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Disability Support Services

Disability Support Services

The Academic and Career Planning office provides support services for students with physical, mental or learning disabilities. Services provided to students can include: tutoring, note taking, sign language interpreter, the Kurzweil Reader, and RapidText.

Additional modifications and accommodations for students with disabilities include but are not limited to:

  • Provide services such as readers for students with blindness, visual impairments or learning disabilities, qualified interpreters and note-takers for students with learning disabilities or orthopedic impairments.

  • Allow extra time to complete exams.

  • Permit exams to be individually proctored, read orally, dictated, or typed.

  • Use alternative forms for students to demonstrate course mastery.

  • Permit the use of computer software programs or other assistive technological devices to assist in test-taking and study skills.

Please contact Academic and Career Planning office for further information regarding these services.

 

Alma College received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation in August 2009 for research that could eventually lead to the development of more effective drugs to treat and prevent certain kinds of influenza, including human infections of swine and avian flu. "This project provides an opportunity for students to get involved in important laboratory research," says faculty member Jeff Turk, principal investigator.

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Student Profile

Terra Teague

Terra Teague
Graduation: 2008
Major: Business Administration
From: Monroe
Interests: Business Simulations, Athletics

Terra’s Spring Term experience in China is a tremendous help understanding the relationship the U.S. has with one of its largest trading partners. The business administration major from Monroe has seen first hand the economic effects on southeast Michigan of low-cost imports and Chinese monetary policies.

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