{"id":1197,"date":"2024-10-17T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2024-10-18T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:50:14","slug":"brighter-experiences-with-residential-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/impact-stories\/brighter-experiences-with-residential-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighter Experiences with Residential Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tThe Brighter Light Campaign homepage\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>

Brighter Experiences with Residential Life<\/h1>
\n
\"Staff
Staff and students gathered at Hoben.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A $30 million gift from an anonymous donor\u2014the largest single gift commitment in the College\u2019s history\u2014is making it possible for K to imagine new inclusive residential spaces, replacing dormitories designed for the campus experience of 50\u2013100 years ago. As we look toward K\u2019s next century, the College seeks to create residential life programs that embed K-Plan<\/em> program resources, build living-learning spaces into residence halls and serve as a bridge to the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis incredibly generous gift will be transformative for K,\u201d President Jorge G. Gonzalez said when the gift was announced in fall of 2023. \u201cIt will allow us to launch several strategic initiatives that will enhance the College\u2019s ability to fulfill its mission with distinction and prepare K graduates to bring a brighter light to the world. This gift will put us on the path toward creating the campus experience of the future and help us ensure every student at the College is positioned for success. We are so grateful to the donor for this extraordinary investment in K\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary among those strategic initiatives is planning for future construction of the College\u2019s first new residence hall since the opening of Crissey Hall in 1967, as well as developing new programs to support student success, with a focus on first-generation students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span> Read more about K\u2019s historic $30 Million Gift<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brighter<\/span> Experiences<\/span><\/h3>

A $30 million gift is making it possible for K to imagine new inclusive residential spaces, replacing dormitories designed for the campus experience of 50-100 years ago. As we look toward K\u2019s next century, the College seeks to create residential life programs that embed K-Plan program resources, build living-learning spaces into residence halls and serve as a bridge to the local community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":1202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brighter-experiences"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_-385x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Saiko Jawo-Smalla","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/impact-stories\/author\/sjawo\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_-385x473.png",385,473,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_-243x300.png",243,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_-385x400.png",385,400,true],"ab-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_square_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_-385x400.png",385,400,true],"guten_post_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false],"campus-posts-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_-300x300.png",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",243,300,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",324,400,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2024\/10\/Experince_.png",385,475,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}