Albion Pleiad

Two months have passed since the Board of Trustees mandated the elimination of 15 full-time equivalent positions.  Over the past weeks, the campus as a whole seems to have accepted the idea that cuts are coming, and try as we might; it seems there is little we can do to stop, or even amend them.  [...]

April 19, 2010
Dear Mr. Paul Tobias,
Having graduated from Albion College only a year ago, I feel my heart and mind are still at home there. This being the case, I have kept myself informed of the recent goings-on there on campus—namely, of the ill-conceived notion that reducing the number of faculty positions by ten and [...]

I think Albion is whacked out of its mind. I understand that while PTM was a charismatic and loving president, he hired far more professors than was possibly sustainable beyond a five year projection. I also understand that The Don is having to clean up his banana-suited mess. However, Albion’s Board of Trustees is acting [...]

Albion College promises that an undergraduate degree will be obtained in four years. Some people, however, would like to keep working with the school for a few more by becoming a student graduate trustee.Â
The two-year position on the Board of Trustees (BOT) gives a recent graduate the opportunity to work with the BOT as a [...]

Lindow and Lambdin

Bride-to-be: Ali Lindow of Canton
Groom-to-be: Will Lambdin of Rochester Hills
Together since: We have known each other for 10 years and have been dating for two.
How they met: Will and I met at a campground on Labor Day weekend in Durand, Mich.  His family was having a family reunion and my family was there [...]

In an interview prior to the MIAA dual meets, diving coach Elyse Lee stated  that the conference was going to be one of the most competitive nationally in swimming and diving. The athletes themselves proved this to be true when the MIAA sent six divers out of a possible 44 to the national championships.
Every season [...]

Sports recaps from March 18 through March 28
-Baseball-
Record:  6-15 for the season, 2-4 in MIAA play
Last week:  The men’s baseball team fell to Madonna in a two-game loss, trailing 14-7 and 8-4 in the final score of each matchup in the doubleheader.
This week:  Albion College baseball won two games against Defiance of Ohio on Sunday, [...]

With the announcement of the Board of Trustee’s plan to terminate 15 FTE faculty, the college is buzzing with questions about money.  The Pleiad sat down with Mike Frandsen, VP Finance, to get a grip on the deal with Albion’s dough.
Frandsen assumed his role as VP Finance on an interim basis on July 7, 2009 [...]

Albion College women’s tennis emerged victorious after playing Alma College in Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference play on Tuesday. The doubles team of Morgan Watler and Marissa Messenger won a tie-breaker that carried the team to a 5-4 final score.

On March 15, 2010, the Rho Epsilon chapter of the Phi Mu Fraternity was closed, effective on May 30, 2010.