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Amy Moore

Graduate Profile: Amy Moore

Amy Moore benefited from the personal attention that Alma College professors offer. The research she did as an undergraduate sparked her interest to continue her education.

An assistant professor of mathematics at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Moore was attracted to Alma because of the personal attention from professors and the friendly atmosphere.

“I really benefited from the individual attention,” the 2000 graduate says. “My second year at Alma, a faculty member approached me and encouraged me to begin working on research.”

By the time I graduated, I had worked on two different research projects, presented at several conferences, and had a solution to a problem published.

“By the time I graduated, I had worked on two different research projects, presented at several conferences, and had a solution to a problem published,” she says. “Alma's faculty members make teaching their priority, and they really work to help their students succeed. They pushed me to achieve more than I thought I could.”

While at Alma, Moore worked for the admissions office, was a computer science lab assistant, graded math homework, and was involved in math competitions.

 

Alma College has phenomenal 90 percent placement rates into medical and law schools, compared to a national average of 46.6 percent for medical school placement. More than 90 percent of all Alma graduates report working in full-time positions or attending graduate school within six months of graduation.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Andrew Thall
Departments: Mathematics

Dr. Andrew Thall is a man of many talents — as an undergraduate at Kalamazoo College, he majored in mathematics, but was only interested in pure mathematics theory. After college, he worked as a baker, and then in a photo lab, before going back to school part-time.

“When I began my graduate work at Carolina, I happened to wander into the computer science building,” the assistant professor of mathematics and computer science says. “This was when they were designing their own graphics supercomputers and just starting to work with virtual reality. It was then I decided to study computers.”