News Releases

Scotland Considers Independence from the UK
As Scotland moves toward possible independence from the United Kingdom, Alma College professor Britt Cartrite predicts that the political landscape in Europe has been changed forever.

Students Apply Knowledge at Science Olympiad
Alma College will host the Science Olympiad Region 15 Tournament on Saturday, March 31.

 

The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has won 11 consecutive regional championships. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principles of market economics through outreach projects in their communities. Last year’s team presented 12 projects, including teaching ethics and entrepreneurship skills to students at a juvenile detention center and launching an entrepreneurship competition for students with business ideas.

 

Student Profile

Carly Schlinkert

Carly Schlinkert
Graduation: 2013
Major: German

One thing Carly Schlinkert won’t need when she studies abroad in Germany next semester? A German-to-English dictionary! The Sterling Heights senior has been studying German since her freshman year of high school.

“Coming from a German family, my dad was always very gung-ho about the culture,” she says. “When I was little, I used to look up German words all the time, so I’m excited to speak constant German and to be totally immersed in the language and culture.”