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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.

 

The Smith Arena, the new addition to the Hogan Center, serves as the primary venue for commencement, convocations, major speakers, concerts, athletics and other major events.

 

Student Profile

Ryan Zavacky

Ryan Zavacky
Graduation: 2014
Major: Religious Studies and Political Science

St. Joseph junior Ryan Zavacky is a culture buff who is creating a worldly undergraduate experience for himself through his double major in religious studies and political science.

“I love learning about a country’s culture,” he says. “I knew that by studying religion, I could learn about a specific aspect of culture that relates to culture as a whole, often in connection with politics.”