Test Development Reviewer
Reviewed sample test items for Michigan Tests for Teacher Certification (MTTC) for new Elementary Education test under development (2009-10) and for other MTTC elementary subject area tests (through 2012).
More than one-third of all Alma students take part in at least one performance each year. The College offers majors in theatre, dance and music, but students of all majors may join in productions. The Remick Heritage Center for the Performing Arts is the region’s premier performing arts facility.
Tara Riedel
Graduation: 2013
Major: Theatre
When Tara Riedel came to Alma College, she knew she would meet plenty of new people. But through her involvement in theatre, she has gotten to know someone she didn’t necessarily expect to: herself.
“I’ve learned so much about myself as a person in the last three years,” she says. “The Meisner technique has us focus on our acting partner instead of ourselves. As backward as it seems, I’ve learned that when you stop focusing on yourself, you really learn about yourself.”
