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Volleyball Team Moves Up in National Rankings

The Alma College volleyball team has moved up to the number 20 spot in the latest poll released by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The Scots have moved up three spots since the last poll released on September 29.

Of the top twenty nationally ranked teams only number-one ranked New York University has a better record (26-0) than the Scots.

For more information about the AVCA, visit its Web site. The results of the latest poll are available here.

Go to the Alma College volleyball team Web site

 

Alma College graduates have extraordinary placement rates into medical and law schools. Alma’s 84 percent placement rate into medical school compares to a 46.3 percent national average. Alma’s placement rate for law school is 86.9 percent, compared to a 66.8 percent national average.

 

Graduate Profile

Chad Jenkins

Chad Jenkins
Graduation: 1994
Major: Computer Science and Mathematics

Don’t take that URL at the top of the screen for granted! In 1994, alumnus Chad Jenkins had to work from scratch to create Alma College’s first official website.

“Jim Blumm and I worked together to establish it,” he says. “While it was exciting, I’ll admit our website was a bit less aesthetically pleasing than the current one.”