Erika Fitzgerald '08
Elementary Education Certification
Heather Richardson '07
Secondary Education Certification
Isaac Smith '07
Early Elementary Education Certification
Mike Somerville '07
Elementary Education Certification
Jason Latz '08
Elementary Education Certification
The Smith Arena, the new addition to the Hogan Center, serves as the primary venue for commencement, convocations, major speakers, concerts, athletics and other major events.
Austin Mitchell
Graduation: 2007
Major: Elementary Education
Having long admired his mother’s work as an elementary teacher, it’s no wonder Austin Mitchell ’07 followed in her footsteps.
The fourth-grade math teacher recently was selected as one of 1,100 teachers across the nation to receive surprise donations of school supplies from Office Max and Food Lion Grocery Stores.
Nominated by the principal of his Virginia elementary school for “going beyond the call of duty,” Mitchell says the education faculty members at Alma College, including Peggy Thelen, Janet Navarro and Mark Seals, are a big part of the teacher he is today.
