Highlights of 2008 MLK Week


  
Why are you alive? Video highlight of Johnson's speech

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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21, Johnson led a spirited panel discussion  engaging students on the topic of "Voices of a Generation: Music, Media and Social Activism." This podcast of the event features keynote speaker Jeff Johnson, Tim O'Brien, assistant director of broadcast and Web communications for the Central Michigan University Office of Public Relations and Marketing and a freelance film maker, and Mike Johnston, music teacher and musician and the host of Destination Out jazz program on public radio. Alma student Duncan Ferguson '10 recorded the discussion.

 Voices of a Generation: Music, Media and Social Activism Podcast 

The Third Annual MLK Poetry Slam featured students, faculty and staff reading their original poetry and other poets' thoughts on race, justice and equality.

 The Third Annual MLK Poetry Slam  

Deanna Daniels '10, Maywood. Il, won the Second Annual Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Contest with a dance titled Dance to Action. Jacob Hanley '09, Memphis, created a video reflecting on the civil rights movement that placed second and a poem by Holly Dukes '12, earned third place.

The student competition to reflect on the legacy of Dr. King focused on social activism, the theme for the 2008 week-long celebration of the civil rights activist's life and times. Students were encouraged to reflect on Dr. King’s message and its place in the world today through the medium of the student's choosing: writing, music, media technology, posters, performance, art, for example.

Landing | 2009 Schedule of Events | Dreamfest '09

 

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.

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Leadership Profile

Tanis Rozeveld

Tanis Rozeveld

We like to joke that the average Alma College student is involved in a dozen organizations and activities, but Tanis Rozeveld ’14 proves that leadership is no laughing matter.

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