July

NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA

John Leister returns to high school alma mater for a visit.
Leister, athletic director at Alma, was an all-state quarterback.

  • Great Falls, Montana, Tribune, July 24, 2007

Alma College Percussion Ensemble performs at Port Townsend, Wash.

  • Kitsap Sun, Wash., July 25, 2007
  • Seattle Times, July 26, 2007

Alma College project promotes dialogue with farmers in Mexico.
Common Table Project will provide a forum to bring together rural residents of the United States and Mexico. Quotes Professor Ed Lorenz.

  • CollegeNews.org, July 31, 20076


LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA

Local students plan to attend Alma College.

  • Clarkston Eccentric, July 1, 2007
  • Petoskey News, July 3, 2007
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, July 7, 2007
  • Battle Creek Enquirer, July 8, 2007
  • Flint Journal, July 10, 2007
  • Greenville Daily News, July 10, 2007
  • Armada Times, July 11, 2007
  • New Baltimore Voice, July 18, 2007
  • Blue Water Voice, July 18, 2007
  • Sanilac County News, July 25, 2007
  • Macomb Township Voice, July 25, 2007
  • Blue Water Voice, July 25, 2007
  • Lansing State Journal, July 26, 2007

Local stories about Alma College students.

  • Shepherd Argus, July 11, 2007
  • Tuscola County Advertiser, Caro, July 18, 2007
  • Owosso Argus-Press, July 20, 2007
  • Rochester Eccentric, July 30, 2007

Local students named to Alma College honors list.

  • Fremont Times-Indicator, July 4, 2007
  • Grand Valley West, Jenison, July 10, 2007
  • Fremont Times-Indicator, July 11, 2007
  • Big Rapids Pioneer, July 17, 2007
  • Jackson Citizen Patriot, July 23, 2007
  • Manistee News-Advocate, July 24, 2007
  • Walker Advance, July 24, 2007
  • Grand Haven Tribune, July 27, 2007

Local students graduate from Alma College.

  • Burton News, July 22, 2007

Local stories about Alma College alumni.
(These listings do not include wedding, engagement or obituary announcements).

  • New Baltimore Voice Newspapers, July 3, 2007
  • Saginaw News, July 3, 2007
  • Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader, July 10, 2007
  • Lowell Ledger, July 11, 2007
  • Alma Morning Sun, July 14, 2007
  • Alma Morning Sun, July 15, 2007
  • Yale Expositor, July 18, 2007
  • Kalamazoo Gazette, July 19, 2007
  • South Bend Tribune, July 20, 2007
  • Petoskey News Review, July 22, 2007
  • White Lake Beacon, Whitehall, July 22, 2007
  • Kalamazoo Gazette, July 24, 2007
  • Leelanau Enterprise, Leland, July 31, 2007
  • Gaylord Herald Times, July 31, 2007
  • Petoskey News-Review, July 31, 2007

Local students attend High School Leadership Institute.

  • Midland Daily News, July 1, 2007

Alma’s Percussion Ensemble will perform at Central Michigan University.

  • CM Life, CMU student newspaper, July 2, 2007
  • CM Life, CMU student newspaper, July 18, 2007

Dale Vos named national Community College Athletic Director of the Year.
Vos is AD at St. Clair County Community College. He is an Alma grad.

  • Down River Voice, Marine City, July 4, 2007
  • Macomb Township Voice, July 4, 2007
  • Bay Voice, New Baltimore, July 4, 2007
  • North Macomb Voice, Richmond, July 4, 2007

Local students attend Farm Bureau citizenship seminar at Alma College.

  • Harbor Beach Times, July 4, 2007
  • Bay City Times, July 8, 2007

Alma art instructor teaches at local fine arts camp.

  • Pinconning Journal, July 4, 2007

Alma student Danielle Moss named National Cherry Queen.

  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, July 5, 2007
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, July 8, 2007
  • Record Patriot, Benzie County, July 18, 2007

College students conduct research at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute.

  • Hastings Reminder, July 7, 2007

Head of the class.
Former president Robert Swanson kept a chuck of his office carpet as a proud symbol of the open-door policy he maintained for students, faculty and the public.

  • Saginaw News, July 11, 2007

Local students display research at Kapp Honors Day.

  • Gaylord Herald, July 14, 2007

Local student joins the Great Lakes Relay for Life College Leadership Committee.

  • Alpena News, July 18, 2007

Award-winning prints are on display in local gallery.
Artwork that won award in the Alma College Annual Statewide Print Competition is on display.

  • Flint Journal, July 19, 2007

“Future bright for chemist”
Brighton resident and Alma College graduate David Schumm enjoys chemistry career with a Southfield company.

  • Daily Press & Argus, Livingston County, July 19, 2007
  • Livingston Press, Brighton, July 19, 2007

“Award-winning prints travel to Buckham.”
Alma College sponsors Statewide Print Competition.

  • Flint Journal, July 19, 2007

CEO Jim Conboy to retire from Citizens National Bank.
Jim Conboy is an Alma College Trustee.

  • Cheboygan Daily Tribune, July 20, 2007

Bygone days.
Alma renovates two college homes in 1987.

  • Saginaw News, July 22, 2007

“One of their own returns to Mohr High School.”
Alma College alumnus Shane Peters is named principal at L.C. Mohr High School in South Haven.

  • Kalamazoo Gazette, July 24, 2007

“Colleges continue to grow.”
Higher education roundup story lists key facts about Alma College.

  • Saginaw News, July 25, 2007

Alma College continues search for new basketball coach.

  • Alma Morning Sun, July 26, 2007

Local community performs “The Sound of Music.”
Orchestra Director Doug Scripps is a retired music professor at Alma College.

  • Leelanau Enterprise, July 27, 2007

Professional sports leagues face ethical quandaries.
Alma Philosophy Professor Nicholas Dixon answers questions on live radio interview.

  • WMMI/WCZY radio, Mount Pleasant, July 28, 2007


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.

  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, July 1, 2007
  • Gaylord Herald Times, July 3, 2007
  • Cadillac News, July 9, 2007
  • Cadillac News, July 11, 2007
  • Chelsea Standard, July 11, 2007
  • Tri-County Times, July 11, 2007
  • Racine Journal Times, July 12, 2007
  • Fenton Press, July 15, 2007
  • Port Huron Times Herald, July 15, 2007
  • Greenville Daily News, July 18, 2007
  • Port Huron Times Herald, July 23, 2007
  • Greenville Daily News, July 23, 2007
  • Carson City Gazette, July 30, 2007

 

The Hogan Center is the first LEED-certified building (Silver level) for green construction at Alma College and in Gratiot County. Awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

 

Graduate Profile

Matt Stoneback

Matt Stoneback
Graduation: 2004
Major: Music Education and New Media Studies

Though Matt Stoneback ’04 studied music education at Alma College, his interest in new media studies was so huge, it could have been measured in petabytes.

“I was very interested in music technology, so I really pushed new media studies,” he says. “I actually wrote the program of emphasis for it that many students went on to use.”