The house serves as a gathering place for the Zeta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Xi Delta national sorority. It also provides living space for 11 members, including the president.
Originally local sorority Alpha Zeta Tau, this chapter received its national charter from Alpha Xi Delta on Sept. 20, 1986.
Alma offers 10 social Greek organizations: five fraternities and five sororities.
Wright Hall, Alma’s “green” residence hall, is a modern, 60-bed apartment-style hall that features a number of environmentally friendly features, including geothermal heating and cooling, recycled-content ceiling tiles and carpeting, energy-efficient windows, rooftop solar heating panels, energy-efficient showers and washing machines, and a computerized energy monitoring system.
Andrew Pomerville
Graduation: 2002
Major: History
Minor: Religious Studies
Rev. Andrew Pomerville credits Alma College with preparing him for both his graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and his future ministry.
“The history major and religious studies minor gave me ample opportunities to write, study a variety of languages and consider practical approaches to critical research,” says the pastor of Church in the Hills in Bellaire, Mich.
