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Michigan Academy


OF SCIENCE, ARTS & LETTERS
Bringing together scholars from the sciences,
social sciences, arts & humanities.

 

The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters is a regional professional organization that facilitates scholarly exchange through annual meetings and a quarterly journal of outstanding papers and news about research at Michigan colleges and universities.

Over half of the Academy's current members are faculty and graduate students of supporting Michigan colleges and universities. Others include independent scholars, scholars from other states, and people engaged in relevant research in business and government. Membership is open to all.
The Academy's primary activities are an annual conference, usually held in March and hosted by one of its member institutions, and two publications.

meeting, a complete index to our publication, the Michigan Academician, and more.

 

Thirty-four percent of Alma students participate in intercollegiate athletics. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest existing athletic conference in the nation. Alma offers 22 varsity sports—11 for the women and 11 for the men—including four sports that debuted in 2011–12: women’s lacrosse and bowling and men’s lacrosse and wrestling.

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Faculty Profile

Dr. Marc Setterlund

Dr. Marc Setterlund
Departments: Psychology

During the first two years of Marc Setterlund’s undergraduate studies, he was a chemistry major who was bound and determined to become a doctor—until a run-in with a rat changed his mind.

“We had to use a scalpel to dissect dead rats, and I couldn’t do it,” he says. “My hands were shaking, and I realized that if I couldn’t do surgery on a dead rat, I could never do it on a live person.”

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