Hogan Renovations Include New Athletic Training Room
Phil Andre Supports Open Window Campaign
Phil Andre knows first hand about the impact the Hogan renovation will
have — his office and workspace will be completely remodeled. But his
desire to see his students have better facilities is what led him to
donate to the Open Windows Campus Campaign.
“Giving to Hogan specifically is important to me because the students
really need and deserve the new space,” he says. “For them to compete
in the marketplace, they have to have facilities that will be good
resources.”
Phil Andre
Andre
came to Alma after two years at Olivet College. As an assistant
athletic trainer he teaches five classes and is responsible for women’s
volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s swimming
and baseball.
“I’m really excited about the new athletic training room,” he says.
“The new equipment will increase what we can do as health care
providers for the student-athletes — they’ve waited a long time for
this.”
That equipment — including a hydrotherapy room, large cold tub, ice
machine, taping and treatment tables and rehabilitation equipment —
also will be used in athletic training classes. Alma’s athletic
training program was accredited in 2005 and is only one of 13
accredited programs in the state of Michigan.
“I really hope everyone can see the importance of the Campus Campaign,”
he says. “We work with the students in our day-to-day jobs, and
sometimes we are overextended, but giving shows you really believe in
Alma College and what it can do for students.”
Campus Campaign Leaders: Advancement, Social Sciences
The challenge to find out which College sectors can reach 100 percent
participation to the Campus Campaign continues with several groups
seeing gains in the overall percentage of people contributing. The
leaders from December to January were the Advancement and Social
Sciences sectors, both with increases of more than 10 percent. All
groups achieving 100 percent participation by the end of the fiscal
year, June 30, 2009, will receive the grand prize.
Posted: Thu, February 5th, 2009 at 8:58AM
