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2020 Stories

How Has COVID-19 Changed Your Perspective?

Arianna Keller ’21 leans against the highly decorated Sparta Nation bus

On the Road Again

Senior Seth Rickrode poses for a photo while dressed in a business suit

Internship Leads to Job

Sueann Robbins smiles at the camera from her office desk

Meet Sueann Robbins

A historic Roman Catholic church in Cuba sits at the top of a lengthy flight of stairs, with a bright blue sky in the background.

Allie Becker '23 gives a piggy back ride to a young girl named Sydney

Making an Impact

Danielle Nusbaum ’07 poses for a photo in a white lab coat

A Heart for Healthcare

Joel Home '20 smiles while standing in front of an industrial brick background

Student Accessibility Services Expands

Retiring VP of Student Affairs Joseph

Java Joe Retires

Joe Young stands in front of a brightly colored mural painted on the side of the Azteca restaurant. The mural reads

Creating a Sense of Community through Murals

Eric Hutchinson faces off against an opponent on the wrestling mats.

ACL Tear Changes Wrestler’s Perspective

Jared Wagner dribbles down the basketball court mid-game

Wagner Leads the Spartans to another CAC Championship

Longtime Women’s Soccer Coach Set to Retire

The Institute for Social Healing

Conservation in Motion

Fighting Crime with Science

Mary Meisenhelter poses for a group photo with coworkers as they wear construction vests and hardhats

Hands On: Mary Meisenhelter, PhD

An illustration by Rose Wong depicts several people working in personal office environments, each separated from the rest by a protective bubble.

Coping with COVID-19

Quintuplets Brigid, Elizabeth, Jacqueline, Meaghan, and Patrick Keogh stand in a circle, looking up at the camera

Quintuple Vision

Worn, historic signage at the Schmidt & Ault storefront

Envisioning the Future

Monique Brillhart poses near digital signage for an FBI Laboratory

FBI Forensic Chemist

Storyteller at Harvard

Alumni Spotlight: Debabrata Mukherjee, PhD, MBA ’00

Willman Family Gifts

Students gather around round dining tables in an old black and white campus photo

What Year is This?

The front page of a yellowed copy of the old York Collegiate Institute Chronicle

The York County Academy And York Collegiate Institute Merge, 1929

Quote - Sometimes one must shout the truth for it to be heard

Forum: Where Do We Go From Here?

Class President Sarah Galantini appears on screen for her remarks during virtual commencement

Virtual Commencement

Evan Lehr poses casually for a photo

Alison Kennicutt poses for a photo in the Civil Engineering Building, arms crossed confidently in front of her.

Meet Alison Kennicutt, PhD

Staying Engaged with Students

Ashley Ardinger holds a poster with a painted image of a whale and the words Please Help.

Dedicated to Sustainability

Abby Worzbach sits in a field, feeding three cows from a bucket

Impact York Takes the Virtual Route to Engage Community During COVID-19

Volunteers in construction vests and hard hats survey progress on the space where Keystone Kidspace will be built

Changemakers and Keystone Kidspace

Women's lacrosse player Regan Cook takes the field for YCP

Outstanding Women's Lacrosse Player

Women's lacrosse player Meghan Fox takes the field for YCP

Spartan Athletic Department Selects Award Winners

Spartan Athletics Achieve Academic Excellence

Senior Hayley McCormick takes the field for the Spartans

Spartans End CAC Run on a High Note

Diet Quality and Academic Success

Surviving Gun Violence

Professor Lowell Briggs poses for a photo outside an academic building

Hands On: Lowell Briggs, MS

An illustration shows canoes carved from pencils, being rowed synchronously by a number of illustrated people

Course Correction

An illustration of a voter dropping a ballot in a box with an American flag on the side; text reads

The Educated Voter

Increasing Voter Awareness

Alumna Phoebe Schmehl works at an outdoor E.R. tent, dressed in PPE including a robe and mask

Alumni Spotlight: Andrea Corrales

On Set with Netflix

Katie Schicchi poses for a photo, giving a peace sign with her hand while dressed in PPE

On the Front Lines in NYC

Erin Shipley Shaffer, President of The Shipley Family Foundation, is shown with her two children.

Shipley Family Foundation Pledge

Patricia Moore Worcester Scholarship

Bob and Anne Kinsley with Computer Engineering student Felix Diaz ‘19 (left) and Dr. Wayne Blanding (right) during a 2017 visit to The Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences and Technology.

Tribute to Bob Kinsley

Alumni and staff attend a webinar and social event via Zoom

Virtually Yours

An illustrated apple sits on a green circle, which in turn sits on a yellow background

How Do We Engage and Motivate K-12 Students to Learn While Protecting Them from COVID-19?

Abby Foxwell works at a table in a science lab wearing a labcoat

Jasmin Layne pauses to smile at the camera while working outdoors on her laptop

Giving a Good Account

Presidential Research Fellowship

Charles MacVean poses by the campus fountain wearing a jacket and tie

Meet Charles M. MacVean, PhD

Dean, Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences and Technology

TeAsia Lewis, dressed in a black suit, sits outside the Business Center with her laptop

Innovative Spirit

David Eckhart, wearing safety goggles, works on machinery in an engineering classroom

Leading and Learning

Travor Cohenour poses in front of a white background, wearing a mask and scrubs, with a stethoscope around his neck

Tyler Run Creek surrounded by trees with colorful autumn leaves

Ecological Action Course

Jordan Koller putts on the golf course

Rising to the Challenge

MAC: Heading to a New Home

A men's soccer player heads the ball in gameplay

Team of the Decade

Sophie Barnes sits leaning against a tree with a book in hand

Studying the American Dream in Literature

Data Analysis Helps Employers Prevent Spread of COVID-19

Jeffrey Schiffman works alongside two students at the radio station

Hands On: Jeffrey Schiffman

A small group of alumni sit outdoors beside the new Civil Engineering teaching sculpture while a faculty member speaks to them

Art in the Classroom

Illustration of a red coronavirus molecule, with a ladder leaned against it and a man looking out from the top rung

Learning from Crisis

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Changed the Way We Do Business

A collage includes black and white photos of headshots for Donald and Lois Myers and a group yearbook photo from Donald Myers' days a York Junior College

Dr. Donald E. and Lois J. Myers School of Nursing and Health Professions

Nezam Al-Nsair to Serve as Dean

Two students walk across the bridge at Tyler Run with sun rising in the backdrop

Evolve: The Campaign for York College

John Wilkens poses for a professional photo outdoors

Alumni Spotlight: John Wilkens ’02

Tajah McCray stands over a globe

Change of Plans

Sam Nicodemo sits at a desk in front of her computer

Being Creative at ESPN

Ivan with his painting in Grantley Hall

A Gift of Art from Ivan Villalba

Dana Brubaker Cotton looks up at the camera from a lower step on a staircase, wearing a white labcoat

Dana (Brubaker) Cotton ’81

Black and white archival photo of author John Howard Griffin conversing with a group of York College students.

A Glimpse of Our Past

York Junior College Student Convocation, 1965: "The Irrationality of Racism"