NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA
Shopping for change: Fair trade helps college students make a difference.
A fair-trade sale organized by students at Alma College enables Christmas shoppers to help people striving to work their way out of poverty.
- Presbyterians Today, Louisville, Ky., December 2012
Ask the specialists: Higher education.
Alma College Vice President for Enrollment Bob Garcia participates in a panel on college enrollment and the value of a college education.
- WCMU-TV, Mount Pleasant, December 20, 2012
Scottish Society makes local donations.
The society donates to a fine arts scholarship at Alma College.
- Observer & Eccentric newspapers, metro Detroit, December 9, 2012
Morning Express holiday sing-a-long: Share your favorite holiday songs.
The “12 Days of Christmas Alma Style” video is included in this roundup of seasonal tunes.
- CNN iReport, Morning Express with Robin Meade, December 10, 2012
- College Web Editor.com, December 19, 2012
- NAICU.com, Washington, D.C., December 19, 2012
Private colleges cut tuition costs, but some warn against leaving high cost-high aid model.
Alma College is helping to fund paid internships for every student and guaranteeing its students will graduate in four years (or the school will pay for any additional semesters).
- Huffington Post, New York City, December 13, 2012
This holiday season, some books for your gift list.
For history that reads like a novel, try “Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Greed” by Alma College professor Ed Lorenz.
- Lansing State Journal, December 13, 2012
Education program receives national accreditation.
“This puts Alma on the national stage with institutions from across the country,” said Nicola Findley, associate professor of education. “It also makes us a better program, as we looked at our class offerings and determined what needed to be restructured or reduced for redundancies.”
- Lake Huron Presbytery newsletter, December 13, 2012
Students develop molecule that inhibits influenza virus.
“We have made significant progress on our research because of the efforts of undergraduate students,” said Jeff Turk, the principal investigator of a National Science Foundation grant for a study ton the future development of antiviral drugs.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, December 1, 2012
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, December 6, 2012
- Lake Huron Presbytery newsletter, December 13, 2012
College presidents sign letter opposing guns on college campuses.
Alma’s Jeff Abernathy was one of more than 170 presidents who signed the petition. The shootings at Newtown, Conn., “was a really sad occasion for the nation as a whole,” said Abernathy. “As educators, we feel an obligation to speak to how to keep our students and campuses safe.”
- Creative Loafing, Atlanta, December 19, 2012
- Saporta Report.com, December 19, 2012
- University Business, December 19, 2012
- The Business Journal, December 19, 2012
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C., December 20, 2012
- Inside Higher Education, Washington, D.C., December 20, 2012
- Detroit Free Press, December 21, 2012
- Detroit News, December 21, 2012
- WKZO, Kalamazoo, December 21, 2012
- Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill., December 20, 2012
- Saginaw News, December 27, 2012
Jesus hates guns. So what?
Kate Blanchard, associate professor of religious studies, writes in a blog: “In the wake of Sandy Hook, I find myself asking, ‘How can Christians possibly believe that gun rights are what Jesus taught and modeled for us?’ And sadly, the answer I get is that the Bible is equally irrelevant to our current debates about guns.”
- Huffington Post, New York City, December 20, 2012
Indiana coach Tom Crean got his coaching start at Alma College
- Bleacher Report, December 26, 2012
Top tech stories of 2012 in Michigan.
Alma College students have developed a molecule that inhibits some strains of the human influenza virus.
- CBS Detroit, December 25, 2012
Daisy Levy, former instructor at Alma College, joins Southern Vermont College faculty.
- Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vt., December 25, 2012
LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA
Local stories about Alma College alumni.
- Kalamazoo Gazette, December 3, 2012
- Midland Daily News, December 7, 2012
- The Examiner.com, December 10, 2012
- Tuscola County Advertiser, Caro, December 15, 2012
- Cincinnati.com, December 25, 2012
- WMUK, Kalamazoo, December 26, 2012
- Petoskey News-Review, December 31, 2012
- Coldwater Daily Reporter, December 31, 2012
Year in review: Top Alma College stories in 2012.
Enrollment, spider signals, antiviral drugs, Model UN and Fulbright recipients were among the top stories in 2012.
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, December 20, 2012
Renovations planned for Hamilton Commons.
“Our strategic plan addresses food service as a key component of the quality of student life on campus,” said Dave Buhl, vice president for business affairs.
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, December 20, 2012
- Midland Daily News, December 25, 2012
Alternative breaks engage students in service.
Students will participate in service projects during upcoming alternative breaks.
- Gratiot County Herald, December 20, 2012
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.
- The Examiner.com, December 5, 2012
- Grand Rapids Press, December 5, 2012
- The Voice, Macomb County, December 7, 2012
- The Voice, Macomb County, December 10, 2012
- Jackson Citizen Patriot, December 10, 2012
- Grand Rapids Press, December 17, 2012
- Jackson Citizen Patriot, December 19, 2012
- Detroit Free Press, December 24, 2012
- Birmingham News, December 27, 2012
- Chicago Sun Times, December 30, 2012
