Thistle & Pipes

Gibson and Hulme Receive Faculty Barlow Award

Dr. John Gibson, professor of physics, and Dr. Derick "Sandy" Hulme, associate professor of political science, were named recipients of the 2004 Alma College Barlow Award for Faculty Excellence during Commencement exercises April 17. [more]

Five Students Awarded Fulbrights

Lindsey Dalton of Royal Oak; David Hensley of Sterling Heights; Jessica Karbowski of Freeland; Timothy Slade of Royersford, Penn.; and Luke Steinberg of Manistee; represent the largest group of Fulbright winners in Alma College history. [more]

Kennedy accepts honorary degree

Alma College awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during Honors Convocation, April 1. [more]

A New Provost Shapes New Direction

Ask the new Alma College provost and vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Michael Selmon, about how he went from the field of mathematics to the field of English and he?ll tell you about the eloquence of math proofs. [more]

Tim Throm Earns Barlow Trophy and Leadership Award

Tim Throm of Menominee is the 2004 winner of the Barlow Trophy, Alma’s most prestigious award for a graduating senior. [more]

 

Since 2003, Alma College students have been awarded 43 prestigious nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, including 22 Fulbright scholarships. Alma’s Nationally Competitive Scholarship Committee identifies and nurtures exceptional candidates for postgraduate awards.

 

Graduate Profile

Kristin Bender-Polizzi

Kristin Bender-Polizzi
Graduation: 1995
Major: Dance

Since graduating from Alma College, Kristin Bender-Polizzi ’95 has co-founded the Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theatre in Florida. The dance company, which she manages, features about a dozen professionally trained dancers, including Bender-Polizzi herself.

“As a shy young girl, dance was a means of expressing myself,” she says. “I was always more comfortable speaking through movement than with my voice. I love that dance is a universal language open to so many interpretations.”