News Releases

Gift Supports Hogan Center Construction
The basketball court in the new Hogan Center gymnasium/convocation center at Alma College will be named in recognition of a major gift from the C.S. and Marion McIntyre Foundation.

Alma College Implements Emergency Notification System
Alma College has implemented a new campus emergency notification system that gives College officials the ability to reach students, faculty and staff with immediate, time-sensitive information during a campus emergency.

ACS Grant Funds Alternative Energy Research
Nancy Dopke has her summer plans set through 2011, thanks to a $61,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.

National Scientist Cites DDT Conference in Article
Suzanne Snedecker, a scientist at Cornell University, has written an article about her participation in the Eugene Kenaga International DDT Conference at Alma College last March.

McGregor Fund Grant Supports Ecuador Program
Alma College has received a $250,000 grant from the McGregor Fund for an innovative program that will expand study, research, internship and Spanish language opportunities for faculty and students in Ecuador.

 

Since 2003, Alma College students have been awarded 43 prestigious nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, including 22 Fulbright scholarships. Alma’s Nationally Competitive Scholarship Committee identifies and nurtures exceptional candidates for postgraduate awards.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Robert Molina

Dr. Robert Molina
Departments: Mathematics

Math professor Robert Molina has a puzzle obsession. From Sudoku to Rubik’s cubes, he has a vast collection of puzzles in his home—and always brings a table-full to the annual math taco dinner.

Mind puzzles are a branch of his expert field, combinatorics, which is the study of discrete (and usually finite) objects. In other words, it deals with arrangement of items like books on a self, or numbers in a defined set.