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April 2008
April 24, 2008 -- KALAMAZOO COLLEGE CELEBRATES
175th ANNIVERSARY
KALAMAZOO (Mich.) – Kalamazoo College officials announced
today that the College will celebrate two major milestones in
2008: the 175th anniversary of its founding and the 50th anniversary
of its pioneering study abroad program.
The College community will celebrate both anniversaries in a series
of events held this spring and during the 2008-2009 academic year
that begins in the fall. (more)
April 22, 2008 -- Kalamazoo College Receives
$1 Million Grant From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Kalamazoo College has received a $1 million
grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to expand
its science students’ research opportunities, enhance their
classroom experiences, and support their service-learning outreach
to K-12 students in Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) and elsewhere.
(more)
April 8, 2008 -- KALAMAZOO COLLEGE WILL
OFFER B.A. DEGREES IN BUSINESS
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Kalamazoo College officials announced today
that students pursuing business careers will soon be able to do
so with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business. College faculty
recently voted unanimously to add a business major to the catalog
for the 2008-2009 academic year beginning in September. (more)
February 2008
February 22, 2008 -- Kalamazoo College Names
New Provost
KALAMAZOO, MICH – Kalamazoo College President
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran announced today that Michael A. “Mickey”
McDonald, Ph.D., will become the new Provost at Kalamazoo College,
effective July 1. (more)
October 2007
October 30, 2007 -- Five Kalamazoo
College Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships
Kalamazoo College Named a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students
KALAMAZOO, Mich.: Oct. 30, 2007 — Kalamazoo College officials
announced today that five of its former students have received
prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarships.
With five scholarships, Kalamazoo College ranked among the top
20 liberal arts colleges nationally with students receiving Fulbright
U.S. Student Scholarships. All are using their scholarships to
study abroad during the current academic year. (more)
October 2, 2007 -- Kalamazoo
College to Bestow Annual Alumni Awards
KALAMAZOO, MICH – On Friday, October 12, during its Homecoming
festivities, Kalamazoo College will bestow special awards upon
two alumni—Julie Mehretu, Class of 1992,
and Jack Lundeen, Class of 1969—and two
retired faculty members—Paul and Sally Olexia,
biology and health sciences, respectively. The College also will
induct four individuals and four teams into its Athletic Hall
of Fame. They are: Linda (Topolsky) Simpson, Class of
1986, tennis; Kory Kramer, Class of 1999,
cross-country; MaryJane Valade, Class of 2001,
basketball; Nicholas Duda, Class of 2002, swimming;
the 1940 men’s tennis team; the 1949 men’s tennis
team; the 1962 football team; and the 1969 women’s tennis
team. (more)
September 2007
September 10, 2007 -- Kalamazoo
College Commits to Climate Neutral Campus
Kalamazoo, Mich. – Kalamazoo College President Eileen B.
Wilson-Oyelaran committed to sharply reducing and eventually eliminating
all of the College’s global warming emissions by signing
the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
(ACUPCC). She joins the leaders of 347 other institutions across
the country and becomes the second Michigan college president
to sign the document. (more)
June 2007
June 29, 2007 -- Mark Riley
Named Men’s Tennis Coach/Asst. Tournament Director at Kalamazoo
College
 Mark
Riley has been named Kalamazoo College’s head men’s
tennis coach and assistant director of the USTA Boys’ 18
& 16 National Championships. Mark’s head coaching duties
will begin immediately. He will work closely with Timon Corwin
on this year’s tournament, and become director of the 2008
tournament.
“I never thought when I was playing on the Hornet tennis
team that I would one day be the coach and carry on the legacy
of Allen Stowe and George Acker and, most recently, Timon Corwin,”
said Riley. “The storied traditions of Kalamazoo College,
both in tennis and academics, and the USTA Boy’s National
Championships have been the highlights of many outstanding careers
and a source of pride for the community of Kalamazoo. I am honored
to take this role and help carry forward those traditions.”
(more)
May 2007
May 11, 2007 -- Kalamazoo College Presents
Lucasse Award for Excellence in Teaching
KALAMAZOO, MI—The Lucasse Selection Committee has unanimously
recommended that the 2006-2007 Florence J. Lucasse Fellowship
Award for Excellence in Teaching be conferred upon Robert Stauffer,
professor of sociology and anthropology at Kalamazoo College,
in recognition of his outstanding teaching and work in pedagogy.
The award will be presented after a lecture by Robert Stauffer,
“The Effervescence of Intellectual Talk,” at 8 p.m.
on Monday, May 21, in the Olmsted Room, Mandelle Hall, Kalamazoo
College. A dessert reception at 7:30 p.m. will include a citation
by John Wickstrom, professor of history. The award will be presented
by President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran. The event is free and open
to the public. (more)
May 9, 2007 -- Honorary Degree Recipient
Pays May Visit to Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI—Kalamazoo College will host three appearances
by renowned activist, writer, and speaker Grace Lee Boggs. At
7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, in Room 226 of the Dow Science Building,
she will give a talk titled “Toward a Paradigm Shift in
Education,” and at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, in Dalton
Theatre, her topic will be “Another World is Necessary.”
Both events are free and open to the public. On June 10, during
the College’s Commencement ceremony, Boggs will receive
an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Kalamazoo College.
(more)
April 2007
April 20, 2007 -- Human Sacrifice
in Antiquity: Visiting Scholar at Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI—University of California – Los Angeles
(UCLA) classicist and archaeologist, Sarah Morris, will be speaking
at Kalamazoo College as the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar of
2007. Her lecture, titled “Isaac and Iphigenia: Human Sacrifice
in Antiquity,” will be at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 26,
in the Olmsted Room, Mandelle Hall, at Kalamazoo College. The
lecture is free and open to public; for general information, call
337.7000. (more)
April 13, 2007 -- Festival
Playhouse Presents The Madwoman of Chaillot
KALAMAZOO, MI – Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College
closes its 43rd season, “Stories Staged,” with THE
MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, by Jean Giradoux, May 17-20 at Nelda K.
Balch Playhouse. Tickets on Thursday night are only $1.00, but
must be purchased at the door. Tickets for the Friday, Saturday
and Sunday performances are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors
and students. For reservations, call 269.337.7333. Sunday's performance
occurs at 2 PM, all others are 8 PM. (more)
April 12, 2007 -- Hands Across Kalamazoo:
Eastside Neighborhood Association and Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI—West meets east when a class of students
from Kalamazoo College cross the city of Kalamazoo to join hands
and work together with Eastside neighborhood residents. The goal:
an improved and revitalized community. Kalamazoo College and the
Eastside Neighborhood Association (ESNA) have partnered to build
an Eastside Neighborhood Development Initiative: a mission to
provide needed services for the Eastside community to ensure a
safe and attractive place to live and work. The idea was first
envisioned by Pastor Milton Wells of Open Door Ministries, along
with Frank Barrett, president of the Eastside Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors, and brought to Pat Taylor, director of ESNA,
to bring to fruition. The initiative was then proposed to Kalamazoo
College, where 25 students (mostly juniors) in Professor of Anthropology
Kiran Cunningham’s “Qualitative Research Methods”
class took on the project. Interviews of Eastside residents are
underway and will be conducted over the next eight weeks by teams
of Kalamazoo College students and neighborhood residents. (more)
April 10, 2007 -- Renowned
Professor/Chemist/Researcher at Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI—Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi will be giving the Kalamazoo
College 2007 Tourtellotte Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 16,
in the Light Fine Arts Building on Academy Street. Bertozzi’s
presentation is titled, “Chemistry in Living Systems: New
Tools for Probing the Glycome.” The lecture is free and
open to the public. (more)
April 9, 2007 -- Spring Performance
Series Features Two One-Act Plays
KALAMAZOO, MI– Showcasing the work of Kalamazoo’s
“best and brightest” students, the Senior Performance
Series features student directed one-act plays. The spring semester
will feature THE AMERICAN DREAM, written by Edward Albee and directed
by Whitney Shattuck, and MINNESOTA MOON, written by John Olive
and directed by Paul Whitehouse. “For the first time we
have exclusively featured two juniors as directors in our Senior
Performance Series, but Whitney and Paul are certainly up to the
task,” said Theatre Arts professor Ed Menta. Both plays
will run May 4-5 at 8pm and May 6 at 2pm in the Dungeon Theatre,
located in the Kalamazoo College Light Fine Arts Building on the
lower level. General Admission tickets are $5 at the door. (more)
April 4, 2007 -- Donut Day Premieres
at the Little Theatre at Western Michigan University
KALAMAZOO, MI—A short documentary about a local business,
Donut Day, produced and directed by local filmmakers
Amy Levine and Dhera Strauss will premiere with two showings at
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2007, at the Little Theatre
at Western Michigan University. The screenings are open to the
public with a suggested donation of $3.00 per ticket. Question
and answer sessions with the filmmakers follow each showing, as
do receptions with coffee and donuts—of course! (more)
March 2007
March 30, 2007 -- Festival Playhouse Announces
its 2007-2008 Season
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Theatre Arts Department of Kalamazoo
College presents the 44th season of Festival Playhouse, featuring
some of the greatest plays ever written, all combining themes
of wellness and social justice--thus the season's title: "Just
as Well: Seeking Wellness Through the Ties That Bind Us."
The main stage performances include an all-female version of Shakespeare’s
most famous tragedy, Hamlet. In collaboration with The
Whole Art Theatre, the Festival Playhouse presents the Mid-western
premiere of Well, by Broadway playwright, actress, and
Kalamazoo College alumna Lisa Kron. That production will feature
guest artist and professional actress Sharon Williams. Finally,
guest artist Rebecca Patterson, artistic director of The Queens
Company in New York City, will direct Tony Kushner’s Angels
in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches. And that's not
all. The Dungeon Theatre will house performances of Samuel Beckett’s
classic existential comedy, Waiting for Godot, Eric Bogosian’s
contemporary American drama, SubUrbia, and the annual
Senior Performance Series of student directed one-act plays. (more)
March 15, 2007 -- Kalamazoo College President
Joins State Department Delegation on Trip to India
KALAMAZOO, MI—The State Department announced today that
Karen P. Hughes, the under secretary for public diplomacy and
public affairs, will lead a delegation of six American university
leaders that will include the president of Kalamazoo College on
a weeklong trip to Mumbai and New Delhi, India, on March 24-30,
2007. It is the second in a series of high-profile tours to promote
American higher education overseas. Margaret Spellings, the secretary
of education, led the first tour last November, to China, South
Korea, and Japan. (more)
February 2007
February 22, 2007 -- Kalamazoo
College and Loaves & Fishes Will Fill Empty Bowls
KALAMAZOO, MI—Kalamazoo College and Kalamazoo Loaves and
Fishes, together with the many willing hands of bowl-makers and
soup chefs throughout greater Kalamazoo, are coming together to
fill the empty bowls of the hungry in our community while raising
awareness about hunger worldwide. The second annual Empty Bowls
Fundraiser will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday,
March 10, at Woodward Elementary School, 606 Stuart Avenue in
Kalamazoo. Tickets are $15 and for that entry fee, each person
will receive a ceramic bowl and a meal of soup and bread. Student
tickets are $10 and children under 6 enter free. The face value
of the tickets is not tax-deductible, but additional donations
at the door are appreciated. All proceeds from the event will
be used by Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes to assist the hungry in
our community. (more)
February 15, 2007 -- Pianist Mascolo-David
to Perform at Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI—Pianist Alexandra Mascolo-David will present
a recital of works by Brazilian composer Francisco Mignone, whose
works she has recently released on CD. The concert will take place
at the Dalton Theatre on the Kalamazoo College campus at 7 p.m.
on Wednesday, February 21. The concert is free and open to the
public. (more)
February 12, 2007 -- Pianist Heng-Jin Park
At Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI—Pianist Heng-Jin Park will perform works
by Ravel, Bartok, and Chopin at a Kalamazoo College concert at
8 p.m. on Saturday, February 17, in Dalton Theatre in the Light
Fine Arts Building. The concert is free and open to the public.
(more)
January 2007
January 10, 2007 --
Medicine, Business and Entrepreneurship: Lecture at Kalamazoo
College
KALAMAZOO, MI—Tim Fischell, M.D., director of cardiac research
at the Borgess Heart Center for Excellence, will give an interdisciplinary
lecture on the intersection of medicine, business, and entrepreneurship
at 4 p.m., Thursday, January 18, in 103 Dewing Hall, Kalamazoo
College. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more
information, call 269.337.7000. (more)
January 5, 2007 --
Kalamazoo College Celebrates the Life and Work of Martin Luther
King, Jr
KALAMAZOO, MI—Kalamazoo College will celebrate the achievements
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with two weeks of activities, January
8 through January 19. The theme of the commemoration is “The
Content of Our Character: What Are We Being Judged By?”
All events, unless otherwise noted, are free and open to the public.
(more)
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