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2008 Event Podcasts


  
Why are you alive? Video highlight of Johnson's speech

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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21, Johnson led a spirited panel discussion  engaging students on the topic of "Voices of a Generation: Music, Media and Social Activism." This podcast of the event features keynote speaker Jeff Johnson, Tim O'Brien, assistant director of broadcast and Web communications for the Central Michigan University Office of Public Relations and Marketing and a freelance film maker, and Mike Johnston, music teacher and musician and the host of Destination Out jazz program on public radio. Alma student Duncan Ferguson '10 recorded the discussion.

 Voices of a Generation: Music, Media and Social Activism Podcast 

The Third Annual MLK Poetry Slam featured students, faculty and staff reading their original poetry and other poets' thoughts on race, justice and equality.

 The Third Annual MLK Poetry Slam  

Deanna Daniels '10, Maywood. Il, won the Second Annual Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Contest with a dance titled Dance to Action. Jacob Hanley '09, Memphis, created a video reflecting on the civil rights movement that placed second and a poem by Holly Dukes '12, earned third place.

The student competition to reflect on the legacy of Dr. King focused on social activism, the theme for the 2008 week-long celebration of the civil rights activist's life and times. Students were encouraged to reflect on Dr. Kingâ's message and its place in the world today through the medium of the student's choosing: writing, music, media technology, posters, performance, art, for example.

Landing | 2009 Schedule of Events | Dreamfest '09

 

The memory and spiritual ideals of the late Bishop Thomas Makarios remain alive in a figurative sculpture that was dedicated in May 2009 near the center of campus. The Bishop, professor of religious studies at Alma for 25 years, was founder of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India and the first Metropolitan Bishop of Canada, United Kingdom and Europe, and South Africa.

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Student Profile

Jason Latz

Jason Latz
Graduation: 2008
Major: Education
From: Elsie, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Habitat for Humanity

Spring Term courses offer students opportunities to break out of the “Alma Bubble.” Off-campus study, especially in a foreign country, shows you how you relate to the rest of the world and how the rest of the world views American people, politics and policies. You can then integrate your real world experiences into your academic programs and your future career.

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