Three students who graduated on Sunday (May 12) have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Ben Mielke'14 of Maplewood, Minn., has been awarded the 2013 Kirtlandia Society Research Internship in Physical Anthropology. 

A City Center Seminar focusing on “Nature in the City Center: The Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center” will take place on Friday, May 17 from noon – 1 p.m. at Vision Beloit, 500 Public Ave.

The 163rd Commencement ceremony is over and the 305 graduates are ready to embark on their new lives and start fulfilling careers. 

Beloit, Wis. – In a ceremony boasting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Timothy the Turtle, and plenty of proud moms celebrating Mother’s Day, the 305 members of Beloit College’s class of 2013 received their degrees. The 163^rd commencement exercises took place under sunny skies on the lawn between the college’s iconic administration building, Middle College, and a half-dozen ancient Indian mounds.

Assistant Biology Professor Amy Briggs studies plant immunity, but she also trains her keen scientist’s eye on a project a little closer to home, using her own classroom as a lab in more ways than one—including researching teaching methods.

Cecily Murphy Majerus’80 was elected to the college’s board of trustees at its April meeting. She will serve a three-year period expiring in 2016.

The Beloit College board of trustees approved on Saturday (April 27) the promotion of four faculty members to full professor.

Beloit College is well-known for its excellent undergraduate teaching, and on Friday (April 26) the college took the time to publicly applaud some of their work at the annual Underkofler/Kang Award Ceremony and Recognition Party.