Business Office

Welcome to the Business Office. Our office is responsible for all the day-to-day accounting functions of the college:

  • handling online payments
  • processing all accounts payable for vendor payments
  • calculating and processing payroll
  • generating student billing
  • managing accounts receivable and payments.

Our office is part of the Student Services Office and is located in the lower level of Hamilton.

Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Phone - (989) 463-7144
Fax - (989) 463-7005

Staff Members

Dan Henris - henris@alma.edu - Director of Business Services/Controller
Heidi Holland - hollandh@alma.edu - Payroll Specialist
Sara Killingsworth - killingsworthse@alma.edu - Purchasing
Marilyn Laurenz - laurenz@alma.edu - Payables
Denise McCracken - mccracken@alma.edu - Student Accounts
Paulette Moerdyk - moerdykpa@alma.edu - Business Office Specialist
Angie Sherwood - sherwood@alma.edu - Receivables
Cassie Tennant - tennant@alma.edu - Assistant Controller

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Alma College was born on Oct. 14, 1886. George F. Hunting was appointed the College’s first president and professor of moral and mental science. The College’s founding was made possible by Ammi W. Wright, a lumberman, businessman and civic leader who gave 30 acres of land and more than $300,000 to found and sustain the institution in its early years.

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Student Profile

Alexandra Woodburne

Alexandra Woodburne
Graduation: 2015
Major: Elementary Education

Always up for a challenge, Grand Rapids sophomore Alexandra Woodburne began dancing ballet in high school and quickly fell in love with the precision it required.

“I really like the cleanness of the ballet style,” she says. “Everything needs to be placed just so, especially on pointe. If the angle of your head is off, everything else will be off as well. Because of that challenge, I find it so rewarding. It’s easy to see yourself improving.”

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