Graduate Profile: Robyn Woolcock
At her brother’s suggestion Robyn Laird Woolcock came to Alma College planning on being a school psychologist. The faculty and vast research opportunities kept her on track to her goal.
“One of the great benefits of going to a small school is that undergraduate students have the opportunity to work directly with faculty on research or other types of projects,” the 1976 graduate says.
Woolcock serves as the director of special services for Clio Area Schools and was previously the district’s school psychologist.
“One of the great benefits of going to a small school is that undergraduate students have the opportunity to work directly with faculty on research or other types of projects. ”
Attracted to Alma by family connections and the Highland Festival, Woolcock came out of the psychology program well prepared for graduate school.
“When I got to graduate school, I had experiences that students coming from large state universities had not,” she says. “Add to that Alma’s facilitates were wonderful, and that made even more opportunities available for learning and research.”
While at Alma, she was a member of the Kiltie Lassies and danced at Carnegie Hall in New York City and Ford Auditorium in Detroit. She also was a member of the choir, Alpha Theta sorority and worked at the switchboard and in the cafeteria, where she met her husband, Jim.
