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Alma President Elected Vice Chair of Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities

 Dr. Saundra J. Tracy, president of Alma College, was elected vice chair/chair-elect of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities (APCU) for 2005-2006 at the association's annual meeting this month.

Dr. G. Thomas Mann, president of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV, was elected chair of the APCU. APCU's immediate past chair Dr. Laura Carpenter Bingham, president of Peace College in Raleigh, NC will serve as treasurer in the coming year.

APCU is an independent, not for profit, organization of 61 colleges and universities affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The association exists to promote these institutions and to advocate the mission of higher education in the Reformed tradition, to strengthen the relationship of member colleges with the PCUSA and to be a resource to member college presidents and their staff.

APCU works under a covenant agreement with the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

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Posted: Thu, April 28th, 2005 at 2:59PM

 

Alma is one of seven Michigan colleges and universities to hold membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the national leadership society that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. The College also has 19 other national departmental honor societies.

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Brett Seymoure

Brett Seymoure
Graduation: 2009
Major: Biology
From: Paw Paw, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Politics

Alma’s close faculty-student interaction provides numerous benefits such as the ability to do undergraduate research on a graduate level. Alma’s professors treat students more as peers welcoming student input and collaboration on faculty projects. When students are involved in research, faculty aggressively pursue publication of findings including students as co-authors.

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