News Releases

TV Commercial Promotes the Alma Experience
Alma College is rolling out a new 60-second television commercial that uses stop motion photography, upbeat music and humorous visual affects to promote the “Alma Experience” to multiple audiences.

New Hogan Center Enhances Student Experience
After nearly 18 months of construction, Alma College’s new Hogan Center addition is finished and ready to serve students and the greater community as the College’s primary venue for commencement, convocations, major events and athletics.

Orientation Week Kicks Off New Academic Year
Alma College students can explore topics ranging from witch-hunts to biotechnology industries during this year’s First Year Seminars.

New Sculpture Symbolizes Student Performance
A new campus sculpture that symbolizes the creative energy and interactions encompassing both athletics and the performing arts has risen at Alma College near the entrance to the Art Smith Arena.

New Book Analyzes Calvinist Theology and Capitalism
In her new book, The Protestant Ethic or the Spirit of Capitalism: Christians, Freedom and Free Markets, Alma College author Kate Blanchard explores Calvinist theology in relation to capitalism as it is understood today.

Alma College Receives 'Best in the Midwest' Designation
The Princeton Review has selected Alma College as one of 152 institutions it recommends as “Best in the Midwest” for 2011.

 

In December 2011, Alma College students, faculty and staff designed and hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., on the 500th anniversary of human rights advocacy. Earlier in the year, Alma College became one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network, joining Duke University School of Law, The University of Cambridge and other prestigious institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

 

Graduate Profile

Chad Jenkins

Chad Jenkins
Graduation: 1994
Major: Computer Science and Mathematics

Don’t take that URL at the top of the screen for granted! In 1994, alumnus Chad Jenkins had to work from scratch to create Alma College’s first official website.

“Jim Blumm and I worked together to establish it,” he says. “While it was exciting, I’ll admit our website was a bit less aesthetically pleasing than the current one.”