Graduate Profile: Amy Hamilton
Amy Hoffman Hamilton chose Alma College over an engineering university because of the diversity of a liberal arts education.
“Even though I didn’t have an undergraduate degree in engineering, graduate schools were eager to sign me up for their program because of the background I had received at Alma,” the 1998 graduate says.
“They were impressed with grades, yes, but even more impressed with the extra projects I had taken advantage of through the Physics department and the variety of activities I had been involved in.”
The physics major now works as a performance engineer in infotainment for General Motors.
Amy Hamilton
“The education I got at Alma was diverse, which has given me an edge up after getting hired in my job,” she says.
“I have been able to demonstrate that I am not so narrow-minded in the field of engineering; I am able to think from a different perspective.”
Attracted to Alma by the small campus, variety of activities and interaction with professors, Hamilton still uses professors as resources.
“It was nice to always be able to stop in to ask questions on the homework or for a test,” she says, “but the real value in those relationships was the advice they were always willing to share.”
While at Alma, she was involved in mentoring, the Alma Symphony Orchestra, Physics Club, Mathematics Club, Alma College Christian Fellowship and Omicron Delta Kappa.
