{"id":1735,"date":"2022-08-08T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/kalamazoo-college-senior-leadership\/melanie-williams\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:04:44","slug":"melanie-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/leadership\/melanie-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-container ab-block-container\"><div class=\"ab-container-inside\"><div class=\"ab-container-content\" style=\"max-width:1170px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/files\/2022\/10\/c-Mumma-Melanie-K.-Williams-021-alt.jpg\" alt=\"Melanie Williams\" class=\"wp-image-1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/files\/2022\/10\/c-Mumma-Melanie-K.-Williams-021-alt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/files\/2022\/10\/c-Mumma-Melanie-K.-Williams-021-alt-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"clearnone wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-83079831-4bd9-47c5-8278-451c71abd1f6\">Melanie Williams<br>Assistant to the President at Kalamazoo College and Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Melanie Williams (she\/her\/hers) joined Kalamazoo College as assistant to the president and assistant secretary to the Board of Trustees in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"clearnone wp-block-heading\" id=\"roles-and-responsibilities\">Roles and Responsibilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Melanie is the principal administrative liaison between the president and all internal and external constituencies of the College. She manages the president\u2019s calendar and provides executive management for the Office of the President. Melanie coordinates special events sponsored by both the Office of the President and the Board of Trustees. She prepares materials for the President\u2019s Staff and the Board of Trustees meetings, attends the meetings, and prepares minutes of the meetings for distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"clearnone wp-block-heading\" id=\"professional-experience\">Professional Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Melanie previously served in the provost\u2019s office at Western Michigan University from 1988 to 2000, first as assistant to the assistant and associate provosts, then as assistant to the provost. She has more than 35 years of experience in higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-k\">Why K?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I interviewed for this position, I remember walking across the quad with the dean of students at the time, Marilyn LaPlante, and all the students were greeting her and she knew them by name. I was so taken by that connection between the students and the dean. It just felt right and I never looked back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life-outside-of-the-college\">Life Outside of the College<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love to spend time with my two children and my five grandchildren. I am my husband\u2019s support crew for his gravel bike races. We\u2019ve been to Iceland, where he biked 200 kilometers through volcanic areas, and are planning a trip to Spain for another bike race. I live with two very spoiled dogs who have me well trained. I am a Halloween fanatic. 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