To prepare for MacCurdy's role as a temporary safe house on the Alma College campus, the residents must receive training at the start of each academic year. Toni Davis, from Women's Aid Inc., provides a day of training in domestic/dating violence, crisis intervention, and local referrals.
Members of the Kappa Iota sorority also participate in the training and assist in staffing the house.
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."
Tammi Neuscheler
Graduation: 1996
Major: Communication
Minor: Women’s Studies
Tammi Johnson Neuscheler has used her women’s studies minor in a variety of positions — working in marketing and sales, economic aid and now as a stay-at-home mother.
“What I find so important about women’s studies is that it is about more than providing a career field,” the 1996 graduate says. “It also helps us to be more responsible and informed people.”
