News Releases

Dancers Perform Excerpts from 'Sleeping Beauty'
A wide variety of dance styles, ranging from classical ballet to contemporary jazz, including variations from “Sleeping Beauty,” will highlight the fall performance of the Alma College Dance Company.
Posted: Wed, November 2nd, 2011 at 3:24PM

Author, Former Marine Gives Veterans Day Talk
A former Marine Corps infantry officer who now heads a national security think tank will speak at Alma College on the eve of Veterans Day.
Posted: Wed, November 2nd, 2011 at 3:03PM

 

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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Faculty Profile

Prof. Carrie Parks-Kirby

Prof. Carrie Parks-Kirby
Departments: Art and Design

The work of Carrie Parks-Kirby, professor of art and design, reflects an ongoing interest in historical, architectural, and ceramic forms while exploring contemporary themes through personal, often autobiographical, imagery.

“I have felt deeply the influence of figures made for the tombs of ancient Chinese and Japanese nobles: Haniwa courtiers and farmers, Han dwellings and processions, T’ang horses and Q’uin soldiers,” she said. “The eloquent gestures and facial expressions of Mayan and Olmec figures and the serene dignity of Etruscan terra cotta couples never fail to move me.”

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