Profiles of Alma College Religious Studies Graduates, and Students
Graduates
- Rev. Nancy Jo Clendenin Dederer
- Melissa Lynn DeRosia (Van Wert)
- Katrina Pekich-Bundy
- Andrew Pomerville
Profiles
Alma’s “green” residence hall, Wright Hall, was completed in January 2005. The modern, 60-bed apartment-style hall 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.
Graduate Profile
Melissa Lynn DeRosia
Graduation: 2001
Major: Religious Studies
Rev. Melissa Lynn DeRosia (Van Wert) credits Alma's Religious Studies program with allowing her to explore a variety of religions and ideas about religion.
"I valued a great deal the time I spent learning and studying Buddism, Hinduism, Islam and other ways of living out faith including feminist theology," the 2001 alumnus says.