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Summer Leadership Academy Explores Water Issues

High School juniors who are interesting in learning how to create positive change in their communities are invited to enroll in the High School Leadership Academy at Alma College.

Participants will explore local issues that affect state, national and global communities. While working with Alma College faculty, participants will produce a documentary video.

This year’s Academy takes place July 10 through 16 on the Alma College campus. Applications are requested by May 15. Questions may be directed to the Alma College Center for Responsible Leadership at (989) 463-7981. Applications forms also are available online.



“The students will use a variety of multimedia tools to create an original documentary video that explores a water-related issue in the local area and connects the local issue to global concerns about water,” says Sally Scheide, assistant director of the Center for Responsible Leadership.

In addition to gaining experience in conducting field research, persuasive storytelling, digital video editing and movie making, participants will expand their leadership skills through interactive sessions in which values, integrity and commitment to action are explored.

The Academy is sponsored by the Center for Responsible Leadership and made possible through a gift from The Dow Chemical Company.

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Posted: Thu, April 29th, 2010 at 5:09PM

 

Students at Alma College are involved in any of nearly 75 campus organizations, including fraternities and sororities, student government, academic honorary societies, campus media, intramural sports, the performing arts and worship groups.

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Student Profile

Daniel Jaremko

Daniel Jaremko
Graduation: 2013
Major: Chemistry

Daniel Jaremko didn’t expect to take hold of a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrophotometer his first year of college, but research opportunities are just one of the many elements that make up the Alma College experience.

Working with Joel Dopke, assistant professor of chemistry, the New York senior used equipment like this to research the synthesis and characterization of semi-organic molecules.

“Research has pushed me to learn things I might not learn in class,” says Jaremko. “A lot of the work depends on how much I put into it and how well I know my stuff. It definitely lets me think on a level that is more challenging.”

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