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Homecoming 2009: Student Royalty, Alumni Celebration

Alumni returning for Homecoming enjoyed a cool but dry Saturday full of all the traditional festivities. Here's our photo review:

 

Montague senior Ian Harrier and Harbor Beach senior Rachel Rochefort were named homecoming king and queen during halftime of the football game.

 

Smith Distinguished Service Award-winner Patrick McDonugh '85, with Art Smith '38.

 

Grand marshals Mart and Dottie Johnson wave to the crowd.

 

Alumni award winners, front row, from left: Jim McCarty '69, Distinguished Alumni Award; Bree Brownlee '04, Young Alumni Award; Duffy Duncan '72, Hebert Service Award; top row, from left: Carolyn Schultz '84, Alumni Board President; Patrick McDonough '85, Smith Distinguished Service Award; and Saundra Tracy, President.

 

A full house in the Heritage Center enjoys the annual homecoming choir concert.

 

Past Barlow Trophy winners return to campus.

 

The 50-year reunion class of 1959.

 

The Kiltie Marching Band leads the parade.

 

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.

 

Graduate Profile

Dr. Heather Zielinski
Graduation: 1997

Heather Hays Zielinski was planning to attend veterinary school, but after her Alma College faculty advisors arranged for her to shadow a dentist she knew she was switching careers.