January 2013
NATIONAL, STATEWIDE AND METRO DETROIT MEDIA
Shopping for change: Fair trade helps college students make a difference.
Mindful of debt, Alma College will pay for fifth year.
- USA Today, January 2, 2013
- Detroit Free Press, January 2, 2013
- CBS Detroit, January 2, 2013
- Lansing State Journal, January 2, 2013
- Click on Detroit, WDIV-TV, January 2, 2013
- WZZM TV-13, Grand Rapids, January 2, 2013
- WLNS TV-6, Lansing, January 2, 2013
- The Bay Bulletin, FloridaToday.com, January 2, 2013
- Midland Daily News, January 2, 2013
- WNEM TV-5, Saginaw, January 2, 2013
- Pacific Daily News, January 2, 2013
- Port Huron Times Herald, January 2, 2013
- The Republic, Columbus, Ind., January 2, 2013
- ABC TV-12, Flint, January 2, 2013
- WWTV TV9&10, Cadillac, January 2, 2013
- WDIV TV-4, Detroit, January 2, 2013
- St. Joseph/Benton Harbor Herald-Palladium, January 2, 2013
- Owosso Argus-Press, January 2, 2013
- Ashville Citizen-Times, January 2, 2013
- NAICU News Room Daily Update, January 3, 2013
- ABC TV-12, Flint, First at 4 Focus Interview, January 3, 2013
- Grand Rapids Press, January 3, 2013
- Crain’s Detroit Business, January 6, 2013
- Central Michigan Life, Mount Pleasant, January 11, 2013
- Shreveport Times, Shreveport, La., January 22, 2013
Alma College offers new opportunities to students.
Editorial: “Alma College is putting its money where its mouth is. Working to stay ahead of the curve and keep attracting new students, it’s begun a new program called the ‘Alma Commitment.’”
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 6, 2013
Alma College professors find unique ways to study lizards.
Dave Clark and John Rowe study lizards in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 13, 2013
- WCMU Public Radio News, Mount Pleasant, January 21, 2013
Whence cometh professors’ stress?
““All life is stressful, and academic life is no exception,” wrote Alma College professor Kate Blanchard in an op-ed column. “The wise professor is one who tries to relieve some of that stress, or at the very least, not to make it worse.”
- Huffington Post, New York City, January 15, 2013
Alma College presents “Resonance” at DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids.
- Presbytery of Lake Michigan newsletter, January 23, 2013
- Presbytery of Lake Huron newsletter, January 23, 2013
- Presbytery of Detroit newsletter, January 24, 2013
To MOOC or not to MOOC.
In the “Alma Mater” blog, President Abernathy writes about his experience as an enrolled student in a Massive Open Online Course. “The question for liberal arts colleges like Alma will be how to incorporate these technologies to deepen learning,” wrote Abernathy. “Of course we must reduce our costs—and MOOCs may be a part of that strategy—but we must enhance our students’ experience as we do so, not cheapen it.”
- Inside Higher Education, Washington, D.C., January 26, 2013
National liberal arts colleges ranked for yield rates.
Alma’s yield rate is 28.1 percent.
- U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo News, January 28, 2013
LOCAL AND REGIONAL MICHIGAN MEDIA
Local students plan to attend Alma College.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 8, 2013
- Observer & Eccentric newspapers, metro Detroit, January 20, 2013
Local stories about Alma College alumni.
- Alpena News, January 13, 2013
- Observer & Eccentric newspapers, metro Detroit, January 17, 2013
- Huron County View, Bad Axe, January 31, 2013
Local students graduate from Alma College.
- Tuscola County Advertiser, Caro, January 5, 2013
Amanda Slenski named new director of admissions.
“As an Alma alumna, Amanda’s knowledge of the life-changing experiences that Alma offers is something she can communicate clearly and authentically,” said Bob Garcia, vice president for enrollment.
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, January 3, 2013
Renovations are underway at historic Alma Opera House.
The building will be ready in mid-August for Alma College students to move into apartments on the second and third floors.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 8, 2013
Pine River causing soil erosion in St. Louis.
Rivers change naturally through the decades and centuries, but in St. Louis those changes seem to move at a much faster pace, said Alma College geologist Murray Borrello.
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 11, 2013
Alma College hosts an American Red Cross blood drive.
- Midland Daily News, January 15, 2013
Alma College sponsors activities for Martin Luther King Jr. Week.
Panel discussion focuses on question: What would Martin Luther King Jr. say about the issues we face today were he still alive?
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 20, 2013
- Alma/Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, January 22, 2013
Alma College sponsors alumni tour to Scotland.
- Gratiot County Herald, Ithaca, January 24, 2013
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.
- Flint Journal, January 2, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 3, 2013
- Bay City Times, January 3, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 5, 2013
- Muskegon Chronicle, January 7, 2013
- Muskegon Chronicle, January 9, 2013
- Grand Rapids Press, January 12, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 12, 2013
- Muskegon Chronicle, January 12, 2013
- Muskegon Chronicle, January 14, 2013
- Manistee News-Advocate, January 17, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 16, 2013
- Adrian Daily Telegram, January 14, 2013
- Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn., January 18, 2013
- Midland Daily News, January 19, 2013
- Jackson Citizen Patriot, January 19, 2013
- Grand Rapids Press, January 23, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 23, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 26, 2013
- Holland Sentinel, January 28, 2013
- Muskegon Chronicle, January 28, 2013
- Muskegon Chronicle, January 29, 2013
- Cheboygan Daily Tribune, January 31, 2013
- Adrian Daily Telegram, January 31, 2013
Posted: Mon, February 18th, 2013 at 10:40AM
