September 1 - 7

Get involved, see the city

The Beloit College Day Beloit Sky Carp game as seen from the press box, with the Sky Carp team warming up during a mid-inning race.Students are already getting out into the city of Beloit, from the weekly Farmers Market to attending the Beloit College Day at Beloit Sky Carp baseball game before the start of classes.

Welcome to the second week of the semester, Beloiters! We hope your first week was filled with excitement, new faces, and memorable moments. If you attended Convocation last week, you heard how important it is to celebrate opportunity and your role in making things happen.

“All around us are staff and faculty who’ve dedicated their careers not just to their research, but to the advancement of oncoming generations. Many of them are Beloit alumni who have led incredible lives, and incredible careers. They want to see us grow as budding global citizens, to challenge us and watch us succeed. We are the flesh of this campus, but they are our bones, the foundation of everything we could be as mentors, guides, friends, and family. So don’t hesitate to reach out to them or each other, one of Beloit’s many strengths is our ability to connect with and learn from one another.”

Frank Hooton, Beloit Student Government President

What does that mean for you?

  • Campus offices and resources are ready to support you. Just ask!
  • Get involved in clubs and activities. Show up. Be present. Step out of your comfort zone. Or, in the words of Underkoffler Award Winning Professor Rachel Bergstrom, “You belong here. You belong, so be here.”
  • Explore off campus! The city of Beloit is open to you, and this weekend there are special events all over the city (and on campus) for Beloit Heritage Days! Listen to Beloit City Manager Jerry Gabrielatos, who said to “find your own way to belong to the city.”

Here are some final words from BSG President Frank Hooton:

“To be creative, daring, and adventurous is what it means to be a Beloit Buccaneer.”

Sport recap

Our fall sports teams are off to a busy start, with Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Cross Country, and Women’s Cross Country competing across the Midwest this past week.

Want to know more about Beloit College Athletics in this weekly newsletter? So do we! We’re in the process of hiring a student sportswriter. If that sounds like something you or anyone you know would be interested in doing, apply for the C&M Content Creator position and indicate you’d like to do sportswriting.

Announcements

Apply for campus work

Check out the open positions and submit your applications today for a student work position. Offices and departments are hiring for a wide variety of roles: from athletics to theatre, office assistants to content creators.

Beloiter Days Homecoming Parade

Sign up your group for the annual homecoming parade on Saturday, Sept. 20. All Beloit College’s clubs, organizations, Greek life orgs, and teams are encouraged to participate, and the winning group will get some cool stuff. The deadline to sign up is Thursday, Sept. 11.

Accepting or declining loans

Students who were offered loans and have not yet completed loan acceptance steps should do so immediately. Your current bill assumes you will accept all loans on your financial aid offer. Non-accepted loans will eventually be removed from student accounts, resulting in a change in your balance due.

Stories

At Beloit College, it’s about how you treat people

Frank Hooton speaks at convocation.

Last week, Beloit College welcomed 300 new students. In addition to this incoming group are self-assured upperclassmen who are “ready to jump back into it.” 

Helping refugees

Shobhita Bharadwaj standing in front of buildings in in Chicago.

Shobhita Bharadwaj ’27 spent her summer as a case management intern at the Rohingya Culture Center (RCC) in Chicago. “Doing good for the world can often seem like an insurmountable task,” Shobhita shares, “but working with RCC showed me the little ways in which people save the world.”

Richard Fineberg: An Alaskan Hero

Richard Fineberg in his office, working for Governor Bill Sheffield's administration. Juneau, Alaska, May 1984.

An investigative journalist, public servant, and folk musician who made an outsized difference: Richard Fineberg ’64 is remembered with great fondness and respect by many in the last frontier. 

Upcoming Events

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