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November 20, 2009

About The Pinecone

The Pinecone, the online publication for Alma College faculty and staff, is published every other Friday by the Marketing and Public Relations Office. Send comments to Mike Silverthorn, Editor, phone 7290.

The current and past issues of The Pinecone are archived.

Submission deadline

The deadline for submitting information for placement in The Pinecone is noon Wednesday prior to the Friday publication date. Events that may not be listed on a calendar and other items of interest to the campus community are welcome. Submit news items to Mike Silverthorn, Pinecone editor, phone 7290.

The Alma College Mission

Alma College's mission is to prepare graduates who think critically, serve generously, lead purposefully and live responsibly as stewards of the world they bequeath to future generations. Read more.

 

The memory and spiritual ideals of the late Bishop Thomas Makarios remain alive in a figurative sculpture that was dedicated in May 2009 near the center of campus. The Bishop, professor of religious studies at Alma for 25 years, was founder of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India and the first Metropolitan Bishop of Canada, United Kingdom and Europe, and South Africa.

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Student Profile

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.

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