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Inside Higher Ed - Alma Mater Blog

January 17, 2012

Jeff Abernathy, president, Alma College, writes: For all of our talk about the college's carbon footprint, we at Alma have lately been discussing the many ways in which even a small college impacts the local community and environment. Some of the most exciting work I have done 18 months into my work at Alma College has been in collaboration with our local communities. I am still learning about the exciting work of building and nurturing community partnerships which will be key to the college's future as well as that of our town and region.

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