News Releases

Author Gordon Henry to Read at Alma College
Award-winning poet and author Gordon Henry delivers a public reading of his works and conducts conversations about his poetry and fiction Wednesday, Feb. 16 at Alma College.

India Photo Exhibit Opens at Remick Heritage Center
The photo exhibit "India: the Land and The People" by Photographer Beatrice Lamb is displayed in the Alma College Remick Heritage Center Jan. 31 to February 18. The exhibit is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Borrello, Lorenz Receive Alma City's Top Award
Professors Murray Borrello and Ed Lorenz were totally surprised when they received the Alma Order of the Tartan Award.

Church History Expert to Discuss the Da Vinci Code
Dr. V. Bruce Rigdon, president of Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit and professor of church history, presents an examination and dialogue surrounding the controversial novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

Alma College Names New Campus Life Director
Alma College has appointed Grant Woodman '96 as the Director of Campus Life.

Alma College Professor Earns Organization's Highest Award
Dr. Robyn Anderson, Alma College associate professor of exercise and health science, has been named recipient of the Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award.

Students Mobilize for Tsunami Relief Fund
Alma College Students Mobilize for Tsunami Relief Fund

Funeral Director Brings Award-Winning Prose to Alma College
Thomas Lynch brings his outlook on life to Alma College Jan. 26 for a workshop titled 'Good Death, Good Grief, and Good Funerals' and a public speech 'Hearing Voices, Heeding Calls.'

Martin Luther King Day Celebration Events Posted
Justice Alan Page, National Football Hall of Famer and associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court, highlights the Alma College week-long observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Auld Lang Syne Especially Significant to Burns Dinner
Community members join together Saturday, Jan. 22 in the Tyler-Van Dusen Campus Center on campus for a festive evening of Scottish entertainment loosely based around a traditional Burns Dinner.

Wright Hall Opens for Occupancy
Wright Hall, the newest Alma College residence hall is open for occupancy.

Gerontology Expert Speaks at Alma College
The TV ads for anti-aging products guarantee baby-smooth skin, but researcher S. Jay Olshansky contends the promises of extended youth victimize people by giving them false hopes.

 

Alma College’s nationally recognized Model United Nations program has won top honors for 16 consecutive years (1997–2012) — the longest active winning streak of any college or university in the nation. Alma College’s all-time 30 “outstanding delegation” awards are the most of any college or university in the 90-year history of the conference.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Britt Cartrite
Departments: Political Science

Political Science Assistant Professor Britt Cartrite was backpacking through Europe in 1989 - the year of Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall.

“I was in Europe when the Berlin Wall fell … that crystallized my interest in political science,” he says.