Each resident of the house is required to create and administer one project per term to the campus or greater Alma community. Projects in past years have included domestic violence awareness, promotion of health and exercise, a food drive, assisting children in poverty, a Relay for Life team, and promotion of women and heart disease.
2005-2006 year projects
The Alma College Percussion Ensemble performed at the prestigious Centrum Jazz Festival, an international festival in Port Townsend, Wash., in July 2007. Alma was the only college group invited to perform. "It's a huge honor," says faculty director Dave Zerbe. "You can't apply to perform there; they seek you out."
Shannon Garrett
Graduation: 1994
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Women’s Studies
Shannon Garrett was the first person to graduate from Alma with a women’s studies minor. Her interest in women’s issues stemmed from a freshman-year feminist philosophy course.
“The class was life-altering and legitimized the feelings of gender bias I’d experienced growing up,” the 1994 graduate says.
