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Nicola J Findley, Ph.D.

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Service to the College

Service to the Department - Chair

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In addition to the regular chair responsibilities, in 2010-11 this included leading the development and writing of a new Elementary Education program in line with Michigan Department of Education standards. It included supervising revisions to the Early Childhood Program, Social Studies elementary and secondary majors, and History secondary major, and a new Integrated Science elementary major. It included preparing these programs, all new course descriptions and syllabi, for EPC and catalog and scheduling. It also involved leading the process for preparing for national accreditation through the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC).

 

Alma College students have the ability to design their own area of academic concentration—with the assistance of a faculty advisor—to meet specific educational or career goals. In recent years, students have graduated with Programs of Emphasis majors in such fields as arts management, archaeology and anthropology, environmental policy and community advocacy, Foreign Service and international law, and music technology and digital media.

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Graduate Profile

Buddy Scarborough

Buddy Scarborough
Graduation: 2009
Major: Sociology
Minor: Women’s Studies

Prior to an “eye-opening freshman year,” Buddy Scarborough ’09 had never thought about the lived experiences of women. Once he started reading about the concepts of gender and social construction, however, he says he couldn’t get enough.

“The more I learned and understood, the more I wanted to be active in breaking down these constructs,” he says. “I broke down my own perceptions and actions and saw how the things I do on daily basis perpetuate or disintegrate restrictive constructions of gender.”

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