betsy Dotson, Esquire, Experiential Learning Fund, which supports experiential learning opportunities in Washington, D.C. Read more.
Linking the Present with the Past and Future: Area Couple Donates Funds to Support Historic Preservation at Allegheny College (October 19, 2001)
A Meadville couple and their children have pledged nearly $440,000 to Allegheny College over the next three years to support the preservation and documentation of the College's history. Read more.
Remembering the 'First Step': A Journey's Rewards Lead to Largest Gift in Allegheny History (February 13, 2001)
"Every journey begins with that first step," says Dr. Robert A. Vukovich, founder and CEO of Wellspring Pharmaceutical Corp. "And, for me, that first step was Allegheny College." Dr. Vukovich and Mrs. Laura J. DiMichele-Vukovich of Holmdel, N.J., have announced a gift to Allegheny College of $22.2 million, the largest in the College's 185-year history. A portion of the gift will help to support the development and construction of a new theater and communication arts complex, which will feature cutting-edge technologies and curricular innovation, enhancing teaching and learning in theater and communications. Read more.
