This Twitter account isn’t empowered to cancel classes. But after the decision has been announced here, we’ve sure enjoyed seeing your replies.
If we were to sum up the reactions:
Photo 1: Current Students
Photo 2: Allegheny Alumni
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Allegheny is the first college or university in Pennsylvania — and the eighth in the United States — to achieve carbon neutrality, an environmental initiative more than ten years in the making! 🌎🌱🐊
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#carbonneutrality
#sustainability
Gators — the staff at Vocelli Pizza in Meadville is hard at work preparing 350 pizzas for delivery to campus tonight! Check with your RA for more info.
#PolarVortex
#StayWarm
#Pizza
The Allegheny College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Hilary L. Link, Ph.D., as Allegheny’s 22nd president. She will assume the presidency on July 1, 2019. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Link to the Allegheny College community!
President Hilary L. Link announced today that Allegheny is planning to open for on-campus living and instruction in the fall. Since mid-April, the College has been working to evaluate how to reopen the campus with safety as the highest priority.
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Seniors — today, we celebrate you. Though we can't be together right now, know that we're so proud of all that you've done. The Allegheny community is cheering for you — and we can't wait to celebrate you on campus in October!🐊🎓
#Allegheny2020
We're excited to share that Allegheny College will re-enter the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) as the league’s 11th full-time member, effective July 1, 2022. Read more:
Classes end today, Gators! Our countdown concludes with a message from President Mullen:
I wish you all the best as you finish papers and projects and prepare for final exams. Amid the studying, don’t lose perspective on the great work you’ve already accomplished. Go Gators!
Congratulations to the Women's Swim Team for having the first undefeated regular season of any Allegheny athletic team since the 90's, even when competing against both D2 and D3 teams! 💙💛🏊♀️
#refusetolose
#bringyourAgame
Senior Jordan Rawls broke the career scoring record for
@ACGatorHoops
last night, scoring his 1,694th and 1,695th points with just 6 minutes left in the game! He continued scoring to become just the 16th player in
@NCAC
history to top 1,700 career points.🏀🐊
#bringyourAgame
WE DID IT — we've received a gift for every student, surpassing our goal of 1,775 gifts! Thank you to everyone who donated and participated online in supporting current and future Gators. Together, we're
#AlleghenyStrong
!💙💛
Congrats to Stan Drayton '93, who has been named head football coach at Temple University! Drayton was a three-time first-team All-America selection at running back for Allegheny, and he started his coaching career at the College. Read more:
President Mullen reflects on his 11 years of service at Allegheny:
"I told our graduating seniors a few days ago that we’re all going to graduate together and see what that big world has in store for us."
-President Mullen
Allegheny has been named one of the top 40 best liberal arts colleges in the nation by Washington Monthly — for the seventh consecutive year. This ranking is based on three broad categories: Social Mobility, Research, and Service.
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Did you know an Allegheny grad coined the term "wind chill" and was key in developing the equation for it? Learn more about Paul Siple '32 and his work with famed explorer Admiral Richard Byrd:
#PolarVortex
#AlleghenyCollege
Allegheny College has been named one of the top 30 best liberal arts colleges in the U.S. in Washington Monthly’s 2021 college rankings. The rankings recognize not only what colleges do for their students but also what colleges are doing for the country.
Missing Allegheny? Allegheny misses you too! Save these photos to use as Zoom backgrounds or your computer wallpaper to bring campus to your home workspace. 💙💛
#WallpaperWednesday
U.S. News & World Report has named Allegheny College one of the top 100 national liberal arts colleges in the U.S. — and one of the top 30 most innovative!
@USNewsEducation
#BestColleges
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Zeta Phi Beta is the newest sorority on campus, with 7 new members chartered in December to the
@piphichapter
. We're excited to welcome them to Allegheny!💙💛
U.S. News & World Report has again named Allegheny College one of the top 100 national liberal arts colleges in the U.S. — and, for the second consecutive year, one of the top 20 for best undergraduate teaching!
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"I have been so heartened by the many ways I have seen our community supporting each other... It exemplifies what makes us, together, Allegheny. And it is what will help us to emerge as an even stronger community from these challenging times." –
@presidenthlink
#GatorStrong
💙💛
Allegheny College Athletics has donated funds intended for home athletic competitions to six Meadville-area restaurants so that medical workers and first responders can enjoy free meals — including gratuities for restaurant employees!
#MeadvilleStrong
#SupportLocalBusinesses
Sorry to ruin the
#broomchallenge
, but according to our experts, "whether a broom remains stably upright or not depends on how the broom is constructed and not on the day of the year." — physics professor Jamie Lombardi🧹
Allegheny Head Volleyball Coach Kelly Barzak has an opportunity to save someone’s life — and she’s all in. Barzak will be donating blood stem cells to a complete stranger battling myelodysplastic syndrome, which can be fatal within five years of diagnosis.
Congratulations to former Allegheny left-handed pitcher Sean Kealey '20, who was recently signed by the St. Louis
@Cardinals
organization! ⚾🐊
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#AfterAllegheny
#BringYourAGame
The Peace Corps named Allegheny as No. 4 on the list of volunteer-producing small colleges and universities in 2020. We are proud of the 13 alumni currently volunteering in countries around the world.
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#MayThe4th
be with you! Did you know that Allegheny alum Ben Burtt '70 did sound design for Star Wars? Burtt worked on the voice of R2-D2, the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader as well as the sounds of the lightsabers and blasters. Go Gators!
Environmental Science and Sustainability professor Eric Pallant reminds us that not all microscopic things are bad! Take a look around his kitchen to learn more about friendly bacteria and yeast:
Farewell, Caflisch Hall! 👋 The decision to close the hall was not made lightly as we know the building holds significance for past residents.
💚 With input from the campus community, students will assist in reimagining the space for activities, recreation, and sustainable uses.
Congratulations to recent graduate Joseph P. Hayes '20 on receiving a Pennsylvania Teaching Fellowship from the
@WWFoundation
! The fellowship will fund his master’s degree studies at
@duqedu
in Pittsburgh, where he also will teach in high-need schools.
Partnering to protect: Allegheny art professor Byron Rich and area manufacturers are collaborating to make plastic face shields for Meadville Medical Center.
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