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Joe Beckmann

Joe Beckmann

Biochemistry professor Joe Beckmann could not resist the opportunity to work for Alma College.

Working at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for nine years, Beckmann remembers telling his wife, “There’s more to academics than this.”

“The job description at Alma College fit me perfectly,” he says. “This opportunity was so attractive I had to apply.”

Beckmann is entering his 12th year of teaching and enjoys being involved with the students by balancing lecturing and research mentoring with helping students gain critical thinking skills.

“It’s exceptionally rewarding taking students from a high school level to a graduate school level,” he says. “I only wonder why it took me so long to get here.”

His research interest is in the area of drug metabolism enzymes. In his spare time, he enjoys vegetable gardening, playing the guitar and piano, mechanics, riding horses and spending time with his family.

 

Alma College has won 18 Outstanding Delegation awards in national Model United Nations competitions in the last 13 years. Alma has received a top award at the world’s largest and most prestigious collegiate Model UN conference 11 straight years (1997 through 2007).

 

Graduate Profile

Caleb Woods
Graduation: 2006
Major: Biochemistry

Caleb Woods’ opportunity to work closely with faculty while at Alma College was just one tool that set him above his peers in graduate school.

“Because of the hands-on training I received I was able to hit the ground running in my graduate program,” the 2006 graduate says. “There are few peers I know of that left their undergraduate training with as diverse a toolbox as I had.”