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Retired Alma Faculty
Cover Photo: We Believe in Alma College!

A local group of 21 retired faculty and staff who have collectively given 597 years of wisdom, energy and love to our great College, gathered for a photo.

From left, front row: Dr. Arlan Edgar '49 (Biology), Earl Hayward (French), Dr. Gunda Kaiser (Spanish), Dr. Robert Swanson (President Emeritus), Dr. Lester Eyer '36 (Biology), Arthur Smith '38 (Coach/Physical Education); Middle Row: Dr. Ernest Sullivan (Choir/Music), Dr. Samuel Cornelius (English), Dr. Henry Klugh (Psychology), Robert Marble (Financial Aid), Dr. Eugene Pattison '56 (English), Dr. Verne Bechill (Sociology), Wesley Dykstra (Philosophy), Robert Fraker '49 (Purchasing/Personnel), Dr. Paul Splitstone (Chemistry/Physics), George Gazmararian (Business); Back Row: Dr. Robert Wegner (English), Rev. Jesse Perry (Chaplain), Dr. Eugene Deci (Physics), Larry Hall (Library), Dr. Charles Gray (Coach/Physical Education).

Thank you to these special people for their service, dedication and loyalty to Alma College!

 

Alma’s “green” residence hall, Wright Hall, was completed in January 2005. The modern, 60-bed apartment-style hall features a number of environmentally friendly features, including geothermal heating and cooling, recycled-content ceiling tiles and carpeting, energy-efficient windows, rooftop solar heating panels, energy-efficient showers and washing machines, and a computerized energy monitoring system.

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Student Profile

Drew Emge

Drew Emge
Graduation: 2009
Major: POE: International Health
From: Bay City
Interests: Health Professions, Community Service

A Truman Scholarship finalist and Center for Responsible Leadership Fellow, Drew has traveled to South Africa and China studying the HIV/AIDS crisis. The Bay City native intends to use his French minor and POE in International Health to improve AIDS care in Africa, hopefully as a physician with a global public health organization.

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