Student Development Division


Policies and Procedures

Student Resources

Student Special Interests
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

Campus Life
Provides opportunities for personal growth and leadership development and participation in Student Organizations.

Chapel
Builds community at the College by sponsoring a variety of formal events, informal gatherings, and personal services.

Counseling
Psychologists help you understand and work through personal concerns.

Disability Services
"K" is committed to helping students with disabilities receive appropriate learning accommodations.

First-Year Experience
This program emphasizes the desired dimensions of a Kalamazoo College education: intercultural understanding, social responsibility, leadership, lifelong learning, and career readiness.

Goals of the Office
The Student Development Division is expected to make distinct contributions to the efforts to achieve the stated mission and implied goals of Kalamazoo College.

Parent's Website
This website was created for parents. We recognize parents as partners in their student's education.

Multicultural Affairs
To inform and educate, to offer programs and training activities, and to serve as a resource for all students of color on campus.

Residential Life
Our mission is to create an educational environment, balanced in challenge, support, and reflective of the College's Honor System.

Security
We operate our own non-deputized 24-hour security program.

Student Development Staff
Meet the Kalamazoo College Student Development Staff. We're here to help you.

Student Health Center
Provides medical services to the students of Kalamazoo College.

 

POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Honor System
Interprets the broad principles of the Honor System, a set of mutually held principles that our students, faculty and staff agree to live by.

Student Conduct
Our students are expected to abide by the student code of conduct and related policies.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Information related to protecting the privacy of student records.

STUDENT RESOURCES

Academic Advising
Advisors will help students set educational goals, make appropriate choices to meet requirements, and realize their potential.

Academic Resource Center
The ARC offers peer assistance in math, writing, and science.

Campus Employment
There are a variety of on-campus employment positions for students with various skills.

Fund for Student Off-Campus Educational Experiences
Application information for travel support for student expenses related to off-campus educational experiences within the United States.

LAC
Educational and cultural events that enhance and supplement student's broad-based arts tradition of learning.

LandSea
The LandSea Program is an optional part of the Orientation Program at Kalamazoo College. Eighty first year students join the staff and student leaders in Canada for an outdoor adventure.

Library
The "K" library site has an online catalog, research guides, and much more.

Registrar's Office
Information and resources for transcripts, class registration, and any form you'll need.

STUDENT SPECIAL INTERESTS

Student Government
We seek to become a strong and respected voice of and for the students of this campus.

2008-09 CALENDAR
FOR STUDENTS

August 2008
   
September 2008
16-19 Orientation Program
16

Halls open for new students (8am)

20-21 Halls open for returning students (Sat. 3-9pm & Sun. 9am-9pm)
22 Classes Begin
23 K-Fest, 3-6pm, Quad
25 Hicks Meet Your Neighbors, 4-5:30pm, Hicks
27 Student Organization Leadership Retreat, 8am-5pm, Hicks
October 2008
24-26 Homecoming
27-Nov 7 Advising Days
31-Nov 2 Family Weekend
November 2008
27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes)
December 2008
2-5 Final Exams
6 Halls close for break (noon)
January 2009
3-4 Halls reopen for winter quarter (Sat. 3-9pm & Sun. 9am-9pm)
5 Classes Begin
19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)
February 2009
9-20 Advising Days
March 2009
28-29 Halls reopen for spring quarter (Sat. 3-9pm & Sun. 9am-9pm)
30 Classes Begin
April 2009
   
May 2009
4-15 Advising Days
15 Memorial Day (no classes)
June 2009
8-11 Final Exams
12 Halls close for students not participating in graduation (noon)
14 Commencement
14 Halls close for students participating in graduation (5pm)
 
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