November

NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA

Dole, McGovern Conversation at Alma Is Broadcast As a 90-Minute Program.

Program highlights Center for Responsibility Leadership, civility.

  • WDCQ, Delta College Public TV, November 2, 2006
  • WCMU, Mount Pleasant (preview), November 3, 2006
  • Midland Daily News (preview), November 4, 2006
  • WTVS, Detroit Public TV, November 5, 2006
  • WCMU, CMU Public TV, November 5, 2006

“Boosting Bandwidth: Alma College Partners With Merit to Offer Its Students and Staff Unparalleled Internet Access.”

Story quotes Phil Warsop, assistant IT administrator, and Janet Navarro, education faculty member, regarding the Merit connection, including Internet II connectivity.

  • Merit Network Website, www.merit.edu, November 13, 2006

“Possible Big Hog Farm Raises Stink.”

Quotes Alma College faculty member Murray Borrello, who talked about the farms to a nearly 300-person gathering in Alma in October: “For a small community like outs, the attendance was amazing,” Borrello said.

  • Saginaw News, November 14, 2006
  • Alma Morning Sun, November 28, 2006

“Rust Belt Recovery?”

Editorial page column by Alma College associate professor Thomas Ealey: “To get out of this [economic downtown] cycle, we need to do more with less, to work harder and be smarter, to be willing to change when change is painful, pursue excellence relentlessly, get what we can from Washington, and block the feds when they come to steal our lunch.”

  • Detroit Free Press, November 19, 2006

“Best of the Best.”

Alma quarterback Josh Brehm is a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy, which is presented to the outstanding Division III football player who has excelled in athletics, academics and community service.

  • NCAA Sports.com, November 22, 2006

“Branches in Different Time Zones.”
Alma College has backed out of its interest in a campus in Goodyear, Arizona. Quotes Jerry Scoby: “We would be open to like opportunities in the future, but at this time it wasn’t the right thing for us. We were intrigued by possibilities there, and while distance was a factor it wasn’t what caused us to step away.”

  • Inside Higher Education, November 28, 2006

LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA

Local Student Plans to Attend Alma College.

  • Ann Arbor News, November 17, 2006

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

  • Flint Journal, November 2, 2006
  • Livingston Daily, November 2, 2006
  • Northern Express, Traverse City, November 2, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 5, 2006
  • Business Wire, November 17, 2006
  • Flint Township News, November 19, 2006
  • Muskegon Chronicle, November 22, 2006
  • Petoskey News, November 30, 2006

Local Stories About Exhibits, Events and Performances at Alma College.

  • “Hot tickets,” Saginaw News, November 2, 2006
  • “Hot tickets,” Saginaw News, November 9, 2006
  • “Hot tickets,” Saginaw News, November 16, 2006
  • Bay City Times, November 23, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 23, 2006
  • Bay City Times, November 30, 2007
  • Midland Daily News, November 30, 2006
  • “Hot tickets,” Saginaw News, November 30, 2006

“Peace Corps Still Seeking Volunteers.”
Columnist Tom Rademacher says: “The closest I ever got to heading overseas was in being granted a fellowship from Alma College to teach English in Nigeria.”

  • Grand Rapids Press, November 2, 2006

Alma College Dance Co. Presents “Nutcracker, Act Ii.”

*Midland Daily News, November 2, 2006

Published Authors John Rybicki and Lee Martin Read Their Works at Alma College.

  • Arts Almanac, WCMU Radio, November 3, 2006
  • Arts Almanac, WCMU Radio, November 6, 2006
  • Arts Almanac, WCMU Radio, November 7, 2006
  • Arts Almanac, WCMU Radio, November 8, 2006
  • Arts Almanac, WCMU Radio, November 9, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 9, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 11, 2006

Elissa Devos Visits Alma College, Other State College Campuses.

  • Valley Vanguard, SVSU student newspaper, November 6, 2006

Local Students Participate in Annual Kapp Honor’s Day Program.

  • Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, November 6, 2006

Alma College Graduate Michael Stafford, Director of the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Speaks at Local Event.

  • Greenville Daily News, November 7, 2006

Local Student Receives North Central Michigan Community Foundation Grant.

  • Ogemaw County Herald, West Branch, November 9, 2006

Local Students Receive President’s Service Award for Their Hurricane Relief Efforts.

  • Manistique Pioneer Tribune, November 11, 2006
  • Jackson Citizen Patriot, November 13, 2006
  • Grand Blanc News, November 19, 2006
  • Alpena News, November 27, 2006

Alma Symphony Orchestra Performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

  • Saginaw News, November 11, 2006

Local Students Awarded Trustee Honors Scholarships.

  • Flint Township News, Suburban Flint, November 12, 2006
  • Davison Flagstaff, November 19, 2006

“Woman Brings Love of Scottish Dance to Classroom.”
Alumnus (1981) Mary-Elizabeth Chaney, former member of the Alma College Highland Dancers, accepted as a member of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing and British Association of Teachers of Dance.

  • Petoskey News-Review, November 13, 2006

“A Reason to Cheer.”
Local cheerleaders bound for Florida bowl game Jan. 1. Team members earned the invitation after attending the summer cheerleading camp at Alma College.

  • Jackson Citizen Patriot, November 18, 2006

Alma College Percussion Ensemble Performs.

  • Saginaw News, November 18, 2006

Local Students Initiated Into Sorority.

  • Marquette Mining Journal, November 22, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 25, 2006
  • Gladwin County Record, November 29, 2006

Local Student Performs Senior Recital.

  • Lake Orion Review, November 22, 2006

Alma College Presents Festival of Carols in Midland, Alma.

  • Midland Daily News, November 23, 2006

Kiltie Marching Band Presents Annual Indoor Concert.

  • Midland Daily News, November 23, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 25, 2006

“A Freshman At 15.”

Local 15-year-old student, Ian Harrier, is a freshman at Alma. He received a $34,000 full-ride scholarship based on extraordinary home school academic performance and experience.

  • White Lake Beacon, Whitehall, November 26, 2006

“Here’s Your Chance.”
Alma College invited to local recruiting night.

  • Niles Daily Star, November 28, 2006
  • Edwardsburg Argus, November 29, 2006
  • Cassopolis Vigilant, November 29, 2006
  • Dowagiac Daily News, November 29, 2006

Local Student Participates in American University’s Washington Semester Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution.

  • Cadillac News, November 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.

  • Grand Rapids Press, November 2, 2006
  • Traverse City Record Eagle, November 3, 2006
  • Jackson Citizen Patriot, November 3, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 5, 2006
  • Lansing State Journal, November 5, 2006
  • Kalamazoo Gazette, November 5, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 5, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 7, 2006
  • Traverse City Record Eagle, November 7, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 7, 2006
  • St. Ignace News, November 8, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 8, 2006
  • Lansing State Journal, November 8, 2006
  • Cheboygan Daily Tribune, November 9, 2006
  • Hometown Life, Observer & Eccentric newspapers, November 9, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 9, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 10, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 10, 2006
  • Escanaba Daily Press, November 11, 2006
  • Port Huron Times Herald, November 12, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 12, 2006
  • Lansing State Journal, November 12, 2006
  • WEAU, Channel 13, Wisconsin, November 12, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 12, 2006
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, November 12, 2006
  • Kalamazoo Gazette, November 12, 2006
  • Owosso Argus-Press, November 12, 2006
  • Lake Orion Eccentric, November 12, 2006
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, November 13, 2006
  • Flint Journal, November 14, 2006
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 14, 2006
  • Petoskey News-Review, November 15, 2006
  • Birch Run Herald, November 15, 2006
  • Gaylord Herald Times, November 16, 2006
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, November 16, 2006
  • Albion Recorder, November 16, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 16, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 19, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 19, 2006
  • Port Huron Times Herald, November 20, 2006
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 21, 2006
  • Rockford Advance, November 21, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 21, 2006
  • Yale Expositor, November 22, 2006
  • South Bend Tribune, November 23, 2006
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, November 24, 2006
  • Midland Daily News, November 25, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 25, 2006
  • Tuscola County Advertiser, November 25, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 26, 2006
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 26, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 28, 2006
  • Monroe Evening News, November 28, 2006
  • Muskegon Chronicle, November 28, 2006
  • Big Rapids Pioneer, November 28, 2006
  • Saginaw News, November 29, 2006
  • Sturgis Journal, November 29, 2006
  • Lansing State Journal, November 30, 2006

 

In December 2011, Alma College students, faculty and staff designed and hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., on the 500th anniversary of human rights advocacy. Earlier in the year, Alma College became one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network, joining Duke University School of Law, The University of Cambridge and other prestigious institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Deborah Dougherty

Dr. Deborah Dougherty
Departments: Spanish

Spanish professor Deborah Dougherty has been surrounded with liberal arts education all her life.