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The Tartan Magazine

Image of the professor and graduate during the Special Education graduation at Alma College.
Portrait of a student wearing a flowered shirt and has a black backpack slung over one shoulder smiling and looking at the camera against a blurred background of campus architecture.
August cover of the Alma College Tartan featuring the Tartan Magazine wordmark and photos of Alma College athletes featuring an assortment of sports.

Fall 2024 edition

Among our key stories in this issue:

  • A Whole New Ballgame: Alma College athletics is thriving, with an impact felt both on and off the field of play. Here’s how the Scots are strengthening our roots in the mission of Alma College.
  • Feeling at Home in ‘Scotland, USA’: Belonging initiatives are central to the college’s retention strategy — designed to keep students who come to Alma stay until their graduate— and they are paying off.
  • Growing Global: Alma College’s reputation as an excellent liberal arts institution is well known, not only in the United States, but increasingly, abroad as well.

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Check out past editions of The Tartan:

The Tartan - 9/16/2024

The Tartan: Feeling at Home in ‘Scotland, USA’

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is featured in the Fall 2024 edition of The Tartan magazine. Read more from The Tartan at alma.edu/tartan. For the past few years, first-year students at Alma

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The Tartan is the magazine of Alma College. The Tartan is published two times yearly. Contact Tim Rath, editor of The Tartan and director of college communications, at rathtj@alma.edu.