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METRO DETROIT ROUNDTABLE

Our Mission

The Metro Detroit Round Table was formed in the summer of 1996 with the following mission:

  • Encourage and plan formal and informal communications and networking opportunities among Detroit-area alumni and friends
  • Assist current Alma students with career exploration and personal growth as they move toward graduation and careers
  • Promote regular dialog between alumni and Business Department faculty and between alumni and Student Life staff.

The Round Table also has been host to numerous receptions/speakers including:

  • Mort Crim, nationally known news anchor, radio host, author, and former Alma College Trustee
  • Living and Working in Detroit Series
  • David Glazier, Vice-president of business operations for the Detroit Tigers
  • Mary Kramer, Associate editor for Crain's Detroit Business
  • Tour of Comerica Park
  • Automotive Hall of Fame reception and tour
  • Detroit Zoological Park and Society
  • Tour and presentation at Greenfield Village
  • The Annual Maroon and Cream Gala in Detroit

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Alma College was born on Oct. 14, 1886. George F. Hunting was appointed the College’s first president and professor of moral and mental science. The College’s founding was made possible by Ammi W. Wright, a lumberman, businessman and civic leader who gave 30 acres of land and more than $300,000 to found and sustain the institution in its early years.

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Student Profile

Jacob Poliskey

Jacob Poliskey
Graduation: 2014
Major: Biochemistry

Jacob Poliskey’s experience at Alma College has helped him cross a few adventurous items off his bucket list, including immersing himself in another culture thanks to a Spring Term trip to Peru.

“I got to see Machu Picchu, explore the Incan Ruins in the outside of Cusco, learn more Spanish, and climb an 80-foot rock edifice,” he says. “I also became really good friends with a few people I didn’t know well before the trip.”

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