The Content Management System

The Content Management System (CMS) is a home-grown web-based application that helps us add, edit and change content to the web site it allows for limitless growth and development of our web site, framed within a unified look and feel. The CMS also allows us to quickly and easily adjust the entire web site's look-and-feel with a few quick changes.

The CMS was designed by the developer who created our site and then improved and extended by IT. This site offers some documentation of the program and how its parts work. As functionality is added and changed, this help section will grow with the CMS.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the CMS or its documentation, please email webmaster@alma.edu or contact IT by phone at x7303.

Create Photo Galleries On-The-Fly

You can now use the CMS to create custom photo galleries. To learn more about how this works, view the section on Quick Photo Galleries.

Auto Archive Template Makes News Archives Easy

An automatic news archive template is now available. For more information on how it works, see the section on Creating a News Page and Archive.

Find Out Who's Visiting Your Site

The CMS now sports a hit report to help you analyze how often your site has been hit and what pages are being viewed. To learn more, view the section entitled Hits Report.

 

In December 2011, Alma College students, faculty and staff designed and hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., on the 500th anniversary of human rights advocacy. Earlier in the year, Alma College became one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network, joining Duke University School of Law, The University of Cambridge and other prestigious institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

 

Graduate Profile

Dr. Barbara Knust
Graduation: 2000
Major: Biology

Dr. Barbara Knust knew she wanted to be a veterinarian, but the biology curriculum and professors are what brought her to Alma College.

“The Biology Department had a great reputation, and the knowledgeable and personable professors fed my curiosity to understand how biological processes work,” the 2000 graduate says.