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Alexander Muesegades

Teaching Assistant: Alexander Muesegades

As a teaching assistant in the modern languages department, Alexander Muesegades helps students understand German language and culture.

Alexander Muesegades

“I´m very excited for the teaching experience at Alma College,” Muesegades says, “and I hope it will be a good preparation for my future career as high school teacher in Germany.”

Muesegades is a student at Kiel University in northern Germany, near the Danish border. His majors are Latin and history, and his interests are Roman and Greek literature and culture, and history of the modern age.

He was born and raised in Hamburg, and says it is interesting to see the differences in social behavior among people in various parts of Germany.

"Even looking at fellow Germans from other parts of the country without prejudice is sometimes hard for people," he says. "To understand and tolerate regional distinctions is one of the supreme disciplines of living together in one state that has been divided for many years."

He also is interested in reading, working with the computer, sports, German and American movies and music.

 

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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Britni Patrick

Britni Patrick
Graduation: 2010
Major: Spanish
Minor: Environmental Studies

Britni Patrick is excited about all the career possibilities using her Spanish major and environmental studies minor.

“The need for Spanish-speaking employees has been rapidly growing,” the North Muskegon junior says. “Plus, with the many transitions our world will be facing regarding energy, oil and the environment; it is probable my environmental studies minor will be helpful.”