Writing

Excellence in writing has long been at the bedrock of a solid liberal arts education. Even in 1880, Allegheny was producing graduates who used writing to improve their communities: the famous journalist, Ida M. Tarbell, author of The History of Standard Oil, graduated from Allegheny. Today students continue that tradition by investigating and reflecting upon the complexities of issues that surround them. The Campus, the college newspaper published since 1876, remains entirely staffed by students. Newer publications like the Civic Engagement Newsletter and French Creek: The Journal of Undergraduate Environmental Writing and Art provide students with additional opportunities to write engaging, crisp pieces to share with a broader community.

The Civic Engagement Newsletter
Students who enroll in Technical/Professional Writing confront the challenges of writing for a publication by creating one. Published once a semester, the newsletter showcases interesting, civic-minded programs afoot at the college. The newsletter is distributed both on campus and in the surrounding community.

French Creek: The Journal of Undergraduate Environmental Writing and Art
French Creek: The Journal of Undergraduate Environmental Writing and Art is an online journal that publishes original essays, poetry, fiction and artwork focused on place-based or environmental subject matter. Environmental or place-based writing and art ask us to reevaluate the ways in which we construct our relationship to the natural world. They often move us to take action and to participate in the stewardship of both the local and larger natural and human communities. Students in the Environmental Writing Track work side-by-side with their professor to publish the journal.