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Alma College Repeats Strong Showing at National Model UN
Alma College Model United Nations teams received two Outstanding Delegation distinctions for the fifth straight year at the National Model UN simulations in New York.

Richard Leakey Delivers Honors Day Keynote Address
More than 109 Alma College students share their original research, creativity and talent with an audience of their peers during the ninth annual Kapp Honors Day, Thursday, April 7, 2005.

Relay For Life Event Huge Success
Taking over the Stone Recreation Center March 11-12, 28 Alma College student and staff teams stayed in the building for 24 hours to raise $22,000 for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life event.

Model UN Takes Three of Five Top Awards
Alma College's three delegations of the Model UN Team took three of the possible five top awards at the Midwest Model UN conference Feb. 23-26 in St. Louis.

Water Rights Come Under Scutiny
Water rights in Michigan come under scrutiny from unique perspectives Thursday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in Dunning Memorial Chapel on the Alma College campus.

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar to Discuss WW II Veterans.
Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History, examines the problems of combat veterans returning to the United States after years of combat during his free public lecture.

Alma College Announces Fall Term Dean's List
Alma College has named more than 375 students to the Dean’s List for outstanding academic performance during the 2004 Fall Term

Alma College Students Help Community In Big Way
Alma College students went bowling to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gratiot County in February in the annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake College Night.

Huge Relay for Life Event Fights Cancer
Juliann Schaffer '03 and the Alma College community want to put cancer to sleep by encouraging student and staff teams to stay awake for 24 hours.

 

Alma College students report a level of interaction with faculty that ranks among the top 5 percent in the nation, according to the results of the 2006 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

 

Student Profile

Melissa Carstens

Melissa Carstens
Graduation: 2008
Major: Education
From: Marquette, Michigan
Interests: Singing, Dancing

Alma’s off-campus study programs do more than place students in exciting locales to meet interesting people; they also create new opportunities for personal growth and skill development. One of the best ways to learn about other societies and cultures is to study and travel in international settings. You do not always have to know a foreign language.