As the current Phillip C. Curtis Artist in Residence at Albion College, Betts took time away from teaching to take part in the 10-week program and focus exclusively on her art while helping Albion art students get a glimpse into the creative process.
Located on the 10th floor of a highrise building with the skyline of Manhattan as the backdrop, Albion College students recently got a glimpse into a future that most had never envisioned.
That was certainly the case when President Gerald R. Ford signed his name at Albion College, Oct. 3, 1977 and established the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership and Public Policy in Service.
Sammi Ahnen and 10 other Albion College students have never committed a crime, but they all spent 15 weeks behind imposing brick walls lined with razor wire at the Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson.