Community Service
B. To the Community
* Member of the Gratiot County Hospital Auxilary.
* Jointly, with Dr. McNally, designed, implemented and expanded the Annual Alma College Robotics Challenge. Successfully hosted the competition between 18 high school student teams from 9 schools as part of the Honors day activities. All had a great time and plan to participate again.
Alma College is among the top 40 baccalaureate institutions in the country for the percentage of students who choose to study abroad, according to a report published by the Institute for International Education. Among Alma’s graduates in the 2009–10 academic year, 61.4 percent participated in study abroad, which ranked 37th in the nation.
Jacob Poliskey
Graduation: 2014
Major: Biochemistry
Jacob Poliskey’s experience at Alma College has helped him cross a few adventurous items off his bucket list, including immersing himself in another culture thanks to a Spring Term trip to Peru.
“I got to see Machu Picchu, explore the Incan Ruins in the outside of Cusco, learn more Spanish, and climb an 80-foot rock edifice,” he says. “I also became really good friends with a few people I didn’t know well before the trip.”
