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Akron-Fairgrove Wins Challenge

In its first ever appearance in the Alma College Robotics Challenge, Akron-Fairgrove High School swept both first and second places! Pictured at right are the members of the first place team.  Check out the photo album for this year's contest.

The Robotics Challenge is an invitational high school robotics tournament using the Lego Mindstorms Robotics Platform. Teams construct robots which compete against each other in an attempt to gather eggs and return them to their nest.  The Fifth Annual Alma College Robotics Challenge will be coming up in the spring of 2008.  Read more on our contest webpage, or contact Dr. Myles McNally for information on how your high school could participate. Read all the CS Notes and News.

Posted: Tue, April 3rd, 2007 at 3:21PM

 

The memory and spiritual ideals of the late Bishop Thomas Makarios remain alive in a figurative sculpture that was dedicated in May 2009 near the center of campus. The Bishop, professor of religious studies at Alma for 25 years, was founder of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India and the first Metropolitan Bishop of Canada, United Kingdom and Europe, and South Africa.

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Graduate Profile

Alyson Crabtree

Alyson Crabtree
Graduation: 1990
Major: Computer Science

Alyson Crabtree started computer programming in high school. After struggling with her college decision, she decided to pursue her dream at Alma College.

“When I was looking for colleges, I was determined to get far away from home and assert my independence,” the 1990 graduate says. “To me, that meant getting out of Michigan. I visited some New England schools and was planning on heading east. But Alma kept pestering me, and when I objectively looked at what it had to offer, it met all of my criteria — liberal arts, computer science major and a small school.”

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