Alumni Profile: Maggie Malone
Maggie Malone created a limitless world of opportunities when she created her own major through Alma’s Programs of Emphasis (POEs), including participating in a Native American Sweat Ceremony and two archaeological digs, interning at the Field Museum of Chicago, and traveling abroad to Europe.
Alumnus Maggie Malone on the grounds of the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware.
“My Sociology major allowed me to study social reality in an interactive manner while my Anthropology major allowed me to study people, their culture and their use of resources past, present and future,” she says. “My studies at Alma College, both of my majors, have assisted me in gaining a greater insight into societal values and mores. I use this insight every day, as I assist those who work within cultural institutions to preserve cultural heritage from around the world, so that it may be there for those who follow.”
Malone double majored in Sociology and created her POE in Anthropology, and is now pursuing her Master of Museum Studies degree and working for a museum software firm in Pennsylvania.
“For my thesis, which focuses upon DNA testing and museum specimens, I am working in conjunction with researchers and museums from around the country including the Natural History Museum in New York, the Field Museum, and the Smithsonian,” she says.
Malone was drawn to Alma for the small class sizes and the personal relationships with her professors. She was in the Kiltie Marching Band and was co-captain of the Kiltie Guard for two years, as well as being an Alma Ambassador.
“Alma College allowed me an opportunity to break out of my own limited experience and experience the larger world,” she says. “Alma gave me the opportunity to develop confidence, as only a small liberal arts school can.”
