Savoring a sweet spot at Festival of the Forks
By Cara Henry How’s this for tradition? Every single year for nearly half a century, people have gathered in downtown Albion for a huge celebration. […]
Features
Personality profile: Mary Johnson goes beyond her job to reach out to students
For the past 35 years, first-years, returning seniors, faculty and even alumni from classes past have one thing in common: at one point Albion experience […]
Review: Paying for the Party
As first-years became accustomed to their new lives in Wesley Hall and upperclassmen fled to their familiar frat haunts, I found myself reading a book […]
Pleiad from Senegal: Protest in Mermoz
Pleiad from Senegal is a guest column by former Pleiad editor-in-chief Nicholas Diamond. Nick is abroad in Senegal, studying public health, French and Wolof. He’ll be reporting about health challenges […]
Photos: New community park opens
On Saturday, Sept. 13, members of the Albion community and representatives from Albion College gathered to celebrate the opening of Collaboration Corner, Albion’s newest park. The […]
Albion College joins Kalamazoo Promise
The last thing most college students want to think about is student loans: that haunting, gruesome, ugly lump of money just waiting to get paid back […]
Staff column: Albion do’s and don’ts
It is customary for the Pleiad to publish an advice column every fall semester, as new first-years arrive and make the same mistakes we all […]
Celebrating The Wizard of Oz 75 years later
Much like an Albion first-year, 75 years ago a Kansas girl named Dorothy found herself on her own and a long way from home. Based […]
Sharon Frandsen’s recipe for success
Even in a sea of people, it’s never too difficult to spot Sharon Frandsen at campus events. She’s the one with a basket on her […]
Benefit concert rocks Victory park
Victory park was full of energy on Saturday evening when Albion College and the Albion Elementary and Middle School teamed for The Art of Noise: […]
Students fundraise for Albion community
Here at Albion College, it’s not uncommon to attend unusual fundraising events – synchronized swimming competitions, paying to throw a pie at your friends’ faces […]
Brief: Professor spends sabbatical in Albion
Every year, professors go on sabbatical and take a break from their work here on campus. Lynne Chytilo, ceramics and sculpture professor, has used her […]