Profiles
Alma College’s partnership with the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group (CAG), was selected as a finalist for Michigan’s 2007 Carter Partnership Award. The Task Force is recognized as one of the most influential and active CAGs nationally and as having the largest membership of any CAG in the United States.
Student Profile
Brett Sanborn
Graduation: 2008
Major: Physics
Sanborn says his interest in flying model rubber-band airplanes is what sparked his interest in physics and mathematics. His models stay in the air for about 30 minutes and weigh 1.2 grams.
He has been to world championships twice in Romania, placing second in one, and was the youngest person ever to qualify for the adult team.