Faculty List

Kristin A. Olbertson, J.D., Ph.D.

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Service to the College

  • Coordinator, Pre-Law Program
  • Co-Chair, American Studies Program
  • Coordinator, Constitution Day Events
  • Member, HST Dep't Search Committee
  • Treasurer, Alma College Phi Beta Kappa
  • Member, ENG Department Search Committee
  • Member, MLK Day Task Force
  • Member, Strategy & Planning Task Force
  • Member, Academic Standards Committee
  • Participant, Revision of Teacher Education Program
  • Member, Kinney Scholarship Committee
  • Faculty Participant, Collaboration between Alma College and Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

 

Alma College was born on Oct. 14, 1886. George F. Hunting was appointed the College’s first president and professor of moral and mental science. The College’s founding was made possible by Ammi W. Wright, a lumberman, businessman and civic leader who gave 30 acres of land and more than $300,000 to found and sustain the institution in its early years.

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Dr. Kate Blanchard

Dr. Kate Blanchard
Departments: Religious Studies

Kate Blanchard came to Alma College in 2006 after finishing her doctorate in Christian ethics at Duke University.

She knew she wanted to teach at a liberal arts college because that’s where she earned her undergraduate degree.

“I enjoy teaching because I like to learn,” she says.

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