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November 20, 2009



Professional Activities

Carrie Anne Parks-Kirby, professor of art and design, is showing "Vivaldi Teapot" in the Steeped in Tradition: 22nd Annual Teapot Exhibition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, from Nov. 14 through December 2009.

Cameron Reed, professor of physics, is the author of "Spreadsheet for Linear Least-Squares Fits With Errors in Both Coordinates" in Physics Education,  2010. Dr. Reed also was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society by the APS Council at its November 2009 meeting. His name will be published in the March 2010 issue of APS News. Read more.

Peggy Thelen, assistant professor of education, presented "Thinking Is Fun! Mathematics Thinking Environments in Grades 1-2" to the Michigan Association of Non-public Schools, the state’s largest conference for non-public school staff, Detroit, Oct. 29, 2009.

Jeffrey Turk, assistant professor of chemistry, is the author of a grant proposal, "An Industrial Approach to Fragrance Chemistry," recently submitted to Research Corporation. He also presented "Sandalwood: More Than Just a Pleasant Smell" to the Andrews University Department of Chemistry, Berrien Springs, Mich., Nov. 12, 2009.

 

Posted: Wed, November 18th, 2009 at 4:34PM

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term '09, students toured cultural sites in Peru, studied alternative energy in Sweden, analyzed theatre and dance in London, and examined Native American culture at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota.

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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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