Weissberg Chair 2008-2009
 Beloit College celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Weissberg Program in International Studies with a weeklong program featuring practitioners implementing microfinance programs around the world as a means for empowering the poor to improve the economic and social health of their families and communities. Read More
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International BRAG 2009 to be Held on April 15
April 15th will mark our 2nd International BRAG night. Beloiters will gather in cities around the world to reconnect with old friends and connect with alums from different generations. Our first ever International BRAG night in February 2008 was a great success with alumni, parents, and friends of Beloit coming together at 15 locations across the U.S. and China to celebrate Chinese New Year. If you're interested in hosting a BRAG event, please contact Jen Scott'01, Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs. |
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A Message from Eddie Rock'99, President of the Alumni Board of Directors
 Greetings to all of you around the country and the rest of the world. The alumni association voted in two new members to its board of directors at the annual alumni assembly during Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. Andy Boryczka'98 and Michelle Padfield Smith'98 were nominated to join the board because of their commitment to enhance Beloit College through volunteerism over the past five years.
Distinguished Service Citations (DSC) were awarded to Albert R. Hough’42 and Lois Malone Hough'42, Kenneth Beeby’58, J. Edson Way'68, and Thomas O’Neill’83. The Young Alumni Award, honoring a member from the class celebrating its ten year reunion, was received by Andy Boryczka'98. Donna Niesman'68 received an Alumni Award for her tireless work as Secretary of the Alumni Association and Class Agent. The board is currently accepting nominations for our 2009 awards (classes of '59, '69, '84, '99); please nominate someone for consideration. |
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"Afghanistan: How the Government and the Media Got the Story Wrong" Now Available for Download
Roy Gutman, one of the leading investigative reporters in the world today, delivered the first Weissberg Lecture in International Human Rights at Beloit College in mid-October. In it he noted that the 2001 terrorist strikes on the United States signaled failed U.S. foreign policies that predate the attacks by more than a decade. Click here to download his presentation, titled “Afghanistan: How the Government and the Media Got the Story Wrong.”
To see a list of all audio downloads, click here. |
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William Flanagan Receives Professional Recognition  William Flanagan, the vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Beloit College, was recently recognized for his service to the college and the student affairs profession by the professional association NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. (NASPA stands for the organization’s former name—the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.) In November, Flanagan attended the NASPA IV-East Regional Conference, where he received the 2008 Outstanding Performance as a Senior Student Affairs Officer Award. Read More |
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Chamberlin Hall is Gone
 Throughout the months of October and November Chamberlin Hall has been dismantled level-by-level, with work currently being finished on the basement. With each level removed, more and more of the new Center for the Sciences has been revealed to campus. Its removal has added a sense of spaciousness to the north of the academic side of campus. You can see this space for yourself via the Beloit College webcam. The webcam, which was first used to view the construction of the new Center for the Sciences, was moved to capture the “deconstruction” of Chamberlin Hall and will remain pointed towards its footprint during the subsequent installation of the final elements of the Center for the Sciences. |
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Employee Positions Eliminated at Beloit College
Beloit College is “not immune from the economic problems facing our country” noted the College’s Interim President Dick Niemiec as he announced an employee reduction at the liberal arts college. The elimination of as many as 40 positions at the college was announced at a campus wide meeting and in a letter sent to all employees.
Niemiec met with the campus community in early November to outline the financial situation at the college which is facing a $1 million shortfall. He noted that “like most families and organizations in the country, we are facing economic challenges at Beloit College. While I think that they are difficult, I do not think they constitute a crisis…We do not believe that we will in any way have to sacrifice the quality of the educational experience we deliver here.” Read More |
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Presidential Search
 The Beloit College Presidential Search Committee has been making excellent progress on their quest to bring an exceptional leader to Beloit. Updated briefings from Stephen Mahle’67,
Chair PSC, on progress in the search for the 11th President can be found at www.beloit.edu/presidentsearch/. |
