News Releases

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.
Posted: Sun, May 8th, 2011 at 9:47AM

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
Posted: Sun, May 8th, 2011 at 8:25AM

 

Alma College is one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN). Created in 2006 by students at the London School of Economics, the ICCSN aims to promote the work of the ICC and increase knowledge of international criminal law. Alma joins Duke University School of Law, the University of Cambridge and other institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

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Faculty Profile

Dr. Carol Bender

Dr. Carol Bender
Departments: English

Dr. Carol Bender, professor of English, has had a special interest in African-American literature since her guest professorship at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the faculty she worked with had tremendous expertise in the subject. Much of her professional writing and scholarship focuses on black women writers such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Gloria Naylor.

Her other interest, women’s literature, stems from her curiosity in women’s studies, a program she and a colleague started at Alma in 1992.

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