Profiles
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."
Graduate Profile
Beth Knapp-Reed
Graduation: 1998
Major: Chemistry
Beth Knapp-Reed’s Alma College education allowed her to begin performing undergraduate research in chemistry as a sophomore and present the research at two national American Chemical Society meetings.
In addition, she had three summer internships with pharmaceutical companies. Continuing her education at the University of Michigan, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Wayne Sate University and the University of Michigan.