Academic Support

There are a variety of resources that are available to help students improve their learning skills.  Whether it's making the adjustment to college academics, getting through a challenging course, figuring out how to maximize study time, or finding a different approach to test taking, we're here to help.

 


Individual Appointments

Tutoring

Workshops

Strategic Learning Class

Online Resources

 

 

For more information contact:

Nate Payovich, Academic Support and Disability Services Coordinator
Academic and Career Planning
Kehrl Library, Lower Level
Phone: (989) 463-7247
Fax: (989 463-7126

 

 

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 2012, students observed lizards in Bermuda, studied modern economic development in India, performed dance in Taiwan, examined renewable energy in Europe and investigated medicinal plants in the Amazon rainforest.

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Graduate Profile

Rev. Dr. Nancy Jo Dederer
Graduation: 1985
Major: Speech and Theater

The intimate size of Alma College allowed The Rev. Dr. Nancy Jo Clendenin Dederer to be cast in leading theatric roles her freshman year.

“Comfort in being in front of people and having a ‘dramatic edge’ aids my worship leadership immensely,” says the pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Homewood in Homewood, Ill.

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