NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA
Colleges Plan for Obama Inauguration.
Several colleges are combining observances of the inauguration with Martin Luther King Jr. ‘s birthday. Alma College is hosting a “Where Do We Go From Here?” panel discussion with faculty members and local civil rights activities.
- Inside Higher Education, Washington, D.C., January 6, 2009
- Vision Mid Michigan, Mount Pleasant, January 13, 2009
- Lansing State Journal, January 14, 2009
- Lansing State Journal, January 15, 2009
- Midland Daily News, January 15, 2009
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 19, 2009
- Lansing State Journal, January 19, 2009
Alma College Sponsors John Calvin Anniversary Contests.
Sermon contest for Presbytery clergy and reflections contest for students are planned for the 500th anniversary of Calvin’s birth.
- Lake Huron Presbytery newsletter, January 13, 2009
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, January 15, 2009
- Detroit Presbytery newsletter, January 16, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 17, 2009
- Vision Mid Michigan, Mount Pleasant, January 19, 2009
Former Alma College Student Dawna Steelman, 27, Attends Inauguration Festivities.
Steelman is a third-year law student at George Washington.
- Detroit News, January 19, 2009
Alma College Presents 28th Annual Statewide Print Competition.
Printmaking is “still strong in Michigan,” according to juror Michael Barnes.
- Journal of the Print World, Winter 2009
LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA
Local Stories About Alma College Students.
- Blissfield Advance, January 14, 2009
Local Students Named to Alma College Honors List.
- Fremont Times Indicator, January 11, 2009
Local Stories About Alma College Alumni.
(These listings do not include wedding, engagement or obituary announcements).
- Gaylord Herald Times, January 3, 2009
- Greater Lansing Business Monthly, January 6, 2009
- Midland Daily News, January 8, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 8, 2009
- Indianapolis Star, January 14, 2009
- Gladwin County Clarion, January 14, 2009
- Petoskey News-Review, January 15, 2009
- Chelsea Standard, January 15, 2009
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 18, 2009
Local Stories About Exhibits, Events and Performances at Alma College.
(These listings are in addition to Morning Sun and Gratiot County Herald coverage).
- Midland Daily News, January 7, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 10, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 10, 2009
- Vision Mid Michigan (Stringdusters), Mount Pleasant, January 13, 2009
- Midland Daily News (Stringdusters), January 15, 2009
- Monroe Evening News (small college art exhibit), January 22, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 31, 2009
Local Student Attended Cheerleader Camp at Alma College.
Student rebounds from near-death traffic accident to cheer at the Capital One Bowl.
- Port Huron Times Herald, January 2, 2009
Michigan Man Gets Class Ring Three Decades Later.
Ferris State ring is found at the Alma College tennis courts and returned to 62-year-old Vestaburg man who works as a pharmacist at Alma Kmart. Associated Press story.
- Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe, January 2, 2009
- South Bend Tribune, January 4, 2009
- Midland Daily News, January 18, 2009
Three Decades of Experience: Jerry Scoby Named VP at Ferris State.
Scoby is vice president of administration and finance at Alma College.
- Big Rapids Pioneer, January 6, 2009
- Grand Rapids Business Journal, January 12, 2009
Chris Brown Presents Financial Aid Information at Local Meeting.
Chris is director of student financial services at Alma College.
- Saginaw News, January 6, 2009
Experience a Juice Detox With a Cadillac Native.
Alma College 2006 graduate Julie Bolitho-Lee decided on a 30-day “juice diet.
- Cadillac News, January 8, 2009
Alma College Offers Ice Skating Rink for the Campus and Community.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 8, 2009
Professors Become Students.
“Spanish for Faculty” enrolls 18 Alma College professors. “I’m delighted with my colleagues. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by their willingness to play along,” says Deb Dougherty, who is teaching the class. When the Ecuadorian students arrive in 2012, more faculty will be able to identify with some of the difficulties the students may face.
- Alma Morning Sun, January 20, 2009
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, January 29, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 31, 2009
Panel Discusses “Where Do We Go From Here?”
Professor Ed Lorenz, alumnus Calvin Hilson and former state Sen. Joe Conroy discuss Obama’s inauguration.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 21, 2009
College Enrollments Stable Despite Hard Times.
Economic concerns have not yet had an adverse impact on the number of students attending area colleges. “Our rate of retention between terms is better this year than last year,” said Alma College Vice President Karen Klumpp.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 25, 2009
Amazon Visit “Eye-Opening” For Alma College Professor.
Mark Seals spent 10 days at the remote Tiputini Biodiversity Station in eastern Ecuador. “I came back with lots of phenomenal facts and teaching tools that can impact students at Alma,” he said.
- Saginaw News, January 25, 2009
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 26, 2009
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, January 29, 2009
Alma College Representatives Discuss Financial Aid at Local Meeting.
- Saginaw News, January 26, 2009
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.
- Gaylord Herald Times, January 3, 2009
- Cincinnati Enquirer, January 5, 2009
- Traverse City Record-Eagle, January 6, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 8, 2009
- Holland Sentinel, January 10, 2009
- Holland Sentinel, January 11, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 11, 2009
- Traverse City Record-Eagle, January 13, 2009
- Petoskey News-Review, January 13, 2009
- Alpena News, January 13, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 15, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 18, 2009
- Charlevoix Currier, January 21, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 22, 2009
- Midland Daily News, January 23, 2009
- Saginaw News, January 25, 2009
- Holland Sentinel, January 27, 2009
- Holland Sentinel, January 28, 2009
- Holland Sentinel, January 29, 2009
- Midland Daily News, January 30, 2009
