John Dodson, professor of music and music director of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra, has been recognized with the Ross Newsom Award for Outstanding Teaching. “ given out at the beginning of each school year to acknowledge the hard work, dedication and teaching excellence of our professors,” said Agnes Caldwell, interim vice president...
On Nov. 6, one of the newest clubs on campus, in focus photography club, was officially added to the list of student organizations. Freshman Colleen Higgins, who aspires to do photography for a living, created the club. Garin Horner, assistant professor of art and design, was appointed as the advisor of the club. The...
Passport Day took place last Friday from noon to four in the Study Abroad Office. “It’s one-stop shopping,” Robin Bott, English professor and Study Abroad director said about the event. Students can get the application and picture for a passport all in one spot. “Our effort is to make it easier for everybody to...
The Adrian College multicultural department held its fourth annual Global Food Festival Nov. 5 in Caine Student Center from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The festival was organized by director of multicultural programs Idali Feliciano, who has been planning the event for three weeks. Food from several different cultures including Morocco, Puerto Rico, Cuba,...
The Robinson Planetarium, one of the focal points on Adrian College’s campus, is holding shows every Friday night in November. In attendance at these shows will be Mark Fairclough, an astronomer from Eastern Michigan Univeristy, who operates the planetarium. “Built in 1966, it features a 30 foot dome and a Spitz A-3-P star projector,”...
Every fall, for the last ten years, the Adrian College Music Department has hosted the annual Showcase Concert. This year the concert, which is a display of talents by the different musical ensembles on campus, was held Oct. 15 in Dawson Auditorium from 3 to 5 p.m. “It’s a concert where we show off...
When Kelli Pelham, manager of 110 Madison salon, got the news her cousin, Cindy Beaubien, had been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, she knew immediately she wanted to help her in any way she could. And so the idea of “Clipping for a Cure” was born. Pelham said she came up with the...
The Injured List, a local band from the Tecumseh area, headlined its 100th show in the Adrian-Tobias behind Ritchie Marketplace on Monday at 6 p.m. The band consists of five members: Adrian College junior and lead singer/pianist/lyricist Nathan Marks, senior bassist Steven Ayre, junior guitarist Wil DeYoung, guitarist James Parsons and drummer Ashton Parsons....
Adrian College is currently hosting a month- long program to draw the youth of the community to the campus for a special treat, the Youth Art Program. The program welcomes students of all ages, ranging from kindergarteners to ninth graders. The current fall session runs every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until noon. The program...
Adrian College is a school that has a number of unique opportunities and experiences to offer the students. One of the organizations that sets AC apart from other universities is the Institute for Study Abroad. The Institute provides AC students with a chance to take courses and learn in other countries around the world....