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NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA

Gary Peters Ousts Knollenberg for Michigan’s 9th Congressional District.
Peters is an Alma College graduate.

  • Detroit News, November 5, 2008
  • CQPolitics.com, Washington, D.C., November 5, 2008
  • Detroit Examiner, November 5, 2008
  • Between the Lines, Oakland County, November 6, 2008
  • Rochester Eccentric, November 9, 2008
  • Birmingham Eccentric, November 9, 2008
  • Detroit Free Press, November 9, 20008
  • Detroit Examiner, November 10, 2008
  • Birmingham Eccentric, November 12, 2008
  • West Bloomfield Eccentric, November 13, 2008

Alma College Participates in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).
Alma’s student scores are in USA Today’s searchable online database.

  • USA Today, November 10, 2008

Hope College Closes Campus, Cancels Events Because of Norovirus Outbreak.
Football, soccer and volleyball games against Alma College were cancelled. Alma officials monitor campus health in the following week. The football game between Alma and Hope was rescheduled for Nov. 22.

  • Holland Sentinel, November 8, 2008
  • Detroit Free Press, November 8, 2008
  • Grand Haven Tribune, November 8,2008
  • Saginaw News, November 11, 2008
  • Detroit News, November 12, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 12, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 13, 2008
  • Manchester Enterprise, November 13, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 13, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 15, 2008

Local Village Helped Elect Obama.
Instigators of the local Obama office were a new couple in Wellington, David and Jennifer Starkey, who moved in May from Michigan where Jennifer was a librarian at Alma College and David a biology student.

  • Wellington Enterprise, Wellington, Ohio, November 11, 2008

Tom Schumm Has the YMCA in His Blood.
The 1970 Alma College graduate and former Alma College professor is on the board of director for the Livingston County Family YMCA.

  • Livingston Community News, November 14, 2008
  • Ann Arbor News, November 14, 2008

Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in Rochester Hills Welcomes New Choir Director.
Sean Christopher Galloway is a 2006 graduate of Alma College and former member of “Scots on the Rocks.”

  • Detroit Free Press, November 16, 2008

The Write Stuff: Teacher Sends 40-60 Letters Each Week.
Bay City teacher Deb Bruzewski writes letters. When her son and daughter attended Alma College, she wrote them letters every day.

  • Detroit Free Press, November 30, 2008

LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA

Local Students Plan to Attend Alma College.

  • Leelanau Enterprise, Lake Leelanau, November 6, 2008

Local Stories About Alma College Students.

  • Community Ad, Marshall, November 19, 2008

Local Students Named to Alma College Honors List.

  • Wheaton Sun, suburban Chicago, November 21, 2008

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

  • The Oakland Press, Pontiac, November 1, 2008
  • Livonia Observer, November 2, 2008
  • Westland Observer, November 2, 2008
  • Riley Bee, Ripley, Ohio, November 2, 2008
  • Owosso Argus-Press, November 9, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 11, 2008
  • Oscoda Press, November 12, 2008
  • Monroe Evening News, November 15, 2008
  • Rochester Eccentric, November 16, 2008
  • Gladwin Record Clarion, November 19, 2008
  • Port Huron Times Herald, November 21, 2008
  • Oceana’s Herald-Journal, Hart, November 25, 2008

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

  • Lansing Towne Courier, November 2, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 8, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 13, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 14, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 15, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 20, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 27, 2008

Professor Derick Hulme Gives Presentation in Traverse City.
Title of talk: “The U.S. in a Post-Bush World.”

  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 5, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 12, 2008

Alternative Breaks Program Offers Variety of Service Opportunities.
“In many cases students discover their passion when they are engaged in communities in which they are helping others,” says Hillary Forsland, Alma College’s AmeriCorps VISTA representative in the Center for Responsible Leadership.

  • Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, November 6, 2008

Dan Henris, Alma College Controller, Formerly Worked for the Saginaw School District.

  • Saginaw News, November 6, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 11, 2008

Theatrical Performance Will Tell the Story of the Crazy Horse Monument.
Communications professor Joanne Gilbert will bring students to the Black Hills of South Dakota to perform the play next spring.

  • Vision Mid Michigan, Mount Pleasant, November 7, 2008

Alma Symphony Orchestra Conductor Murray Gross Inspects Student Artwork.
Gross visited Alma Middle School.

  • Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, November 13, 20008

Local Fundraiser to Benefit Dave Smith Children’s Fund.
Dave Smith, a father of an Alma College student and a local school psychologist, passed away suddenly last May.

  • Battle Creek Enquirer, November 19, 2008

Alma Professor Derick Hulme Writes Third Book.
Book is titled: The Israeli-Palestinian Road Map for Peace: A Critical Analysis. Providing an in-depth analysis and examining some of the “most important issues facing the world today” is a “way to give back” to the academic community, Hulme said.

  • Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, November 22, 2008
  • Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, November 27, 2008

Alma College Professor Bill Palmer Discusses Writing at CMU Presentation.

  • Central Michigan Life, November 24, 2008

Local Alma Student Beth Hubbard Directs One-Act Play at Alma College.

  • Oxford Leader, November 26, 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.

  • Holland Sentinel, November 1, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 1, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, November 2, 2008
  • Chicago Daily Herald, November 4, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 4, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 5, 2008
  • Grand Haven Tribune, November 5, 2008
  • Manchester Enterprise, November 6, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 7, 2008
  • Dearborn Press & Guide, November 9, 2008
  • Grand Haven Tribune, November 11, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 11, 2008
  • Crescent News, Defiance, Ohio, November 12, 2008
  • Tri-City News, Imlay City, November 12, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 13, 2008
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 14, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 14, 2008
  • Monroe Evening News, November 15, 2008
  • Owosso Argus-Press, November 15, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 16, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 16, 2008
  • Detroit Free Press, November 17, 2008
  • Muskegon Chronicle, November 17, 2008
  • WWMT, Channel 3, Kalamazoo, November 18, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 18, 2008
  • Petoskey News-Review, November 18, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 18, 2008
  • Ludington Daily News, November 18, 2008
  • Ann Arbor News, November 18, 2008
  • Escanaba Daily Press, November 19, 2008
  • Oceana’s Herald Journal, Hart, November 19, 2008
  • Owosso Argus-Press, November 19, 2008
  • Montmorency County Tribune, Atlanta, November 19, 2008
  • Saginaw Township Times, November 19, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 19, 2008
  • Manchester Enterprise, November 20, 2008
  • Defiance Crescent News, Defiance, Ohio, November 20, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, November 20, 2008
  • Muskegon Chronicle, November 20, 2008
  • Midland Daily News, November 20, 2008
  • Detroit News, November 21, 2008
  • Marquette Mining Journal, November 21, 2008
  • Port Huron Times Herald, November 21, 2008
  • Detroit Free Press, November 21, 2008
  • Hillsdale Daily News, November 21, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 22, 2008
  • Bay City Times, November 22, 2008
  • Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, November 22, 2008
  • Houghton Daily Mining Gazette, November 22, 2008
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 23, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 23, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 23, 2008
  • ABC Channel 12, Saginaw/Flint, November 23, 2008
  • Lansing State Journal, November 23, 2008
  • Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance, November 23, 2008
  • Ann Arbor News, November 23, 2008
  • Birmingham Eccentric, November 23, 2008
  • Rochester Eccentric, November 23, 2008
  • Southfield Eccentric, November 23, 2008
  • West Bloomfield Eccentric, November 23, 2008
  • Muskegon Chronicle, November 23, 2008
  • Marquette Mining Journal, November 23, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 24, 2008
  • White Lake Beacon, November 24, 2008
  • Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 25, 2008
  • InForum, Fargo, North Dakota, November 25, 2008
  • Grand Haven Tribune, November 25, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 25, 2008
  • Romeo Observer, November 26, 2008
  • The Daily News, Royal Oak, November 26, 2008
  • Niles Daily Star, November 26, 2008
  • Saginaw News, November 26, 2008
  • Ionia Sentinel Standard, November 26, 2008
  • Holland Sentinel, November 26, 2008
  • Gladwin Record Clarion, November 26, 2008
  • Manchester Enterprise, November 27, 2008
  • Dowagiac Daily News, November 27, 2008
  • Niles Daily Star, November 27, 2008
  • Grand Rapids Press, November 28, 2008
  • Adrian Daily Telegram, November 30, 2008

 

In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.

 

Student Profile

Drew Emge

Drew Emge
Graduation: 2009
Major: POE: International Health
From: Bay City
Interests: Health Professions, Community Service

A Truman Scholarship finalist and Center for Responsible Leadership Fellow, Drew has traveled to South Africa and China studying the HIV/AIDS crisis. The Bay City native intends to use his French minor and POE in International Health to improve AIDS care in Africa, hopefully as a physician with a global public health organization.