News Releases

Alma's First JKC Scholar To Study at Oxford
Will Allen, a 2009 graduate of Alma College, is heading to Oxford University in England as the result of being one of 30 scholars from around the world selected to receive the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship.

Students Explore Alternative Energy in Sweden, Denmark
Nineteen Alma College students recently explored alternative and renewable energy during a four-week travel course that took them to Sweden, Denmark and England.

Grant Funds Courses on Food, Globalization
What started as a grant application to partner Presbyterian colleges, seminaries and churches turned into a Spring Term class that challenged the way students thought about a basic need — their food.

Peru Destinations: Jungle, Incan Temple
A 2009 Spring Term trip to Peru gave students a chance to learn Spanish, discover the Peruvian culture and serve in a third-world country.

Students Participate in Commencement Ceremony
students graduate

Davis To Test High Altitude Exposure in Ecuador
John Davis’ ongoing research on the effects of high altitude exposure on humans takes him to Ecuador this summer, where he and two Alma College students will test climbers at the base of the world’s “largest” mountain.

President Tracy Announces Retirement Plans
Dr. Saundra Tracy, expressing appreciation to a talented faculty and staff and dedicated Board of Trustees for recent College accomplishments, has announced her decision to retire as Alma College president effective in June 2010.

Shakespeare Bibliographies Summarize Early Comedies
After one and a half years of research, reading more than 500 essays and books and moving almost 800 miles for a new position, Dana Aspinall has published bibliographies on four of Shakespeare’s early comedies.

 

Alma College is one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN). Created in 2006 by students at the London School of Economics, the ICCSN aims to promote the work of the ICC and increase knowledge of international criminal law. Alma joins Duke University School of Law, the University of Cambridge and other institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

 

Student Profile

Claire Swift

Claire Swift
Graduation: 2014
Major: Chemistry

It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what’s the look on a patient’s face worth? For Claire Swift, it’s priceless.

The Grand Rapids junior, who is pursuing a career in medicine, recently completed hospital rotations at Mid Michigan Health Center—Gratiot. She says observing a patient with Parkinson’s disease was something she’ll never forget.