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Almagest

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science features a bi-weekly newsletter called The Almagest (pronounced Al’ma jest), and we thought we’d begin by explaining the name we’ve chosen. Around 150 A.D. Ptolemy compiled a vast work on astronomy and mathematics, which was originally called the Mathematical Syntaxis. The book was such an important and significant work that there arose the custom of calling it the Almagest, which means “the greatest.” Now, we don’t believe for a minute that our newsletter will be the greatest of all time, but how could we pass up an opportunity to use such a great name? We hope you’ll enjoy our newsletter, and we trust you’ll become a regular reader.

Almagest Archive

Posted: Wed, April 20th, 2011 at 4:40PM

 

Alma College is among the top 40 baccalaureate institutions in the country for the percentage of students who choose to study abroad, according to a report published by the Institute for International Education. Among Alma’s graduates in the 2009–10 academic year, 61.4 percent participated in study abroad, which ranked 37th in the nation.

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Student Profile

Annie Bruce

Annie Bruce
Graduation: 2014
Major: Mathematics and Physics

What do you get when you cross a love for science with a passion for the saxophone?

Meet Annie Bruce, a Lansing junior and liberal arts extraordinaire who is happy to not be limited to one interest at Alma College. As a result, she says, she is a well-rounded person.

“I love that I’m able to pursue multiple interests at Alma,” she says. “It’s one of the reasons why I came to Alma, and now, I’m a mathematics and physics major who is heavily involved in music. I play in a saxophone quartet with three music majors!”

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