Adrian College

“My professors were very knowledgeable. In fact, attimes I felt like I was in over my head. That challengereally helped me grow over four years. My experiencewas excellent because my professors knew me person-ally and were very supportive – they used theirexpertise 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. Iwent to a bigger school and sat in lecture halls withhundreds of students. The difference we can make inour students’ lives goes so far beyond that.”

-Robin Bott, Adrian professor

“There’s no comparison to an undergraduate experi-ence at a small, liberal arts college. Adrian studentsdiscover the world of ideas in small classes, withprofessors who work with them personally. I’m con-vinced that it is the absolute best preparation forgraduate school or a career.”

-Melissa Stewart, Adrian professor

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 fieldsof study are connected. The education you receive will prepare you not only for what you want tobecome, but who you want to become.

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

Adrian College is your path to SUCCESS!

A Liberal Arts Education

Mission Statement

“We make every effort tohelp students getexactly where they wantto go, and sometimeshelp them figure outwhere that is.”

-Professor Keith McCleary,faculty president

What They’re SayingAdrian College, a liberal arts College in the UnitedMethodist tradition, is committed to the pursuit of truthand to the dignity of all people. Through active andcreative learning in a supportive community, studentsare challenged to achieve excellence in their academic,personal, and professional lives, and to contribute to amore socially just society.

Table of contentsMajors:Accounting and Business 3 - 5

EconomicsInternational Studies

Art & Design 6 - 7Biology 8Chemistry 9Communication 10 -11Earth Science 12Education 13English 14Environmental Sciences/Studies 15Exercise Science/Physical Education 16History 17Interior Design 18Mathematics 19Modern Languages & Cultures 20Music 21Philosophy/Religion 22Physics 23Political Science 24Psychology 25Sociology, Social Work & Criminal Justice 26Theatre 27

Minors*:Art History 28Computer Information Systems 28Public Relations 28Women’s Studies 28

Pre-professional Programs:Pre-art Therapy Program 29Pre-architecture Program 29Pre-engineering Program 29Pre-health Sciences 30Pre-physical Therapy Program 30Pre-seminary Program 30Pre-law Program 30

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BusinessAdrian College has a strong program in business. Graduates of the Accountancy/

Business Administration Department have used their Adrian degrees to becomeleaders 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 theBachelor of Business Administration Degree (BBA) with majors in accounting,management and marketing. A bachelor’s degree in international business and abachelor of science degree in accounting further expand your options for anintensive business degree at a small, liberal arts college.

Your exposure to a wide range of fields through the college’s liberal arts curricu-lum gives you an edge by giving you insights into any number of areas of busi-ness. Students often create unique futures for themselves by combining businesswith almost any other major, including foreign language, the sciences, exercisescience and communication.

Very strong alumni network providing internship andemployment opportunities for current students.Countless graduates are in senior managementpositions and leaders in their respective industries.The department’s “Education at Work” programbrings students together with successful alumnieach year.

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

Faculty works individually with students to get thebest internships and jobs.

State-of-the-art board room on campus allows allbusiness majors to make presentations in a profes-sional environment.

The Dawson Scholarship pays full tuition for topbusiness students during their junior and senioryears.

President and/or CEO of La-Z-Boy, Conrail,Intershoe, Number Six Software, and SpartanChemical 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 MBAprogram atAmeri-can University in Washington, D.C., and graduatestudies in sports management

Account coordinators for ad agencies and marketingresearch analysts.

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Using their professionalbusiness backgroundsand industry contacts, thefaculty designs courses toreflect the skill setsrequired in the workenvironment. Ourgraduates tell us this typeof preparation gives thema tremendous advantage.”

-Professor Bill Bachman,Department of Accountancy/

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Highlights of ManagementA 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 andoperations management. An Adrian operations intern integrated the purchasing systems of several healthcaregroups 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, theUniversity of Michigan and Wayne State University.

Highlights of MarketingAdrian’s marketing degree will provide you with the critical thinking skills necessary for success in sales,marketing research, and advertising.

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 includeadvertising agency Ogilvy & Mather and the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars inWashington, D.C.

Melissa Murray, class of 2006, is the only college student anywhere to be published in Quirk’s, a majorprofessional marketing publication. At the Toledo ad agency where she now works, one of her first clients wasLa-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 categorymanager for the Quaker Oats holding of PepsiCo.

Courtney Mason works at a global communications firm where her client list has included Burger King and theUnited States Postal Service.

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

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International StudiesThe International Studies major provides an opportunity forstudents who wish to study a variety of societies, cultures andnations and the relationships among them. All students in theprogram complete a core of courses that offers a broad overview ofthe world along with an individually designed area of emphasis.The program is interdisciplinary in nature and may include classesin art, business, earth science, economics, English, modernlanguages and cultures, history, philosophy and religion, politicalscience, sociology and anthropology, and/or teacher education.

Highlights of International BusinessAdrian College offers a well-rounded degree in International Business that willhelp 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 20credit hours in foreign language courses. You are also strongly encouraged tospend at least one semester in a study abroad program.

2005 graduate Lekha Fernandes spent two years working in the United ArabEmirates. She is now attending graduate school at Loyola University.

While studying in Mexico recently, an Adrian student designed and completed anindependent study to research the effect of NAFTA on small Mexican businesses.

Dawson Scholar and Ghana citizen Osman Antwi Boeteng continued with doctoralwork in international relations.

Graduates have completed assignments in Europe for their companies, includingJeff DeBest for Johnson Controls and Paul Fletcher for Eli Lilly.

Highlights of AccountingThe 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 governmentalsectors, or as an educator.

Adrian offers two accounting degrees: a bachelor of business administrationdegree, and a bachelor of science degree. The bachelor of science degree providesthe 150 hours required for CPA certification.

You’ll work with professors who are Certified Public Accountants with real-lifeexperience.

Graduates have a high placement rate with major public accounting firms, includ-ing recent successes with Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCooper.

Students participate in the IRS’s criminal investigation simulation. Called theAdrian Project, the project was developed here and is now replicated around thecountry.

Faculty members encourage internships with full exposure to financial accounting,cost accounting, and internal auditing.

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“When I graduated, I was prepared! Ihad a vision of where I was goingand how to get there. The facultyhelped me understand the qualitiesI needed to become a marketableyoung professional.”

-Melissa Murray,recent graduate and advertising account coordinator

*Adrian offers public relations andcomputer informationsystemsminors; see page 28.

To learn more about the Accoun-tancy/Business AdministrationDepartment, go to Academics atwww.adrian.edu.

“Adrian College has beena wonderful place for meto mature as an artist.The small classes havegiven me more of a one-on-one relationship withthe professors – myfriends and mentors. Ihave had manyopportunities here.”

—Jason Stockman, Adrian seniorand ceramicist

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The Adrian College art & design department is one of the most active places oncampus. Professors in the department believe so passionately in what they’re doingthat 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 artstradition, one that makes you a critical thinker and strong writer. As an art student, youwill gain a proficiency in your area, and you will also benefit from the department’suncommon focus on translating that proficiency into the career you want.

The art department has a strong emphasis on experiential learning, exposure toworking artists, multiple internships, and portfolio building. Your professors are dedi-cated 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 professionalexperience into the classroom. They have exhibited their work across the nation.However, their real passion is teaching. They understand the power and importance ofart, and as a result, have crucial insight into the role art can play in your developmentas a person.

Features:An Adrian art degree can lead to careers inelectronic art, illustration, education,entrepreneurship, arts management or studio art.

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

Art & Design is one of the most popular majorson campus.

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

Adrian artists include studio artist Steve Kostyshyn,painter and illustrator Mindy Lewis, watercolorillustrator Cindy Callog, sculptor Mike Barker, graphicdesigner Elaine Medrow, Henry Ford museum curatorAngie Fenn Reynert, pro sports designer Jose Melero,and Joy Franklin, a teaching artist in Italy.

Tabitha Beers Bradford is an art therapist at FooteMemorial Hospital.

Recent Adrian graduates are in MFA programs atSavannah College of Art and Design, ColumbiaCollege’s Center for Book and PaperArts, CityUniversity of New York, and Kendall College ofArtand Design.

Megan Sykes is in a museum studies master’s programat the University of Washington.

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

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StudioArt / BAor BFA

The studio art program will offer you a foundation in artistic production and visual thinking, and you’ll bechallenged to develop your own expressive language. You may choose to study a variety of two-dimensionaland three-dimensional media, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, fibers, photo, electronic art, orsculpture.

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

ArtEducation /BFA

When you study art education at Adrian College, you also teach art. Every semester and for a week in thesummer, art education majors design and implement the Youth Art Program, which exposes local K-6 studentsto 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 withspecial 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 experi-ences into the art classroom.

Arts Management / BAThe 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. Careerchoices may include operating art galleries and museums, managing groups and concert halls, and managingtheatrical companies. Core courses cover business, public relations, two-dimensional design and fine artsmanagement. In addition, students choose either one or two areas of emphasis from art, music and theatre.“

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We’re all about realexperience at Adrian.We like our studentsto major in art andthen be able to makea living at it.”

—Pi Benio, Professor of Art & Design

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

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

Adrian biology students are well-rounded and have achieved careers inalmost every conceivable area. The department prepares them forcareers with the DNR, the National Park Service, the U.S. DepartmentofAgriculture, and for industrial and research institutions.Adrian biologygraduates are physicians, dentists, nurses, optometrists, medical tech-nologists, podiatrists and teachers at high schools and universities.

Diverse faculty backgrounds include botany,genetics, entomology, and environmentalism.

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

Research opportunities with professors in the lab,off-campus, and even in other countries. Projectsinclude DNA fingerprinting or forensic entomology.Adrian students are competitive for summerresearch programs at major universities.

Internship opportunities abound.

Personal relationships help professors write detailedletters of recommendation that graduates say helpthem succeed.

An Adrian biology degree can prepare you for a jobright out of college, including as a technician insuch fields as radiology or dialysis.

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The biology department atAdrian prides itself in individualattention, hands-on learning,and an overall quality ofeducation that has resulted ina long record of success forour graduates.”

-Dr. Janet Salzwedel,Biology Department Chairperson

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

Amanda Wrona earned a doctorate in marine biologyand is now Savannah River project director for TheNature Conservancy in Georgia.

Several students now enrolled in the University ofMichigan College of Pharmacy completed pharmacyinternships while at Adrian.

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

Peter McDonell completed a summer researchprogram at the University of Iowa, discovered that hedidn’t like research, and is now studying environmen-tal law at the University of Michigan.

Biology is an excellent course of study for thePre-health sciences program; go to page 29 formore information.

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Features:All students are encouraged to get involved inresearch as soon as possible, even as freshmen orsophomores

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

Career choices: health sciences (medical, dental,etc.), research (graduate school), successfulchemistry careers right out of Adrian, or, as somehave done, earn an MBA and pursue chemistry andbusiness

Small classes instead of large lecture halls

Many chemistry majors have gone on to becomesuccessful doctors, dentists, pharmacists, teachers,and veterinarians.

Graduates have been accepted for advanced degreesat Yale, the University of Michigan, Wayne StateMedical School, Notre Dame, Indiana University andmany others.

Alumni are employed by Proctor & Gamble, BASK,Eli Lilly, NASAand many others.

Alumnus Kevin O’Mara, a chemistry major, owns andoperates two businesses: an environmental testingfirm and an Irish pub.

Adrian students have participated in summerprograms for nationally-funded research.

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

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

You’ll study under your professors in small classes, on individual researchprojects, as their hired teaching assistants, and outside class on an informalbasis.

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

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-Dr. Keith McCleary,Chemistry Department Chairperson

Chemistry is an excellent course of study forthe Pre-health sciences, Pre-veterinary, andPre-engineering programs; go to page 29 formore information.

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The Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Adrian College is nationallyrecognized for the advanced quality of professional and academic preparation it offersits majors. Its graduates are consistently chosen for graduate schools, law schools,and professional positions. Many advanced training and study programs regularlycontact the department to inquire if upcoming graduates will be available for scholar-ships, assistantships, and awards.

Courses are oriented toward contemporary, practical, career-minded application oftraditional theory. Graduates become communication professionals in several differentfields. 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 under-standing of how language works and how to communicate effectively.

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

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Recent internship sites include the Mitch AlbomShow, Ford Motor Company’s PR department,Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and the Toledo Mud Hensbaseball team.

Graduates have been awarded graduate assistant-ships at Illinois State, Central Michigan, EasternMichigan, and Ohio University.

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

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

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

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Many graduates have gone on to well-payingcareers in public relations, including Danelle Gittusat Oakland Intermediate School District and ErinVanhala at Potbelly Sandwich Works.

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

Patrick Kilbane and Patricia Smith both earned lawdegrees and are now practicing.

Steve Amorose and Joe Elardo are on-air radiopersonalities.

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Communication is somethingwe all do but often know littleabout. It’s a very broad fieldgrounded in civilization’searliest attempts atpersuasion, furtherenhanced by newer areas ofstudy such as masscommunication and publicrelations. The field ofcommunication is infinitelypractical!”

-Dr. Joanna Schultz, Communication Artsand Sciences Department Chairperson

Degree Options

The Mass Mediated Studies and Argumentation and Advocacy programs are the two emphases within theDepartment of Communication. They are interdependent, pre-professional academic units that providestudents 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, mediacritics, 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 withthe campus radio station, which will greatly help in finding a job in broadcasting. The size of the collegeand the communication department in particular also allows students to develop very close friendships withtheir 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 entergraduate programs in communication.

”After taking classes like argumentation and debate, public relations, and communication ethics, I feelmuch more confident as I prepare to enter the work field. These classes taught me the importance of accu-rate 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 definitelyhelp me be a better public relations professional.”-Erin Vanhala, class of 2006, Argumentation andAdvocacy major“

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Everything you learn in theclassroom can be applied toyour daily life. The professorspossess a great deal ofexperience in their areas, andthey do a phenomenal jobrelaying all they know to us.They are easy to contact andalways willing to help.”

-Josh Guitar, Class of 2008

Adrian also offers a pubic relations minor; see page 28.

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ScienceStudying 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 studentsprepare for exciting careers related to energy, resource allocation, the environment, or teaching. Earthscience 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 featuresfirst-hand through field study.

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

The department is characterized by field experienceand hands-on learning in the labs.

Field trips every semester. Some examples: WestVirginia, Upper Peninsula of Michigan,Arkansas,Texas, Colorado and the Appalachians. (See photosonline.)

Rock preparation and petrographic microscopelabs.

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

Internship opportunities.

Earth science major Kent Holesinger recentlycompleted a summer research project with one ofthe faculty, studying at Sunset Crater VolcanoNational Monument.

Doug Damary conducted research in northernArizona and southern Utah on a project funded bythe Cranson Award from the Michigan EarthScience Teachers Association.

Alumna Jane Sasso McColloch is an environmen-tal geologist in West Virginia.

Brent Weis is an exploration geologist forUNOCAL.

Jim Kreutzfeld owns and operates an oil companybased in Colorado.

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

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Studying geology atAdrian College is morethan just a classroomexperience. You willapply the concepts youlearned in class toproblems in the field.”

-Dr. Sarah Hanson,Earth Science Department Chairperson

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

The teacher education program will qualify you to meet the certification require-ments for elementary and secondary school education in Michigan, as well as in mostother states. Certification is offered in conjunction with bachelor of arts, bachelor offine arts, or bachelor of music education degrees.

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

Individual help with your resume and teachingportfolio that includes your educational philosophyand sample lesson and unit plans.

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

Annual mock interviews on campus with principalsand superintendents from area schools to prepareyou for the real thing.

The Educational Curriculum Center, a comprehen-sive, creative resource containing books, periodi-cals, videos, CDs, computer hardware and software,and other educational media to support futureteachers.

Work closely with other departments on campus.

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

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-Dr. Scott Behrens, Teacher EducationDepartment Chairperson

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“When you study English atAdrian College, you don’tjust read books and writepapers. You enter a literaryculture where students andprofessors read and writeand talk daily – about all ofthe real world issuesaround us, but mostespecially about how weunderstand our world andhow we influence it.”

–Dr. Robin Bott,Associate Professor of English

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can literature, as well as courses in Hawaiian literature and African and Caribbeanliterature. Special courses taught recently have included mystery and detectivefiction, literature of the Harlem Renaissance, and a course in environmental literature.

Writing is another focus of the English Department. Because many of the profes-sors are writers themselves, they have a deep understanding of the writing process.The faculty includes a novelist, an award-winning journalist, and professors whospecialize in the teaching of writing. Members of the department direct the WritingCenter and the Writing Across the Curriculum program.

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

Features:English majors choose one of four areas toemphasize: literature, writing, journalism or teachereducation.

Unlike larger schools where positions are reservedfor upper-level majors, all students can work forthe student newspaper and submit work to thecollege’s literary magazine.

Adrian provides opportunities for you to studygreat literature where it happened. When youtake Shakespeare at Oxford in England, you seeplays at the Globe, a reproduction of the theatrewhere Shakespeare’s plays were performed in hislifetime. Study Tolkien and you’ll visit the Englishpub where the famed author met with his literarycircle.

The English department will prepare you forgraduate school, law school, or virtually anyprofessional field that values the skills of reading,writing and thinking.

Colby Davis received a full-ride scholarship to theMFA program in creative writing at Notre Dame.Kim Muntz is completing a master’s degree in counsel-ing in Nottingham, England.

Tracey Gholston completed three internships withGannett, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher.English-journalism major John Hiner is editor of theBay City Times.

Jacquelyn Edwards, a double-major in English-literature and accounting, is an auditor forPriceWaterhouseCoopers and comes to Adrian tointerview graduates for her company.

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

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

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

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Science/StudiesThe Environmental Science and the Environmental Studies degrees are

multidisciplinary in nature, combining the arts, humanities and sciences. Themajors are designed to prepare students to enter a variety of environmentalcareers, both scientific and non-scientific in nature. Students will investigatesolutions to environmental problems and will examine the diverse nature of thefield 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 gradu-ate has opportunities for multiple internships to give them the experience thatemployers seek.

Environmental science majors take science-oriented coursework to prepare them for excitingenvironmental jobs around the world, including asnaturalists, conservationists, or environmentalscientists for industry or government.

Environmental studies majors take coursesoriented in the arts and humanities to prepare forsuch careers as environmental journalism, environ-mental politics, environmental accountancy andenvironmental compliance.

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

Emphasis on field work, hands-on learning, andsolving real problems.

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Karen Fulcher landed her ideal career as a foresterthanks in part to her Adrian internship as an urbanforester.

Oliver Fisher, an environmental science major whohas a political science minor, went to graduate schoolat Youngstown State for environmental studies and isnow a health inspector, with an interest in possiblypursuing environmental law.

The interests that Kara Tecco pursued as a studentincluded fish and aquatic ecosystems. She nowworks to protect an important water system throughthe River Raisin Watershed Project.

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

Students have marked over 500 turtles in a long-termecology project to study local populations of paintedturtles.

Most environmentalproblems require amultidisciplinary answer.Air pollution is a problemof chemistry, but also ofpolitics, engineering, andeconomics. We prepareour students to thriveunder this sort ofcomplex situation.”

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The Exercise Science/Physical Education department aims to blendacademic preparation, practical application and personal attention.All ofour students receive a strong foundation in thebiological sciences includinghumananatomy,humanphysiology, exercisephysiologyandkinesiology.Onthe practical side, you’ll have a variety of internship opportunities at recog-nized clinics, corporations and fitness centers throughout the Midwest. Inyour senior year, you’ll collect and analyze data as part of a senior researchproject that you’ll present and potentially even publish.

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Degrees offered: exercise science (with optionalareas of concentration in pre-physical therapy orcorporate fitness), athletic training, or physicaleducation.

The department provides internship opportunitiesin every potential career area, with well over 50established internship sites and more being addedall the time.

Adrian has a 100% placement rate in graduateschool for physical therapy including Northwest-ern,Andrews, Michigan-Flint, Saint Louis, Tiffin,Miami, Grand Valley State and Medical Universityof Ohio.

Students can assist faculty on research projectsand present their findings at professional confer-ences.

Wendy Towne earned a master’s degree in exercisescience from Colorado State University and worked inAtlanta at Velocity, a premier training center for profes-sional athletes.

Steve Gauthier is in nursing at Oakland University.Several other Adrian grads are currently pursuingdoctorate degrees in the physical therapy programthere.

Hon Vien, an exercise science major, attended graduateschool for physical therapy and is now in medicalschool.

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

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

Karen Baird, a physical education major, is the headwomen’s softball coach at Western MichiganUniversity.

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-Dr. Kevin Darr, Exercise Science/PhysicalEducation Chairperson

Exercise Science/Physical Education is an excellentcourse of study for the Pre-physical therapy pro-gram; go to page 29 for more information.

“At Adrian, we believe thathistory is a living andbreathing activity, and wewill teach you how doingit for yourself can bringthe world alive. By takinghistory at AC, you willmore fully understand notonly the past but thepresent.”

-Dr. Stephanie Jass,History Department Chairperson

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analyzing the past, but also for understanding the developments and challenges of the presentage. 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 argumentssupported by evidence.

History classes are interactive with frequent discussions, and employ group projects, variousmedia, and field trips. In addition, your professors will help you become a better communicatorby teaching you how to write and speak more effectively.Adrian College students are preparedfor 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 SovietUnion. They teach more than just facts; they teach how to think critically and analyze, skillswith 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 andinteresting, and welcome opportunities to provide a personalized education.

Features:Learn by doing.

Work with primary source materials to formulateyour own arguments about what happened in thepast.

Develop writing skills, learn to present and defendan argument, communicate effectively, and thinkcritically.

Career choices: go to law school or graduateschool, or get a successful career right out ofcollege.

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

Internship opportunities are available.

For their senior capstone, history majors complete apaper on a topic of their choice. They work personallywith the faculty on the project, and take great pride inthe results.

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

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

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

Graduates work everywhere from corporations, to non-profit organizations, to libraries. Many graduates areteachers.

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DesignThe Interior Design Department atAdrian 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 andrendering skills and will develop a working knowledge of areas such as buildingconstruction, sustainable design, and aging in place. Each design course will helpyou build a portfolio of your best work.

When you graduate you will be grounded in the fundamentals of residential andcommercial design, and may go on to design office buildings, restaurants, schools ordepartment stores. Aside from load-bearing construction, you will learn to design allaspects of an interior space with the health, safety and welfare of your client in mind.This includes working with construction drawings, specifications, and bid docu-ments. Interior design is a major part of Adrian’s pre-architecture program.

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

Program designed for students to pass the certifi-cation exams they will need to become practicinginterior designers. This certification is required inhalf of the states in the U.S.

Active student chapter of the American Society ofInterior Designers

Travel every other year to Chicago, to talk withreps at the Merchandise Mart and take architec-tural walking tours.

Adrian has a 3:1 dual degree pre-architectureprogram.

Class projects include real design work. Studentshave helped re-design new office space on campus,and have provided design ideas to local clients onareas ranging from residential spaces to beautyparlors.

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

Internships at Merillat Industries, designing show-rooms and magazine layouts for one of the nation’slargest cabinet manufacturers.

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

Future employersreport that theyprefer interiordesign studentsfrom Adrianbecause they arewell-rounded,prepared, and easyto work with.”

-Nancy Van Over,Interior Design Department Chairperson

Interior Design is an excellent course of study forthe Pre-arichecture program; go to page 29 formore information.

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Features:Small classes, individual attention.

Upper level classes of 15 or fewer students.

Excellent choice for pre-engineering; Adrianhas a 3-2 dual degree program withWashington University (St. Louis) and theUniversity of Detroit Mercy.

Students have been known to enter Adrian forengineering, switch to a math major instead,and then go to graduate school for math orphysics.

A math major is an excellent complement toother majors, especially the sciences.

Math graduate Jeremy Butler-Pinkham is anarchitect.

Stacy Jolly, a 2001 graduate, works in thechallenging field of actuarial science.

Danielle Hobbes is employed as a financialplanner.

Math grad Craig Larner works in the area ofquality control.

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

Tony Paris is attending law school.

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Students take math atAdrian College as part of their preparationfor 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, theAdrian CollegeMathematics Department can provide a sound preparation in aliberal arts setting.Abroad educational background will serve youwell nomatterwhat youdo, andwill giveyougreat flexibility inexploring your career options.

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Employers like to hirepeople who can succeedat mathematics, whetherit’s a major or a minor,because they see a prob-lem-solver. And they likeliberal arts grads, becausethey’re so well-rounded.”

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

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

Majors in Spanish, French, German, and JapaneseStudies.

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

Adrian welcomes international students from a varietyof countries, including Mexico, Ireland, Japan andZimbabwe.

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

Active language clubs and national language honorsocieties.

Internship opportunities are available during studyabroad.

The department offers courses in American SignLanguage andArabic.

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

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

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

Sara Naab, an international studies major with minors inFrench and business, set up computer schools for poorpeople in Haiti while a college student. She attended graduateschool at University of Michigan, worked in Africa for twoyears, and is now knowledge manager for the nonprofitFreedom from Hunger.

Alumna Lekha Fernandes worked in the United ArabEmirates for an international company specializing incommunication solutions for telecom providers.

While studying in Mexico, John Simmons researched theeffects of NAFTA on small Mexican businesses. He is nowManager of International Operations for the U.S. GrainsCouncil in Washington, D.C.

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The study of languageand culture opens doorsto new opportunities, andoffers deep insights intothe global nature of ourplanet.”

-Dr. John Eipper, Modern Languages andCultures Department Chairperson

“There is no replacing what youlearn when you study abroad.”

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

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

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

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

Marching band performs in Adrian’s new multisportstadium.

The Adrian Symphony Orchestra, a professionalorchestra, is housed on campus and the director is on theCollege faculty.

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

TheAdrian College Choir has around 100 members, andthe concert band has 40-50 members. About one third ofthe campus is involved with choirs, ensembles and/orprivate lessons.

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

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Elgin Clingaman is co-owner of the Renaissance PipeOrgan Company, servicing approximately 80 pipeorgans throughout the Midwest.

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

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

Students organize, lead and direct the annualBroadway Review, performing show tunes with anorchestra and costumes.

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

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ReligionThe 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 andethical dimensions of human experience around the world, as expressed in literary,historical, artistic, ritual and symbolic forms. It focuses on how everyday humanthoughts and actions become systems of belief and morality.

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

Every professor in the department is active in his or herfield, and publishes frequently. Religion professorGeorgeAichele is world-renowned in his field and hasedited or written 16 books.

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

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

Adrian philosophy classes have a reputation for their rigor.

Philosophy/religion majors combine well with othermajors.

Students write a senior research paper. They have theopportunity to present their research to the Adriancommunity and at a regional conference with studentsfrom other colleges and universities.

Small classes and an abundance of individual attentioncreate an ideal learning environment.

The department’s graduates usually succeed in gradu-ate school, where they are competitive for scholarshipsand are accepted into their program of first choice.Graduates routinely report that they are among the bestprepared students in their entering classes.

Graduates have attended Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt,Emory, Michigan State, Garrett-Evangelical TheologicalSeminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, the MethodistTheological School in Ohio, Anderson School ofTheology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, AsburyTheological Seminary, and more.

Rey Mondragon, with aspirations to become a UnitedMethodist pastor, received a full scholarship to DukeDivinity School.

Study in my disciplineunites the head andheart. There are nointellectual shortcutshere; bring your brain tothis stuff. But it also callsforth the essence of yourlife, your whole being.”

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

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

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

Physics opens up worldsof discovery. You willlearn how things work attheir most fundamentallevel, and gain theknowledge you’ll need towrestle with the universe’smysteries.”

-Dr. Levon Yoder,Physics Department Chairperson

The department offers two degree options: abachelor of arts and a bachelor of science.

The summer after their junior year, Adrian physicsmajors typically do research at a major universitythrough the National Science Foundation.

Students study in small classes instead of largelecture halls.

There are opportunities for research with thefaculty.

There is an abundance of individual attention fromthe faculty. Upper-level classes may even be one-on-one.

Semester-long opportunities for research and studyare available at Argonne NationalLaboratory and other elite research sites.

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Physics and math major Mary Hofbeck earned agraduate degree in acoustics at Penn StateUniversity, then joined Boeing as an acousticalphysicist.

Adrian graduates are successful physics teachers.

Summer research sites include University of NotreDame, Michigan State, Indiana University andothers.

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ScienceUnderstanding politics becomes more and more important as the world

moves toward democracy and the role of citizens in government grows. ThePolitical Science Department at Adrian emphasizes the study of democracyand democratization, providing its graduates with a foundation that preparesthem to be active and effective participants in government, law or business.

Most political science students at Adrian participate in at least oneprofessional internship. Whether it is local, or in Chicago, Washington, D.C.or Philadelphia, students work on political campaigns, in lawoffices, government agencies, the United Nations, and international non-governmental organizations.

Faculty members work individually with eachstudent to arrange real-world experiences, includ-ing internships and study abroad.

Great preparation for a range of careers, from CEOto nonprofit administrator, lawyer, analyst, politi-cian, or legislative aide.

The faculty is committed to not only making sureyour education is rigorous and complete, but alsofun.

Students have opportunities to publish as under-graduates, including in the Michigan Journal ofPolitical Science.

Adrian graduate and U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers isa former FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer, and smallbusiness owner.

Eric Ochmanek was handpicked while an Adrianstudent to work on the Advance team for Bush andCheney’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 ofCommunity Organizations for Reform Now, and workedas an activist to register and recruit voters in Detroitand Flint.

Mary Venturi completed a summer internship inWashington, D.C, with the Protection Project, researchinghuman trafficking in the U.S. and internationally. As partof her job she met with U.S. Senators and Congressmen,and ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, Greece and othercountries.

James Parsons participated in a one-year internshipwith the United Nations in Vienna, Austria.

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-Dr. James Hanley, Political ScienceDepartment Chairperson

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Studying psychology at a place like Adrian is an excellent preparation for under-standing 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 beginto gain powerful insights into these questions.

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

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

Students complete their own research andpresent it on campus, as well as in professionalsettings such as the Michigan UndergraduatePsychology Research Conference in Chicago.

Students are encouraged to follow their inter-ests; faculty will work with you to tailor yourcourses and research, and offer independentstudies.

Professors have a scientific approach to the field,but show the practical application of the re-search.

High success rate for getting into graduateschool.

Learn in a small, intimate class setting withinteractive teaching methods.

Dr. Suziliene Board, class of 1996, earned herdoctorate in clinical psychology and is a certifiedschool psychologist. She specializes in working withchildren and families, especially teenage girls fromthe inner city.

Christine Hammerle, class of 2003, is an attorneyat Perkins Coie, in Phoenix. This firm was listed inFortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to WorkFor2006.

Dr. Crystal MacAllum, class of 1986, is a seniorstudy director for Westat, a social science researchfirm in the Washington, D.C., area serving businessand government.

Anthony Kontos, class of 1992, is a sports psy-chologist at Humboldt State University in California.

Lora DiCenzo, class of 2004, is a children’s therapistat Kids Hope United in Chicago, a nationallyacclaimed, innovative human service organization.

When you studypsychology at Adrian,you learn not just dataand theories, but anapproach to thinkingand problem solvingthat can help you inany career youchoose.”

-Dr. Gordon Hammerle,Psychology Department Chairperson

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

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

Degrees: bachelor of arts in sociology or criminaljustice; bachelor of social work; minors in all threeareas

Every year Adrian students attend the MidwestUndergraduate Sociology Conference to presentresearch papers

High acceptance rate for graduate and law school

Good placement rate for criminal justice and crimeprevention jobs.

In-depth senior research projects

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

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

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When Shane Sarnac and Sarah Gallow graduatedwith social work degrees in 2006, both were ac-cepted at University of Michigan, the top socialwork program in the country.

Deidre Redmond was accepted into the sociologyprogram at Indiana University Bloomington, whereshe works alongside the authors of the textbooksshe used at Adrian.

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

Kelly Neumann graduated from New EnglandSchool of Law, and now practices in the Bostonarea.

Marlea Applegate has worked for the Department ofDefense.

Many graduates are law officers, including Wyo-ming state police officer Ryan Rossler and Clawsoncity patrol officer Kellie Bauss.

Being active in thecommunity is part ofgood career preparation.It’s also part of being agood human being.”

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

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

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

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

Annual production of one-act plays; written,directed and acted by students

Musical theatre major

Active participant in the Kennedy CenterAmerican College Theater Festival, withconsistent record of regional and nationalfestival opportunities

Six full-scale productions a year, including alarge-scale musical

Professional-grade dance floor in the dancestudio

Opportunities abound with the historic CroswellOpera House in the city of Adrian

Acting recitals and musical theatre recitals

Theatre grad Alan Rust earned an acting MFA, thenfounded a summer theatre on Cape Cod, where asart director he also acts, directs and produces.

Larry Stotz is artistic director of the Croswell OperaHouse, was involved in theatre in NYC, and servedas general manager of Deaf West Theatre Companyin Hollywood.

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

Holly Zorn, a music education and theatre doublemajor, teaches music and drama in Texas.

Trisha Carter earned an MFA in technical theatreand then served as technical director at a theatre inSouth Carolina.

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Our philosophy in thetheatre department isthat we’d rather havestudents do it insteadof us. The way to learnis by doing it yourself.”

-Michael Allen,Theatre Department Chairperson

To learn more about musical theatre, go to Academicsat www.adrian.edu and find the Music Departmenthome page. ✸

MinorsArt History minorThe art history minor complements majors in history, interior design, internationalbusiness, modern languages and cultures, and English, and can lead to careers inhistoric preservation, museum work, gallery work, arts writing, or graduate studies.Study abroad is available and encouraged. Art students have spent semesters inSpain, Wales, Mexico, Italy, England,Australia, and Germany studying archaeology,Renaissance art, and German painting, to name just a few.

Public Relations minorAdrian College offers a minor in public relations through the Communication Arts andSciences Department. Students often choose to complement a business major inmarketing, 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 thepublic relations backgrounds of the communication faculty.

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

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

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

Pre-professional Programs

Pre-art Therapy ProgramHow 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 learnhow 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 thatdemonstrates your mastery of imagery – a mastery that will one day allow you tofacilitate the healing imagery of the people you work with.

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

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Pre-architecture ProgramAdrian 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 specializedstudy in architecture. By starting your program at Adrian, you’ll have the advan-tage of a liberal arts education, including communication and critical-thinkingskills, so you’ll be very prepared to enter the last year of architecture school. Onceyou have completed your bachelor’s degree at Washington University, it ispossible to remain there in the Masters of Architecture program. Pre-architecturestudents generally major in studio art or interior design.

Pre-engineering ProgramThe pre-engineering program at Adrian College is a two-year program in science,

computer, and mathematics designed to prepare students for entrance into the thirdyear of engineering school. It includes courses required by the engineering accredit-ing association for all engineering schools and all programs. Students who completeit can transfer to the engineering school of their choice.

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

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

Pre-seminary ProgramThe Pre-Seminary program is a pre-professional trajectory that includes a voca-

tional discernment student group and academic guidance. The student group isknown as the Major Cole Association and is named after one of the college’s earlysponsors of pre-ministerial students. Both women and men are active in the MajorCole Association, and several different denominations are represented. The MajorCole group is one of the ten official spiritual life groups at the college and representssome (but definitely not all) of the many students directly involved in spiritual life oncampus. Recent graduates from our Pre-Seminary emphasis have gone on to DukeDivinity School, The Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School, Anderson School of Theology, and other graduate theologicalschools. Adrian was the very first of about 100 United Methodist-related undergradu-ate institutions invited to pilot a Pre-Seminary/Graduate Level partnership withGarrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

Pre-law ProgramAdrian 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 acourse of study that exposes them to extremely important basic concepts for lawschool while allowing maximum flexibility for students to follow their own interestand aptitudes. You may choose any major, along with recommended pre-law courses.

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

Pre-health SciencesIf 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:

DentistDoctorOptometristPodiatristPhysician’s AssistantPharmacistVeterinarian

The Pre-Health and Pre-Vet programs provide suggested coursework to help yousucceed 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 inthese areas. You will build a versatile degree with the rock-solid foundation you needin biology, chemistry, physics and math to succeed in your professional program ofchoice. You will know your professors, who will work with you individually to learnyour field and its market, develop research opportunities, and find internships.

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

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

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

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Pre-physical Therapy ProgramAdrian graduates have a high rate of success through the Pre-physical Therapy

Program. With a curriculum that is similar to pre-health sciences, this programprepares you for graduate school in physical therapy, occupational therapy, orexercise physiology. You’ll take courses in biology, physics, psychology, computerscience, math, and philosophy.

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

“There are three influences that have helped meattain success as a physician: my parents, mymedical school, and Adrian College.Adrian gaveme a sound preparation for medical school, andmy four years as an undergraduate wereprobably 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

Adrian College110 South Madison StreetAdrian, Michigan 49221

1-800-877-2246www.adrian.edu

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Adrian College at a glanceLocation:Adrian,Michigan (45minutes fromAnnArbor andToledo, 90minutes fromDetroit)

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