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Thumbnail image for Dr. Melissa StraitDr. Melissa Strait

Dr. Melissa Strait, professor of chemistry, has allowed her educational interests to take her to places few have been. In 2000 Strait lived for six weeks in Antarctica, where she and other explorers collected meteorites. [more]


Thumbnail image of Dr. Cameron ReedDr. Cameron Reed

Dr. Cameron Reed is an admitted stargazer. The Alma College professor of physics, though, has his eyes set on a specific kind of star — the luminous hot, blue ones found in the spiral arms of galaxies like the Milky Way. [more]


 

Alma is one of seven Michigan colleges and universities to hold membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the national leadership society that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. The College also has 19 other national departmental honor societies.

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Graduate Profile

Kari Tapley
Graduation: 1999
Major: Communication
Minor: Public Health

Kari St. Bernard Tapley wanted a way to combine her interest in communication with her interest in health. The minor in public health showed her the need for public health programs.

Now a perinatal Hepatitis B surveillance specialist for the Michigan Department of Community Health, she works on reporting and preventing disease in pregnant women.

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