Schedule of Events


Schedule of Events

MLK Week Celebration 2012




Sunday, Jan. 15

Chapel Service

Dunning Memorial Chapel

9 p.m.



Monday, Jan. 16

Peace Wall

Hamilton Commons

all day


Blood Drive & Marrow Registry

Stone Recreation Center, Multipurpose Room

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Panel Discussion with Tim Wise

Dow L1

4 p.m.


Keynote Address: Color Blind: Barack Obama, Post-Racial Liberalism and the Retreat from Racial Equality

Prominent anti-racist author, activist and educator Tim Wise explores the risks of the concept of colorblindness as a strategy to address racism and racial injustice. Focusing on racial rhetoric in the era of Barack Obama, Wise argues that the rise of “post-racial politics” actually signals a retreat from a commitment to racial equality.

Remick Heritage Center

8 p.m.



Thursday, Jan. 19

Community Café

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) in serving at Community Café, where Sodexo provides meals through meal/point donations from students, faculty and staff.

First Presbyterian Church of Alma

4:45 to 7 p.m.



Saturday, Jan. 21

Special Olympics

Shepherd High School

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Kids’ Night Out

Alma High School

6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.


 

Alma College is one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN). Created in 2006 by students at the London School of Economics, the ICCSN aims to promote the work of the ICC and increase knowledge of international criminal law. Alma joins Duke University School of Law, the University of Cambridge and other institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

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Graduate Profile

Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Miller
Graduation: 2009
Major: Art and Design

For Rebecca Miller ’09, the smell of printing inks and light axle grease wafting in daily from the printing press floor is the scent of her dream career.

After graduating from Alma College, she followed her passion—and her nose—to Boxcar Press, the largest letterpress printing company in the country, where she is a pre-press professional. She also is a freelance illustrator.

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