Tartan Clubs

Once named “Clans,” our local alumni clubs are now called “Tartan Clubs.” The fun involved hasn’t changed, though. We promise.

Tartan Clubs host yearly events and bring alumni and friends together. We hope you’ll get together more often, however: Picnics, dinners or nights out at a ball game are all safe bets for a good time!

Want to plan something new? Perfect. We especially love alumni and friends who think outside the box while planning events, so we hope you’ll consider additional ways in which clubs can bond and continue to live out the Alma mission of “thinking critically, serving generously, leading purposefully and living responsibly as stewards of a world which we bequeath to future generations.”

 

Bob Devaney, a 1939 graduate of Alma College, went on to become known as one of the greatest coaches in collegiate football history. In his 11 years as head coach at Nebraska, Devaney produced 11 winning seasons with two national championships. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981. At Alma he played end and was the Scots’ Most Valuable Player in 1938.

 

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.”