Chair: Tom Vance
Portage Public Schools
1125 Tanglewood Drive
Portage, MI 49024
269/323-5167
tvance@portageps.org
Vice-Chair: Robert J. Thaler
Saginaw Valley State University, Sociology
261 N. Education, University Center, MI 48710
898-964-4372
thaler@svsu.edu
Since 2003, twenty-seven Alma College students have won prestigious national fellowships, scholarships and awards, including 15 Fulbright fellowships and multiple Truman, Udall, and Gates-Cambridge scholarships.
Melissa Carstens
Graduation: 2008
Major: Education
From: Marquette, Michigan
Interests: Singing, Dancing
Alma’s off-campus study programs do more than place students in exciting locales to meet interesting people; they also create new opportunities for personal growth and skill development. One of the best ways to learn about other societies and cultures is to study and travel in international settings. You do not always have to know a foreign language.
