Albion Pleiad

Today at 5:00, the publishing of articles by Pleiad staff members will discontinue until classes begin for the fall 2010 semester. This also means that any comments posted on the Web site will not be approved or made public until regular Pleiad operations resume in August.
For The Pleiad, summer publishing was a first. Albion alumnus [...]

Trevor Fisher, Tipton junior, knows from experience the impact that medical first responders can have. A licensed emergency medical technician (EMT), Fisher responded to a situation where a patient was undergoing cardiac arrest.
“Anytime there is a possibility of cardiac arrest or major trauma, stress goes through the roof,” Fisher said. “The patient became stabilized at [...]

Going green is in the forecast at Albion College—the 2010-2011 academic year has been dedicated to sustainability as part of the college’s strategic plan.
But last fall, the college received an overall grade of C- for 2010 in the College Sustainability Report Card (CSRC), according to greenreportcard.org. The website compiled evaluations for 332 colleges and universities [...]

On May 13, the Board of Trustees (BOT) determined which departments would be eliminated to execute the mandate of the reduction of 15 FTE faculty members.
The decision includes the elimination of computer science and physical education (with and without teacher certification) majors, as well as dance, journalism, and physical education (PE) minors and one tenured [...]

Kayakers and canoers on the Kalamazoo River may have rough water to paddle through with the possible creation of a white water rapids area in Victory Park.
After a 2006 inspection of the Victory Park dam by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) revealed leakage in an earthen portion of the dam, it became obvious [...]

Use the crosswalk—or your checkbook may regret it.
On April 9, the Albion Department of Public Safety (ADPS) announced the Albion City Council had adopted  a zero-tolerance policy in enforcing local ordinances against jaywalking or walking in the street at inappropriate locations. Violators receive a $100 fine from ADPS.�
“It’s spring time and the snow’s gone; we [...]

On April 14, all 28 tenure-track faculty members received notification that their appointments would not be renewed. According to Susan Conner, provost, this action should not be interpreted as a change from the original BOT mandate to eliminate 15 full-time equivalent positions.
The faculty handbook states that notification is required to tenure-track faculty with “two or [...]

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.�
The two-year position on the Board of Trustees (BOT) gives a recent graduate the opportunity to work with the BOT as a [...]

Is it a mace?  Is it a scholarship?  No – it’s a plaque and time capsule; the senior class gift.  On March 23, the senior gift committee changed the senior class gift for the third time, settling on a bronze plaque.  The plaque will be affixed to a boulder in the green space that is currently [...]

On March 30, the Board of Trustees (BOT) amended the Faculty Handbook “in all ways necessary to permit the reduction of 15 full time equivalent (FTE) existing faculty positions, which may include tenured faculty positions, by the beginning of the 2010-2011 academic year,” according to a memo sent to faculty members by Paul Tobias, chair [...]