Alma College Highland Dancer Qualifies for Nationals
Dancing at this year’s Alma Highland Festival and Games, Maria Taylor fulfilled one of her dreams: Qualifying for nationals for the first time.
Posted: Thu, June 16th, 2011 at 8:52AM
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For five consecutive years, the Corporation for National and Community Service has named Alma College to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging students, faculty and staff in meaningful service. More than 85 percent of Alma's 2011 graduating class participated in academic service learning during their time at Alma College.
Student Profile
Jacob Poliskey
Graduation: 2014
Major: Biochemistry
Jacob Poliskey’s experience at Alma College has helped him cross a few adventurous items off his bucket list, including immersing himself in another culture thanks to a Spring Term trip to Peru.
“I got to see Machu Picchu, explore the Incan Ruins in the outside of Cusco, learn more Spanish, and climb an 80-foot rock edifice,” he says. “I also became really good friends with a few people I didn’t know well before the trip.”