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.

Health Services
Provides medical services to the students 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.

Women's Programming
Information and resources that are of special interest to women, but affect men, also. Includes information on many areas such as dating violence, sexual assault, eating disorders, and health.

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.

2007-08 CALENDAR
FOR STUDENTS

January 2008
5 Halls reopen for winter quarter, 3pm-9pm
6 Halls reopen for winter quarter, 9am-9pm
7 Classes begin
9 ThinkFast! Dalton, 8pm
10 Free Qdoba, 11am, Dewing Commons
11 Movie: Dan in Real Life, Dewing 103, 9pm
14 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
14-19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Week of Activities
16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Essay due, 5pm
16 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel, Stetson, 10:50am
18 Movie: August Rush, Dewing 103, 9pm
19 Make Winter into Summer, 3rd Floor Harmon Hallway, 1pm
19 Lazer Tag in Anderson Athletic Center, 8pm
20 Cookie Baking & Games, 2nd Floor Trowbridge Lounge, 8:30pm
21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation, Stetson Chapel, 10:50am (no classes)
21 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
23 Love Your Mother: How to Live Green, DeWaters Main Lounge, 8pm
23 Depression & S.A.D., Harmon Lounge, 7pm
24 Fireside Cinema, Harmon TV Lounge, 7pm
26 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
26 Harmon Carnival, Harmon Lounge, 8pm
27 Sunday S'mores, Trowbridge Main Lounge, 9pm
28 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
30 Eating Disorders, Trowbridge 1st floor study lounge, 7pm
30 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
31 Fireside Cinema, Harmon TV Lounge, 7pm
February 2008
1 Movie: American Gangster, Dewing 103, 9pm
2 Guitar Hero Showdown, DeWaters Lounge, 8pm
3 Cookie Baking & Games, 2nd Floor Trowbridge Lounge, 8:30pm
3 Cereal Super Bowl, DeWaters 4th floor TV Lounge, tba
4 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
5 Feeling Anxious? DeWaters Main Lounge, 7pm
6 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
7 Fireside Cinema, Harmon TV Lounge, 7pm
9 Monte Carlo, Hicks Student Center, 9pm
10 Sunday S'mores, Trowbridge Main Lounge, 9pm
11 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
11-22 Advising Days (weeks 6 & 7)
13 Valentine's Day Program, Harmon Lounge, 7pm
14 Movies from different decades, DeWaters 4th floor TV Lounge, tba
14 Fireside Cinema, Harmon TV Lounge, 7pm
16 Trowbridge Live Cafe, Trowbridge Main Lounge, 8pm
17 Cookie Baking & Games, 2nd floor Trowbridge Lounge, 8:30pm
18 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
20 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
21 Movies from different decades, DeWaters 4th floor TV Lounge, tba
21 What Clash? Harmon Lounge, 6:30pm
22 Movie: Enchanged, Dewing 103, 9pm
22 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
23 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
23 Krissey Karaoke, Crissey Basement Lounge, 8pm
24 Oscars Mocktail Party, Trowbridge Basement Lounge, tba
25 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
27 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
28 Movies from different decades, DeWaters 4th floor TV Lounge, tba
28 Fireside Cinema, Harmon Lounge, 7pm
March 2008
1 Yule Ball, Hoben Lounge, 8pm
2 Cookie Baking & Games, 2nd floor Trowbridge Lounge, 8:30pm
3 Women and Athletics at K, Dewing 103, 8pm
3 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
4 2008 Annual Health Fair, Anderson, 11am-2pm
5 Blook Drive, Anderson, noon-5:45pm
5 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
6 Movies from different decades, DeWaters 4th floor TV Lounge, tba
6 Fireside Cinema, Harmon TV Lounge, 7pm
7 Movie: The Golden Compass, Dewing 103, 9pm
7 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
8 4th Annual Dodgeball Tournament
8 Current Woman Centered Research Presentation, Dewing 103, 1pm
8 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
9 Sunday S;mores, Trowbridge Main Lounge, 9pm
10 Heroes in Harmon, Harmon TV Lounge, 9pm
12 Women's Leadership Workshop
12 Wednesday Night Scrabble, Harmon TV Lounge, 8pm
13 Fireside Cinema, Harmon TV Lounge, 7pm
14 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
15 Hot Spot Shuttle, pick up in front of Hoben Hall, 4pm-midnight
16 Cookie Baking & Games, 2nd floor Trowbridge Lounge, 8:30pm
17-20 Final Exams
21 Halls close for spring break, noon
29 Halls reopen for spring quarter 3-9pm
30 Halls reopen for spring quarter 9am-9pm
31 Classes begin
April 2008
4 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
11 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
11 "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," Dewing 103, 9:30pm
12 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
25 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
May 2008
2 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
2 Cultural Awareness Troupe, Dalton, 8pm
3 Cultural Awareness Troupe, Dalton, 8pm
3 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
3 Block Party, Quad, 9pm
3 Movie, Quad, 10:15pm
4 Spring Fling, Quad, 2pm
5-16 Advising Days (weeks 6 & 7)
8 Dialoguing Faith: Student Leader Workshop, Olmsted, 3pm
8 Standing at the Crossroads of Inheritance & Discovery, Olmsted, 8pm
9 Jama, Stetson Chapel, 11am
16 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
17 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
26 Memorial Day (no classes)
28 Memorial Day (Holiday)
June 2008
6 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
7 Hot Spots Shuttle, 4pm-midnight
9-12 Final Exams
13 Halls close for students not participating in graduation, noon
15 Commencement
15 Halls close for students participating in graduation, 5pm
Summer Break
  June 16 - September 17
September 2008
16-19 Orientation Program
22 Classes Begin
October 2008
24-26 Homecoming
31-Nov 2 Family Weekend
November 2008
26 Classes End
December 2008
2-5 Final Exams
January 2009
5 Classes Begin
   
 
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