Interfaith Events

The Interfaith Committee and the Chapel sponsor a variety of interfaith events throughout the year. These events promote understanding and fellowship.

Below is a sample of recent events.

Students build a sukkot on the Alma College campus

Sukkot: Sukkot is a Jewish harvest festival. Students and faculty worked side by side to build a sukkot on the Chapel lawn, then decorated the structure and heard traditional prayers.


Interfaith Sisters

Interfaith Sisters: Two pairs of Alma College students told the stories of their religious journeys. These four students identify with four different world views: Islam, Protestant, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Atheism.


Celebrating Diwali on the Alma College campus

Diwali: The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, was celebrated with prayers, refreshments and an explanation of the tradition.


 

In December 2011, Alma College students, faculty and staff designed and hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., on the 500th anniversary of human rights advocacy. Earlier in the year, Alma College became one of the first undergraduate colleges in the United States to belong to the International Criminal Court Student Network, joining Duke University School of Law, The University of Cambridge and other prestigious institutions in a global community that connects students who share an interest in the ICC.

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Faculty Profile

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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