October

NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA

Faculty Economist Bob Cunningham Is Interviewed About the Federal Bailout.

  • WLNS, TV-6, Lansing, October 6, 2008

Making the Small Time.
Coach John Leister spurns major colleges to make career at Division III Alma. “I’m happy with where I’m at,” he says. “This is the purest form of football. I’m in a glorious position of having a job I love. I love to coach and try to make things around me better. This is home. People have been great to my family. And what makes my family happy makes me happy.”

  • Detroit News, October 8, 2008

Political Scientist Derek Hulme Discusses the Presidential Campaign and Economic Crisis.
Dr. Hulme was a panelist on the Currently Speaking Roundtable show.

  • WDCQ-TV-19, Delta College Public Broadcasting, University Center, October 14, 2008

Michigan Colleges Brace for Shrinking Pool of Students.
Enrollment is at a peak at Alma College, says Karen Klumpp, vice president for enrollment.

  • Detroit News, October 15, 2008

Presidential Candidates Lay out Economic Plans.
Alma professor Bob Cunningham says the McCain and Obama plans have good and bad points.

  • WLNS, TV-6, Lansing, October 15, 2008

Local Economists Talk About the Global Recession
Alma professor Bob Cunningham: “As we are consuming all these goods produced by the rest of the world, it pulls their economy up, but as our economy slows down and we stop buying from them, it drags their economy down also.”

  • WLNS, TV-6, Lansing, October 17, 2008

Coppin State Set to Inaugurate Former Alma Provost Reginald Avery As President.

  • Afro American Newspaper, Baltimore, October 17, 2008

Artist Michele Tarailo Displays Photographs in Local Exhibit.
Tarailo recalls coming up to Alma College in the 1980s to learn about collotypes from Kent Kirby.

  • Detroit Metro Times, October 22, 2008

Alma College Welcomes Large Freshman Class.
College welcomes Vicente Fox, plans groundbreaking for $18 million campus improvements, and receives McGregor Fund grant for expanding academic study and internships in Ecuador.

  • The Presbyterian Outlook magazine, October 27, 2008

Reinventing Michigan: Anya Kamenetz Blog.
Kamenetz comments on her recent visit to Alma College and the conversations she had with Alma students about the Michigan economy.

  • FastCompany.com, October 29, 2008

LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA

Local Students Plan to Attend Alma College.

  • Manistee News Advocate, October 21, 2008

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

  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, October 7, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 8, 2008
  • Sault St. Marie Evening News, October 14, 2008
  • Saline Reporter, October 16, 2008
  • Milan News, October 16, 2008
  • Grand Ledge Independent, October 19, 2008
  • Flint Journal, October 22, 2008
  • Benzie County Record Patriot, Frankfort, October 22, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 24, 2008
  • Ann Arbor News, October 26, 2008
  • Daily Press & Argus, Brighton, October 27, 2008
  • Detroit News, October 28, 2008
  • Jenison Advance Northeast, October 28, 2008
  • Lake Orion Review, October 29, 2008
  • The Waconia Patriot, Waconia, Minnesota, October 29, 2008
  • Armada Times, October 29, 2008
  • Davison Index, October 30, 2008

Local Stories About Exhibits, Events and Performances at Alma College.
(These listings are in addition to Morning Sun and Gratiot County Herald coverage).

  • CMU Public Radio, Arts Almanac feature on the ASO, October 12-19, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 3, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, October 9, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 24, 2008
  • Vision Mid Michigan, Mount Pleasant, October 24, 2008

Vicente Fox Speaks at Alma College.

  • Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, October 2, 2008
  • Cadillac News, October 10, 2008
  • Cadillac News, October 15, 2008

AIG Takeover May Impact St. Louis Site.
The Pine River Superfund Citizens Task Force will move ahead with its efforts to file an environmental damage claim against Velsicol Chemical Co., according to Alma College Professor Ed Lorenz./bin/bash: The: command not found

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 3, 2008

Heartland Trail Ribbon Cutting Takes Place at Heritage Center Parking Lot.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 6, 2008
  • Greenville Daily News, October 8, 2008
  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 12, 2008
  • Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, October 16, 2008

Jane Keon Is Longtime Leader of the Pine River Cleanup Effort.
The task force and Alma College won the Carter Partnership Award.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 6, 2008

Economic Stabilization Plan Could Benefit Energy Park.
Michael Sawruk has lined up Alma College and has had discussions with a few other universities in Michigan for the energy park’s research aspects.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 7, 2008

Young Careerist Award Winner Will Be Named at Event at Alma College.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 7, 2008

Chih-Ping Chen conducts research on Shirley Temple’s influence on ethnic literature.
Chen teaches as a member of the English faculty.

  • Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, October 9, 2008

Alma College Student Interns at Supercollider in Geneva.

  • Petoskey News-Review, October 14, 2008

Alma College Will Install an Ice Skating Rink This Winter That Will Be Open to the Public.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 15, 2008

Alma Area Business and Professional Women Host Dinner at Alma College.

  • Saginaw News, October 15, 2008

Local Bands Perform at Alma College Band Invitational.

  • Iosco County News, East Tawas, October 15, 2008

Mike Trebesh Receives Award at Clinton County Chamber of Commerce.
Trebesh is a former faculty member at Alma College.

  • Clinton County News, St. Johns, October 16, 2008

Alma College Is a Sponsor of the Annual Gratiot County Health Fair.

  • Saginaw Press, October 16, 2008

Large Farm, Big Worries. Residents Worry About Dairy Farm That Wants to Expand.
Future forum on this issue may take place at Alma College.

  • Saginaw Press, October 16, 2008

Gratiot Leaders Are Working Together.
Commissioner Tim Lambrecht is working to discover how the Great Lakes Energy Park will affect Alma College, the public schools, curricula and the Gratiot-Isabella regional Education Service District.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 19, 2008

Trish Chase Named Dean of Students at Aquinas College.
Chase was director of counseling, health and wellness at Alma College

  • Grand Rapids Business Journal, October 20, 2008

Gratiot CROP Walk a Success.
Alma College offers equipment and facilities for the walk every year.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 21, 2008

Francis Lichtman is Running for Isabella County Commissioner.
Lichtman is a member of the Alma College faculty.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, October 27, 2008

Artwork by Michael Volker Is in the Permanent Collection at Alma College.

  • Escanaba Daily Press, October 29, 2008

City, College to Work on Repairs.
Storm sanitary sewers and water lines will be relocated as the Hogan Center expands.

  • Alma Morning Sun, October 30, 2008

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.

  • Battle Creek Enquirer, October 1, 2008
  • River Falls Journal, Wisconsin, October 1, 2008
  • NCAA.com, women’s volleyball report, October 1, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 2, 2008
  • Grand Rapids Press, October 3, 2008
  • Rockford Register Star, Illinois, October 3, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 3, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 3, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 5, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 6, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, October 7, 2008
  • Michigan Journal, October 7, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 7, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 7, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 9, 2008
  • Cheboygan Daily Tribune, October 9, 2008
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 10, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 12, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, October 12, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, October 14, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 14, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 14, 2008
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 16, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 17, 2008
  • Grand Rapids Press, October 17, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 17, 2008
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, October 19, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 19, 2008
  • Kalamazoo College, October 19, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, October 19, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 21, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, October 21, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, October 21, 2008
  • Petoskey News-Review, October 21, 2008
  • Bay City Times, October 21, 2008
  • Detroit Free Press, October 22, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 24, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 26, 2008
  • Grand Rapids Press, October 26, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 27, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 27, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, October 28, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 28, 2008
  • Bay City Times, October 28, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, October 29, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 29, 2008
  • Saginaw News, October 30, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, October 31, 2008

 

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.

 

Faculty Profile

Mike Sheldon
Departments: Theatre and Dance

Mike Sheldon is the man to see when you need to use the Heritage Center.

“My favorite part of working at Alma is the people. ” As the building manager of the Heritage Center, Sheldon not only manages and oversees performances and activities in Presbyterian Hall, he also creates and maintains the building budget.