- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><h5 class="story-block-meta">Making the most of Beloit</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">Exploring the City</h4><div class="story-block-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter where they come from, many students land first jobs and internships in their adopted city of Beloit, often through</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">faculty</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and staff connections. Here’s what nine Beloiters did and learned last summer.</span></div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/679-summer-in-the-city">More</a><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/offices/career-community-engagement/" target="_blank">Career & Community Engagement Center</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/visit-campus/" target="_blank">Visit Campus</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/faculty/" target="_blank">Faculty</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="story-block-right"><img src="/live/image/gid/12/width/1000/height/666/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1558,1000/2893_City_of_Beloit.rev.1569255851.jpg" alt="Exploring the City"/></div></article><div class="explore"><h3 class="explore-text">Explore<br/>Beloit</h3><span class="explore-arrow"/></div><div class="yline yline-1 skrollable skrollable-between" data-80="height:0px;" data-1000="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1410_Line_1.rev.1564700025.png');"/>
- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><h5 class="story-block-meta">Sculpture at the Confluence</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">A Meaningful Collaboration</h4><div class="story-block-text">The first public sculpture to be erected in South Beloit, Illinois, honors the area’s Ho-Chunk heritage and the tribe’s continuing verve. The initial idea for the artwork emerged from a Beloit College class taught by Professor of Art History Jo Ortel, shown at the September dedication with Ezra Rogers’19, one of the student leaders behind the project.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/747-a-meaningful-collaboration">More</a><br/><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/art-and-art-history/" target="_blank">Art & Art History</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/environmental-studies/" target="_blank">Environmental Studies</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/wright/" target="_blank">Wright Museum of Art</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="story-block-right"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/570/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2304/2923_0p_RXGVw.rev.1570050362.jpg" alt="A Meaningful Collaboration"/></div></article><div class="easter-egg easter-egg-1 left skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="transform:translateX(-125%)" data-500="transform:translateX(-25%)"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/300/1325_Pennant.rev.1567016537.png" alt="Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college."/><span class="easter-egg-caption" style="-webkit-transform: translateX(55%);transform: translateX(55%);top: calc(100% - 70px);">Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college.</span></div><div class="yline yline-2 skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="height:0px;" data-1000="height:0px;" data-2000="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1411_Line_2.rev.1564620572.png');"/>
- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><img src="/live/image/gid/12/width/600/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/744_Broakeen_2019-15.rev.1561240746.jpg" alt="Broakeen Sheffield’19 is a scientist, an athlete, and an entertainer" class="lw_image" width="600"/><div class="story-block-caption">Broakeen Sheffield’19 is a scientist, an athlete, and an entertainer</div></div><div class="story-block-right"><h5 class="story-block-meta"> Students have many interests<!-- LW: this field is only present on Core groups story editor --></h5><h4 class="story-block-title">Who says you have to choose?</h4><div class="story-block-text">Broakeen Sheffield’19 has a lot going on all at once, and why not? The future pharmacist is making the most of his time at Beloit, playing <a href="https://beloitcollegeathletics.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">football and track and field</a>, performing, majoring in <a href="/academics/biochemistry/">biochemistry</a>, and writing songs (one even by request for his <a href="/academics/environmental-studies/">environmental politics</a> class).</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/46-who-says-you-have-to-choose">More</a><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_urls"><a href="https://beloitcollegeathletics.com/" target="_blank">Athletics</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/biochemistry/" target="_blank">Biochemistry</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/music/" target="_blank">Music</a></li></ul></div></div></article><div class="easter-egg easter-egg-2 placeholder right skrollable skrollable-between" data-1200="transform:translateX(125%)" data-1700="transform:translateX(25%)"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/300/1324_turtle-PNVVN25.rev.1564445064.png" alt="The turtle is Beloit’s unofficial mascot"/><span class="easter-egg-caption" style="top: 100% ;bottom: 0;">The turtle is Beloit’s unofficial mascot</span></div><div class="yline yline-3 skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="height:0px;" data-1500="height:0px;" data-2500="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1412_Line_3.rev.1564610381.png');"/>
- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><h5 class="story-block-meta">Merging History & Future</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">The Powerhouse: Tomorrow’s Student Center</h4><div class="story-block-text">The Powerhouse project is a first-of-its-kind facility in Beloit that interlaces student life spaces with recreational facilities. It connects campus with community and completes the city’s redevelopment efforts to the north and south while providing the college’s first site on the Rock River.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/430-the-powerhouse-tomorrows-student-union">More</a><br/><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/student-life/the-powerhouse/" target="_blank">The Powerhouse</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/student-life/" target="_blank">Student Life</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/student-life/wellness-recreation/" target="_blank">Wellness & Recreation</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="story-block-right"><img src="/live/image/gid/12/width/660/src_region/0,672,2071,2745/1905_Beloit_College_Powerhouse_Turbine_Hall_Courtesy_Studio_Gang.rev.1565801545.jpg" alt="Inside the Powerhouse with the running track above." class="lw_image" width="660"/><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/660/1313_power-place-2.rev.1564439000.jpg" alt="The Power of Place" class="lw_image" width="660"/><div class="story-block-caption">Inside the Powerhouse with the running track above.</div></div><div id="lw_widget_1d6e57fd" class="lw_widget_id_30 lw_widget_statistics_slider lw_widget_randomized lw_widget_clean_markup"><div class="text-slider"><div class="text-slider-container swiper-container"><div class="text-slider-swiper swiper-wrapper"><ul class="lw_widget_results lw_widget_results_blurbs lw_widget_inactive_results lw_widget_inactive_results"><li class="lw_item_1"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading homepage, Our Story">37,000</div><div class="text-slider-text">the city of Beloit’s population</div></div></div></li><li class="lw_item_2"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading homepage, Student Life, Visit Campus">10</div><div class="text-slider-text">minutes to walk from campus to downtown</div></div></div></li><li class="lw_item_3"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading Facts, Stats, Rankings, homepage, Our Story">#1</div><div class="text-slider-text">most diverse college in Wisconsin</div></div></div></li><li class="lw_item_4"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading Facts, Stats, Rankings, homepage, Our Story">#34</div><div class="text-slider-text">Best Liberal Arts College - Washington Monthly (2019)</div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="text-slider-dots"/></div></div><span title="<widget type="blurbs"><arg id="min">1</arg><arg id="max">10</arg><arg id="type">Statistics</arg><arg id="sort_order">random</arg><arg id="widget_template">statistics</arg><arg id="tag">homepage</arg></widget>" class="lw_widget_syntax lw_hidden" data-widget-id="30"/></div></article>
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Gashkibidaaganag: Beaded Bags of the Ojibwe
This exhibition features beaded bags made by Ojibwe and neighboring people of the western Great Lakes.Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble Concert
Bringing the sound and character of 17th and 18th century music to life.Autumn Visit Day
What better time to visit Beloit College than in autumn, when it is– arguably– the most beautiful?Fauré Requiem Concert with Beloit College choirs and BJSO
Beloit Janesville Symphony Orchestra and the Beloit College choirs will be collaborating on this performance of the Fauré Requiem.Autumn Visit Day
What better time to visit Beloit College than in autumn, when it is– arguably– the most beautiful?Remembering Toni Morrison: A College and Community Roundtable
This panel explores the life, literature, and legacy of Toni Morrison, the celebrated novelist and Nobel laureate who died on August 5 at the age of 88.In the Next Room
Set in the 1880s, and in the glow of the fancy new invention of electricity, the Givings family is forced to confront the realities of their marriage, their love for one another, and the nature of intimacy.Astronomy Open House
Learn about the night sky with Professor Paul Stanley and his Astronomy students.Winds & Jazz Concert
Concert, 7:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2019 featuring two college ensembles Wind Ensemble, conducted by Glenn Wilfong Jazz Band, directed by John MeyersHoliday Concert
Annual Holiday Concert