June

NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA

The Architectural Design of Wright Hall Receives “Project of Distinction” Award.

  • College Planning and Management magazine, June 2006

“Alma College Students Participate in Hurricane Relief.”

  • Lake Huron Presbytery News, June 2006

“General Assembly Moderator Visits Alma College.”

  • Lake Huron Presbytery News, June 2006

“Millennials in Mission.”
“These ‘20-something’ Presbyterians are answering God’s call to service in the world–and leaning a lot about themselves.” Article features Alma College student Rachel Dyke, who has completed mission assignments in Juarez, Mexico, and Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Presbyterians Today, June/July, 2006

“Former Camp David Chef Serves Saginaw Hospital.”
Charles Clevenger is a former employee of Sodexho at Alma College.

  • Associated Press, June 1, 2006
  • Chicago Tribune, June 1, 2006
  • Detroit Free Press, June 1, 2006
  • Flint Journal, June 1, 2006
  • Lansing State Journal, June 2, 2006
  • South Bend Tribune, Indiana, June 3, 2006
  • Big Rapids Pioneer, June 3-4, 2006
  • Bay City Times, June 26, 2006

“Avon Principal Looks to Homecoming.”
Alma College graduate Timothy Irish named principal at Avon School.

  • Pioneer Press, Glenview, Illinois, June 1, 2006

“Education Schools to Be Graded.”
Alma College has a favorable 88.3 percent pass rate (number of students who passed the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification on their first attempts in 2004-05).

  • Detroit Free Press, June 14, 2006

“New UWO Foundation Board President Arrives.”
Arthur Rathjen attended Alma College.

  • Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisc., June 30, 2006
LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA

Local Students Named to Alma College Honors List.

  • 72 newspaper mentions in June

Local Students Plan to Attend Alma College

  • 34 newspaper mentions in June

Area Students Participate in Alma’S Kapp Honor’S Day Program.

  • 26 newspaper mentions in June.

Local Stories About Alma College Alumni.
(These listings do not include wedding, engagement or obituary announcements).

  • 14 newspaper mentions in June

Local Students Graduate from Alma College.

  • 13 newspaper mentions in June

Alma College Statewide Print Competition on Display in Petoskey.

  • Northern Express Weekly, Traverse City, June 1, 2006

Alma Hosts Annual Young Peoples Citizenship Seminar, sponsored by the Farm Bureau.

  • Bay City Valley Farmer, June 1, 2006
  • Cadillac News, June 5, 2006
  • Bay City Valley Farmer, June 8, 2006
  • Monroe Evening News, June 9, 2006
  • Greenville Daily News, June 21, 2006
  • Owosso Argus-Press, June 26, 2006
  • Pinconning Journal, June 28, 2006
  • Climax Cresent, June 30, 2006

Local Students Receive Academic Merit Scholarships from Alma College.

  • Clinton County News, St. Johns, June 4, 2006
  • Cadillac News, June 6, 2006
  • Manistee News Advocate, June 9, 2006
  • Ludington Daily News, June 9, 2006
  • White Lake Beacon, Whitehall, June 11, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, June 11, 2006
  • Fenton Press, June 11, 2006
  • Lansing State Journal, June 12, 2006
  • Port Huron Times Herald, June 15, 2006
  • Manistee News Advocate, June 24, 2006

Local Bagpipers Win Award at Highland Festival at Alma College.

  • Muskegon Chronicle, June 5, 2006

Energy Park Topic of Community Meeting on the Alma College Campus.

  • Alma Morning Sun, June 8, 2006

Local Student Participated in the Senior Art and Design Majors Show.

  • Holland Sentinel, June 7, 2006

Percussion Ensemble Performs in Evening in the Park Series.

  • Saginaw News, June 9, 2006

The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Commits $3 Million to Alma College.

  • Saginaw News, June 11, 2006

Local Art Center to Host the Alma College Statewide Print Competition Exhibit.

  • South Haven Tribune, June 11, 2006
  • South Haven Tribune, June 18, 2006
  • St. Joseph Herald Palladium, June 22, 2006

“Details Leak out About Proposed Energy Park at Alma.”
Community leaders gather at Alma College to discuss energy park.

  • Alma Morning Sun, June 15, 2006

Alma College Hosts Pandemic Flu Summit.

  • Big Rapids Pioneer, June 16, 2006
  • Alma Morning Sun, June 29, 2006
  • Greenville Daily News, June 30, 2006

“Lasting Legacy: Alma College’S Soccer Coach Fulfills Goal He And Dad Shared.”
Jeff Hosler named women’s soccer coach at Alma.

  • Lansing State Journal, June 17, 2006

Alma Percussion Ensemble Will Perform at CMU Concert Series.

  • Midland Daily News, June 18, 2006
  • CM Life, CMU student newspaper, June 21, 2006

Local Students Attend Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference at Alma College.

  • Portland Review & Observer, June 18, 2006

Local Stories About Alma College Students.

  • Iosco County News Herald, East Tawas, June 21, 2006
  • Oscoda Press, June 21, 2006

“To West Virginia in a Day.”
Professor John Gibson comments on a balloon launched in St. Louis that traveled 535 miles to Sophia, West Virginia: “It’s not impossible, although it is unusual,” said Gibson, noting that the balloon probably caught a jet stream.

  • Alma Morning Sun, June 23, 2006

Former Alma College Assistant Coach David Smith Named Basketball Coach at Delta.

  • Saginaw Township Times, June 28, 2006

Area Alma College Student-Athletes Make MIAA Academic Honor Roll For 2005-06.

  • Flint Journal, June 30, 2006
  • Petoskey News, June 30, 2006
STORIES ABOUT ALMA COLLEGE ATHLETICS

Alma College is mentioned multiple times daily and hundreds of times every week in conference standings, national polls, statistics, schedules, predictions, game results and previews. The following list is only a sampling of news items on Alma College sports teams and athletes. Stories about Alma athletics appear in nearly every issue of the Alma Morning Sun and Gratiot County Herald and are not included here.

  • Port Huron Times Herald, June 14, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, June 16, 2006
  • Michigan Journal, June 20, 2006
  • Greenville Daily News, June 20, 2006
  • Chelsea Standard, June 28, 2006
  • Tri City Times, Imlay City, June 28, 2006

 

Alma College’s nationally recognized Model United Nations program has won top honors for 16 consecutive years (1997–2012) — the longest active winning streak of any college or university in the nation. Alma College’s all-time 30 “outstanding delegation” awards are the most of any college or university in the 90-year history of the conference.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. David Clark

Dr. David Clark
Departments: Biology

Dr. David Clark’s research subjects watch TV. The unusual aspect is his subjects are usually spiders.

Clark, professor of biology, has dedicated his research to animal communication and the evolution of visual displays. His studies have focused mainly on the dimorphic jumping spider.