Academic Viewbook

Adrian College

A Liberal Arts Education What do you want to do with your life?

One of the great things about a liberal arts education is that you are encouraged to explore that question.

AtAdrian, you’ll take a variety of classes, both inside and outside your major. This broad foundation will make you a better writer and thinker, and you will gain an understanding for how the different fields of study are connected. The education you receive will prepare you not only for what you want to become, but who you want to become.

We offer over 40 majors and pre-professional programs. You might enter to study art and end up studying biology instead, or come to study business and add a major in a foreign language along the way. By the time you graduate you will be thoroughly prepared for your career or graduate work, yet flexible enough to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world.

Adrian College is your path to SUCCESS!

Mission Statement

What They’re Saying

Adrian College, a liberal arts College in the United Methodist tradition, is committed to the pursuit of truth and to the dignity of all people. Through active and creative learning in a supportive community, students are challenged to achieve excellence in their academic, personal, and professional lives, and to contribute to a more socially just society.

“My professors were very knowledgeable. In fact, at times I felt like I was in over my head. That challenge really helped me grow over four years. My experience was excellent because my professors knew me personally and were very supportive – they used their expertise to help me find a way to reach my goals.”

-Janet Creque, Adrian graduate “You can’t put a price tag on one-on-one interaction. I went to a bigger school and sat in lecture halls with hundreds of students. The difference we can make in our students’ lives goes so far beyond that.”

-Robin Bott, Adrian professor “There’s no comparison to an undergraduate experience at a small, liberal arts college. Adrian students discover the world of ideas in small classes, with professors who work with them personally. I’m convinced that it is the absolute best preparation for graduate school or a career.”

-Melissa Stewart, Adrian professor

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We make every effort to help students get exactly where they want to go, and sometimes help them figure out where that is.”

-Professor Keith McCleary, faculty president

Table of contents Majors: Accounting and Business Economics International Studies Art & Design Biology Chemistry Communication Earth Science Education English Environmental Sciences/Studies Exercise Science/Physical Education History Interior Design Mathematics Modern Languages & Cultures Music Philosophy/Religion Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology, Social Work & Criminal Justice Theatre ○

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Minors*: Art History Computer Information Systems Public Relations Women’s Studies ○

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Pre-professional Programs: Pre-art Therapy Program Pre-architecture Program Pre-engineering Program Pre-health Sciences Pre-physical Therapy Program Pre-seminary Program Pre-law Program ○

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*Most of the majors listed above are also availabe as minors.

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Your Accounting & Path Business To...

Adrian College has a strong program in business. Graduates of the Accountancy/ Business Administration Department have used their Adrian degrees to become leaders in a variety of creative and successful ways around the nation and world.

Adrian is one of the first and only liberal arts colleges in the Midwest to offer the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (BBA) with majors in accounting, management and marketing. A bachelor’s degree in international business and a bachelor of science degree in accounting further expand your options for an intensive business degree at a small, liberal arts college.

Your exposure to a wide range of fields through the college’s liberal arts curriculum gives you an edge by giving you insights into any number of areas of business. Students often create unique futures for themselves by combining business with almost any other major, including foreign language, the sciences, exercise science and communication.

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Using their professional business backgrounds and industry contacts, the faculty designs courses to reflect the skill sets required in the work environment. Our graduates tell us this type of preparation gives them a tremendous advantage.”

-Professor Bill Bachman, Department of Accountancy/ Business Administration

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Alumni & Students In Action:

✸ Very strong alumni network providing internship and ✸ President and/or CEO of La-Z-Boy, Conrail, employment opportunities for current students.

Countless graduates are in senior management positions and leaders in their respective industries.

The department’s “Education at Work” program brings students together with successful alumni each year.

✸ Doors to internships opened by alumni at Domino’s, Cintas, Target and Valassis.

✸ Faculty works individually with students to get the best internships and jobs.

✸ State-of-the-art board room on campus allows all business majors to make presentations in a professional environment.

✸ The Dawson Scholarship pays full tuition for top business students during their junior and senior years.

Intershoe, Number Six Software, and Spartan Chemical Company

✸ Top-level executives for Libbey, First National Bank, Eddie Bauer, and Toro

✸ Broker with Morgan Stanley ✸ Auditor for Maner, Costerisan, and Ellis ✸ Law school at Notre Dame ✸ Vice president, wealth advisor, for Comerica Bank ✸ Grad school, including the MBA program at American University in Washington, D.C., and graduate studies in sports management

✸ Account coordinators for ad agencies and marketing research analysts.

Accounting & Business

Highlights of Management

✸ A degree in management will prepare you for a wide variety of career options, including retail management,

underwriting, accounting project management, production management, and distribution management. ✸ Recent internship and/or job sites include Kellogg’s, Cooper Tire & Rubber, the Palace of Auburn Hills (PS&E),

Cintas, Amerisure, Domino’s, Dana and Wal-Mart. ✸ Recent internship areas include human resource management, purchasing, production management and

operations management. An Adrian operations intern integrated the purchasing systems of several healthcare groups when they merged to create Lenawee Health Alliance. ✸ Classes focus on group work, critical thinking, and developing a personal management style. ✸ Graduates have completed their law and/or MBA degrees at Notre Dame, the University of Toledo, the

University of Michigan and Wayne State University.

Highlights of Marketing ✸ Adrian’s marketing degree will provide you with the critical thinking skills necessary for success in sales,

marketing research, and advertising.

Economics Adrian offers a major in economics. If you want to start your career after graduation, there are job opportunities in business and government involving management, administration, research, development and forecasting. Adrian’s bachelor of arts degree in economics provides excellent preparation for graduate study or careers in business, law, public administration and other areas.

International Studies The International Studies major provides an opportunity for students who wish to study a variety of societies, cultures and nations and the relationships among them. All students in the program complete a core of courses that offers a broad overview of the world along with an individually designed area of emphasis.

The program is interdisciplinary in nature and may include classes in art, business, earth science, economics, English, modern languages and cultures, history, philosophy and religion, political science, sociology and anthropology, and/or teacher education.

✸ Industry leaders such as General Motors, Kellogg’s, and Eli Lilly have recently hired Adrian graduates. ✸ The faculty works hard to place students in the most selective internship programs. Recent successes include

advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather and the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars in Washington, D.C. ✸ Melissa Murray, class of 2006, is the only college student anywhere to be published in Quirk’s, a major

professional marketing publication. At the Toledo ad agency where she now works, one of her first clients was La-Z-Boy, represented by Adrian graduate Marsha Oberleiter. ✸ Randy Browne works in the Chicago area for consumer research firm IRI, where he is the on-site category

manager for the Quaker Oats holding of PepsiCo. ✸ Courtney Mason works at a global communications firm where her client list has included Burger King and the

United States Postal Service.

More on next page.

Accounting & Business Highlights of International Business

✸ Adrian College offers a well-rounded degree in International Business that will

help prepare you to use your skills anywhere in the world. ✸ Projects are based on the marketplace, modeling real work you’ll do someday. ✸ To give you an edge in the global market, you will be required to take at least 20

credit hours in foreign language courses. You are also strongly encouraged to spend at least one semester in a study abroad program. ✸ 2005 graduate Lekha Fernandes spent two years working in the United Arab

Emirates. She is now attending graduate school at Loyola University. ✸ While studying in Mexico recently, an Adrian student designed and completed an

independent study to research the effect of NAFTA on small Mexican businesses. ✸ Dawson Scholar and Ghana citizen Osman Antwi Boeteng continued with doctoral

work in international relations.

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When I graduated, I was prepared! I had a vision of where I was going and how to get there. The faculty helped me understand the qualities I needed to become a marketable young professional.”

-Melissa Murray, recent graduate and advertising account coordinator

✸ Graduates have completed assignments in Europe for their companies, including

Jeff DeBest for Johnson Controls and Paul Fletcher for Eli Lilly.

Highlights of Accounting ✸ The accounting program is approved by the state of Michigan’s Board of Accoun-

tancy. It will prepare you for accounting in the public, private, or governmental sectors, or as an educator. ✸ Adrian offers two accounting degrees: a bachelor of business administration

degree, and a bachelor of science degree. The bachelor of science degree provides the 150 hours required for CPA certification. ✸ You’ll work with professors who are Certified Public Accountants with real-life

experience. ✸ Graduates have a high placement rate with major public accounting firms, includ-

ing recent successes with Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCooper.

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To learn more about the Accountancy/Business Administration Department, go to Academics at www.adrian.edu.

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Adrian offers public relations and computer information systems minors; see page 28.

✸ Students participate in the IRS’s criminal investigation simulation. Called the

Adrian Project, the project was developed here and is now replicated around the country. ✸ Faculty members encourage internships with full exposure to financial accounting,

cost accounting, and internal auditing.

Your Path To...

Art & Design

The Adrian College art & design department is one of the most active places on campus. Professors in the department believe so passionately in what they’re doing that they don’t want their students to miss a single opportunity.

As an Adrian student, you will acquire a broad, flexible education in the liberal arts tradition, one that makes you a critical thinker and strong writer. As an art student, you will gain a proficiency in your area, and you will also benefit from the department’s uncommon focus on translating that proficiency into the career you want.

The art department has a strong emphasis on experiential learning, exposure to working artists, multiple internships, and portfolio building. Your professors are dedicated to your success, and have the experience and connections to help you find it.

Adrian’s art professors are award-winning, practicing artists who bring professional experience into the classroom. They have exhibited their work across the nation.

However, their real passion is teaching. They understand the power and importance of art, and as a result, have crucial insight into the role art can play in your development as a person.

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Adrian College has been a wonderful place for me to mature as an artist.

The small classes have given me more of a oneon-one relationship with the professors – my friends and mentors. I have had many opportunities here.”

—Jason Stockman, Adrian senior and ceramicist

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✸ Adrian artists include studio artist Steve Kostyshyn,

An Adrian art degree can lead to careers in electronic art, illustration, education, entrepreneurship, arts management or studio art.

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The Art Experience program encourages students to stay active with art throughout the semester, including gallery talks with working artists and visits to galleries and museums.

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Art & Design is one of the most popular majors on campus.

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The art department actively recruits talented artists, and invites prospective students to show their portfolios on campus for potential scholarships.

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Adrian also offers a strong Pre-Art Therapy program (Page 28), and an art history minor (Page 29).

painter and illustrator Mindy Lewis, watercolor illustrator Cindy Callog, sculptor Mike Barker, graphic designer Elaine Medrow, Henry Ford museum curator Angie Fenn Reynert, pro sports designer Jose Melero, and Joy Franklin, a teaching artist in Italy.

✸ Tabitha Beers Bradford is an art therapist at Foote Memorial Hospital.

✸ Recent Adrian graduates are in MFA programs at Savannah College of Art and Design, Columbia College’s Center for Book and Paper Arts, City University of New York, and Kendall College of Art and Design.

✸ Megan Sykes is in a museum studies master’s program at the University of Washington.

✸ Jeremy Butler-Pinkham, a math major and art minor, is an architect in San Francisco.

Art & Design Degree Options Studio Art / BA or BFA The studio art program will offer you a foundation in artistic production and visual thinking, and you’ll be challenged to develop your own expressive language. You may choose to study a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, fibers, photo, electronic art, or sculpture.

You’ll also benefit from our guest artist program. Regional and national guest artists are invited to exhibit in the department’s Stubnitz Gallery in Downs Hall. You’ll have the opportunity to attend artists’ talks, gallery openings, and to meet and learn from working studio artists. You can also take day trips with the art club to the Detroit Institute of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, or the Chicago Art Institute.

Art Education / BFA When you study art education at Adrian College, you also teach art. Every semester and for a week in the summer, art education majors design and implement the Youth Art Program, which exposes local K-6 students to high-quality visual arts programming. You and your peers will experience a range of real-world issues: curriculum design, budgeting, classroom management, developmental issues, working with students with special needs, and finding scholarship and grant programs for students who cannot afford to participate.

Adrian art education instructors are experienced and practicing K-12 art teachers who bring actual experiences into the art classroom.

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We’re all about real experience at Adrian.

We like our students to major in art and then be able to make a living at it.”

—Pi Benio, Professor of Art & Design

Arts Management / BA The arts management program is designed to not only develop creative abilities and an awareness of the fine arts, but also business management skills for careers in performance and institution management. Career choices may include operating art galleries and museums, managing groups and concert halls, and managing theatrical companies. Core courses cover business, public relations, two-dimensional design and fine arts management. In addition, students choose either one or two areas of emphasis from art, music and theatre.

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For more about the department, go to the department home page at www.adrian.edu.

Your Path To...

Biology

At Adrian, biology is hands-on. You’ll receive a broad and strong foundation in biology while also learning about cutting-edge developments in the field.

Adrian biology students are well-rounded and have achieved careers in almost every conceivable area. The department prepares them for careers with the DNR, the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and for industrial and research institutions. Adrian biology graduates are physicians, dentists, nurses, optometrists, medical technologists, podiatrists and teachers at high schools and universities.

Features:

Alumni & Students In Action:

✸ Diverse faculty backgrounds include botany,

✸ Graduates

genetics, entomology, and environmentalism.

✸ Facilities include a 48-acre natural science study area with forest and aquatic habitats, and two 10acre wildlife preserves.

✸ Research opportunities with professors in the lab, off-campus, and even in other countries. Projects include DNA fingerprinting or forensic entomology.

Adrian students are competitive for summer research programs at major universities.

✸ Internship opportunities abound. ✸ Personal relationships help professors write detailed letters of recommendation that graduates say help them succeed.

✸ An Adrian biology degree can prepare you for a job right out of college, including as a technician in such fields as radiology or dialysis.

are regularly accepted into schools of medicine, dentistry, veterinary, physical therapy, optometry, and pharmacy. Included are Ohio State, Duke, Michigan, Michigan State, Wayne State, Indiana, the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Detroit Mercy.

✸ Amanda Wrona

earned a doctorate in marine biology and is now Savannah River project director for The Nature Conservancy in Georgia.

✸ Several

students now enrolled in the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy completed pharmacy internships while at Adrian.

✸ As a student, Ryan Seipke worked with faculty on pollution-degrading bacteria and was one of 14 students in the U.S. selected for summer research at the University of Iowa. He is now a doctoral candidate in microbiology at Cornell.

✸ Peter McDonell completed a summer research program at the University of Iowa, discovered that he didn’t like research, and is now studying environmental law at the University of Michigan.

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The biology department at Adrian prides itself in individual attention, hands-on learning, and an overall quality of education that has resulted in a long record of success for our graduates.”

-Dr. Janet Salzwedel, Biology Department Chairperson

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Biology is an excellent course of study for the Pre-health sciences program; go to page 29 for more information.

Your Path To...

Chemistry

The specialty of Adrian’s chemistry faculty is helping you find out which direction you want to go. It helps that they have such varied chemistry backgrounds themselves: one of your professors worked for DuPont, another has an academic background, and another has an engineering background.

Earning a chemistry degree at Adrian gives you a lot of options for the future. You might become a doctor, a teacher, or a petroleum engineer. You’ll have opportunities to get involved, do research, and explore your options.

You’ll study under your professors in small classes, on individual research projects, as their hired teaching assistants, and outside class on an informal basis.

You will gain a solid and broad understanding of the many aspects of the field, and you will receive a solid preparation for graduate school. You will also sharpen vital communication and writing skills.

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Alumni & Students In Action:

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All students are encouraged to get involved in research as soon as possible, even as freshmen or sophomores

✸ Many chemistry majors have gone on to become

A focus on hands-on learning, with experiments in the classroom and the lab

✸ Graduates have been accepted for advanced degrees

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Career choices: health sciences (medical, dental, etc.), research (graduate school), successful chemistry careers right out of Adrian, or, as some have done, earn an MBA and pursue chemistry and business Small classes instead of large lecture halls

successful doctors, dentists, pharmacists, teachers, and veterinarians.

at Yale, the University of Michigan, Wayne State Medical School, Notre Dame, Indiana University and many others.

✸ Alumni are employed by Proctor & Gamble, BASK, Eli Lilly, NASA and many others.

✸ Alumnus Kevin O’Mara, a chemistry major, owns and operates two businesses: an environmental testing firm and an Irish pub.

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Chemistry is an excellent course of study for the Pre-health sciences, Pre-veterinary, and Pre-engineering programs; go to page 29 for more information.

✸ Adrian students have participated in summer programs for nationally-funded research.

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Our philosophy for educating chemistry students centers on the interaction between student and professor.

We know all our students personally.”

-Dr. Keith McCleary, Chemistry Department Chairperson

Your Path To...

Communication

The Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Adrian College is nationally recognized for the advanced quality of professional and academic preparation it offers its majors. Its graduates are consistently chosen for graduate schools, law schools, and professional positions. Many advanced training and study programs regularly contact the department to inquire if upcoming graduates will be available for scholarships, assistantships, and awards.

Courses are oriented toward contemporary, practical, career-minded application of traditional theory. Graduates become communication professionals in several different fields. At the same time, they receive an important background in the liberal arts.

Communication students have an edge on their peers because of their deep understanding of how language works and how to communicate effectively.

Studies in communication will prepare you for law or graduate school, and open doors for careers in such areas as public or human service, public relations, radio, TV, film, or the internet.

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Communication is something we all do but often know little about. It’s a very broad field grounded in civilization’s earliest attempts at persuasion, further enhanced by newer areas of study such as mass communication and public relations. The field of communication is infinitely practical!”

-Dr. Joanna Schultz, Communication Arts and Sciences Department Chairperson

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Alumni & Students In Action:

✸ Recent internship sites include the Mitch Albom

✸ Jeff Smith, Dena Blair, and Amy Pelletier went to

Show, Ford Motor Company’s PR department, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and the Toledo Mud Hens baseball team.

✸ Graduates have been awarded graduate assistant-

graduate school after Adrian, and now teach communication at the college and university levels.

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Many graduates have gone on to well-paying careers in public relations, including Danelle Gittus at Oakland Intermediate School District and Erin Vanhala at Potbelly Sandwich Works.

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Communication grad Troy Schmidli’s first job was as a human resources manager at DaimlerChrysler.

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Patrick Kilbane and Patricia Smith both earned law degrees and are now practicing.

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Steve Amorose and Joe Elardo are on-air radio personalities.

ships at Illinois State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Ohio University.

✸ Law school acceptances include UW-Madison, Notre Dame, Toledo College of Law, and the Judge Advocate General program of the U.S. Navy.

✸ Students can get involved with WVAC (“K-9 Radio”), the college’s student-run radio station.

✸ Past guest speakers include Susan Douglas (women’s changing roles in media) and Darnell Anderson (misogyny in rap videos).

Communication Degree Options The Mass Mediated Studies and Argumentation and Advocacy programs are the two emphases within the Department of Communication. They are interdependent, pre-professional academic units that provide students with the opportunity to prepare for careers that require critical decision-making abilities.

Mass Mediated Studies Examples of careers that fit this group include media management, media consultants, political advisors, media critics, corporate media experts, and those preparing to enter graduate programs in communication. ”Being on the mass-media track has allowed me the unique opportunity to get real on-air experience with the campus radio station, which will greatly help in finding a job in broadcasting. The size of the college and the communication department in particular also allows students to develop very close friendships with their peers.”

-Joe Reidy, class of 2007, Mass Mediated Communication major Argumentation &Advocacy Examples of careers that fit in this group include lawyers and paralegals, public relations administrators, department of defense administrators, political advisors and political aspirants, and those preparing to enter graduate programs in communication.

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Everything you learn in the classroom can be applied to your daily life. The professors possess a great deal of experience in their areas, and they do a phenomenal job relaying all they know to us.

They are easy to contact and always willing to help.”

-Josh Guitar, Class of 2008

”After taking classes like argumentation and debate, public relations, and communication ethics, I feel much more confident as I prepare to enter the work field. These classes taught me the importance of accurate research, how to present claims and arguments, the role a PR professional should have in a company, and most importantly, to treat each situation ethically. The training I had in these classes will definitely help me be a better public relations professional.”

-Erin Vanhala, class of 2006, Argumentation and Advocacy major

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Earth Science

Studying earth science at Adrian College is a great choice for people who want hands-on learning and field experience. That is the department’s main strategy for accomplishing its mission: to help students prepare for exciting careers related to energy, resource allocation, the environment, or teaching. Earth science is also an excellent preparation for graduate study.

The department has an extensive rock, mineral and fossil collection, GIS capability, a microscope lab, and a well-equipped sample preparation lab. Field trips give students the chance to see geologic features first-hand through field study.

Faculty members have extensive experience not only as educators but also in the field, including in the oil and mineral exploration industries. Their research involves carbonate sedimentary rock in the western United States, dormant volcanoes, and rare and new mineral species.

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✸ The department is characterized by field experience

✸ Earth science major Kent Holesinger recently

and hands-on learning in the labs.

✸ Field trips every semester. Some examples: West Virginia, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado and the Appalachians. (See photos online.)

✸ Rock preparation and petrographic microscope labs.

✸ Extensive mineral, rock and fossil collection, GIS capability, topographic and geologic map library, and an on-campus planetarium.

✸ Internship opportunities.

completed a summer research project with one of the faculty, studying at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument.

✸ Doug Damary conducted research in northern Arizona and southern Utah on a project funded by the Cranson Award from the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association.

✸ Alumna Jane Sasso McColloch is an environmental geologist in West Virginia.

✸ Brent Weis is an exploration geologist for UNOCAL.

✸ Jim Kreutzfeld owns and operates an oil company based in Colorado.

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More information and photos are available at the Earth Science home page, available at www.adrian.edu.

✸ Graduates work for the silicone industry, the EPA, for a variety of school districts, and all over the world.

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Studying geology at Adrian College is more than just a classroom experience. You will apply the concepts you learned in class to problems in the field.”

-Dr. Sarah Hanson, Earth Science Department Chairperson

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Education

The Department of Teacher Education provides a thorough preparation for every aspect of becoming a teacher. The experienced faculty will be with you every step of the way as you learn to be effective at one of the oldest and most honored professions.

The teacher education program will qualify you to meet the certification requirements for elementary and secondary school education in Michigan, as well as in most other states. Certification is offered in conjunction with bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, or bachelor of music education degrees.

Adrian College has a long and respected history of preparing educators, and has a enormous network of close working relationships with area educators that helps provide students with the most enriching and professional experiences possible.

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Individual help with your resume and teaching portfolio that includes your educational philosophy and sample lesson and unit plans.

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Alumni network of Adrian graduates across the state and country, where they serve as teachers, coaches, principals and superintendents.

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Annual mock interviews on campus with principals and superintendents from area schools to prepare you for the real thing.

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The Educational Curriculum Center, a comprehensive, creative resource containing books, periodicals, videos, CDs, computer hardware and software, and other educational media to support future teachers.

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Work closely with other departments on campus.

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A reputation with employers for one of the most extensive field experience requirements in the state.

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High job placement rate.

Teacher Certification is Available in: Art Bilingual education (Spanish) Biology Business administration Chemistry Communication arts and sciences Early childhood education Earth science Economics Education - elementary/secondary English Family life studies French German Health education Physical education

History Mathematics Music Natural science Political science Psychology Religion Social studies Sociology Spanish

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Our quality of preparation is second to none.

School districts around the region know us for our high expectations, and our students know us for our personalized approach.

-Dr. Scott Behrens, Teacher Education Department Chairperson

Your Path To...

English

The English department offers the full traditional curriculum of British and American literature, as well as courses in Hawaiian literature and African and Caribbean literature. Special courses taught recently have included mystery and detective fiction, literature of the Harlem Renaissance, and a course in environmental literature.

Writing is another focus of the English Department. Because many of the professors are writers themselves, they have a deep understanding of the writing process.

The faculty includes a novelist, an award-winning journalist, and professors who specialize in the teaching of writing. Members of the department direct the Writing Center and the Writing Across the Curriculum program.

The department brings in professional writers to campus each year. Recent guests include Gary Gildner, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize, and Yusef Komunyakaa, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

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When you study English at Adrian College, you don’t just read books and write papers. You enter a literary culture where students and professors read and write and talk daily – about all of the real world issues around us, but most especially about how we understand our world and how we influence it.”

–Dr. Robin Bott, Associate Professor of English

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English majors choose one of four areas to emphasize: literature, writing, journalism or teacher education.

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Colby Davis received a full-ride scholarship to the MFA program in creative writing at Notre Dame.

Kim Muntz is completing a master’s degree in counseling in Nottingham, England.

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Unlike larger schools where positions are reserved for upper-level majors, all students can work for the student newspaper and submit work to the college’s literary magazine.

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Tracey Gholston completed three internships with Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher.

English-journalism major John Hiner is editor of the Bay City Times.

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Adrian provides opportunities for you to study great literature where it happened. When you take Shakespeare at Oxford in England, you see plays at the Globe, a reproduction of the theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were performed in his lifetime. Study Tolkien and you’ll visit the English pub where the famed author met with his literary circle.

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Jacquelyn Edwards, a double-major in Englishliterature and accounting, is an auditor for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and comes to Adrian to interview graduates for her company.

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English grad Blair Griewahn, currently attending law school, says, “I have never been happier to have an English-writing degree…. I think it’s one of the best majors you can have going into law school…”

The English department will prepare you for graduate school, law school, or virtually any professional field that values the skills of reading, writing and thinking.

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Katie Dewey is teaching in Japan with the JET (Japan English Teaching) Program.

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Seven student newspaper awards in one year from the Michigan Collegiate Press Association (MCPA).

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Environmental Science/Studies The Environmental Science and the Environmental Studies degrees are multidisciplinary in nature, combining the arts, humanities and sciences. The majors are designed to prepare students to enter a variety of environmental careers, both scientific and non-scientific in nature. Students will investigate solutions to environmental problems and will examine the diverse nature of the field and options available in environmental careers.

Graduates of the department are highly adaptable to changes in the job market, and prepared to move in several directions. The faculty makes sure every graduate has opportunities for multiple internships to give them the experience that employers seek.

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Most environmental problems require a multidisciplinary answer.

Air pollution is a problem of chemistry, but also of politics, engineering, and economics. We prepare our students to thrive under this sort of complex situation.”

-Dr. Craig Weatherby, Environmental Science/Studies Department Chairperson

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✸ Environmental science majors take science-

✸ Jeff Hewitt works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

oriented coursework to prepare them for exciting environmental jobs around the world, including as naturalists, conservationists, or environmental scientists for industry or government.

✸ Environmental studies majors take courses oriented in the arts and humanities to prepare for such careers as environmental journalism, environmental politics, environmental accountancy and environmental compliance.

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Karen Fulcher landed her ideal career as a forester thanks in part to her Adrian internship as an urban forester.

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Oliver Fisher, an environmental science major who has a political science minor, went to graduate school at Youngstown State for environmental studies and is now a health inspector, with an interest in possibly pursuing environmental law.

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The interests that Kara Tecco pursued as a student included fish and aquatic ecosystems. She now works to protect an important water system through the River Raisin Watershed Project.

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Adrian recently offered a class over spring break in Belize, to conduct research on monkeys and parrots, Mayan ruins and ecology, and the toxicity of trees.

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Students have marked over 500 turtles in a long-term ecology project to study local populations of painted turtles.

✸ Internships cover everything from working with elephants in Africa, to scuba diving in the Caribbean, to working with wildlife in the Upper Peninsula.

✸ Emphasis on field work, hands-on learning, and solving real problems.

✸ Every year the department receives thousands of job postings in environment-related fields.

Your Path To...

Exercise Science/ Physical Education The Exercise Science/Physical Education department aims to blend academic preparation, practical application and personal attention.All of our students receive a strong foundation in the biological sciences including human anatomy, human physiology, exercise physiology and kinesiology. On the practical side, you’ll have a variety of internship opportunities at recognized clinics, corporations and fitness centers throughout the Midwest. In your senior year, you’ll collect and analyze data as part of a senior research project that you’ll present and potentially even publish.

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Our department is a springboard into so many diverse fields. We have graduates who are teachers and coaches, physical and occupational therapists, cardiac rehabilitation specialists, athletic trainers, nurses, and doctors.”

-Dr. Kevin Darr, Exercise Science/Physical Education Chairperson

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Wendy Towne earned a master’s degree in exercise science from Colorado State University and worked in Atlanta at Velocity, a premier training center for professional athletes.

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Steve Gauthier is in nursing at Oakland University.

Several other Adrian grads are currently pursuing doctorate degrees in the physical therapy program there.

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Hon Vien, an exercise science major, attended graduate school for physical therapy and is now in medical school.

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Jason Mensing is a high school physical education teacher and head football coach.

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Aubrey Repicky received her master’s degree in nutrition and works for the University of Michigan.

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Karen Baird, a physical education major, is the head women’s softball coach at Western Michigan University.

areas of concentration in pre-physical therapy or corporate fitness), athletic training, or physical education.

✸ The department provides internship opportunities in every potential career area, with well over 50 established internship sites and more being added all the time.

✸ Adrian has a 100% placement rate in graduate school for physical therapy including Northwestern, Andrews, Michigan-Flint, Saint Louis, Tiffin, Miami, Grand Valley State and Medical University of Ohio.

✸ Students can assist faculty on research projects and present their findings at professional conferences.

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History

The history department at Adrian College seeks to give its students tools not only for analyzing the past, but also for understanding the developments and challenges of the present age. It does that by offering a curriculum that exposes students to diverse regions of the world, develops their abilities to think critically, and encourages them to create logical arguments supported by evidence.

History classes are interactive with frequent discussions, and employ group projects, various media, and field trips. In addition, your professors will help you become a better communicator by teaching you how to write and speak more effectively. Adrian College students are prepared for diverse careers requiring skills in research, communication and analysis such as teaching, law, business, journalism, public service, and information management.

The history faculty has studied all over the world, including in Japan and the former Soviet Union. They teach more than just facts; they teach how to think critically and analyze, skills with broad application to any field. The faculty is equipped to offer courses that cover social, cultural, political, and economic history. They work hard to keep their courses lively and interesting, and welcome opportunities to provide a personalized education.

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At Adrian, we believe that history is a living and breathing activity, and we will teach you how doing it for yourself can bring the world alive. By taking history at AC, you will more fully understand not only the past but the present.”

-Dr. Stephanie Jass, History Department Chairperson

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Work with primary source materials to formulate your own arguments about what happened in the past.

For their senior capstone, history majors complete a paper on a topic of their choice. They work personally with the faculty on the project, and take great pride in the results.

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Develop writing skills, learn to present and defend an argument, communicate effectively, and think critically.

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Students have opportunities to present papers at conferences, and to participate in poster presentations.

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Career choices: go to law school or graduate school, or get a successful career right out of college.

Many history graduates, including Tom Campbell and Alan Loncar, go into law school.

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Ray Lennard is curator for the William G. Thompson House Museum & Gardens.

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Small classes with plenty of interaction, instead of large lecture halls with stale presentations.

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Internship opportunities are available.

Graduates work everywhere from corporations, to nonprofit organizations, to libraries. Many graduates are teachers.

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History is an excellent course of study for the Pre-Law program; go to page 29 for more information.

Your Path To...

Interior Design

The Interior Design Department at Adrian College will prepare you to enhance the function and quality of any interior space, whether it’s an office, a kitchen or a cruise ship.

Students take a variety of courses, including principles of design, the history of architecture and interiors, and business practices. You’ll learn technical drafting and rendering skills and will develop a working knowledge of areas such as building construction, sustainable design, and aging in place. Each design course will help you build a portfolio of your best work.

When you graduate you will be grounded in the fundamentals of residential and commercial design, and may go on to design office buildings, restaurants, schools or department stores. Aside from load-bearing construction, you will learn to design all aspects of an interior space with the health, safety and welfare of your client in mind.

This includes working with construction drawings, specifications, and bid documents. Interior design is a major part of Adrian’s pre-architecture program.

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Future employers report that they prefer interior design students from Adrian because they are well-rounded, prepared, and easy to work with.”

-Nancy Van Over, Interior Design Department Chairperson

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Only small liberal arts college in Michigan with a four-year degree in interior design.

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Program designed for students to pass the certification exams they will need to become practicing interior designers. This certification is required in half of the states in the U.S.

ID alumni are architects, showroom designers, high-end residential designers, retail store designers, designers for Steelcase, Herman Miller and Hayworth dealerships, manufacturer’s reps for Kohler and other architectural and design material companies, and historic preservationists.

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Active student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers

One graduate now designs casinos in Las Vegas, and another is a furniture designer in Chicago.

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Internships at Merillat Industries, designing showrooms and magazine layouts for one of the nation’s largest cabinet manufacturers.

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Other internships include designing high-end kitchens, working with Ethan Allen and Steelcase dealerships, and helping with design projects for the Michigan VA Hospital.

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Travel every other year to Chicago, to talk with reps at the Merchandise Mart and take architectural walking tours.

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Adrian has a 3:1 dual degree pre-architecture program.

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Class projects include real design work. Students have helped re-design new office space on campus, and have provided design ideas to local clients on areas ranging from residential spaces to beauty parlors.

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Your Mathematics Path To...

Students take math atAdrian College as part of their preparation for a variety of career paths: engineering, business, economics, computers, exercise science, and teaching, to name a few.

If you are ready for the rigors of math, the Adrian College Mathematics Department can provide a sound preparation in a liberal arts setting.Abroad educational background will serve you well no matter what you do, and will give you great flexibility in exploring your career options.

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✸ Small classes, individual attention.

✸ Math graduate Jeremy Butler-Pinkham is an architect.

✸ Upper level classes of 15 or fewer students. ✸ Excellent choice for pre-engineering; Adrian has a 3-2 dual degree program with Washington University (St. Louis) and the University of Detroit Mercy.

✸ Students have been known to enter Adrian for engineering, switch to a math major instead, and then go to graduate school for math or physics.

✸ A math major is an excellent complement to other majors, especially the sciences.

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✸ Stacy Jolly, a 2001 graduate, works in the challenging field of actuarial science.

✸ Danielle Hobbes is employed as a financial planner.

✸ Math grad Craig Larner works in the area of quality control.

✸ Alison Cousino is an accountant for Tecumseh Products, a company with revenues over $1 billion.

✸ Tony Paris is attending law school.

Math is an excellent course of study for the Pre-engineering program; go to page 29 for more information.

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Employers like to hire people who can succeed at mathematics, whether it’s a major or a minor, because they see a problem-solver. And they like liberal arts grads, because they’re so well-rounded.”

-Dr. Beth Lamprecht, Mathematics Department Chairperson

Your Modern Path Languages To...

& Cultures

The Department of Modern Languages and Culture will prepare you to be an enlightened citizen of the world by raising your awareness of other cultures. It will also prepare you to be competitive in a global economy where knowledge of languages other than English is required.

The department’s educational approach is based on interactive learning, global understanding, and immersion in other cultures. Study abroad is an integral part of the program, and a variety of international experiences are encouraged. Adrian graduates are using their language skills to help them in an assortment of exciting jobs all around the world, as teachers, business people, scientists and more.

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The study of language and culture opens doors to new opportunities, and offers deep insights into the global nature of our planet.”

-Dr. John Eipper, Modern Languages and Cultures Department Chairperson

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There is no replacing what you learn when you study abroad.”

-Dr. Don Cellini, Language Professor

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Majors in Spanish, French, German, and Japanese Studies.

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Levi Hendershott spent two semesters in Mexico. He is now a teacher at one of Mexico’s most prestigious schools.

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Majors spend at least one semester abroad through an Adrian-approved program.

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Adrian students compete successfully with native German speakers in classes at overseas study sites.

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Adrian welcomes international students from a variety of countries, including Mexico, Ireland, Japan and Zimbabwe.

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The first three graduates of Adrian’s Japanese Studies program are now teaching English in Japan.

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The Study Abroad Office offers opportunities in Europe and South America, as well as Ghana, Israel, India, New Zealand, Japan, China, and many others.

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Active language clubs and national language honor societies.

Sara Naab, an international studies major with minors in French and business, set up computer schools for poor people in Haiti while a college student. She attended graduate school at University of Michigan, worked in Africa for two years, and is now knowledge manager for the nonprofit Freedom from Hunger.

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Internship opportunities are available during study abroad.

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Alumna Lekha Fernandes worked in the United Arab Emirates for an international company specializing in communication solutions for telecom providers.

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The department offers courses in American Sign Language andArabic.

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Majors pair well with international business, social work, criminal justice, and teacher education.

While studying in Mexico, John Simmons researched the effects of NAFTA on small Mexican businesses. He is now Manager of International Operations for the U.S. Grains Council in Washington, D.C.

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Music

Adrian College has a strong and fast-growing Music Department. Students learn in an environment of energy, opportunity and community. The department seeks talented students, yet the College’s small size means individual instruction and an abundance of opportunity.

The music faculty consists of highly-trained professional musicians who exemplify excellent teaching. Faculty members regularly perform recitals and concerts both on and off the Adrian College campus, and all hold graduate degrees in performance and/or music education from some of the finest conservatories in the nation, including the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan.

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This department is thriving because we have a vision for what we want to be, and because we have a strong desire to give students every chance at success.”

-Dr. Tom Hodgman, Music Department Chairperson

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Degrees offered: bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of music education, and bachelor of arts degrees in music, musical theatre and arts administration.

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College choir, concert band, jazz band, chamber choir, woodwind quintet, brass quintet, string ensemble and chamber music ensembles.

Anne Marie Church is a solo voice performer who has recorded two CDs. She has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and with the New York Grand Opera Orchestra and many others.

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Elgin Clingaman is co-owner of the Renaissance Pipe Organ Company, servicing approximately 80 pipe organs throughout the Midwest.

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Senior Kim Ferguson was recently invited to play in the horns section of the season opening concert of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra.

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Music education major Eric Swanson organized and directed two large-scale concert programs and a fullscale musical for an area school district.

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Students organize, lead and direct the annual Broadway Review, performing show tunes with an orchestra and costumes.

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Graduates incorporate music into their careers and lives in a variety of successful ways.

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Marching band performs in Adrian’s new multisport stadium.

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The Adrian Symphony Orchestra, a professional orchestra, is housed on campus and the director is on the College faculty.

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Adrian is one of the rare small colleges to boast a musical theatre program.

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The Adrian College Choir has around 100 members, and the concert band has 40-50 members. About one third of the campus is involved with choirs, ensembles and/or private lessons.

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The choir goes on tour annually. It performed recently at Carnegie Hall in New York, and has been invited back.

Your Philosophy/ Path To...

Religion The goal of religion and philosophy courses is to teach students to understand and appreciate the belief systems and cultures of other people, as well as their own, and to grapple for themselves with the ultimate questions that face human beings.

The study of religion and philosophy explores the spiritual and ethical dimensions of human experience around the world, as expressed in literary, historical, artistic, ritual and symbolic forms. It focuses on how everyday human thoughts and actions become systems of belief and morality.

Both of these majors will teach you to write, research, and think critically so as to better prepare you for seminary, law school, graduate school, or your chosen career.

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Every professor in the department is active in his or her field, and publishes frequently. Religion professor George Aichele is world-renowned in his field and has edited or written 16 books.

Good preparation for seminary, grad school and a wide variety of careers (social work, medicine, music)

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Law schools accept more philosophy majors than any other major, due to skills in writing and logic.

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Adrian philosophy classes have a reputation for their rigor.

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Philosophy/religion majors combine well with other majors.

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Students write a senior research paper. They have the opportunity to present their research to the Adrian community and at a regional conference with students from other colleges and universities.

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Small classes and an abundance of individual attention create an ideal learning environment.

ate school, where they are competitive for scholarships and are accepted into their program of first choice.

Graduates routinely report that they are among the best prepared students in their entering classes.

✸ Graduates have attended Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Emory, Michigan State, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Anderson School of Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Asbury Theological Seminary, and more.

✸ Rey Mondragon, with aspirations to become a United Methodist pastor, received a full scholarship to Duke Divinity School.

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Study in my discipline unites the head and heart. There are no intellectual shortcuts here; bring your brain to this stuff. But it also calls forth the essence of your life, your whole being.”

-Rev. Dr. Chris Momany, Philosophy/Religion professor and College Chaplain

Philosophy/Religion is an excellent course of study for the Pre-seminary program; go to page 29 for more information.

Your Path To...

Physics

Want to know more about how the world works? Then a major in physics is an excellent choice. The department offers highly individualized courses to provide you with a solid foundation in the field.

At Adrian, the science faculty prides itself on the quality of its teaching. In addition, Adrian’s liberal arts education means that you will be well-rounded and a more developed critical thinker and writer.

Physics is a good choice for Adrian’s pre-engineering program, as well as for a career in professional physics, sales engineering, education or an interdisciplinary field such as medical physics, radiological physics, biophysics, geophysics, or chemical physics.

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✸ Dr. Douglas Hudgins, a physics and chemistry

bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science.

✸ The summer after their junior year, Adrian physics majors typically do research at a major university through the National Science Foundation.

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major, earned his doctorate at Cornell University and is an astrochemist and administrator for NASA.

✸ Physics and math major Mary Hofbeck earned a graduate degree in acoustics at Penn State University, then joined Boeing as an acoustical physicist.

✸ Adrian graduates are successful physics teachers. ✸ Summer research sites include University of Notre Dame, Michigan State, Indiana University and others.

✸ the faculty. Upper-level classes may even be oneon-one.

Semester-long opportunities for research and study

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Physics opens up worlds of discovery. You will learn how things work at their most fundamental level, and gain the knowledge you’ll need to wrestle with the universe’s mysteries.”

-Dr. Levon Yoder, Physics Department Chairperson

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Political Science

Understanding politics becomes more and more important as the world moves toward democracy and the role of citizens in government grows. The Political Science Department at Adrian emphasizes the study of democracy and democratization, providing its graduates with a foundation that prepares them to be active and effective participants in government, law or business.

Most political science students at Adrian participate in at least one professional internship. Whether it is local, or in Chicago, Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia, students work on political campaigns, in law offices, government agencies, the United Nations, and international nongovernmental organizations.

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It is our goal to give students the education and experiences they need to achieve the career they want, and to give them the confidence they need to make a difference in the world.”

-Dr. James Hanley, Political Science Department Chairperson

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student to arrange real-world experiences, including internships and study abroad.

✸ Great preparation for a range of careers, from CEO to nonprofit administrator, lawyer, analyst, politician, or legislative aide.

✸ The faculty is committed to not only making sure your education is rigorous and complete, but also fun.

✸ Students have opportunities to publish as undergraduates, including in the Michigan Journal of Political Science.

Political Science is an excellent course of study for the Pre-Law program; go to page 29 for more information.

graduate and U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers is a former FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer, and small business owner.

✸ Eric Ochmanek was handpicked while an Adrian student to work on the Advance team for Bush and Cheney’s run for office. He now works in Washington, D.C., for Bush and other top officials.

✸ Virgil Bernero is mayor of Lansing, Michigan’s capital. ✸ Graduate

Kim Bush works for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, and worked as an activist to register and recruit voters in Detroit and Flint.

✸ Mary Venturi completed a summer internship in Washington, D.C, with the Protection Project, researching human trafficking in the U.S. and internationally. As part of her job she met with U.S. Senators and Congressmen, and ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, Greece and other countries.

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Parsons participated in a one-year internship with the United Nations in Vienna, Austria.

Your Path Psychology To...

Studying psychology at a place like Adrian is an excellent preparation for understanding human behavior. How do we think, and why do we act the way we do?

Working in small classes with professors who are experts in their fields, you will begin to gain powerful insights into these questions.

Unlike some larger schools where students end up overspecializing at the undergraduate level, Adrian gives you a broad and thorough background in psychology that will leave your options open. When you graduate, you will have an excellent preparation for graduate work or a career.

Adrian graduates have many interesting opportunities, including professional psychology, working in health education or sports psychology, or working in business or research. You might do therapy for child abuse victims, study brain function, or design a better dashboard for the auto industry.

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When you study psychology at Adrian, you learn not just data and theories, but an approach to thinking and problem solving that can help you in any career you choose.”

-Dr. Gordon Hammerle, Psychology Department Chairperson

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✸ Students complete their own research and

✸ Dr. Suziliene Board, class of 1996, earned her

present it on campus, as well as in professional settings such as the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference in Chicago.

✸ Students are encouraged to follow their interests; faculty will work with you to tailor your courses and research, and offer independent studies.

✸ Professors have a scientific approach to the field, but show the practical application of the research.

✸ High success rate for getting into graduate school.

✸ Learn in a small, intimate class setting with interactive teaching methods.

doctorate in clinical psychology and is a certified school psychologist. She specializes in working with children and families, especially teenage girls from the inner city.

✸ Christine Hammerle, class of 2003, is an attorney at Perkins Coie, in Phoenix. This firm was listed in Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2006.

✸ Dr. Crystal MacAllum, class of 1986, is a senior study director for Westat, a social science research firm in the Washington, D.C., area serving business and government.

✸ Anthony Kontos, class of 1992, is a sports psychologist at Humboldt State University in California.

✸ Lora DiCenzo, class of 2004, is a children’s therapist at Kids Hope United in Chicago, a nationally acclaimed, innovative human service organization.

Your Sociology, Path Social Work & To... Criminal Justice The Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice is one of the most active on campus, with a reputation for getting students out of the classroom for real experience. The faculty has received awards both for their teaching and for their emphasis on service learning, where students do hands-on projects that improve the community.

A major in the department will prepare you for a meaningful role in our society. It will also prepare you for graduate school or a job as a police officer, a social worker, a sociologist, or as a professional in a host of other related fields.

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Alumni & Students In Action:

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Degrees: bachelor of arts in sociology or criminal justice; bachelor of social work; minors in all three areas

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Every year Adrian students attend the Midwest Undergraduate Sociology Conference to present research papers

When Shane Sarnac and Sarah Gallow graduated with social work degrees in 2006, both were accepted at University of Michigan, the top social work program in the country.

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Deidre Redmond was accepted into the sociology program at Indiana University Bloomington, where she works alongside the authors of the textbooks she used at Adrian.

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High acceptance rate for graduate and law school

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Good placement rate for criminal justice and crime prevention jobs.

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In-depth senior research projects

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Active relationships with local police departments, prisons, city governments, service organizations, social service agencies, and community coalitions for internships, guest speakers, and community projects

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20 years of educating social workers who go directly into careers or MSW programs at University of Michigan, Ohio State, Wayne State, and many others

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Tanya Lynn Anderson is a specialist counselor at a juvenile detention center.

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Kelly Neumann graduated from New England School of Law, and now practices in the Boston area.

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Marlea Applegate has worked for the Department of Defense.

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Many graduates are law officers, including Wyoming state police officer Ryan Rossler and Clawson city patrol officer Kellie Bauss.

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Being active in the community is part of good career preparation.

It’s also part of being a good human being.”

-Dr. Bill Tregea, Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice Department Chairperson

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Theatre

The greatest feature of the Adrian College theatre program is getting you involved immediately. Adrian is solely an undergraduate institution, so you will not be competing with grad students for the best roles. You can take the lead, you can direct, you can design sets, and you can even write and produce your own plays.

Many students take internships, including in theatres in Chicago, California, and London. Theatre grads go on to a variety of exciting career options, both on and off the stage.

Whether you want to major in theatre or just want to do it for fun, Adrian College is an excellent choice. Students from all academic disciplines get involved . Many Adrian graduates develop a love for theatre that they continue to pursue in one form or another after they graduate.

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Our philosophy in the theatre department is that we’d rather have students do it instead of us. The way to learn is by doing it yourself.”

-Michael Allen, Theatre Department Chairperson

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✸ Annual production of one-act plays; written,

✸ Theatre grad Alan Rust earned an acting MFA, then

directed and acted by students

✸ Musical theatre major ✸ Active participant in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, with consistent record of regional and national festival opportunities

✸ Six full-scale productions a year, including a large-scale musical

✸ Professional-grade dance floor in the dance studio

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To learn more about musical theatre, go to Academics at www.adrian.edu and find the Music Department home page.

✸ Opportunities abound with the historic Croswell Opera House in the city of Adrian

✸ Acting recitals and musical theatre recitals

founded a summer theatre on Cape Cod, where as art director he also acts, directs and produces.

✸ Larry Stotz is artistic director of the Croswell Opera House, was involved in theatre in NYC, and served as general manager of Deaf West Theatre Company in Hollywood.

✸ Kathy Dee Harrison, a theatre minor, is a singer, songwriter and actress and is highly involved in children’s theatre.

✸ Holly Zorn, a music education and theatre double major, teaches music and drama in Texas.

✸ Trisha Carter earned an MFA in technical theatre and then served as technical director at a theatre in South Carolina.

Minors

Minors are available in almost every area. A few of the options are highlighted here.

Art History minor The art history minor complements majors in history, interior design, international business, modern languages and cultures, and English, and can lead to careers in historic preservation, museum work, gallery work, arts writing, or graduate studies.

Study abroad is available and encouraged. Art students have spent semesters in Spain, Wales, Mexico, Italy, England, Australia, and Germany studying archaeology, Renaissance art, and German painting, to name just a few.

Computer Information Systems minor Adrian College offers a Computer Information Systems (CIS) minor to supplement a variety of majors on campus. The course of study is designed according to what best enhances your major. Gain basic skills in everything from web design to databases, and complete a special project that is individually designed with your faculty supervisor. Whether your major is science, business, art, or English, CIS will add another dimension to your degree by making you technologically literate in your area.

Public Relations minor Adrian College offers a minor in public relations through the Communication Arts and Sciences Department. Students often choose to complement a business major in marketing, thus taking advantage of the close relationship between marketing and P.R. and broadening their career options. It will enhance a variety of other majors as well.

The minor consists of a variety of helpful communication classes, and benefits from the public relations backgrounds of the communication faculty.

Women’s Studies minor Women’s Studies at Adrian is an interdisciplinary program that examines the past and the present from the perspective of women and gender. Students are encouraged to take classes that focus on women’s experiences and the construction of gender roles and identities from a variety of areas, including history, psychology, religion, English, communication, and sociology.

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Pre-professional Programs

Pre-art Therapy Program How can the powerful tool of art be used to help people better understand themselves and their world? The pre-art therapy program will help you learn how.

Internships are an important part of the program, because that is where you’ll learn how to apply what you’ve learned about the main fields of art – painting, ceramics, and drawing – to actual clients. You will develop a sophisticated portfolio that demonstrates your mastery of imagery – a mastery that will one day allow you to facilitate the healing imagery of the people you work with.

Pre-art therapy will help you get into an advanced degree program and become an art therapist. The flexibility of the program allows you to major in art and minor in psychology, or vice versa. Adrian students have a 100 percent acceptance rate in art therapy at Wayne State University, and have attended Vermont College (Norwich University), The University of Louisville, George Washington University, and New York University.

Pre-engineering Program The pre-engineering program at Adrian College is a two-year program in science, computer, and mathematics designed to prepare students for entrance into the third year of engineering school. It includes courses required by the engineering accrediting association for all engineering schools and all programs. Students who complete it can transfer to the engineering school of their choice.

Adrian College also offers a dual-degree option. Under this plan students take additional courses leading to a major in mathematics or one of the sciences during a third year of residency before they transfer. Upon completion of the engineering degree, a degree is also issued from Adrian College.

Adrian students have attended the engineering schools at University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, as well as others in Michigan and other states.

Pre-architecture Program Adrian College offers a dual degree program with Washington University in St. Louis. You’ll spend three years at Adrian for basic studies in design science, mathematics, and liberal arts followed by one year at Washington for specialized study in architecture. By starting your program at Adrian, you’ll have the advantage of a liberal arts education, including communication and critical-thinking skills, so you’ll be very prepared to enter the last year of architecture school. Once you have completed your bachelor’s degree at Washington University, it is possible to remain there in the Masters of Architecture program. Pre-architecture students generally major in studio art or interior design.

Pre-health Sciences If you are interested in one of the following careers, then Adrian’s Pre-Health Sciences Program and Pre-Veterinary program will put you on the right path: ✸ Dentist ✸ Doctor ✸ Optometrist ✸ Podiatrist ✸ Physician’s Assistant ✸ Pharmacist ✸ Veterinarian The Pre-Health and Pre-Vet programs provide suggested coursework to help you succeed in professional school after Adrian. You can major in anything you choose, although you are encouraged to major in one of the physical or natural sciences.

There are major advantages to choosing Adrian for your undergraduate work in these areas. You will build a versatile degree with the rock-solid foundation you need in biology, chemistry, physics and math to succeed in your professional program of choice. You will know your professors, who will work with you individually to learn your field and its market, develop research opportunities, and find internships.

In addition, you will have an edge on applicants from other schools thanks to the breadth of your liberal arts education. You will take a year of English, and are encouraged to take courses such as ethics, psychology and sociology that will help you in health science. More importantly, you will distinguish yourself as someone with the valuable ability to write and think critically.

Historically, Adrian has had an excellent placement record for graduate and medical school, due in large part to how your professors know you and your strengths when writing letters of recommendation.

Graduates have attended Ohio State University, Duke University, Michigan State University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Wayne State University, University of Michigan and others.

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There are three influences that have helped me attain success as a physician: my parents, my medical school, and Adrian College. Adrian gave me a sound preparation for medical school, and my four years as an undergraduate were probably the best of my life.”

-Dr. Robin Arrington Jr., Medical Director of Total Health Care, a Health Maintenance Organization that serves 300 centers in Michigan and 70 centers in Florida

Pre-physical Therapy Program Adrian graduates have a high rate of success through the Pre-physical Therapy Program. With a curriculum that is similar to pre-health sciences, this program prepares you for graduate school in physical therapy, occupational therapy, or exercise physiology. You’ll take courses in biology, physics, psychology, computer science, math, and philosophy.

Graduates from the program have later attended graduate school for physical therapy at Northwestern University, Oakland University, the Medical University of Ohio, Andrews University, University of Michigan – Flint, Saint Louis University, Grand Valley State University, and others.

Pre-seminary Program The Pre-Seminary program is a pre-professional trajectory that includes a vocational discernment student group and academic guidance. The student group is known as the Major Cole Association and is named after one of the college’s early sponsors of pre-ministerial students. Both women and men are active in the Major Cole Association, and several different denominations are represented. The Major Cole group is one of the ten official spiritual life groups at the college and represents some (but definitely not all) of the many students directly involved in spiritual life on campus. Recent graduates from our Pre-Seminary emphasis have gone on to Duke Divinity School, The Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Anderson School of Theology, and other graduate theological schools. Adrian was the very first of about 100 United Methodist-related undergraduate institutions invited to pilot a Pre-Seminary/Graduate Level partnership with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

Pre-law Program Adrian College offers a pre-law program for students who plan to attend law school and pursue a career as a lawyer. The pre-law advisor helps students choose a course of study that exposes them to extremely important basic concepts for law school while allowing maximum flexibility for students to follow their own interest and aptitudes. You may choose any major, along with recommended pre-law courses.

Program Features: monthly workshops with guest speakers and visiting law school students, visits by law school admissions directors, LSAT prep classes, an on-campus Pre-Law Center with law school information, and law classes in business, philosophy/religion, political science, psychology, and sociology, social work and criminal justice.

Adrian College at a glance Location: Adrian, Michigan (45 minutes fromAnnArbor and Toledo, 90 minutes from Detroit) Founded: 1859 Enrollment: 1,000 Average Class Size: 15 students Housing: 2-person rooms, single rooms, 4-person apartments Placement: 90% of graduates find employment or enter graduate school within 6 months of graduation Off-campus Study: 27 programs in 13 foreign countries and 4 programs in the U.S. Athletics: NCAA Division III, founding member of the Michigan IntercollegiateAthleticAssociation (MIAA).

Mascot: Bulldogs Colors: Black and gold

Adrian College 110 South Madison Street Adrian, Michigan 49221 1-800-877-2246 www.adrian.edu admissions@adrian.edu