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November 7, 2009



Vegetable Oil: Not Just for Cooking Anymore

Sean Mo and students are working with Sodexo, Students United for Nature and the Physical Plant to convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel. “Science should be very approachable. Hopefully, a project like this will encourage people to see science in a different light,” says Mo.

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Living Behind the Wall

Marcus Richter, Alma's newest librarian, grew up in East Germany. “In the U.S., almost everything is possible. Here, the only major limits are money and time. In East Germany, you had to accept that there were limits in every direction you went,” he says.

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Growing Muscle Tissue

Karen Ball knows a lot about muscles. Her sabbatical last winter involved taking a closer look at commercially available supplements that claim to enhance muscle mass. Her research is vital in more ways than just predicting whether someone can look and feel like a body builder.

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Embracing Digital Literacy

"The area of education has been impacted by new media considerably,” says Raymond Riley, who studied digital literacy and Web collaboration technologies with Apple Computer Inc. in Chicago during his sabbatical last year.

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Steuard Jensen: Curious About the World

“It’s nice living somewhere where we can really get to know people, the other faculty and the students," says new physics faculty member Steuard Jensen. "People don’t just get lost here. The butcher shop already knows us by name.”

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Brett Seymoure

Brett Seymoure
Graduation: 2009
Major: Biology
From: Paw Paw, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Politics

Alma’s close faculty-student interaction provides numerous benefits such as the ability to do undergraduate research on a graduate level. Alma’s professors treat students more as peers welcoming student input and collaboration on faculty projects. When students are involved in research, faculty aggressively pursue publication of findings including students as co-authors.