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Ultramarathoner Danny Dreyer To Speak on Developing A Consistent Personal Wellness Program
Best-selling author, nationally recognized speaker and accomplished ultramarathoner Danny Dreyer will speak on “Developing a Consistent Personal Wellness Program: The Five Mindful Steps to Lifelong Health and Energy” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 in Ford Chapel at Allegheny College.

Psychology of Face Transplants Is Subject of New Book by Allegheny Professor
Carla Bluhm, a developmental psychologist and visiting assistant professor at Allegheny College, and Nathan Clendenin, Allegheny class of 2007, have recently completed a book on the psychology of face transplants.

Allegheny Students Ask Community Leaders To Consider Adopting Environmental Guiding Principles
This week, several members of Meadville City Council, Mayor Richard Friedberg, zoning officer Gary Johnson, Vernon Township manager Dave Stone and Allegheny College president James Mullen Jr. met with Amara Geffen, art professor and director of Allegheny's Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED), and 14 students from Geffen's freshman seminar on climate change, “Art & Activism: Triggers for Sustainability.”

Holiday Cards To Support Allegheny College Scholarships For Crawford County Women
The Allegheny College Association is selling holiday cards with a snowy campus scene to raise funds for ACA Continuing Education Scholarships.

President of Gray Matters Capital To Give Keynote of E-Week at Allegheny College
As recession fears spread worldwide, Allegheny students will join millions of young entrepreneurs, business people, nonprofit leaders and government officials in the United States and abroad who will use Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 17 to 23, to explore the power of entrepreneurship to create positive change.

Civil Rights Leader To Deliver Annual Winslow Ecumenical Lecture
The Rev. James Lawson will present the 2008 Winslow Ecumenical Lecture at Allegheny College on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Tillotson Room of the Tippie Alumni Center.

E.J. Dionne Jr. Keynote Speaker for Post-Election Conference “Full Disclosure: The Media and the 2008 Election”
The Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College will host a special post-election event, “Full Disclosure: The Media and the 2008 Election,” on Nov. 20.

Allegheny Vice President Friedhoff Provides College Savings Advice to U.S. News & World Report Readers and YouTube Viewers
Paying for college—today, perhaps never as important or daunting for many families—is the subject of an essay in this week's issue of U.S. News & World Report by Allegheny College Vice President for Enrollment and Communications Scott Friedhoff.

Allegheny College To Participate In Challenge to Benefit Public Radio
Allegheny College will participate in the Seventh Annual Collegiate Challenge to benefit WQLN, northwest Pennsylvania's public radio station, on Thursday, Oct. 30. WQLN will be broadcasting live from the Campus Center lobby from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Allegheny Adds Sustainability Coordinator
Allegheny College has hired Kelly Boulton to fill its newly created full-time position of sustainability coordinator.

James H. Mullen Jr. Installed as 21st President of Allegheny College
“We are Allegheny”
In an afternoon ceremony in Raymond P. Shafer Auditorium today, James H. Mullen Jr. was installed as the 21st president of Allegheny College.

James H. Mullen, Jr. To Be Installed as 21st President of Allegheny College
James H. Mullen Jr. will be installed as the 21st president of Allegheny College on Friday, Oct. 17.

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