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Friends Form Final Gauntlet

Friends, Alma College alumni, students, College Trustees, current and former faculty, administrators and staff form a gauntlet down Superior Street in front of the College as the funeral procession of former College President Dr. Robert Swanson procedes towards the cemetery. The gauntlet is an Alma College tradition of graduates traversing a lineup of faculty offering best wishes. Swannie, as he was affectionatetly nicknamed, was remembered with a service in Dunning Memorial Chapel attended by family, friends, College Trustees, and many people who worked during the administration of the ninth president of Alma College from 1956 through 1980. Following his retirement, Swannie remained involved with the College and in the Gratiot community.

View a video of the Gauntlet

 

The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has won 11 consecutive regional championships. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principles of market economics through outreach projects in their communities. Last year’s team presented 12 projects, including teaching ethics and entrepreneurship skills to students at a juvenile detention center and launching an entrepreneurship competition for students with business ideas.

 

Student Profile

Cory Townes

Cory Townes
Graduation: 2014
Major: Physics

Livonia junior Cory Townes didn’t need to be on campus for more than a few weeks to know that energy, mass and force would drive the momentum of his college career.

With a passion for problem solving, physics is his major of choice.

“Solving problems is satisfying, and physics is all about solving problems,” he says. “It’s a lot of fun working on a tough problem and then finding the solution.”