ALMA COLLEGE IN THE NEWS
August 2010
A sampling of Alma College news items, gleaned from newspaper clippings, Web searches and conversations with campus news sources, is listed below. Compiled by Mike Silverthorn, director of communications, (989) 463-7290.
NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA
You haven’t lived in Michigan until you take a summer drive along US 127.
Alma College is one of a handful of schools that line the highway.
- Detroit Free Press, August 1, 2010
Alma College hosts memorial services for Earl Davidson, Don and Irene Pavlik.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 1, 2010
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 2, 2010
- Saginaw News, August 3, 2010
- TV 9&10, Cadillac, August 4, 2010
- Detroit News, August 4, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, August 4, 2010
- Detroit Free Press, August 4, 2010
- WWMT-TV, Kalamazoo, August 4, 2010
- WLNS-TV6, Lansing, August 4, 2010
- WNEM-TV5, Saginaw/Flint, August 4, 2010
- Monroe Evening News, August 4, 2010
- WWJ Radio, Detroit, August 5, 2010
- TV 9&10, Cadillac, August 5, 2010
- Detroit News, August 5, 2010
- ABC TV-12, Saginaw/Flint, August 5, 2010
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 5, 2010
- WZZM-TV13, Grand Rapids, August 5, 2010
- Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn., August 5, 2010
- Port Huron Times Herald, August 5, 2010
- Petoskey News-Review, August 5, 2010
- WNEM-TV5, Saginaw/Flint, August 5, 2010
- WJRT TV-12, Saginaw/Flint, August 5, 2010
- WOOD-TV8, Grand Rapids, August 5, 2010
- TV 25, Saginaw/Flint, August 5, 2010
- Saginaw News, August 5, 2010
- Greenville Daily News, August 5, 2010
- Marquette Mining Journal, August 5, 2010
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 6, 2010
- Saginaw News, August 6, 2010
- WWMT-TV, Kalamazoo, August 6, 2010
- Oakland Press, August 6, 2010
- WJRT TV-12, Saginaw/Flint, August 6, 2010
- Midland Daily News, August 6, 2010
- Greenville Daily News, August 6, 2010
- Coldwater Daily Reporter, August 6, 2010
- Ludington Daily News, August 6, 2010
- Monroe Evening News, August 6, 2010
- Grand Haven Tribune, August 6, 2010
- Grand Rapids Press, August 18, 2010
- Petoskey News-Review, August 18, 2010
Sorrow and community.
“This terrible loss helps me to see that the most important work I will do for the long-term benefit of the college will be working to help this community thrive, in the face of all the familiar challenges of small towns across this Middle West of ours,” wrote President Jeff Abernathy about the Alma plane crash in his “Alma Mater” blog.
- Inside Higher Education, Washington, D.C., August 4, 2010
Alma College offers continuing education opportunities for Presbyterian clergy.
- Lake Huron Presbytery online newsletter, Saginaw, August 4, 2010
- Lake Huron Presbytery online newsletter, Saginaw, August 18, 2010
Spider signals: Courtship or appetizer?
The complexity of spider behavior is the subject of a research project by faculty biologist Dave Clark that has been awarded a $485,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
- College News.org, Annapolis Group, Maryland, August 10, 2010
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, August 12, 2010
US News College Rankings 2010 Out: Harvard tops Princeton.
In the 1990s, Reed College and Alma College led a movement to boycott the rankings. This year, Alma is ranked 137th in the national liberal arts category.
- U.S. News and World Report, Washington, D.C., August 18, 2010
- All 247 News, Massachusetts, August 18, 2010
- Kalamazoo Gazette, August 23, 2010
Alma College is ranked 41st nationally among liberal arts schools.
- Washington Monthly, Washington, D.C., August 24, 2010
Army awards $52 million in military scholarships.
Cadet Anthony Sickelka, a senior at Alma College, joined the ROTC after his freshman year at college. “I feel I am a very good leader and that the Army has prepared me well for what I will face,” he said.
- WalletPop.com, August 27, 2010
LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA
Local students plan to attend Alma College.
- Grosse Pointe News, August 12, 2010
- Saginaw News, August 13, 2010
- Petoskey News-Review, August 25, 2010
Local students named to Alma College honors list.
- Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, metro Detroit, August 5, 2010
- Manchester Enterprise, August 5, 2010
- Observer & Eccentric Newspapers,metro Detroit, August 12, 2010
- Observer & Eccentric Newspapers,metro Detroit, August 22, 2010
Local stories about Alma College students.
- Munising News, August 4, 2010
- St. Ignace News, August 5, 2010
Local stories about Alma College alumni.
- Bay City Times, August 1, 2010
- Midland Daily News, August 1, 2010
- Owosso Argus-Press, August 2, 2010
- Macomb County Legal News, August 2, 2010
- Detroit Legal News, August 2, 2010
- Oakland County Legal News, August 2, 2010
- Artdaily.org, August 9, 2010
- Gladwin County Record, August 10, 2010
- Grand Rapids Press, August 12, 2010
- Port Huron Times Herald, August 13, 2010
- Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches, Florida, August 14, 2010
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 16, 2010
- Muskegon Chronicle, August 19, 2010
- The News Herald, downriver metro Detroit, August 19, 2010
- Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe, August 26, 2010
Alma audio-visual production facility expands.
Owner Bill Gilbert uses Alma College interns. He has helped provide audio for several Alma College events.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 2, 2010
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, August 12, 2010
Gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero used to work at Alma College.
- Ludington Daily News, August 2, 2010
Alma Scots picked fifth in MIAA pre-season football poll.
- Holland Sentinel, August 10, 2010
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 11, 2010
- Detroit Free Press, August 11, 2010
Making the grade: Alma College cracks Forbes’ “500 best colleges” list.
- Saginaw News, August 12, 2010
Still no final report on mystery barrels at Velsicol dumpsite.
Faculty members Murray Borrello and Melissa Strait comment on the unknown identity of the liquid in the barrels.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 19, 2010
CMU medical school takes place.
Alma College alumnus Ernest Yoder ’74 is the founding dean.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 22, 2010
Linda Gittleman: Telling stories of the St. Louis Superfund site.
Alma College professor Ed Lorenz traveled to New York City to examine the papers of author Rachel Carson, who wrote “Silent Spring” in 1962.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 22, 2010
New sculpture symbolizes performance and creativity.
Artwork is installed near entrance to Art Smith Arena.
- Vision Mid Michigan, Mount Pleasant, August 24, 2010
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, August 26, 2010
Orientation week for new students kicks off academic year.
The 25 First Year Seminars “offer tremendous variety that first-year students can choose from,” said Ann Hall, assistant provost.
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, August 26, 2010
Local historian presents program on Frank Knox.
Knox was an Alma College graduate and Republican nominee for vice president in 1936.
- Greenville Daily News, August 26, 2010
Patricia Chase named director of Discovery Museum in Mount Pleasant.
Chase is a former director of counseling at Alma College.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 27, 2010
Mystery barrels hold radioactive acid.
Melissa Strait, Alma College professor of chemistry, said phosphoric acid isn’t that dangerous of a substance. “The phosphoric acid isn’t the big deal—that it’s radioactive is,” she said.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 29, 2010
Kate Blanchard writes book on theology and capitalism.
“The book looks at Calvin’s theology with an eye toward his economic teachings and compares it to the teachings of Adam Smith and the Chicago school of economics,” said Blanchard, a member of the religious studies faculty at Alma College.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 29, 2010
T-shirts, backpacks are on students’ lists of back-to-school essentials.
“You need some organizers. We have a lot of Rubbermaid tubs we shove under the bed, and the more clothes you can hang up, the more you can open drawer space,” said [Alma College] senior Alexandra Korell.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 29, 2010
Linda Gittleman: Hindsight gives different perspective on Superfund site.
Task Force member and Alma College professor Ed Lorenz had lawyers speak to his class about the Superfund site.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 29, 2010
Alma College unveils new event center.
“This is a fabulous arena with a beautiful lobby that will enhance the student experience at Alma and serve as a showcase for the campus, not only in our local community but regionally and nationally,” said Alma President Jeff Abernathy.
- Saginaw News, August 30, 2010
Introducing new columnist: Louise Plachta.
Louise’s late husband, Leonard, was an accounting professor at Alma College.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 29, 2010
Changes greet Alma College’s returning students.
A new college president, a new completed $10.2-million Hogan Center and Art Smith Arena, renovations continuing in the Eddy Music Center and new course studies will greet the Alma College upperclassmen returning for the first day of classes.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, August 31, 2010
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.
- Iron Mountain Daily News, August 2, 2010
- Flint Journal, August 4, 2010
- Holland Sentinel, August 4, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, August 5, 2010
- Flint Journal, August 6 2010
- Owosso Argus-Press, August 10, 2010
- Clare Sentinel, August 10, 2010
- Greenville Daily News, August 11, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, August 18, 2010
- Tri-City Times, Imlay City, August 18, 2010
- Midland Daily News, August 21, 2010
- Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, metro Detroit, August 22, 2010
- Charlevoix Courier, August 25, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, August 25, 2010
- Leelanau Enterprise, Lake Leelanau, August 26, 2010
- Lakewood News, Lake Odessa, August 28, 2010
- Ingham County Community News, Mason, August 29, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, August 30, 2010
