The inauguration of the first African-American president of the United States highlights Alma College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week Celebration Jan. 18 through 23. The original speaker, Spencer Overton, postponed his scheduled Jan. 19 campus appearance because of his appointment to the Obama Transition Team. Overton’s keynote speech at Alma has been rescheduled for Feb. 2 in the Remick Heritage Center.
Wright Hall, Alma’s “green” residence hall, is a modern, 60-bed apartment-style hall that features a number of environmentally friendly features, including geothermal heating and cooling, recycled-content ceiling tiles and carpeting, energy-efficient windows, rooftop solar heating panels, energy-efficient showers and washing machines, and a computerized energy monitoring system.
Glenn Fischer
Graduation: 1990
Major: International Business and French
After Glenn Fischer graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international business and French, Europe was his destination. His skills quickly landed him a job in consulting in Germany, where he currently lives.
“At Alma, I learned how to put my own, unique vision on the line and explain that vision to my peers,” he says. “It’s the same in the corporate worlds. You can craft a solution for an existing model, or you can create something entirely unique.”
