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Episodes from "Histories of Alma College," Alma College (Winter 2011): 1 through 10 of 18

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  1. President Oscar E. Remick
    date July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1987map Gratiot, Michigantags Oscar Remick, Alma College

    Oscar E Remick became Alma College’s tenth president in 1980. He was born in Ellsworth, Maine on August 24, 1932. Before becoming president he received his Artium Baccalaureatus (A.B.) degree from Eastern College. In 1957 he was ordained. Dr. Remick served as president of Alma College for seven years. Dr. Remick had a vision of what he wanted to accomplish at Alma College. During his first interview...

  2. Alma College Men's Soccer
    date 1970map Gratiot, Michigantags Soccer, College Sports

    Men’s soccer began as a club team in 1970. Soccer became a varsity sport for the 1975-1976 season after Coach Beaumont successfully argued that if Alma College wanted to promote its connection to Scotland, the College should not ignore Scotland’s national sport. Although instrumental to the foundation of men’s soccer, Beaumont only coached for the first season. The most successful coach to date...

  3. Students In Free Enterprise
    date September, 2000 to 2000map Gratiot, Michigantags Student Groups, Business

    S.I.F.E. first started at Alma College in the 2000-2001 school year. They started with only 9 members and have grown to over 110 in 10 years. S.I.F.E. is a mainly business course but is open to all majors. There are 2 levels of S.I.F.E. there is a 150 and a 350 course depending on how many semesters one participates in. Alma College S.I.F.E. has sent 2 students to Uganda to help the people of the Muko...

  4. How Alma College became "The Scots," and the start of the Highland Festival in Alma, Michigan.
    date November 10, 1931map Gratiot, Michigantags Highland Festival, Herbert Estes, Scottish Influence, Mascot, The Scots, Alma College

    The Scottish Influence   The history behind the Alma College mascot began with the student-run newspaper, The Almanian, which ran a series of stories over a three week period in 1931 asking the students of Alma college to participate in a contest to come up with a new school mascot to replace the then current one: the Fighting Presbyterians. According to the first announcement of the contest in the...

  5. The story of the 1992 Alma College women's basketball NCAA Division III Championship season.
    date November, 1991 to March 24, 1992map Gratiot, Michigantags 1991-1992, Alma College Athletics, Women's Basketball, NCAA Div III Championship

    1992 Women’s Basketball National Championship   Alma College has a history of excellence, both in the MIAA and against colleges around the nation. The pinnacle of Alma’s athletic excellence, however, is the National Championship that the women’s basketball team of 1992 brought back to Scotland U.S.A. Led by head coach Charlie Goffnett and assistant coach Mark Guyette, the team was comprised...

  6. Alma College Majors and Minors This episode looks at the Academic Programs that Alma College offered in its first 100 years of existance.
    date 1987map Gratiot, Michigantags Alma College, Education, Majors and Minors

    Alma College did not require students to have an academic major until the 1908-1909 school year. Prior to that year, students were only required to complete a general degree of study, such as a Bachelor of Arts or Sciences. The 1908-1909 catalog states, “in order to secure to the student the advantage of intensive work, he is required at the proper time to choose two subjects in which he must secure...

  7. The Development of Service Organizations at Alma CollegeThis piece looks at the various philanthropic organizations that have been present at Alma College over the past 25 years.
    date 1986 to 2009map Gratiot, Michigantags Alma College, Organizations, Philanthropy

    According to a ranking by the Washington Monthly regarding Liberal Arts Colleges around the country, Alma College is ranked 4th for Community Service participation and hours received. Alma College has consistently offered campus organizations to its students which have allowed them to give back to their local community, to the nation, and to the world. In the late 1980s, Alma College offered one major...

  8. Alma College Homecoming
    date 1917 to 1942map Gratiot, Michigantags Homecoming, Alma College

    The origins and starting date of the homecoming tradition are largely debated, but the yearly Harvard-Yale football game is said to have been inviting alumni to return since 1870. Alma College’s Homecoming is first mentioned in the 1917 Almanian.   The 1925 Almanian explains that activities for each year’s homecoming have expanded from a football game to an alumni focused weekend, including a...

  9. Influential Alumni of Alma College
    date 1983 to 1991map Gratiot, Michigantags Alma College, Alumni

    The alumni of Alma College have received multiple awards and honors, been chairs of multiple boards, published works of art and literature, started businesses, and crossed into foreign territory to defend our freedom. To name all the successful alumni of Alma College would be a feat, so only a few alumni will be highlighted. The following alumni have succeeded both during and after their time at Alma...

  10. The Oscar E. Remick Heritage Center for the Performing Arts
    date March, 1992 to 1992map Gratiot, Michigantags Alma College, Buildings - Heritage Cent, Performing Arts Center

    In the mid 1900’s roughly one-third of Alma College’s student body was involved in the performing arts either through music, dance, or theatre, and there was not enough space to house all of the college’s performing arts groups. The college was in desperate need of a performance center. Designs and drawings of such a center were first seen in a 1962 yearbook. However, the construction did not...

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