Alma students look through the fence separating El Paso from Juarez.
There's nothing quite like Spring Term at Alma College. Every May, students have the chance to spend an intensive month on a single academic topic, plus have the opportunity to travel to places like New Zealand, Mexico, England, Peru, Poland or Russia, as well as multiple locations in the United States. For example, professor John Davis takes students to some of the country's highest mountain peaks to study the effects of altitude on human physiology. History professor Ed Lorenz offers an award-winning course on border issues at the Texas/Mexico border. Political science professor Sandy Hulme offers one of the few undergraduate courses in the country at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The examples are endless. You can study Shakespeare in London, practice Spanish in Ecuador or Peru, volunteer for hurricane relief in New Orleans, and explore the natural wonders of New Zealand.
