Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Congrats to Sun Mo Koo for Receiving Player of the Week Honors!



CLEVELAND, Ohio – Allegheny junior Sun Mo Koo earned North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Player of the Week honors on Monday, providing a fitting cap to the week for the Gator women's tennis team, who finished their annual spring training trip unbeaten in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Koo had a stellar week for the Gators, going 5-0 at top-flight singles to help the Gators to their second consecutive sweep during their spring training trip in South Carolina. Koo dominated top-flight singles play, winning her final three matches 6-1, 6-0 against Messiah, 6-2, 6-1 against St. Norbert and 6-2, 6-2 against Macalester, additionally joining classmate Sloane Prince for a 4-1 record in top-flight doubles.

Allegheny will next battle Wittenberg in the David V. Wise Center on Saturday, March 28th before taking on Ohio Wesleyan on Sunday, March 29th.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Congrats to Our Own Sam Stephenson for Receiving Multiple Journalism Awards!


The Campus won two first-place awards and three honorable mentions in the four-year college category from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. Sam Stephenson ’15, co-editor-in-chief of The Campus, and photo editor Meghan Hayman ’16 won a first-place Student Keystone Press Award in the category of general news. The staff of The Campus also won a first-place award for layout and design on “The Story Next Door,” a special edition of The Campus that published student work from a conference that explored community journalism in action. Honorable mentions were awarded to Amasa Smith ’17, in the category of feature photos; Meghan Hayman, in the category of news photos; and Elliott Bartels ’15, Sam Stephenson and Amanda Spadaro ’15, for The Campus’s website. Cheryl Hatch, visiting assistant professor of journalism in the public interest, serves as faculty adviser to The Campus.

Allegheny Tennis Players Among the Many Student Athletes Who Participated in the Athletes Helping Athletes Event