Alumni

Using the Alumni Directory

Alma College alumni, current Alma College staff, and Alma College students may search the Alumni Directory to contact "A-Team Alumni" who are willing to be contacted for tips about possible internship and career leads.

For Alumni:

Go to https://secure.alma.edu/alumni/directory. Unless you are already a "Registered User," click on "New Users." Then you must agree to certain terms before you may proceed. You will be provided with an information form on which you may enter any information you wish to make afailable. The following information, however, is required: first and last name, Alma College class/graduation year, password, and an email address. Your profile is only viewable and searchable by other alumni and by current Alma College students and staff.

Once you submit this form, you cannot access your account until a member of the Advancement Office verifies that you truly are an Alma College alumnus. This usually takes about one business day.

After you register in the Alumni Directory, you may access your account by returning to https://secure.alma.edu/alumni/director, clicking "Registered Users," and entering your last name and password that you provided on the registration form. You may now search the directory to find other registered alumni. You can search by different categories. If you want information about alumni in legal fields, search by Occupational Field.

For Students:

Currently enrolled Alma College students may search the Alumni Director for A-Team Alumni who are willing to be contacted for job and internship leads and for information about law school and legal careers. Go to https://secure.alma.edu/alumni/directory, and click "A-Team Search." Sign in using your Alma College username and password. You may search by different categories, including Occupational Field. Students are expected to behave in a mature, professional, and responsible manner when interacting with alumni.

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WHEREAS, Michael Yavenditti completed thirty-eight years as professor of history and a respected member of the Alma community, and

WHEREAS, in the 264 regular courses he has taught, he has led 6,568 students to an understanding of topics as varied as the U.S. Civil War, the American, Mexican, and Russian revolutions, the New Deal, racial and ethnic minorities, modernization in Latin America and the history of law, and

WHEREAS, in the 194 independent studies, practica, and senior theses he has supervised, he has modeled unselfishly the giving of time to students in the most important form of mentoring, and

WHEREAS, in all his class work he has led students to balance the economic, intellectual, political, social and technological perspectives from which to properly understand historical change, and

WHEREAS, in his work he has insisted upon and modeled for all of us a global perspective on the study of the past, and

WHEREAS, he has provided institutional leadership to the college in the creation and continuation of the Public Affairs Institute and the pre-law program, and

WHEREAS, he has contributed greatly to the understanding in wider academic forums of immigration and the working class, and

WHEREAS, he has wisely advised innumerable students and student organizations, and

WHEREAS, he brought to service on all major College governance committees a commitment to integrity and collegiality, and

WHEREAS, he generously and unselfishly has chaired innumerable searches for colleagues ranging from new faculty to College executive staff, and

WHEREAS, he chaired the History Department for many years, sustaining its continued ranking as one of the best both on-campus and in wider academic circles, and.

WHEREAS, he has always given wise counsel and thoughtful input to students about academic choices and to faculty on issues of college governance, and

WHEREAS, he welcomed generations of diverse new colleagues and served as a model mentor for younger faculty, and, most importantly, and

WHEREAS, in forums such as the faculty meeting, he has offered insightful criticism that merged analytical precision and historical context, simultaneously linking principle with the past, and  

WHEREAS, he has combined with his exceptional competence, dedication and leadership personal selflessness and grace that will sorely be missed and not forgotten.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE FACULTY OF ALMA COLLEGE do affirm our sincere and deepest appreciation for Dr. Yavenditti’s lasting and abundant contributions to his colleagues, students, and community; and

We wish him and Mary Lu every personal happiness and success beyond our Alma community.