ALMA COLLEGE IN THE NEWS
November 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
Team effort: Balancing growth in athletics with growth in academics.
Jeff Abernathy writes in his blog: “For this English professor, one of the surprises of becoming a college president has been the extent of engagement with the athletic program. While most of the work I do is of course closely aligned with that of the academic program, I have found that it is a rare day that I’m not engaged with some aspect of Alma’s athletic program.”
- Alma Mater, Inside Higher Education, Washington, D.C., November 1, 2010
Gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero worked at Alma College in the 1990s.
- Detroit Free Press, November 2, 2010
- Detroit News, November 2, 2010
- Petoskey News-Review, November 2, 2010
- Williamston Enterprise, October 10, 2010
Weekend trifectas: College games worth watching.
Columnist Charles Pierce listed the Alma-Olivet game as a must-see game.
- Boston Globe, November 5, 2010
Local Presbyterian church installs new pastor.
The Rev. Melissa Lynn DeRosia is an Alma College graduate.
- Gates Chili Post, Gates, N.Y., November 24, 2010
LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA
Local students plan to attend Alma College.
- Bay City Times, November 5, 2010
Local stories about Alma College students.
- Gladwin Record Clarion, November 3, 2010
Local stories about Alma College alumni.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, November 1, 2010
- Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W.V., November 2, 2010
- Ann Arbor Journal, November 3, 2010
- Vassar Pioneer Times, November 3, 2010
- Grand Rapids Press, October 15, 2010
- Crawford County Avalanche, Grayling, November 4, 2010
- Ann Arbor Journal, November 5, 2010
- Midland Daily News, November 7, 2010
- Grand Rapids Press, November 7, 2010
- Grand Rapids Business Journal, November 8, 2010
- Livingston County Daily Press, Howell, November 9, 2010
- Jackson Citizen Patriot, November 10, 2010
- The Daily News, Seneca Falls, N.Y., November 10, 2010
- Antrim Review, Bellaire, November 11, 2010
- Houghton Lake Resorter, November 11, 2010
- Oakland Press, Pontiac, November 16, 2010
- Livingston County Daily Press, Howell, November 18, 2010
- Battle Creek Enquirer, November 19, 2010
- Birch Run-Bridgeport Herald, November 24, 2010
Local stories about exhibits, events and performances at Alma College.
These listings are in addition to Morning Sun and Gratiot County Herald coverage.
- Vision Mid Michigan, Mount Pleasant, November 3, 2010
- Midland Daily News, November 7, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 8, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 11, 2010
- Bay City Times, November 11, 2010
- Midland Daily News, November 14, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 18, 2010
- Bay City Times, November 18, 2010
- Bay City Times, November 25, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 25, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 30, 2010
Local artists submit work to Alma College Statewide Print Competition show.
- Battle Creek Enquirer, November 11, 2010
Art Reach brings kids alternative crafts, program at local elementary school.
Artists from CMU and Alma College participated in this event.
- Central Michigan Life, Mount Pleasant, November 14, 2010
Alma College chef was a judge at a local gingerbread competition.
- Traverse City Record-Eagle, November 22, 2010
Harry Cendrowski receives philanthropy award.
- Business Wire, November 23, 2010
Alma Public Schools seek input on new superintendent.
Alma College Provost Michael Selmon is a candidate for a vacant board seat.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, November 26, 2010
Alma College will offer three new major areas of study in 2011.
“We’re looking at U.S. health care as a system and comparing it to other countries,” said Dale Sanders, director of the new health care administration program. “We’re teaching the tools that can give the students a foundation to ask the good questions.” Health care administration, biotechnology and environmental studies are the new programs.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, November 30, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 30, 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.
- Owosso Argus-Press, November 2, 2010
- Yale Expositor,November 3, 2010
- Lapeer County Press, November 3, 2010
- Adrian Daily Telegram, November 4, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 4, 2010
- Holland Sentinel, November 4, 2010
- Kalamazoo Gazette, November 4, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 6, 2010
- Swimming World Magazine, November 6, 2010
- Battle Creek Enquirer, November 7, 2010
- Charlotte Shopping Guide, November 7, 2010
- The Courier, Findlay, Ohio, November 8, 2010
- Petoskey News-Review, November 9, 2010
- Owosso Argus-Press, November 9, 2010
- The Brown Daily Herald, Providence, Rhode Island, November 10, 2010
- Kalamazoo Gazette, November 10, 2010
- Holland Sentinel, November 10, 2010
- Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe, November 12, 2010
- Bay City Times, November 12, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 13, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, November 14, 2010
- Port Huron Times Herald, November 15, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 16, 2010
- Connect Mid Michigan, TV25, Flint/Saginaw, November 16, 2010
- WANE, Fort Wayne, Indiana, November 16, 2010
- Owosso Argus-Press, November 16, 2010
- Midland Daily News, November 16, 2010
- Midland Daily News, November 17, 2010
- Yale Expositor, November 17, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 18, 2010
- Bay City Times, November 18, 2010
- Holland Sentinel, November 19, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 19, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 20, 2010
- Holland Sentinel, November 20, 2010
- Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, metro Detroit, November 20, 2010
- Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, metro Detroit, November 21, 2010
- Monroe Evening News, November 21, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 23, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, November 23, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, November 24, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 25, 2010
- Lansing State Journal, November 25, 2010
- Berea News Sun, Berea, Ohio, November 25, 2010
- Muskegon Chronicle, November 26, 2010
- Saginaw News, November 29, 2010
- Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, November 30, 2010
