Application Information

Dear Alumni Board Applicants;

The Alumni Board would like to thank you for your interest in serving on the Board, which itself serves to link alumni, faculty, staff and students. By submitting this application, you are acknowledging that if selected, you will help advance the functions of the Board.

The Board is actively involved in planning Homecoming activities, student recruitment and networking opportunities and sponsors the popular Faculty Appreciation Dinner, a very personal gesture of appreciation to the faculty for making a different in our careers and lives (each member of the Board pays a portion of the cost for this dinner, generally about $80 per year).

The Board meets three times a year at the Alumni House on campus, and it is expected that each member will attend at least six out of the nine meetings during his or her three-year term.

The Board comprises alumni of diverse interests and backgrounds, and we hope to tap into all of your expertise to enhance Alma College and the experiences of its students and alumni. It is a fun group to be a part of and we welcome your application.

If you have any questions, please contact Lou Ecken, Director of Alumni Engagement, at 989-463-7245 or by e-mail at (a href="mailto:ecken@alma.edu">ecken@alma.edu.

Thank you for your interest, and you will be hearing from the Board shortly after the September meeting.

Sincerely,

The Alma College Alumni Board Selection Committee

 

Alma College students have the ability to design their own area of academic concentration—with the assistance of a faculty advisor—to meet specific educational or career goals. In recent years, students have graduated with Programs of Emphasis majors in such fields as arts management, archaeology and anthropology, environmental policy and community advocacy, Foreign Service and international law, and music technology and digital media.

 

Student Profile

Mercy Bourdet

Mercy Bourdet
Graduation: 2014
Major: Anthropology

A Posey Global Fellowship gave Mercy Bourdet the opportunity to make her lifelong dream of traveling to Africa a reality. It also changed her life.

“I taught classes at a school in Ghana that is supported by Literacy Beyond Borders,” she says. “Though I really enjoyed teaching, I realized interacting with the people and learning about their daily lives was my true passion. Anthropology is what I’m meant to major in.”