Allegheny College#Early history

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The area where Allegheny College stands was the ancestral land of the Eriechronon people until the Iroquois Confederacy forced them out.{{Cite web | publisher = The library of Congress |title= No Connections Available|url= https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=61014871&searchType=1&permalink=y|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Catalog |archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211104004327/https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=61014871&searchType=1&permalink=y|url-status=live}} Having been displaced from their ancestral lands in what is now Eastern Pennsylvania, the Lenape or Delaware Tribe moved into the now unoccupied region. They formed an alliance with the neighboring Seneca, one of the five tribes that made up the Iroquois Confederacy, and other displaced Lenape. Under the leadership of Chief Custalog, they founded the settlement of Cussewago.{{Cite web|last=Washington|first=George|date=1754|title=The Journal of Major George Washington|url= https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=etas|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2021|website= Digital Commons | publisher = University of Nebraska-Lincoln |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304152018/http://digitalcommons.unl.edu:80/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=etas |archive-date=March 4, 2009 }}{{Cite web|last= Washington|first=George|date=1753–1754|title=Washington's 2 Journals 1753-1754|url= https://fiwf.org/washingtons-journal-1753-1754/|url-status=live |access-date=3 November 2021|website=French and Indian War Foundation|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211104004327/https://fiwf.org/washingtons-journal-1753-1754/ |archive-date=November 4, 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Costa|first=Brenda|title=Rich Cultural History|url=https://www.frenchcreekconservancy.org/rich-cultural-history/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=French Creek Valley Conservancy|language=en-US|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211104012835/https://www.frenchcreekconservancy.org/rich-cultural-history/|url-status=live}} This settlement would later be abandoned and claimed by David Mead to become Meadville, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 1788.

Allegheny College was founded in April 1815{{cite news | first = Anne W. | last = Stewart | title = Nothing New Under the Sun | work = The Wall Street Journal | date = February 7, 2003 | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1044579789897852013

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File:William McKinley BAH-p255.png, Allegheny student for one year, eventual President of the United States]]

The first class, consisting of four male students, began their studies on July 4, 1816, without any formal academic buildings. Within six years, Alden accumulated sufficient funds to begin building a campus. The first building erected, the library, was designed by Alden himself, and is a notable example of early American architecture. Bentley Hall is named in honor of William Bentley, who donated his private library to the college, a collection of considerable value and significance. In 1824, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Alden, expressing the hope that his University of Virginia could someday possess the richness of Allegheny's library.{{cite book

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}} Alden served as president of the college until 1831 when financial and enrollment difficulties forced his resignation. Ruter Hall was built in 1853.{{cite web |url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp |title=National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania |publisher=CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System |format=Searchable database |access-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-date=July 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp |url-status=dead }} Note: This includes {{cite web |url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H001243_01H.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ruter Hall |first=John P. |last=Davis |date=December 1977 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205091042/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H001243_01H.pdf |archive-date=December 5, 2014 }}

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File:IdaTarbell-Purdy.LOC.jpg, crusading muckraking journalist who exposed abuses by Standard Oil. Allegheny began admitting women in 1870]]

Allegheny began admitting women in 1870, early for a US college; a woman was valedictorian of the Allegheny class of 1875.{{cite web

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}} By the time Ida Tarbell, future journalist, arrived in 1876, nineteen women had attended Allegheny and only two had graduated. Tarbell described Ruter Hall in her writing, "...looking out on the town in the valley, its roofs and towers half hidden by a wealth of trees, and beyond it to a circle of round-breasted hills. Before I left Allegheny I had found a very precious thing in that severe room--the companionship there is in the silent presence of books."{{Cite book|title=Taking on the trust : the epic battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller|last=Weinberg|first=Steve|publisher=W.W. Norton|year=2008|isbn=9780393049350|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/takingontrustepi0000wein/page/89 89]|oclc= 154706823|url= https://archive.org/details/takingontrustepi0000wein/page/89}}

In 1905, Allegheny built Alden Hall as a new and improved preparatory school. Over the decades, the college has grown in size and significance while still maintaining ties to the community.

In 1970, the film Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me based on the Richard Fariña novel was filmed on college grounds.{{cite web | title = Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | work =The Internet Movie Database | year = 1971 | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066818/combined | access-date = August 28, 2009}}{{cite news|title=C.U. Too Freaky for 50's Flick|date=Nov 4, 1971|work=Cornell Daily Sun|first=Laura|last=Budofsky|page=1 | volume = 87 | number = 46}}

While the word "Allegheny" is a brand for the college, it is also the name of a county, a river, and a mountain range, and the school has tried to prevent other entities from using this word. For example, Allegheny objected in 2006 when Penn State tried to rename one of its campuses "Allegheny".{{cite news

| first = Bill | last = Schackner | title = Allegheny College opposes Penn State's renaming McKeesport campus | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = October 4, 2006 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06277/727208-55.stm | access-date = August 25, 2009 | archive-date = September 4, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080904221641/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06277/727208-55.stm | url-status = live}}{{cite news | first=Ann | last=Belser | title = Penn State Ice Cream frozen out | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = October 12, 2006 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06285/729154-55.stm | access-date = August 25, 2009}} Allegheny president Richard Cook said 'Allegheny' was "our brand." It sued the Philadelphia's Allegheny Health and Research Foundation in 1997 to change its name.{{cite news | title = Fighting for a name: Allegheny College sues AHERF over health school moniker | work =Modern Healthcare | date = March 3, 1997 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19193605.html | access-date = August 28, 2009}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Under president Richard J. Cook, Allegheny was reported to have had a "stronger endowment, optimal enrollment, record retention rates, innovative new programs and many physical campus improvements."{{cite news | first = Anya | last = Sostek | title = Economy not hurting local college enrollment | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = December 4, 2008 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08339/932608-298.stm | access-date = August 25, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} These years were marked by significant growth in the endowment, marked by a $115-million fund-raising drive, bringing the endowment to $150 million.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |title=Elms College president named to lead Allegheny College |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=February 20, 2008 |url= http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/02/20/elms_college_president_named_to_lead_allegheny_college/ |access-date=August 28, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot= medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news | title = Allegheny College surpasses goal | work = Pittsburgh Business Times | date = July 20, 2006 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2006/07/17/daily39.html | access-date = August 28, 2009 | archive-date = October 25, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025181939/http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2006/07/17/daily39.html | url-status = live}} In 2008, James H. Mullen Jr. took office as the 21st president of Allegheny.{{cite news | first = Eleanor | last = Chute | title = Allegheny College names new president | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = February 21, 2008 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08052/859214-298.stm | access-date = August 25, 2009 | archive-date = October 20, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020145106/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/allegheny-college-names-new-president-381634/ | url-status = live}}

The college and the town cooperate in many ways. One study suggested the Allegheny College generates approximately $93 million annually into Meadville and the local economy.{{cite news | first = Tim | last = Hahn | title = 'Big, big asset': Study details college's benefit to economy | work = Crawford County News | date = June 6, 2007 | url = http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070606%2FCRAW%2F706060351&SearchID=73285933870287 | access-date = August 26, 2009 | archive-date = June 6, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223703/http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070606%2FCRAW%2F706060351&SearchID=73285933870287 | url-status = live}} Since 2002, Allegheny hosts classical music festivals during the summer.{{cite news | title = Allegheny College Revives Festival | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = April 21, 2002 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F30A89D86459F4D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | access-date = August 28, 2009 | archive-date = May 29, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220529213148/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F30A89D86459F4D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | url-status = live}} In October 2006, the college attracted negative publicity after local enforcement cited over 100 people for underage drinking at a college party.{{cite news |title = Dozens face party-related charges | work = The Meadville Tribune |date = October 2, 2006 |url = http://meadvilletribune.com/local/x681007560/Dozens-face-party-related-charges |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130128133432/http://meadvilletribune.com/local/x681007560/Dozens-face-party-related-charges |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 28, 2013 |access-date = February 9, 2009}} In July 2007, a 1,500-pound wrecking ball demolishing part of Allegheny's Pelletier Library broke its chain, rumbled down the hill, careened "back and forth across the street," hit nine parked cars, wrecked curbs, and crashed into the trunk of an Allegheny student's car, pushing his car into two cars in front of him.{{cite news | first = Alison | last = Go | title = Wreck and Roll | work = U.S. News & World Report | date = July 11, 2007 | url = http://images.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2007/07/11/wreck-and-roll.html | access-date = August 26, 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130205113144/http://images.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2007/07/11/wreck-and-roll.html | archive-date = February 5, 2013 | df = mdy-all}} Eight soccer balls in his car "likely lessened the impact of the wrecking ball," and possibly spared his life, according to a police officer on the scene.{{cite news | first = Steve | last = Levin | title = Meadville mishap defines wrecking ball: One breaks loose, goes on tear near college | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = July 10, 2007 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07191/800583-85.stm | access-date = August 25, 2009 | archive-date = March 10, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090310182444/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07191/800583-85.stm | url-status = live}}{{cite news | title = Wrecking ball rampage in Meadville injures three | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = July 9, 2007 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07190/800447-100.stm | access-date = August 25, 2009 | archive-date = December 4, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204182549/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07190/800447-100.stm | url-status = live}}

The college has sponsored panels on unusual topics such as face transplants (2009).{{cite news | title = Allegheny College to host panel on face transplants| work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | via = USA Today | date = May 20, 2009 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09140/971278-54.stm | access-date = August 26, 2009 | archive-date = July 31, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022253/https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/09140/971278-54.stm | url-status = live}} Allegheny professors have joined highly visible initiatives; for example, Allegheny professor Michael Maniates, described as the "nation's leading authority on the politics of consumption," joined the board of a project about the twenty-minute film The Story of Stuff by filmmaker Annie Leonard, and generated headlines.{{cite news | title = Allegheny College Professor Michael Maniates Appointed to Story of Stuff Project… | publisher=Reuters | date = May 11, 2009 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS179279+11-May-2009+PRN20090511 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201052416/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS179279+11-May-2009+PRN20090511 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 1, 2013 | access-date = August 26, 2009}} Maniates said, "We really need to think of ways of making it possible for people to think about working less and getting by on less."{{cite news | first = Reed | last = Johnson | title = Shoppers cut back on spending, for now | work = The Los Angeles Times | date = May 10, 2009 | url = http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-cutback10-2009may10,0,2769813.story | access-date = August 28, 2009 | archive-date = July 31, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022302/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-10-ig-cutback10-story.html | url-status = live}} At present, environmental concerns are important at Allegheny, which in 2008 worked with Siemens to devise a "total energy use reduction plan" for the college.{{cite news | title = Siemens Helps Allegheny College Launch Energy Reduction Program | publisher=Reuters | date = Jun 17, 2008 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS226499+17-Jun-2008+PRN20080617 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201205052/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS226499+17-Jun-2008+PRN20080617 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 1, 2013| access-date = August 26, 2009}}

The campus has 40 principal buildings on a {{convert|79|acre|ha|adj=on}} central campus located just north of downtown Meadville, a {{convert|203|acre|km2|adj=on}} outdoor recreational complex north of campus, called the Robertson Athletic Complex, and the {{convert|283|acre|ha|adj=on}} Bousson nature reserve, protected forest, and experimental forest.{{cite news|title=About Allegheny: Facts|publisher=Allegheny College}}{{complete citation needed|date=August 2021}}

• The Pelletier Library (in 2008) had 922,540 volumes (491,284 microform titles).{{cite news

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}}{{full citation needed|date=August 2021}} Another estimate was that the library had 420,000 bound volumes, 227,000 microform titles, 1,000 periodicals, and 261,000 U.S. government and Pennsylvania state documents. The library has noteworthy Americana and Ida Tarbell collections, as well as materials concerning abolitionist John Brown's years in Crawford County.{{citation

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|oclc=44935229}} computer lab, audiovisual center, and music listening system are there too. It is named after past president Lawrence L. Pelletier who served from 1955 to 1980.{{cite news|first=Lamont |last=Jones |title=Lawrence L. Pelletier – Allegheny College chief in 1955–80 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=August 12, 1995 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3lUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6631,5705038 |access-date=September 2, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Learning Commons, which is located in Pelletier Library, assists students with writing, research, public speaking and study skills, and also offers disability services.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

• Newton Observatory houses a nine-inch refracting telescope and a computer-interfaced 10-inch Meade LX200 telescope with CCD camera. The Office of Public Safety and Security is also housed in the Newton Observatory.{{cite news

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• The Allegheny College Center for Experiential Learning (ACCEL) coordinates career internships, off-campus study programs, service-learning, pre-professional advising, and leadership development.
• A Counseling Center, which has joined the Winslow Health Center in Schultz Hall, offers guidance for students in adjusting to student life. The center is staffed by registered therapists and provides crisis and walk in hours to students, free of charge.
• Winslow Health Center is staffed by a registered nurse and offers routine diagnosis and treatment. The center also offers free STI testing to students on a monthly basis.
• The main dining facility is in Brooks Hall, and students can also dine at McKinley's Food Court in the campus center. There have been efforts by students to support the relationship between food services and local farmers.{{cite news

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}} Allegheny won a $79,545 grant in May 2009 to buy equipment to help with composting food waste, including a shredder mill, screening plant, conveyor, skid-steer loader and leaf collection system.{{cite news

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• The Center for Political Participation was founded at Allegheny in 2002 by political science professor Daniel M. Shea, following concerns about low youth voter turnout in the 2000 presidential election.{{cite journal|last=Shea|first=Daniel M.|title=From the Director|journal=The Soapbox|year=2012|page=1|url=http://sitesmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/cpp/files/2012/10/Soapbox2012-2.pdf|access-date=May 21, 2013|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104145/http://sitesmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/cpp/files/2012/10/Soapbox2012-2.pdf|url-status=live}} The CPP conducts scholarly research related to youth political participation; sponsors on-campus events related to politics and the electoral process, such as panel discussions; and conducts community-outreach efforts, including the Model Campaign USA program, a campaign simulation designed to get high school students interested in electoral politics.
• Henderson Campus Center was recently renovated and includes McKinley's food court, the bookstore, the game room, Grounds for Change—the student-run coffee house, the post office, and campus offices of college departments as well as student organizations.{{cite web

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}} Also included in the Henderson Campus Center are the Bowman, Penelac & Megahan Art Galleries. Allegheny has auctioned art at times to raise money to renovate other projects, such as the college's Doane School of Art.{{cite news

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• Sports facilities include the $13 million David V. Wise Sport & Fitness Center, which opened in 1997.
• A Women's Center which is located in the basement of Walker Hall was established in 2003 to be a resource for research on gender issues and women's history.{{cite news

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• The college established the Center for Economic and Environmental Development in 1997.{{cite news

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File:Brooks side.jpg|alt=Picture of a four-story building with white columns|Brooks Hall

File:Bentley Hall.jpg|alt= Historic Bentley Hall which housed the college administration, including the Registrar and Office of the President, prior to its current renovations|Bentley Hall

File:Doane Hall of Chemistry and Envi Sci.jpg|alt=Picture of a three-story building with walkways on an autumn day, The Doane Hall of Chemistry and Steffee Hall of Life Sciences|The Doane Hall of Chemistry

File:Ravine hall.jpg|alt=Picture of a building with trees (leaves turning) in the foreground. Ravine Hall is a coed residence hall currently housing students of all class years|Ravine Hall

File:Wise center.jpg|alt=Picture of a campus building with a walkway on an autumn day|Student entrance to the Wise Center

File:Oddfellows building.jpg|alt=Picture of a building with a road leading up to it. The Oddfellows building houses the departments of English, Religious Studies, and Philosophy as well as the Meadville Community Theater and Child Care programs. Photo courtesy|The Oddfellows building

File:Ford Chapel outside.jpg|Ford chapel

Allegheny College's majors and minors fall into three spheres: Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. There are some majors, such as Environmental Studies or International Studies, which fall into the interdisciplinary category. The college requires students to choose a minor as well as a major and encourages "unusual combinations" of majors and minors.{{cite web

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}} A student's major can be in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences, but that student's minor must be in a different division than their major.{{cite news

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| title = Colleges debate which STEM courses for all – How many credits should be required for students not bound for science careers?

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Allegheny is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).{{cite web

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| publisher = 4International Colleges & Universities

| date = August 28, 2009

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| access-date = August 28, 2009

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About 30% of the college's 2,100 students graduate in one of the STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering, and math. Students must take at least two courses (8 semester credit hours) in a discipline other than their major or minor.{{cite web

|title = Allegheny College (website)

|publisher = Allegheny College (website)

|date = August 26, 2009

|url = http://www.allegheny.edu/academics/degree_req.php#senior

|access-date = August 26, 2009

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090307033841/http://www.allegheny.edu/academics/degree_req.php#senior

|archive-date = March 7, 2009

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The most popular majors, in terms of 2021 graduates, were Biology/Biological Sciences (35), Psychology (34), and Environmental Science (33).{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Allegheny&s=all&id=210669#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Allegheny College |access-date=January 23, 2023}}

Total credits for graduation are 128 semester credit hours and no more than 64 credit hours can be from any one department. Almost all courses carry four semester hours of credit.{{cite web | title=Allegheny College | publisher=Allegheny College | date=August 26, 2009 | url=http://www.allegheny.edu/academics/catalogue/ | access-date=August 26, 2009 | archive-date=August 23, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823081531/http://www.allegheny.edu/academics/catalogue/ | url-status=live }}

The college requires all students to take a three-seminar series which "encourages careful listening and reading, thoughtful speaking and writing, and reflective academic planning and self-exploration," to be completed in their first two years.{{cite web|title=Graduation Requirements|url=http://sites.allegheny.edu/academics/graduation-requirements/|publisher=Allegheny College|access-date=May 22, 2013|archive-date=May 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518095415/http://sites.allegheny.edu/academics/graduation-requirements/|url-status=live}} Sophomores typically meet with faculty advisers eight times a year.{{cite web

| title = Allegheny College

| publisher = collegebound network

| date = August 28, 2009

| url = http://www.collegebound.net/college-university/article/allegheny-college/5682/

| access-date = August 28, 2009

| archive-date = August 18, 2009

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Allegheny requires seniors to complete a senior project in their major. Some senior projects can be quite ambitious; in 2007, one senior project involved comprehensive instructions for installing solar panels on the roof of a campus building.{{cite news

|first=Maggie

|last=Surface

|title=Solar at Allegheny: Model for the Future

|publisher=Department of Environmental Science and Department of Physics

|date=April 2007

|url=https://scholar.google.com/

|access-date=September 2, 2009

|url-status=bot: unknown

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Allegheny divides its academic calendar into two 15-week semesters. The school year typically runs from the last week of August to mid-May, with a short fall break in mid-October, a Wednesday-to-Sunday Thanksgiving break, a month-long winter break from mid-December to mid-January, and a week-long spring break in the third week of March.{{cite web|title=The Academic Program|url=http://sites.allegheny.edu/academics/the-academic-program/|publisher=Allegheny College|access-date=May 22, 2013|archive-date=June 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608235330/http://sites.allegheny.edu/academics/the-academic-program/|url-status=live}}

It formerly had a Chinese language minor, which was discontinued with the Chinese program itself in 2022.{{cite web|last=Flaherty|first=Colleen|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/09/02/why-did-allegheny-cut-its-chinese-program|title=Why Did Allegheny Cut Its Chinese Program?|work=Inside Higher Ed|date=2022-09-02|accessdate=2022-09-02}}

Allegheny offers direct enrollment programs at Lancaster University, England; James Cook University, Australia; University of Natal, South Africa; Capital Normal University, China; and Karl-Eberhard University, Germany. It also offers language and area studies programs in Seville, Spain; Angers, France; Karls-Eberhard University, Germany; and Querétaro, Mexico and internship programs in London, England; Paris, France; and Washington D.C. Programs geared to specific majors are also available, including environmental studies at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Israel; and the Center for Sustainable Development, Costa Rica; marine biology at the Duke University Marine Lab in North Carolina; and political science at American University. Allegheny faculty members have led domestic summer-study tours to New York, Yellowstone, Austria, Costa Rica, and South Africa. Individually arranged study abroad has taken students to Argentina, Canada (Nova Scotia), China, Cuba, Greece, Italy, Mexico, and Scotland.

Allegheny has medical school cooperative programs available with three institutions: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Drexel University{{cite web

|title=Accelerated, Early Assurance and Post Baccalaureate Linkage Programs

|publisher=Drexel University College of Medicine

|date=July 18, 2012

|url=http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/Admissions/linkage.asp

|access-date=August 28, 2009

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118183216/http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/Admissions/linkage.asp

|archive-date=January 18, 2010

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}} and Jefferson Medical College. Allegheny offers pre-professional programs in law and health. It has an arrangement with Drexel University College of Medicine to admit two Allegheny students who meet specific criteria (grades, MCAT scores). It has an arrangement with the William E. Simon School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester to have preferred admission to selected students by the end of their junior year. Allegheny offers cooperative 3–2 liberal arts/professional programs in engineering with Case Western Reserve University, Columbia University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Washington University in St. Louis. There is also a 3–2 Master of Information Systems Management (MISM) program reciprocal agreement with Carnegie Mellon University.

Four faculty won Fulbright Awards in March 2001.{{cite web

|title=The Cook Years: A Timeline of Accomplishments and Events

|work=Allegheny Magazine

|date=March 2001

|url=http://www.allegheny.edu/magazine/archive/2008winterspring/thecookyears.php

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528035658/http://www.allegheny.edu/magazine/archive/2008winterspring/thecookyears.php

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2010-05-28

|access-date=August 28, 2009

}} Faculty sometimes focus on the local area; for example, economics professor Stephen Onyeiwu conducted a study of manufacturing in the northwestern Pennsylvania region.{{cite news

| first = Jim

| last = Martin

| title = Region's industrial economy works to recover

| publisher = Erie Times-News via USA Today

| date = August 19, 2009

| url = http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090819%2FNEWS02%2F308199973%2F-1%2FRSS

| access-date = August 28, 2009

| archive-date = June 7, 2011

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015724/http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090819%2FNEWS02%2F308199973%2F-1%2FRSS

| url-status = live

}} Ninety percent of faculty have terminal degrees in their respective fields. Books by faculty include Congressional Women and Comedy from Shakespeare to Sheridan. Faculty actively publish on a wide range of subjects from the biology of woodpeckers,{{cite journal

| first1=Walter D. | last1=Koenig |first2=Ronald L. |last2=Mumme |first3=Mark T. |last3=Stanback |first4=Frank A. |last4=Pitelka | title = Patterns and consequences of egg destruction among joint-nesting acorn woodpeckers

| journal=Animal Behaviour |volume= 50 |issue=3 |pages=607–621

| date = December 7, 1994

| doi=10.1016/0003-3472(95)80123-5

| s2cid=53145738 }} to structural features of ribosomal RNA,{{cite journal

| author=Matthew A. Fountain Martin J. Serra Thomas R. Krugh Douglas H. Turner

| title = Structural Features of a Six-Nucleotide RNA Hairpin Loop Found in Ribosomal RNA

| journal = Biochemistry

| publisher=Biochemistry 1996, 35 (21), pp 6539–6548

| date = May 28, 1996

| volume = 35

| issue = 21

| pages = 6539–6548

| doi = 10.1021/bi952697k

| pmid = 8639602

}} to freshwater invertebrates.{{cite news |first1=Donald P. |last1=Batzer |first2=Russell B. |last2=Rader |first3=Scott A. |last3=Wissinger |title=Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc. |year=1999 |isbn=9780471292586 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJJg0i4ocToC&q=allegheny%20college&pg=PR11 |access-date=September 2, 2009 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022252/https://books.google.com/books?id=qJJg0i4ocToC&q=allegheny+college&pg=PR11 |url-status=live }} In 2018, Professor Shannan Mattiace won a Fulbright Award to teach and conduct research in Chile.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.allegheny.edu/news/2018/01/29/political-science-professor-shannan-mattiace-receives-fulbright-award/|title=Political Science Professor Shannan Mattiace Receives Fulbright Award News Center {{!}} Allegheny College - Meadville, PA|website=sites.allegheny.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-16|archive-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516175252/https://sites.allegheny.edu/news/2018/01/29/political-science-professor-shannan-mattiace-receives-fulbright-award/|url-status=live}}

There were 5,479 applications for admission to the class of 2022 (enrolling fall 2018): 3,485 were admitted (63.6%) and 474 enrolled (an admissions yield of 13.6%).{{cite web |url=http://sites.allegheny.edu/institutionalresearch/the-common-data-set/cds-2018-2019/ |title=Common Data Set 2018–2019, Part C |publisher=Allegheny College Institutional Research |access-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001154935/https://sites.allegheny.edu/institutionalresearch/the-common-data-set/cds-2018-2019/ |url-status=live }} The average high school GPA of enrolled freshmen was 3.51, and 35% had a high school GPA of 3.75 or higher. The middle 50% range of enrolled freshmen on SAT scores was 560–680 for reading and writing, and 560-660 for math, while the ACT Composite middle 50% range was 24–30.

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| Forbes = 403

| USNWR_LA = 80

| Wamo_LA = 42

| THE_WSJ = 164

}}

Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Allegheny 60th among the top 100 U.S. liberal arts colleges for 2022.{{cite web |title=Best liberal arts colleges in the United States 2022 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education |date=September 21, 2021 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-liberal-arts-colleges-united-states |access-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426143548/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-liberal-arts-colleges-united-states |url-status=live }}

U.S. News & World Report ranked Allegheny as tied for 80th among liberal arts colleges, 16th in "Best Undergraduate Teaching," tied for 38th in "Top Performers for Social Mobility", and 58th in "Best Value Schools" in the United States for 2025.{{Cite web |title=USN&WR Best Colleges -- Allegheny College Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/allegheny-college-3230/overall-rankings |access-date=March 11, 2025}}

Washington Monthly, which rates schools based on the degree to which they "contribute to the public good" by improving social mobility, producing research, and promoting service, ranked Allegheny 42nd among 203 liberal arts colleges in 2022.{{cite web |title=2022 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking |publisher=Washington Monthly |access-date=January 3, 2023 |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225131108/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |url-status=live }}

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Students generally are required to live on campus for all four years, and may reside in traditional dormitories, apartment-style housing, or college-owned houses.

The demographics of students as of fall 2015 were: White (non-Hispanic) 75.9%; Hispanic/Latino 7.0%, Black (non-Hispanic) 5.9%; Two or more races 4.7%, Non-resident alien 2.8%, Asian & Pacific Islander 2.4%; American Indian or Alaskan native 0.1%; Unknown 1.2% .

Allegheny students in 2008 come from 33 states and 25 other countries. Allegheny had a "diversity index" of .15 on a scale of .99=extremely diverse to .01=not diverse.{{cite news

| title = Best Colleges: Racial Diversity: Liberal Arts Colleges

| work = U.S. News & World Report

| date = 2008–2009

| url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/liberal-arts-campus-ethnic-diversity

| access-date = August 28, 2009

| archive-date = August 26, 2009

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| url-status = live

}}

Students participate in volunteer activities: in the fall semester of 2011, the student body contributed 25,000 hours of volunteer service to the community.{{cite news

| first = Linda A.

| last = Dickerson

| title = Business News – Allegheny College works to involve students in electoral politics

| work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = December 16, 2001

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/20011216dicker1216fnp6.asp

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = July 24, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724014748/http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/20011216dicker1216fnp6.asp

| url-status = live

}} Some Allegheny students volunteered to help restore businesses in hurricane-ravished New Orleans.{{cite news |title=Two years later, New Orleans coffeehouse is back in business |work= Chicago Tribune archives |agency=Associated Press |date=August 27, 2007 |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/aug/27/business/chi-mon_smalltalk_0823aug27 |access-date=August 26, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Residence halls and classrooms are closed during summers. An Allegheny Student Government has an active role in formulating college policy, curriculum choices, personal conduct, promoting cultural programs, and making decisions about the school's calendar.

Information about students is generally kept private in keeping with the 1974 "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act" which prohibits colleges from releasing information about their students without student permission.{{cite news

|first1 = Caitlin

|last1 = Cleary

|first2 = Dan

|last2 = Majors

|title = Suit says Allegheny College remiss in student's suicide

|work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

|date = August 20, 2006

|url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06232/714938-85.stm

|access-date = August 25, 2009

|archive-date = July 31, 2022

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022254/https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06232/714938-85.stm

|url-status = live

}} Accordingly, parents can not learn about their son's or daughter's grades unless a waiver is signed permitting release of such information. The privacy policy can sometimes lead to problems, particularly when students have mental health problems but the school is prevented legally from contacting parents. In 2002, one Allegheny student committed suicide, and his parents sued the school; a jury in 2006 found that the school was not liable or negligent. This case helped focus national attention on the competing issues of student privacy and parental rights.{{cite news

| first=Elizabeth

| last=Bernstein

| title=Bucking Privacy Concerns, Cornell Acts as Watchdog Staff Trained to Spot Students in Distress; Campus Suicides Drop

| work=The Wall Street Journal

| url=http://interactivo.wsj.com/article/SB119881134406054777.html

| access-date=August 26, 2009

| date=December 28, 2007

| archive-date=July 31, 2022

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022301/https://www.wsj.com/news/types/the-americas

| url-status=live

}}

Official college policy is to discourage underage drinking, although there have been incidents of violations at off-campus parties. Incoming students are required to take an online course about the dangers of alcohol abuse. The school punishes transgressions with disciplinary action.{{cite news

| title = Allegheny College statement

| publisher = Erie Times-News

| date = October 3, 2006

| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ET&p_theme=et&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=114882A1E51E0B70&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D

| access-date = August 28, 2009

| archive-date = May 29, 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220529213143/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ET&p_theme=et&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=114882A1E51E0B70&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D

| url-status = live

}}

Students run a campus radio station WARC 90.3 FM and a publication called "The Allegheny Review" of undergraduate literature.{{cite news

|title=The Allegheny Review

|work=Forbes

|year=2003

|url=http://webpub.allegheny.edu/group/review/

|access-date=August 26, 2009

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610050614/http://webpub.allegheny.edu/group/review/

|archive-date=June 10, 2010

}} The college hosts outside speakers.{{cite news

| first = Jim

| last = Martin

| title = Columnist sees eating contest as chance for liberals

| publisher = Erie Times-News

| date = November 21, 2008

| url = http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20081121%2FNEWS02%2F311219868%2F-1%2FRSS

| access-date = August 26, 2009

| archive-date = June 7, 2011

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015645/http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20081121%2FNEWS02%2F311219868%2F-1%2FRSS

| url-status = live

}} Allegheny has numerous student groups and organizations such as an astronomy club, a College Choir, an Outing Club, and a Peace Coalition.{{cite web

| title = Student Groups & Organizations at Allegheny College

| publisher = Allegheny College

| date = August 26, 2009

| url = https://sites.google.com/a/allegheny.edu/studentorgs/Home

| access-date = August 26, 2009

| archive-date = July 31, 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022258/https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fa%2Fallegheny.edu%2Fstudentorgs%2FHome&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fa%2Fallegheny.edu%2Fstudentorgs%2FHome&hd=allegheny.edu&service=jotspot&sacu=1&rip=1

| url-status = live

}} There are over 100 clubs and organizations offered at Allegheny. The Allegheny newspaper is called The Campus. It is distributed weekly at locations all over the college. It covers campus news, features, opinion and a wrap-up of the college sports. The Campus is entirely student-run, with an editorial board of students in charge of making all executive decisions for the publication. The Allegheny alternative magazine is called Overkill. It is tri-semester student publication distributed in unconventional locations around campus, such as in vending machines, fireplaces, and chandeliers. It features student editorials, poetry, non-fiction and fiction pieces, art, and photography with a highly distinctive design and attitude.

Allegheny has welcomed a variety of entertainers and guest speakers over the last several years including John Updike, Dave Matthews, Dick Cheney,{{cite news

|first=Jamie

|last=Musick

|title=Allegheny rethinks political participation policy

|publisher=The Meadville Tribune

|date=February 11, 2007

|url=http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_305225824.html

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129014730/http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_305225824.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=January 29, 2013

|access-date=August 28, 2009

}} Bill Clinton,{{cite news

|first=Jane

|last=Smith

|title=Bill Clinton visits Allegheny College

|publisher=The Meadville Tribune

|date=April 19, 2008

|url=http://www.meadvilletribune.com/tribmovies/local_story_110194106.html

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128112435/http://www.meadvilletribune.com/tribmovies/local_story_110194106.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=January 28, 2013

|access-date=August 28, 2009

}} W.D. Snodgrass, Adam Sandler, George Carlin, The Vienna Choir Boys, Rusted Root, Ben Folds, The Roots, Stephen Lynch, The Fray, Jimmy Fallon,{{cite web

|title=Live from Meadville ... It's Jimmy Fallon! Saturday Night Live Comedian to Perform at Allegheny College

|publisher=Allegheny College

|date=Aug 14, 2002

|url=http://www.allegheny.edu/news/releases/live_from_meadvilleits_jimmy_fallon_saturday_night_live_comedian_to_perform_at_allegheny_college.php

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528042740/http://www.allegheny.edu/news/releases/live_from_meadvilleits_jimmy_fallon_saturday_night_live_comedian_to_perform_at_allegheny_college.php

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=May 28, 2010

|access-date=August 28, 2009

}} and comedian Wayne Brady.{{cite web

|title=Comedian Wayne Brady to Appear Live at Allegheny

|publisher=Allegheny College

|date=Feb 12, 2007

|url=http://www.allegheny.edu/news/releases/comedian_wayne_brady_to_appear_live_at_allegheny.php

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528003241/http://www.allegheny.edu/news/releases/comedian_wayne_brady_to_appear_live_at_allegheny.php

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=May 28, 2010

|access-date=August 28, 2009

}} There have been "live" art shows in which invited artists, over an eight-hour period, created 10-by-10-foot "drawings" on gallery walls while spectators watched.{{cite news

| title = Allegheny College to Host Wall-to-Wall, 8-Hour Art Event

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = February 14, 2002

| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F1AEA94C334ABD0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D

| access-date = August 28, 2009

| archive-date = May 29, 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220529213145/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F1AEA94C334ABD0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D

| url-status = live

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Allegheny, known athletically as the Gators, belongs to the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and has NCAA Division III teams.{{cite web

| title = Allegheny College (website)

| publisher = Allegheny College

| date = August 26, 2009

| url = http://www.alleghenysports.com/

| access-date = August 26, 2009

| archive-date = August 22, 2009

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822075959/http://www.alleghenysports.com/

| url-status = live

}} The Gators returned to the PAC in 2022 after a 38-year absence spent in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC); the field hockey team remains in the NCAC because the PAC does not sponsor that sport.{{cite press release |url=https://alleghenygators.com/news/2021/8/23/general-allegheny-college-announces-return-to-the-presidents-athletic-conference-beginning-july-1-2022.aspx |title=Allegheny College Announces Return to the Presidents' Athletic Conference Beginning July 1, 2022 |publisher=Allegheny Gators |date=August 23, 2021 |accessdate=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901180319/https://alleghenygators.com/news/2021/8/23/general-allegheny-college-announces-return-to-the-presidents-athletic-conference-beginning-july-1-2022.aspx |url-status=live }} Men's sports are baseball,{{cite news

| first=Nicholas

| last=Tolomeo

| title = PG South: After busy junior year, Abbott takes time off

| publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = July 9, 2009

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982495-139.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

}} basketball,{{cite news

| title = PG North: Campus notebook

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = December 21, 2006

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06355/747532-134.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = May 15, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515211820/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06355/747532-134.stm

| url-status = live

}}{{cite news

| agency = Associated Press

| title = College basketball roundup: Temple surges to rout Dukes, 72–43

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = February 24, 2007

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07055/764711-134.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = May 15, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515201217/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07055/764711-134.stm

| url-status = live

}} cross country, football,{{cite news

| first = Rich

| last = Emert

| title = Sports – Where are they now? Jeff Filkovski

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = September 2, 2003

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other/20030902where0902p5.asp

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = October 12, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012054112/http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other/20030902where0902p5.asp

| url-status = live

}} golf, soccer,{{cite news

| title = PG South: Peters grad earns NCAC honor

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = November 1, 2007

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07305/829910-139.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = November 22, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081122143949/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07305/829910-139.stm

| url-status = live

}} swimming and diving, tennis, and track & field.{{cite news

| first=Rich

| last=Emert

| title = EAST: Hempfield thrower chooses track & field over football for college sport

| publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = March 29, 2007

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07088/773124-364.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

}}{{cite news

| title = PG North: Campus notebook

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = November 16, 2006

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06320/738487-134.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = September 29, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080929232517/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06320/738487-134.stm

| url-status = live

}} Women's sports are basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis,{{cite news

| title = Seneca grad nets success

| publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

| date = November 1, 2007

| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07305/829893-134.stm

| access-date = August 25, 2009

| archive-date = November 22, 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081122143312/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07305/829893-134.stm

| url-status = live

}} track & field, and volleyball. Sports facilities include the Wise Center and the Robertson Complex.{{cite web

|title=Allegheny Gators

|publisher=Allegheny College

|date=August 26, 2009

|url=http://www.alleghenysports.com/sports/2009/7/1/Facilities.aspx?tab=facilityphotos

|access-date=August 26, 2009

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918110558/http://www.alleghenysports.com/sports/2009/7/1/Facilities.aspx?tab=facilityphotos

|archive-date=September 18, 2009

}} 75 percent of students play intramural sports.

Branch Rickey was Allegheny College Athletic Director from 1904 to 1905, and coached baseball, basketball, and football. Rickey also served as instructor of Shakespeare, English, and History.

The 1990 Allegheny football team, led by first-year head coach Ken O'Keefe, won the Division III football national championship with a 13–0–1 record and a 21–14 victory over {{cfb link|year=1990|team=Lycoming Warriors|title=Lycoming}} in the Stagg Bowl.{{cite web|title=1990 Football Team|publisher=Allegheny College|accessdate=October 23, 2021|url=https://alleghenygators.com/sports/general/roster/1990-football-team/3311|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023161210/https://alleghenygators.com/sports/general/roster/1990-football-team/3311|url-status=live}}

Allegheny College has undertaken several projects to become more a sustainable campus. One such project is the October Energy Challenge,{{Cite web|last=Stine|first=Tina-Marie|date=10 October 2019|title=The October Energy Challenge brings another month of sustainability|url=https://alleghenycampus.com/17993/science-2/the-october-energy-challenge-brings-another-month-of-sustainability/|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2021|website=Allegheny College - The Campus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924054143/https://alleghenycampus.com/17993/science-2/the-october-energy-challenge-brings-another-month-of-sustainability/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020 }} in which students are encouraged to save electricity for a one-month period. The difference in cost between that month and the previous month's electrical power is then reinvested back into sustainable campus infrastructure. Previous energy challenge have resulted in the addition of water-bottle stations to encourage use of reusable water bottles and solar panels on the biology building.

Other projects include the Carrden, a student-lead garden that grows organic produce, multiple rain gardens, a green box program for reusable takeout containers, as well as the college itself becoming the first college in Pennsylvania to achieve Carbon Net-Neutrality {{Cite web|title=Sustainability {{!}} Allegheny College|url=https://sites.allegheny.edu/sustainability/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Allegheny.edu|language=en-US|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028132747/https://sites.allegheny.edu/sustainability/|url-status=live}}

There are multiple student groups dedicated to environmental protection including SEA (Students for Environmental Action), AC Food Rescue, and Creek connections.{{Cite web|title=Take Action {{!}} Sustainability {{!}} Allegheny College|url=https://sites.allegheny.edu/sustainability/what-can-you-do/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Allegheny.edu|language=en-US|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104004327/https://sites.allegheny.edu/sustainability/what-can-you-do/|url-status=live}}

One tradition is that a female student is not a "real co-ed" until she's been kissed on the thirteenth plank of the Rustic bridge over the stream.{{cite web

| title = Brooks Hall

| publisher = wiki.worldflicks.org

| date = August 28, 2009

| url = http://wiki.worldflicks.org/allegheny_college.html#coords=(41.6494755,%20-80.1449425)&z=16

| access-date = August 28, 2009

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194157/http://wiki.worldflicks.org/allegheny_college.html#coords=(41.6494755,%20-80.1449425)&z=16

| archive-date = July 22, 2011

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite news

| author = Yale Daily News Staff

| title = The Insider's Guide to the Colleges – 2007 edition page 827

| publisher = Yale Daily News

| year = 2007

| isbn = 9781429910095

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0oQ3XkXjUQkC

| access-date = August 27, 2009

| archive-date = July 31, 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022301/https://books.google.com/books?id=0oQ3XkXjUQkC

| url-status = live

}} Legend states that there is a competition among residence halls during Orientation Week to steal the thirteenth plank and display it, though this rarely happens today;{{cite book

| last1 = Kenney

| first1 = Daniel

| first2 = Ricardo

| last2 = Dumont

| first3 = Ginger

| last3 = Kenney

| title = Mission and Place: Strengthening Learning and Community through Campus Design

| publisher = Praeger Publishers

| year = 2005

| location = The United States of America

| page = 75

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Fub2bbqUSZcC

| isbn = 978-0-275-98123-5

| access-date = March 16, 2016

| archive-date = April 25, 2022

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| url-status = live

}} random students take the plank instead, with maintenance keeping a supply of replacement planks on hand.

Allegheny College also has a number of fraternities and sororities on campus. These include Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, and Alpha Chi Omega for the sororities. In 2009, 34% of Allegheny women belonged to a sorority.{{cite news

| author = Staff writers

| title = Best Colleges 2010

| work = U.S. News & World Report

| date = August 26, 2009

| url = http://rankings.usnews.com/best-colleges/most-sororities

| access-date = August 26, 2009

| archive-date = August 27, 2009

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090827163605/http://rankings.usnews.com/best-colleges/most-sororities

| url-status = live

}}

Allegheny is located in northwestern Pennsylvania {{convert|90|mi|km}} north of Pittsburgh, {{convert|90|mi|km}} east of Cleveland, and {{convert|35|mi|km}} south of Erie, in the town of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

The acting president since September 2022 is Ron Cole, the college's former provost and Dean of college. There are approximately 150 administration and staff personnel in 2008. The staff breakdown is as follows: 157 full-time employees doing instruction, research, and public service; 43 executive, administrative, and managerial personnel; 103 other professionals (support/service); 9 technical and paraprofessionals; 68 clerical and secretarial employees; 12 skilled craftspersons; and 27 service & maintenance staff.{{cite web

| title = Institution Characteristics – Allegheny

| publisher = U.S. Dept. of Education ies National Center for Education Statistics

| date = August 26, 2009

| url = http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Snapshotx.aspx?unitId=adacabb1b1b4

| access-date = August 26, 2009

| archive-date = July 31, 2022

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022305/https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data

| url-status = live

}} In addition, part-time staff included 36 instructors, 23 other professionals, 10 secretaries, and 4 service and maintenance staff. Of the 157 full-time faculty, 87 have tenure, and 41 are on a tenure track. The average salaries of professors (in 2007) was $83K, associate professors was $63K, assistant professors was $51K, instructors was $38K. Allegheny is a member of the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium, or HEDS, in which member institutions share information relating to improvement of higher education.{{cite web

|title = Member Institutions

|publisher = HEDS Consortium

|year = 2009

|url = http://www.e-heds.org/Default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=34

|access-date = August 28, 2009

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145703/http://www.e-heds.org/Default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=34

|archive-date = July 16, 2011

|url-status = dead

|df = mdy-all

}}

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