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Emmy-winning Film Has Alma College Connection

Stephany Slaughter was a field producer for “Which Way Home,” which recently won an Emmy for Outstanding Informational Programming Long Form. Read more.

“It has been an incredible honor to be associated with this film because I believe so much in the topics it brings to light,” says the assistant professor of Spanish at Alma College.

The film explores topics related to immigration, as it follows unaccompanied child migrants on their journey across Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States.

  Poster for "Which Way Home"

“I hope attention from the Emmy win will allow the film to continue to participate in discussions about humane immigration,” says Slaughter. “This is what makes the award so exciting.”

The 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony airs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 on C-SPAN.

The film earned an Oscar nomination earlier this year. Read more.

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Posted: Wed, September 29th, 2010 at 11:00AM

 

The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has won 11 consecutive regional championships. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principles of market economics through outreach projects in their communities. Last year’s team presented 12 projects, including teaching ethics and entrepreneurship skills to students at a juvenile detention center and launching an entrepreneurship competition for students with business ideas.

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Student Profile

Zahra Hussain

Zahra Hussain
Graduation: 2013
Major: Integrative Physiology and Health Science

With a passion for people and problem-solving, Zahra Hussain’s symptoms can only mean one thing: a lifelong dream of being a doctor. She says she has known she wanted to pursue this career path since she was 4 years old.

“My dad is a doctor, and so is everyone else in my family: aunts, uncles, cousins,” she says. “Growing up in that atmosphere, it was easy to figure out that it was what I wanted to do as well.”

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