Murray Borrello

Faculty Profile: Murray Borrello

Murray Borrello, instructor of geology and director of the Environmental Studies Program, utilizes his interest and expertise to become involved in the community and environment surrounding him. He has provided technical expertise to the local community in developing research and community-based policy regarding the Velsicol Superfund sites in St. Louis and the Total/UDS refinery site in Alma. Along with fellow professors and community members, Borrello helped form the Pine River Superfund Citizens Task Force, the largest and most active Community Advisory Group (CAG) in the country.

Murray Borrello

He has done consulting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Borrello is the faculty advisor for Students for a Sustainable Future (SSF), a student-led, student-oriented environmental group that promotes environmental education, awareness, stewardship and activism.

Borrello received the College’s Barlow Award for Faculty Excellence in 2001 and has received the Outstanding Faculty Award in the Natural Science Division seven times. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Albion College and his master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts.

 

Frank Knox’s accomplishments are extraordinary: From fighting alongside Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders and publishing the Chicago Daily News vice presidential candidate in 1936 to Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Through it all, the 1912 graduate stayed true to his Alma College roots. His portrait adorns the conference room in the Reid-Knox Administration Building.

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Tirrea Billings

Tirrea Billings
Graduation: 2016
Major: Environmental Science

Saginaw freshman Tirrea Billings has been cheerleading since eighth grade, but her skills have grown by leaps and bounds since joining Alma’s new competitive cheer team.

“Cheer at Alma takes a lot of concentration and dedication, but it’s worth it,” she says. “As a team, we push and encourage each other to do the best that we can, and I’ve already done stunts and mounts I never thought I could do. It’s an amazing feeling to look back and see how far I’ve come in such a short time.”

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