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Activities Kick Off Homecoming Week

Homecoming Week got off to a festive start with carnival style games that included a tug of war, an eating contest, human pyramid building and a search for golf balls in a bowl of whipped cream and cherries.

Winners of the activities:

Tug of War: Alma College Lacrosse Club
Human Pyramid: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
Food Eating Contest: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
Golf Ball Sundae Hunt: Tim Swanson of the Alma College Climbing Club

A movie night on the Chapel lawn and a concert featuring the Celtic rock band Off Kilter lead up to the alumni's arrival Friday night.  For a schedule of 2004 Homecoming visit the  Homecoming Web page.

 

Alma College’s early acceptance agreement with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine recognizes the College’s strengths in science and health education. The agreement reserves two admissions slots per year for Alma College pre-med graduates.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Jeff Turk
Departments: Chemistry

Dr. Jeff Turk’s parents sealed his fate when they bought him a chemistry set at age nine. The last three weeks of his high school AP Chemistry class sparked his interest in organic chemistry.

The assistant professor of chemistry joined Alma faculty in 2006 after earning his undergraduate degree at Cleveland State University and his masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Cincinnati.