Alma College

Business
Business analytics
Environmental responsibility
Leadership and management
Operations and supply chain management

Engineering
Electrical engineering
Engineering science

Allied health and healthcare
Nursing
Integrative physiology and health science (IPHS)

• Communication
• Collaboration/teamwork
• Global perspective/Multicultural awareness
• Presentation/persuasion

The Center for College and Community Engagement offers students opportunities to engage, learn and grow in partnership with the local community. Projects include mentorship of local youth, serving meals at the Community Cafe or supporting ecological restoration during an Alternative Break. In the classroom, they deepen their understanding of social justice and civic engagement through their coursework. In doing so, they learn how to be an agent of change, empowering them to pursue a purposeful life.

Undergraduate research fosters high-level scholarship and creativity among undergraduate students. All Alma students are invited to present their research at Kapp Honors Day, but also present at laboratories, libraries, and studios in local, national, and international venues. 

Posey Global Leadership Fellows Program allows students to travel anywhere in the world to pursue an internship, volunteer opportunity or research experience based on their passions.

The Alma Venture Program provides students with up to $2,500 to pursue an original research project, internship or off-campus study experience designed to meet their personal and professional development goals.

Alma College International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team annually competes at the iGEM Foundation Grand Jamboree, which brings together more than 400 multidisciplinary teams from 60-plus countries. In 2023, the Alma team won a gold medal and was nominated for a “Village Award”.

Through the Alma + O’Neill Fellowship, qualified Alma College graduates are eligible to receive an application fee waiver, with admitted students awarded a  25 percent tuition reduction toward their program of choice at the Indiana University Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

The Alma-Kaplan partnership allows Pre-Health, Pre-Med and Pre-Dental students at Alma opportunities to pursue free private test preparation for the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS) portion of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT®) exam, and the general MCAT® exam for admission to medical schools.

Students in Tina Rolling’s BUS380 Individual Income Tax Prep course are learning to prepare tax returns in cooperation with the United Way VITA Tax Prep program and providing tax preparation services to the community.

Students in the fall 2023 community engaged First Year Seminar learned about the community in collaboration with 29 local non-profit and civic organizations and local businesses, who engaged with students throughout the semester.

Great Lakes Watershed institute
Led by Murray Borrello, instructor of geology and environmental science, the GLWI is a water quality laboratory on campus that connects students and faculty members with opportunities to serve watersheds and rural communities in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Charles A. Dana Professor of Biology David Clark
Actively engages undergraduate students in his research, focusing upon animal communication and the evolution of visual displays.

Professor-Student Research
Professor Steuard Jensen worked together with recently graduated student Jack Poling on a paper accepted for publication in the American Journal of Physics (December 2023). Argueta-Diaz in 2023 published “Optical Sensors: An Introduction with Lab Demonstrations.” Peggy Yates, associate professor of education, served as part of a team of researchers that in 2023 published the “Special Education Paraeducator Assessment and Evaluation Toolkit,” for the Council for Exceptional Children. Jennifer Vranish, associate professor of IPHS, worked with recently graduated students Audrey Plouffe and Kylah Fischer on a paper that was published in the Journal of Applied Physiology in 2023.