Lindsay Ratcliffe

Majoring in English-Creative Writing, Political Science
Albion College, Class of 2026
From Albion, MI

I am currently a rising senior at Albion College, studying Political Science and English with a concentration on Creative Writing. At the college, I am a member of the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program, VP-Finance for Diversability, as well as a proud sister and Vice President of Kappa Delta Sorority Sigma Pi chapter. I am the President of the International English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, and am a new member of the Political Science Honors Society, Pi Sigma Alpha. I also hold an on-campus job. My favorite things to do include reading, writing, listening to music, and watching TV. I'm also starting to work on my undergraduate honors thesis and am loving the challenge!

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Education

Albion College
Flat Rock Community High School

Lindsay in the News

Lindsay Ratcliffe Named to Albion College Dean's List

Lindsay Ratcliffe was named to the Albion College Dean's List for the Fall 2025 semester. Albion College's Dean's List recognizes students who achieve a 3.5 or higher GPA while taking four graded ...

February, 04 2026 - Verified by Albion College

LindsayRatcliffe Awarded Albion College Summer Research Grant

Lindsay Ratcliffe is the recipient of an Albion College Foundation for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FURSCA) research grant for Summer 2025. This grant provides up to eight weeks of...

June, 04 2025 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Named to Albion College Dean's list

Lindsay Ratcliffe was named to Albion College's Dean's List for the Spring 2025 semester. Albion College's Dean's List recognizes students who achieve a 3.5 or better GPA while taking four graded ...

May, 22 2025 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Recognized for Academic Excellence at Albion College Honors Convocation

Lindsay Ratcliffe received "recognition for holding the top GPA among the Class of 2027 during Albion College's recent Honors Convocation. These awards are bestowed by faculty in each department an...

April, 24 2025 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Named to Albion College Dean's List

Lindsay Ratcliffe was named to Albion College's Dean's List at the end of the Fall 2024 semester. Albion College's Dean's List recognizes students who achieve a 3.5 or better GPA while taking four...

January, 21 2025 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Honored as New Albion College Fellow

Lindsay Ratcliffe was named a new Albion College Fellow at the conclusion of the Spring 2024 semester. The honor of Albion College Fellow is reserved for students who maintain a GPA above 3.75 for...

June, 26 2024 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Receives Academic Award from Albion College

Albion College is pleased to announce Lindsay Ratcliffe received recognition for having one of the highest GPAs among the Class of 2026 at the Honors Convocation held during Albion College's recent...

May, 07 2024 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Recognized as New Albion College Fellow

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized as a new Albion College Fellow at the end of the Fall 2023 semester. The honor of Albion College Fellow is given to students who have been on the dean's list, with...

February, 09 2024 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Named to Albion College Dean's List

Albion College is pleased to announce Flat Rock student Lindsay Ratcliffe was named to Albion College's Dean's List for the Spring 2023 semester. Albion College's Dean's List recognizes studen...

June, 14 2023 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Named to Albion College Fall 2022 Dean's List

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recently named to the Albion College Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester. Dean's List honors are given to students who achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in fo...

January, 31 2023 - Verified by Albion College

Lindsay Ratcliffe Joins Albion College Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recently recognized as a member of Albion College's Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program. Ratcliffe is a first-year student at Albion College. Ratcliffe is a resident of Flat Roc...

January, 19 2023 - Verified by Albion College

Achievements Added by Lindsay

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for earning a spot on an honors list

I was recognized as a Phi Beta Kappa honoree. This recignizes how academic achievement. I have not been inducted as a member, but being recognized as an honoree means I am on track to be a member.

Spring 2024 - Added by Lindsay

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for earning a scholarship

I won the Ryan Sergent Memorial Scholarship from my high school. This scholarship is in memorial to a man that passed away prematurely while attending my high school. He was running a race and suffered from a heart attack before he could finish. It was an honor to receive this award. It made it even more special to me when I found out that my mother had been friends with him when they were in school.

Spring 2023 - Added by Lindsay

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for earning a spot on the Dean's List

Fall 2022 - Fall 2024 - Added by Lindsay

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for earning a scholarship

I was awarded a scholarship from the Downriver Honor Guard which I had to write an essay for.

Spring 2022 - Added by Lindsay

Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for earning an academic award

3rd place Division II, MPA (MIchigan Press Association) award under "Column, Review or Blog, News" for my article "Opinion: Albion College Has a Long Way To Go Before it Can Truly Claim Accessibility" 3rd place Division II, MPA award under "Best Writer" for my 3 article portfolio of the previous accessibility article, "Opinion: Home is Where My Friends and I Watch Reality TV", and the article "Review: First-Years Knocked Us All Undead in '2AZ'.

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Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for graduating

While graduating in itself was an amazing reward. I was also among the Top 10 of my graduating class and was chosen to give a commencement speech as a representative of the top 10.

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Lindsay Ratcliffe was recognized for earning a spot on an honors list

Phi Beta Kappa 3rd year Honoree, received the Phi Beta Kappa book award

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Activities

Students for Reproductive Justice

Spring 2024 - Summer 2024 - Albion College

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Sigma Tau Delta

Spring 2024 - Spring 2025 - Albion College

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Diversability

I am charged with attending Diversability meetings and keeping our social media up to date and helping build an image within the campus community.

Fall 2023 - Spring 2025 - Albion College

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Kappa Delta

I must hold a certain GPA as a member of Kappa Delta Sorority as well as maintain a respectable image on campus and in life. I am required to participate in our philanthropy events with the Girl Scouts of America and Prevent Child Abuse America. I am also asked to attend at least one chapter meeting a month.

Spring 2023 - Winter 2025 - Albion College

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Student Volunteer Bureau

SVB is a service based campus organization that meets once an hour every week to perform a service activity that will benefit the community. As an Exec Board member, I also am required to attend weekly meetings and help generate ideas of projects we can do in the future.

Fall 2022 - Winter 2024 - Albion College

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Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad is an academic competition where various schools get together and compete head to head in various fields. Some of these events featured Astronomy, Physics, Geography, and Geology.

Fall 2019 - Winter 2022 - Flat Rock Community High School

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National Honor Society

I had to volunteer for 15 and 30 hours in separate years as a member of NHS. During this time I also served as Secretary of NHS for Flat Rock for one full school year where I was asked to help take meeting attendance and create the agendas.

Spring 2019 - Summer 2022 - Flat Rock Community High School

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Key Club

Key Club is a student based organization with the intent to help better their surrounding community, as well as the world they are growing up in.

Fall 2018 - Summer 2022 - Flat Rock Community High School

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Student Council

Student Council members were in charge of planning school spirit days, the theme for any dances, and frequently discussed any improvements we would like to see in our school.

Summer 2018 - Spring 2022 - Flat Rock Community High School

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Band

Marching band members are required to attend one week of band camp in addition to all home football games and rehearsals. My favorite marching band experience was being able to perform at Disney World in Florida my freshman year.

Summer 2018 - Spring 2022 - Flat Rock Community High School

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Work Experience

Ludington Center Albion College at Conference on Undergraduate Research: Arts and Humanities

My job is to answer phones, provide customer service to those who visit, and work on departmental projects as needed.

September 2024 - Present

Staff Writer at The Pleiad

As a part-time staff writer, I am asked to publish a story for The Pleiad once every other week. These articles can range from a variety of things; opinions, sports, news, etc.

October 2023 - August 2024

SEO Blog Editor at Conference on Undergraduate Research: Arts and Humanities

I am asked to produce a stream of constant content creation for the website. In addition to this, I am expected to write book reviews, interviews with undergraduate researchers, notes about upcoming events in the field, and more.

October 2022 - May 2023

Projects + Publications

Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ Was so Shakespeare, in the Worst Ways

A review of the play "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare performed by the Albion College Theatre Department

April 2024 - Articles

Opinion: Home is Where My Friends and I Watch Reality TV

An opinion about my love of the friends I have. I discuss watching reality tv with them and learning to find joy in peace in those quiet moments that don't revolve around homework.

March 2024 - Articles

Roundtable Opens the Door for DEI: ‘The Door is Closed, Not Locked’

A news article about a roundtable discussion between women involved in the Albion Community who advocate for DEI work.

March 2024 - Articles

Review: ‘In The Next Room’ Shook Me to My Core

A review of a play performed by the Albion College Theatre Department about the invention of the vibrator.

February 2024 - Articles

Opinion: I’m Still Salty About Accessibility

A continuance of my first article on The Pleiad where I discuss the added difficulties of being disabled during the winter time on campus.

January 2024 - Articles

The Grinds to Switch from Zingerman’s to Starbucks Coffee, Students React

An article I wrote for The Pleiad about a controversial decision on campus: switching from a local favorite, Zingerman's, to a chain, Starbucks, and the opinions of people around campus surrounding the decision.

December 2023 - Articles

Review: First-Years Knocked Us All Undead In ‘2AZ’

An article for The Pleiad about a play performed by Albion students involved in the theatre program.

November 2023 - Articles

Opinion: Albion College Has a Long Way Before it Can Truly Claim Accessibility

This was the first article I wrote on the Student paper, The Pleiad. It is about the accessibility of campus and how it fails to meet expectations for true accessibility for its disabled students.

October 2023 - Articles

Challenging Borders: International Human Rights Conference

I was honored to participate in the International Human Rights Conference that Albion hosted in May of 2023. I presented my work "A Comparison of Border and Non-Border Sanctuary Cities" with my research partner.

May 2022 - Conferences

Curriculum Vitae

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