CHARLOTTE ROCKWELLPHOTOGRAPHER KAITRISS DEGROFTSTAFF WRITER 4/13/2026 Plans for major changes at the Alan J. Stone Center for Recreation on the Alma College campus are underway, with proposed hour changes, equipment updates and new incentives aimed at improving accessibility and overall student experiences. The updates are planned to be in place before the start of the... Continue Reading →
CHARLOTTE ROCKWELLPHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW SECORDSTAFF WRITER 4/13/2026 Professor David Zerbe, the Paul Cameron Russell Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Percussion Studies, as well as Chair of the Music Department, announced to his students in October 2025 that he was retiring. Zerbe has been involved at Alma since 1988, as director of the percussion ensemble.... Continue Reading →
KATELYN THOMASPHOTOGRAPHERSTAFF WRITER 3/30/2026 After 43 years of being part of the Alma College family, Head Softball Coach Denny Griffin hasdecided to retire. “Our President Joe Odenwald has told me to retire and has given me a three-year salary buyoutwhich I can't turn down,” said Denny Griffin. The decision does not come easy for Griffin,... Continue Reading →
NAYONIKKA SINGHAALPHOTOGRAPHERSTAFF WRITER 3/16/2026 Earlier in February, Alma College’s Model United Nations team returned from the Midwest Model United Nations Conference in St. Louis with another victory, continuing one of the longest winning streaks in collegiate Model UN competitions. This year’s win marks the 33rd time Alma has taken first place at the conference in its 34 years of participation. ... Continue Reading →
LEXIE THAYERPHOTOGRAPHERLAYOUT EDITOR 3/16/2026 During Alma’s Spring Break, 19 students made a direct impact on communities in Sarasota County, Florida and Natural Bridge, Virginia, through volunteer work. In Sarasota, students collaborated with the non-profit United Way to assist in the rebuilding and rehabilitation of a house affected by Hurricane Milton. The daily tasks included removing... Continue Reading →
ALLI WICHERTPHOTOGRAPHER LEXIE THAYERLAYOUT EDITOR 2/23/2026 On the night of January 26th, the Alma College education program hosted the first-ever celebration for the newest generation of Teacher Education Program (TEP) students and the current Alma College student teachers. This ceremony hosted 78 students, with 42 of the students being inducted into the general teacher education... Continue Reading →
CHARLOTTE ROCKWELLPHOTOGRAPHER GRACE MAINCOPY EDITOR 2/23/2026 Since 2009, Alma students and various organizations throughout mid-Michigan have had ties in the small Western African country of Sierra Leone through the City Garden Clinic Hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone; and beginning in 2018, the Footprints Orphanage which was built in response to the 2014-2016 Ebola Epidemic which left thousands of children orphaned. “In 2014,... Continue Reading →
LINDSEY ZARKAPHOTOGRAPH ANDREW SECORDSTAFF WRITER 2/9/2026 Alma College’s newest Living Learning Community, the Grove, was started in Fall 2025, to “provide students with [a] welcoming community and…. programming that supports student growth, [and] self-advocacy,” said Alice Kramer, the Assistant VP for Student Engagement. Kramer has had the idea to create the Grove for several years... Continue Reading →
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