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Goodell Gardens Environmental History and Interpretive Signage Project

Goodell Garden's & Homestead belonged to Carrie and Margaret Goodell - sisters who left their farm property to the Erie Community Foundation in order to preserve their homestead and turn it into a public garden.
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Devised Theatre/Arts Curriculum

Students worked with local kids from Meadville to create theatre over several weeks.
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Public Arts Feasibility and Commission Design

Developed the foundation for a Public Arts Program in Meadville by conducting and investigating research on commissioning and maintaining public art projects.
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Solar Energy Installation Project

Over the 2022/2023 academic year, Professor Ian Carbone and students in the Allegheny’s Department of Environmental Science and Sustainability carried out a grant-funded solar installation at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Meadville.
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BioBlitz Clark Island

Pymatuning State Park requested a “BioBlitz” of Clark Island on the northern end of Pymatuning Reservoir to update a database created in 2003 by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. During the first “blitz,” 58 species were identified. 
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Book Arts Exhibition at the Meadville Public Library

ART 545 students organized the exhibition, "Unbound: What's Your Story," and related educational programming featuring contemporary book arts.
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4th Graders as Scientists

The 4th Graders as Scientists was a four-day event that took place in spring 2023. The program brought fourth graders from Crawford Central School District (CCSD) to Allegheny College to help them prepare for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams (PSSAs) and to learn about STEM careers.
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Autism Nature Trail

In the summer of 2022 a project entitled “Feasibility and Design of an Autism Nature Trail at Pymatuning State Park,” was carried out by four Allegheny students (Emma Anderson ’23, Ela Williams ’23, Kelsey Anderson ’23, and Haley Pageotte ’24), Dr. Monali Chowdhury, Loren Lamy Penman ’74 of Pymatuning State Park and the Autism Nature Trail at Letchworth State Park (New York).
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Immunity is Community Health Fair

On April 1, 2023, two Allegheny College professors (Dr. Ishita Sinha Roy and Dr. Becky Dawson) and various community partners (Crawford Health Improvement Coalition, Meadville Rotary, Meadville Medical Center and its affiliates) hosted the “Immunity is Community” health fair.
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