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Nicola J Findley, Ph.D.

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Selected External Research Grants

Findley, N..  "Providing authentic texts and powerful literacy instruction."  Michigan Campus Compact.  Effective: September 1, 2005.

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This project involves alternative high school students, in collaboration with Alma College student mentors, researching and writing mini-grant proposals for supplemental texts and materials for use in their classrooms. The grant will fund the winning proposals, providing supplemental text materials for the school.

 

Since 2003, Alma College students have been awarded 43 prestigious nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, including 22 Fulbright scholarships. Alma’s Nationally Competitive Scholarship Committee identifies and nurtures exceptional candidates for postgraduate awards.

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Mike Bishop

Mike Bishop
Departments: Biology

A childhood interest in nature became a love of bird watching for Alma College lab instructor Mike Bishop.

“A few people have called my interest in birds obsessive,” he says. “I prefer passionate.”

Bishop has been teaching at Alma since 1998 and directs the Alma College Bird Observatory, located on the College’s 200-acre ecological station.

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