News Releases

Clark Becomes Alma’s 20th Fulbright Scholar
Chelsea Clark was in a Netherlands hostel when she checked her email and received a happy surprise: Official notification had arrived that she had been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English and study climate change in Malaysia.

Alma College Makes National Service Honor Roll
Alma College was admitted to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service.

Two Students Receive Samuel Robinson Awards
Two Alma College students have received a competitive award given to students completing their junior or senior year at a Presbyterian-related college or university.

Lou Ecken Named Director of Alumni Engagement
Increasing the ways alumni interact with their alma mater is a primary goal for Lou Ecken, Alma College’s new director of alumni engagement.

Osgood Partnership Explores China Program
Alma College, a liberal arts institution in Michigan, and the Washington, D.C.,-based Osgood Center for International Studies have signed a formal agreement to develop a China exchange program and increase learning opportunities for Alma College students.

Theme Houses Add to Housing Possibilities
Changes in Alma’s small housing include theme houses for the Chapel, Ultimate Frisbee, Otaku and Gamers, Explore/Mentor PLUS, and Exercise and Health Science, whose residents will work on green initiatives.

Author Mary Agria Reads From Her Newest Novel
Author Mary Agria, wife of former Alma College professor and dean of academic affairs John Agria, will read from her most recent novel, Garden of Eve, in the Alma College Library on Thursday, May 26.

Pipe Bands Kick Off Alma Highland Festival
Bagpipes and percussion will take center stage when the Alma College Pipe Band and the current North American champions Peel Regional Police Pipe Band help kick off the 44th annual Alma Highland Festival with a concert at Alma College’s Hogan Center

Students Receive Kapp Prize, Carter Center Internship
Carrie Commissaris was announced as the third Ronald O. Kapp Honors Day Prize winner for the natural sciences division. Tonya Currey was selected for an internship in the Carter Center’s conflict resolution program.

President's Cups Awarded for High Achievement
president's cups awarded to top students

 

Alma’s innovative PRISM project—Positive Routes Into Science and Mathematics—gets more students excited about science. It engages students in research opportunities not only in their first, second, third and fourth years of college but also in the summer prior to taking their first college course. PRISM is funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

 

Student Profile

Marissa Sheffield

Marissa Sheffield
Graduation: 2014
Major: Dance and Elementary Education

Almont junior Marissa Sheffield is an elementary education and dance double major who knows a thing or two about coloring outside of the lines.

“I have a wide variety of interests, so I really like doing everything, thus my double major and my double minor,” she says. “I do best when I focus on a lot at once.”