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Digital Workshop Offered at Alma College

Students age 10 to 14 get a chance to be technologically creative at Alma College this summer.

"Living the iLife" summer workshops Aug. 1-4 uses Apple computers and Apple's digital iLife software suite to teach media technology skills. Students can create and edit digital photos, sound, music, and video; design cool slideshows, movies, and websites that showcase their creations; and burn their projects to CDs and DVDs.

In the College's MIDI/Digital Keyboard Lab, students mix music or create their own digital tunes. A wide range of software applications run on 16 Apple G5 computers equipped with 17-inch flat panel displays.

The workshop runs daily from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Eddy Music Building room 130. The workshop cost $75 due by June 15 to Ray Riley, 475 N. Luce Rd, Alma, MI 48801. For more information contact Riley at (989) 463-7295, (989) 463-4744 or rileyr@alma.edu.

Posted: Fri, May 27th, 2005 at 1:06PM

 

In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.

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Melissa Boguslawski

Melissa Boguslawski
Graduation: 2008
Major: Exercise Health Science, Chemistry
From: Madison Heights, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Heritage

Alma students are good stewards of the world around them. Whether cleaning a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Poland or the Pine River in our backyard, you can be involved in service projects through classroom work or volunteer activities. Your education is personalized to your talents and interests to prepare you for service, leadership and stewardship.

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