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Ribbon-cutting Officially Opens New Hogan Center

Building tours, speeches, a ribbon-cutting and gorgeous weather highlighted the Hogan Center Grand Opening and Dedication Ceremony at Alma College Friday, Oct. 8.

The $10.2 million project, completed in August, includes renovations to locker rooms, the swimming pool, coaches offices and athletic training space, plus the construction of the Art Smith Arena.

 

"You are in the big leagues now," said Jim Hogan, who returned to campus from his home in Virginia to participate in the ceremony. The Hogan Center was originally named in honor of his parents, Romain G. and Helen Kempf Hogan.

 

Trustee Candace Dugan opens the ceremony. Speakers included (from left)  Chaplain Carol Gregg, Orchard Lake junior and student-athlete Shelby Gray, Trustee Greg Hatcher, Jim Hogan and President Jeff Abernathy.

 

Trustee and former student-athlete Greg Hatcher.

 

President Jeff Abernathy and others visit the Art Smith Arena with new video scoreboard.

 

Scots volleyball player Shelby Gray and her teammates compete in the Art Smith Arena.

Read more about the Hogan Center project.

 

Posted: Sat, October 9th, 2010 at 8:39AM

 

Thirty-four percent of Alma students participate in intercollegiate athletics. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest existing athletic conference in the nation. Alma offers 22 varsity sports—11 for the women and 11 for the men—including four sports that debuted in 2011–12: women’s lacrosse and bowling and men’s lacrosse and wrestling.

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Student Profile

Josh Minshall

Josh Minshall
Graduation: 2013
Major: French

Some people think French is the language of snoots and snobs. Others assume it’s only good for impressing dates. To Holly senior Josh Minshall, the language of love is “100-percent awesome sauce.”

“I’ve been taking French since 10th grade,” he says. “A lot of my friends took Spanish because they thought French would be too hard, but I stuck with it. I feel like I have a real knack for the language, and I speak it every day.”

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