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Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor survivor Cal Calderone at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., with students in Dr. Wes Dick's First-Year Seminar titled Albion & the American Dream.

Pearl Harbor survivor Cal Calderone at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., with students in Dr. Wes Dick's First-Year Seminar titled Albion & the American Dream.
"In November, our first-year seminar, A Sense of Place: Albion & the American Dream, traveled to Washington, D.C. to discover America’s history," writes professor Wesley Arden Dick. "On November 5, our students were exploring the national ‘World War II Memorial’ when we encountered a gentleman who was wearing a hat with the insignia USS West Virginia. Hoping to talk with a World War II veteran, we introduced ourselves and he identified himself as Adone ‘Cal’ Calderone from Canton, Ohio."

Story of Vietnam Veteran Adamson, ’63, Part of First-Year Seminar

Donald Adamson, '63, in the 1963 Albionian.

Donald Adamson, '63, in the 1963 Albionian.
"In teaching history at Albion College, one of my goals is to bring national and international historical issues home to Albion: to the community and the campus," writes history professor Wes Dick, who this fall is teaching a First-Year Seminar titled Sense of Place: Albion and the American Dream. "In exploring Albion College during the Vietnam War ... I have discovered only one Albion College alumnus who died in Vietnam. That individual is Donald Bruce Adamson (pictured at left) and 2016 marks the 50th anniversary year of his death."

Students Explore the World of the Forgotten Pirates of East Asia

Donald Adamson, '63, in the 1963 Albionian.

Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory over the West.
Students in HIST 111: East Asia: Cultures and Civilizations recently learned about the ways in which the countries of East Asia were deeply embedded in global trade connections in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Boston Seminar Proves Eye-Opening for Two History Students

Corey Wheeler (left), Marcy Sacks, Elijah Bean

Corey Wheeler (left), '18, Albion College history professor Marcy Sacks and Elijah Bean, '19.
The discovery of the story of African American Paul Cuffee, and the unfolding of others like his, was a revelation to Albion students Corey Wheeler, '18, and Elijah Bean, '19, and made the recent three-week Boston Summer Seminar, sponsored by the Great Lakes Colleges Association and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, an experience they'll never forget.

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