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Office of Chaplain Receives Grant

The Alma College Office of the Chaplain received a $2,760 grant from the Discipleship Ministries of the Presbytery of Lake Huron. The grant funded the Alma College Christian Leadership Training program (ACCeL) during the College's Preterm.

When the inaugural program was offered in 2003, 11 students participated in a week of training that included daily worship, plenary sessions, small group discussion and service projects, both on and off campus. This year 14 students participated in ACCeL.

Leadership for the week included Rev. Jeff O'Neill, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Alma; Rev. Keith Wise, pastor of the Church of God in St. Louis and Alma College adjunct professor of history; Susan Callaway, youth and family ministries director of the Church of God in Findlay, Ohio; Rev. Christine Vogel, Alma College chaplain; and Elizabeth Shaeffer, Alma College senior.

 

Alma encourages its students to look beyond Michigan’s boundaries. The Posey Global Leadership Scholarship provides opportunities for Alma College students to travel anywhere in the world and complete a self-designed project. Alma students have completed projects on topics ranging from teaching to public policy, in places from the Philippines to South Africa.

 

Student Profile

Drew Grant

Drew Grant
Graduation: 2013
Major: Athletic Training

When Allen Park senior Drew Grant isn’t in a good mood, he turns on a hockey game, and it makes all the difference.

“I’m a huge sports guy, and I’ve played sports my entire life,” says the athletic training major. “I love the competitiveness of the game and the closeness of the team.”