News Releases

Giving Tree Brightens the Holidays
Every year a Christmas tree brightens the Remick Heritage Center lobby and the holiday season for Headstart children.

Festival of Carols Rings in Holiday Season
Festival of Carols Release

Alma College Choirs to Perform at Midland Center for the Arts
The Alma College Choirs expand their popular Festival of Carols performances with an off-campus offering November 30 at the prestigious Midland Center for the Arts.

Alma College Print Competition on Display
Hugh Merrill, juror for the 24th Annual Alma College Statewide Print Competition, judged works that were

Bowen Named Outstanding Fundraiser
Sally Bowen '62, Alma's grants coordinator, was named in October Outstanding Fund-raising Executive by the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

ACDC Nutcracker Production Has Scottish Flair
The Nutcracker as presented by The Alma College Dance Company (ACDC), in collaboration with the Alma Symphony Orchestra (ASO), represents life in the Scottish city of Edinburgh circa 1905.

SOS Sends Out Students to Battle Hunger, Homelessness
Students Offering Service (SOS), an Alma College student service organization, is calling attention to the plight of the hungry and the homeless during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Nov. 14-20.

Kowal Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist
Stacey Kowal, an Alma College senior from Rochester, has been selected to be a 2005 Marshall Scholarship finalist.

Students Learn Unique Lessons in India
Lissette Hoeltzel and Erin Bernethy have been learning unique lessons about education, service and life in India during their practicum.

Volleyball Team Hosts MIAA Tournament
The MIAA Champion Scots host the semi-final and finals of the MIAA Tournament Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6. The outcome of the tournament determines which team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs.

 

Alma College was born on Oct. 14, 1886. George F. Hunting was appointed the College’s first president and professor of moral and mental science. The College’s founding was made possible by Ammi W. Wright, a lumberman, businessman and civic leader who gave 30 acres of land and more than $300,000 to found and sustain the institution in its early years.

 

Graduate Profile

Maureen O’Connell

Maureen O’Connell
Graduation: 2010
Major: Spanish

Thanks to her Alma College experience, Maureen O’Connell felt prepared to zap culture shock as she ventured to Colombia after graduation.

The 2010 graduate, who teaches English through a Fulbright Scholarship, says the skills she learned as an undergraduate while working as a teaching assistant in the Spanish labs have helped her immensely.