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A Time of New Beginnings...
It is with mixed emotions that we send our newest alumni out into the world: on one hand, it will be sad not to see them every day, but on the other, we are so very proud of them and all they have accomplished! After the hustle and bustle of Commencement activities, we're having a quiet week on campus - unless you count the home men's and women's lacrosse games, softball games, baseball games and even a home track invitational...
Lucky for us on campus, that just as it seems as though we're left with an abrupt halt of the activity on campus, a smaller portion of students will come back to join us for spring term to help ease us into the summer months. As always, some of those students, too, will be headed out on fantastic spring term adventures, studying such things as "Medical Ethnology of the Amazon" with Dr. Brian Doyle, a Taiwanese Dance Trip, or even "Environmental Literature" in the Upper Peninsula with President Jeff Abernathy! We invite you to check out the list of all of the great offeringsthese students have this May.
Best wishes from campus as you ease into Summer!
Lou Ecken'95
Director of Alumni Engagement
For more information on both campus and non-campus events, please remember to check our campus-wide event calendar. |
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Senior Awards & Commencement Highlights! | |
Several Alma College seniors received honors for academic, service and leadership achievement during the College's Senior Dinner April 20 in the Hogan Center, Art Smith Arena. In addition, seniors announced the 2012 recipients of the Outstanding Faculty Awards.
- Raeann Dumka of Fostoria received the 2012 Outstanding Senior Leadership Award.
- Daniel McGee of Bay City, Maria Taylor of Farmington and Jennafer Young of Dundas, MN, received Outstanding Senior Awards, given annually to the graduating seniors with the highest grade point averages.
- Andria Baker of Constantine received the Outstanding Commitment to Service Award.
- Alma College seniors recognized Murray Borrello, Bob Cunningham and Sandy Lopez-Isnardi with Outstanding Faculty Awards.
For the complete article and photos, please click here. 
On Saturday, approximately 320 graduation candidates participated in Alma College's 2012 commencement ceremony in the Hogan Center, Art Smith Arena.
2012 Commencement Highlights Video
Congratulations and welcome to our newest alumni!
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Honors Day, Faculty Awards | | |
Over 120 Alma College students participated in Alma College's 16th annual Kapp Honors Day program on Thursday, April 5, 2012. This day provides a forum when traditional classes are canceled and students share their original research, creativity and talents with an audience of their peers.
In sessions spanning nearly eight hours, students perform in music, theatre and dance productions, give oral presentations of scholarly research, and lead poster discussions. With nearly 10 percent of the student body participating, other students are encouraged to attend as many presentations as possible both to support their fellow students and to learn from them.
Click here to see a list of the student presentations/performances.
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During a recent faculty meeting, four faculty received recognition from their peers for their scholarship and teaching.
- Steven Vest received the 2012 Andison Award for Excellence in Teaching for tenured faculty and Dr. Kristin Olbertson received the Andison award for the non-tenured, tenure track faculty.
- The Barlow Awards for Faculty Excellence were given to Dr. Chih-Ping Chen and Dr. Will Nichols.
- At the reception following, Dr. Liping Bu, Dr. Holly Liu and Dr. Ed Lorenz were recognized for recent publications and spoke briefly about their scholarly work.
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Do you like to Golf? | |
The Athletic Department will be hosting several golf outing fundraisers this summer, and would love to have you participate!
Scots Loyalty Fund Klenk Open
Pine River Country Club - Saturday, June 2
Basketball Alumni Golf Outing
Pine River Country Club - Saturday, July 7
Football Alumni Golf Outing
Pine River Country Club - Sunday, July 29
Volleyball Alumni Golf Outing
Hidden Oaks Golf Course - Friday, August 10
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Summer Camps @ Alma | |
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Did you know that Alma College hosts many summer camps for high school leadership, a variety of sports and music? You can find the entire list (including registration forms) at this link. Please share these opportunities with any youth you know!
Athletic Camps Basketball, Champion Cheerleading, Football, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling
High School Leadership Camps High School Leadership Academy, Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement of North America Leadership Camp
Music Camps Percussion Camps for Marching Band, Percussion Camps for Concert Band, Grand Ledge High School Choir, Ovid-Elsie Band Camp, Wyoming-Rogers High School Band Camp, Dakota High School Band Camp |
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Career Corner... | |
As always, if you know of internships, jobs or research opportunities for Alma students, and graduates, please pass them along to our ACP office!
Academic & Career Planning
(989) 463-7247
academic-career@alma.edu
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May 12
Lansing Tailgate
May 15
Metro Detroit Roundtable Event, Plymouth
May 26
Highland Festival Open House (campus)
May 31
Tip of the Mitt picnic, Cheboygan
June 2
Klenk Open (campus)
June 6
Thumb Strategic Plan Overview (Caseville)
June 7
Midland Area Strategic Plan Overview
June 14
Wine Tasting event (campus)
June 23
West Michigan Boat Cruise(Saugatuck)
July 7
Men's Basketball Alumni Golf Fundraiser
July 14
Cherry Festival Parade (Traverse City)
July 16
Alumni & Admissions at the Loons (Midland)
July 17
Alumni & Admissions at the Beach Bums (Traverse City)
July 18
Alumni & Admissions at the Whitecaps (Grand Rapids)
July 29
Football Alumni Golf Fundraiser
August 7
West Michigan picnic
August 9
Midland picnic
August 10
Volleyball Alumni Golf Fundraiser
August 15
Cheeseburger Festival picnic & parade (Caseville)
August 22
Tigers Game (Comerica Park)
October 5-7, 2012
Homecoming 2012!
Check the website or the Alma College Alumni Association facebook page for event details
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Scotland Trip Postponed... | |
The Alumni & Friends trip to Scotland has been postponed until the Summer of 2013.
Sorry for any inconvenience - we will work to get new trip details out with plenty of lead time!
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