Caleb Kline ’13 has been posting green gains on the College’s Sustainability Web site. It’s worth a look-see. One of his latest articles describes the installation of VendingMisers. The devices allow vending machines to power down when no one’s around. Their installation in the campus’s 11 beverage vending machines will reduce the College’s carbon footprint by an estimated 5,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. Keep current with Caleb by checking out Sustainability regularly.
Category: Students
Kalamazoo College Acting Troupe Performs in India
Fifteen K students, faculty, and staff members are in India performing Kahani, a unique theatrical collaboration of the College’s Theatre Arts Department, Center for International Programs, and Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, first performed on campus in May. Read their blog posts, see their photos and video, and send them good wishes at http://kzookahani.blogspot.com
Hornet’s Olympics
Chris Manning ’12 finished 88th out of 139 swimmers with a time of 1:04.73 in the 100m Breaststroke at the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. on Monday, June 25. Manning moved up nine spots, but did not qualify for the the evening’s finals.
“Chris had an absolutely amazing season this year and to end his career with a top 100 finish at the Olympic Trials is really icing on the cake,” said Kathy Milliken, Kalamazoo College’s head swimming and diving coach.
“The amount of determination that he showed to get to the meet by training by himself for the last three months and the composure that he showed stepping up on the blocks with the best swimmers — pro and all college divisions — made me feel extremely honored to be his coach. He made all those associated with Kalamazoo College swimming very proud today and over the last four years.”
Dean’s List Spring 2012
Congratulations to the following students, who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above in three courses during the Spring 2012 quarter.
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Laura Abram Emily Bair Stefano Cagnato Rachel Dandar Erin Eagan Alan Faber III Ellie Galas |
Zari Haggenmiller Michael Ignagni Thomas Jackson Margaret Kane Michael Lamrock Dane Macdonell Brendan Nagler Franco Ojimba |
Crestina Pacheco Meredith Quinlan Christopher Ralstrom Clemence Saillant Tyler Tabenske Hayden Uihlein Trevor Vader Mary Wald Fei Yao |
Senior Awards 2012
The following students received awards during the Senior Awards Ceremony, June 9, 2012
Fine Arts Division
THE LILIA CHEN AWARD IN ART, awarded to students in their junior or senior year who distinguish themselves through their work in ceramics, sculpture, or painting, and who exhibit strong progress in their understanding of art.
- Joanne A. Heppert
- Daedalian James Derks
- Taylor Stamm
THE GEORGE EATON ERRINGTON PRIZE, awarded to an outstanding senior art major.
- Angela M. Frakes
THE LILLIAN PRINGLE BALDAUF PRIZE IN MUSIC, awarded to an outstanding music student.
- Erin C. Donevan
THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARD, given by the Music Department of the College for outstanding contributions to the musical life of the campus.
- Gina Marie Cosgrove Bravata
- Rachel Meria Cohan
- Gus L. Hay
- Elizabeth Antoinette Hubbell
- Michael P. Ignagni
- Elizabeth Anne Kur
- Madelaine Mae McCann
- Jacob R. Price
- Hailey R. Schurr
- Alison Raeann Smith
THE FAN E. SHERWOOD MEMORIAL PRIZE, awarded for outstanding progress and ability on the violin, viola, cello or bass.
- Eleanor E. Wong
THE MARGARET UPTON PRIZE IN MUSIC, awarded each year to a student designated by the Music Department faculty as having made significant achievement in music.
- Jacob C. Arnett
- Kate Elise Fodor
THE RUTH SCOTT CHENERY AWARD, given to a graduating senior who has excelled academically and in theatre and who plans to continue the study of theatre arts following graduation.
- David H. Pimentel
- Marianne Renee Stine
THE IRMGARD KOWATZKI THEATRE AWARD, awarded to the senior who has excelled both in academic areas and in theatrical productions during four years at the College.
- Samuel T. Bertken
THE CHARLES TULLY DESIGN AWARD, given annually to a senior who has achieved excellence in some aspect of theatre design.
- Kyle A. McCord
Foreign Languages Division
THE CHINESE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizes seniors who have excelled in the study of the Chinese language and China-related subjects on campus and abroad in China.
- Douglas Colton
- Nicholas R. Gersch
- John C. McGowan
THE PROVOST’S PRIZE IN CLASSICS, awarded to that student who writes the best essay on a classical subject.
- Rachel A. LoPatin
THE JOE FUGATE SENIOR GERMAN AWARD, awarded to a senior for excellence in German.
- Nathan Colello Gilmour
THE JAPANESE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, COLLEGE CHAPTER, is
awarded in recognition of the student’s achievement in their study of the Japanese language and for their overall academic excellence.
- Laura Whitney Abram
- Lauren Jean Case
- Kellea S. Floyd
- William Patrick Gallagher
- Aaron E. Geller
- Johnny T. Ho
- Sarah C. Holman
- Ian Powell
THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE PRIZE IN FRENCH, awarded for excellence in French by an advanced student.
- Kathleen C. Golembiewski
THE SENIOR SPANISH AWARD, given by the Department of Romance Languages for outstanding achievement in Spanish.
- Jameson Kane Drouin
- Joshua Anthony Imperial
- Mayra A. Montero
Humanities Division
THE DAVID STRAUSS PRIZE IN AMERICAN STUDIES, awarded for the best paper written by a graduating senior in his or her junior or senior year in any field of American Studies.
- Allison Nicole LaRose
THE ELWOOD H. AND ELIZABETH H. SCHNEIDER PRIZE, awarded for outstanding and creative work in English done by a student who is not an English major.
- Kathleen C. Golembiewski
THE MARY CLIFFORD STETSON PRIZE, awarded for excellence in English essay writing by a senior.
- Allison Nicole LaRose
THE DWIGHT AND LEOLA STOCKER PRIZE, awarded for excellence in English writing: prose or poetry.
- Stewart J. Finnegan
- Kimberly Grabowski
- Rebecca Ellen Staudenmaier
THE JAMES BIRD BALCH PRIZE, for the senior having done the best work in American History.
- Sarah Christina Baumann
THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AWARD, given for outstanding work in the major.
- Ariel Marie Schnee
THE HODGE PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY, awarded to that member of the graduating class who has the highest standing in the field.
- Nathan Colello Gilmour
THE MARION H. DUNSMORE MEMORIAL PRIZE IN RELIGION, awarded for excellence in any year’s work in religion.
- William A. Schlaack
Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division
THE H. LEWIS BATTS PRIZE, awarded to the senior who has done the most to support the activities of the Biology Department and to further the spirit of collegiality among students and faculty in the Department.
- Lindsey Sara Gaston
- Heather Rae Russon
THE ROBERT BZDYL PRIZE IN MARINE BIOLOGY, awarded to one or more students with demonstrated interest and ability in marine biology or related fields.
- Mirae Katherine Guenther
- Zachary K. Janes
THE DIEBOLD SCHOLAR AWARD, given to one or more seniors in recognition of excellence in the oral or poster presentation of the SIP at the Diebold Symposium.
- Kelsey Meredith Hassevoort
- Nathan C. Robinson
- Alison Raeann Smith
THE WILLIAM E. PRAEGER PRIZE, established by the faculty in the Biology Department and awarded to the most outstanding senior major in Biology, based on academic achievement in the discipline.
- Kelsey Meredith Hassevoort
THE ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE AWARD IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, sponsored by the American Chemical Division of Analytical Chemistry and the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, to an undergraduate student who displays an aptitude for a career in analytical chemistry
- Caitlyn W. VanGelderen
THE ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE AWARD IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, sponsored by the American Chemical Division of Inorganic Chemistry, to an undergraduate senior student planning on pursuing graduate studies in chemistry.
- Masroor Hossain
THE KURT KAUFMAN FELLOW, given annually to a senior with the best Senior Individualized Project in the Chemistry Department.
- Aidan J. Klobuchar
- David M. Robinson
THE LEMUEL F. SMITH AWARD given to the major in chemistry pursuing the American Chemical Society approved curriculum and having at the end of the junior year the highest average standing in courses taken in chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
- Aidan J. Klobuchar
THE OUTSTANDING CHEMISTRY STUDENT FROM KALAMAZOO COLLEGE, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Section of the American Chemical Society and is given to the graduating student who has demonstrated leadership in the chemistry department and plans to pursue graduate studies in chemistry.
- Margarite Matossian
THE CLARKE BENEDICT WILLIAMS PRIZE, awarded to that member of the graduating class who has the best record in mathematics and the allied sciences.
- Daniel J. Esman
- Aidan J. Klobuchar
- Jacob R. Price
THE JOHN WESLEY HORNBECK PRIZE, awarded to a senior with the highest achievement for the year’s work in advanced physics toward a major.
- Alexander C. Dombos
- Lynn Mormino
- Jacob R. Price
Physical Education Division
THE GEORGE ACKER AWARD awarded annually to a male athlete who in his participation gave all, never quit, with good spirit supported others unselfishly, and whose example was inspirational.
- Evan I. Levine
THE SENIOR ATHLETIC AWARD, given by the Department of Physical Education to the outstanding senior female athlete.
- Erin Lynn Campbell
THE MARY LONG BURCH AWARD, for a senior woman who has manifested interest in sports activities and excelled in scholarship.
- Kelsey Meredith Hassevoort
THE KALAMAZOO COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AWARD, for a graduating senior who has most successfully combined high scholarship with athletic prowess.
- Alexander C. Dombos
THE C. W. “OPIE” DAVIS AWARD, awarded to the outstanding senior male athlete
- Christopher J. Manning
THE KNOECHEL FAMILY AWARD, awarded to a senior member of the swim teams in recognition of demonstrated excellence in both intercollegiate swimming and academic performance.
- Christine Lewis
- Kevin B. Lodewyk
THE CATHERINE A. SMITH PRIZE IN WOMEN’’’’S ATHLETICS, awarded to a woman athlete who in her participation gave all, never quit, with good spirit supported others unselfishly, and whose example was inspirational.
- Katherine Grue
- Kelsey Johnson
Social Sciences Division
THE RAYMOND L. HIGHTOWER AWARD, given to a graduating senior for excellence in and commitment to the disciplines of sociology and anthropology and leadership in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology
- Hannah Hindman Reischl
- Dana Robinson
THE BARTLETT LAW AWARD, awarded to an outstanding student of Economics or Political Science active in extracurricular activities who plans to pursue a career in law.
- Matthew Thomas DuWaldt
- Claire Victoria Madill
THE A. M. FINK MEMORIAL PRIZE IN BUSINESS, awarded to an outstanding Economics and Business major, active in extracurricular activities, who plans to pursue graduate work or an immediate career in business.
- Calder Alexander Leaver Burgam
- Cameron Carl Lang
THE WILLIAM G. HOWARD MEMORIAL PRIZE, awarded to a senior who has done the best work in a major in economics..
- Matthew Thomas DuWaldt
- Johnny T. Ho
- Claire Victoria Madill
THE EUGENE P. STERMER AWARD IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, awarded to a senior in Economics and Business for excellence in academic work
- Patrick A. Miller
- Rachel Christine Pitzer
- Joseph J. Prepolec
THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL RELATIONS PRIZE, awarded for leadership in the major, reflecting commitment to inter-disciplinary thinking and social justice.
- Dion Bullock
- LaShawn M. Etheridge
THE E. BRUCE BAXTER MEMORIAL AWARD, awarded to a senior showing outstanding development in the field of political science.
- Zachary Ryan Holden
THE WILLIAM G. HOWARD MEMORIAL PRIZE, awarded for excellence in a year’s work in political science.
- Calder Alexander Leaver Burgam
- Emily K. Wolf
THE EUGENE P. STERMER AWARD IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, awarded to a student in public policy and/or international affairs for excellence in academic work in the senior year.
- Alyssa M. Rickard
- Theodore J. Sweetser
THE MARSHALL HALLOCK BRENNER PRIZE, awarded to an outstanding student for excellence in the field of psychology.
- Keith R. Moreno
THE XARIFA GREENQUIST MEMORIAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARD, given in recognition of distinctive service to students and faculty in Psychology by a student assistant.
- Emily Renee Geister-Danville
- Katharine Ellen Grills
- Alexander P. Griffin
THE RICHARD D. KLEIN SENIOR AWARD IN PSYCHOLOGY, given for outstanding work in the Senior Individualized Project.
- Chloe E. Page
THE RICHARD D. KLEIN SENIOR AWARD IN PSYCHOLOGY, given for outstanding contributions to the community.
- Elise Wolf Williams
THE DONALD W. VAN LIERE PRIZE, given for excellence in psychology research.
- Katharine Ellen Grills
- Tristan A. Morioka
- Courtney Lynne Narker
THE DONALD W. VAN LIERE PRIZE, given for excellence in psychology coursework.
- Kara Jane Milton
THE LUCINDA HINSDALE STONE PRIZE, awarded to a student whose scholarship, research or creative work in women’s studies, in the form of a SIP or other academic work, is most impressive.
- Angela M. Frakes
- Sarah C. Holman
- Allison Nicole LaRose
Non-Departmental Awards
THE GORDON BEAUMONT MEMORIAL AWARD, awarded to the deserving student who displays qualities of selflessness, humanitarian concern, and willingness to help others, as exemplified in the life of Gordon Beaumont.
- Lashawn Etheridge
- Anna Miller
THE HENRY AND INEZ BROWN PRIZE, awarded in recognition of outstanding participation in the College community.
- Courtney Nartker
THE ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA MAY BRUNSON GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP, given to a senior working toward a graduate or professional degree.
- Matthew Thomas DuWaldt
THE VIRGINIA HINKELMAN MEMORIAL AWARD is awarded to a deserving student who displays a deep concern for the well-being of children, as demonstrated through career goals in the field of child welfare.
- Zena S. Blake-Mark
THE ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA MARIA LEONARD SENIOR BOOK AWARD, given to the Alpha Lambda Delta member graduating with the highest GPA.
- Alexander C. Dombos
- Kelsey Meredith Hassevoort
- Zachary Ryan Holden
- Claire Victoria Madill
- Kara Jane Milton
THE CATHERINE A. SMITH PRIZE IN HUMAN RIGHTS, awarded to a senior who has been active on campus in promoting human rights, furthering progressive social and cultural change, and combating violence, repression, and bigotry.
- Britta A. Seifert
THE BABETTE TRADER CAMPUS CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP AWARD, awarded to that member of the graduating class, who has most successfully combined campus citizenship and leadership with scholarship.
- Alexandra N. Crockford
- Obineche S. Nnebedum
THE MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS MEMORIAL AWARD, for the best student entry in the form of an essay, poetry, paintings, sketches, photographs, or films derived from Study Abroad.
- Saskia Boggs
- Kathleen W. Sly
- Emily K. Wolf
The Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning awards LAPLANTE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS to recognize and reward students who have shown outstanding dedication to civic engagement. The LaPlante Scholars design and lead community programs that promote a more just, equitable and sustainable world.
- Paul A. Garza
- Alexander P. Griffin
- Jay W. McMillan
- Anna Marie Miller
- Ellen Curtin Murphy
- Obineche Nnebedum
- Catherine Anne Wadsworth Oldershaw
- Ian Powell
- Dana Robinson
- Anna F. Witte
The VIBBERT SCHOLARS honor and exemplify the spirit and leadership of Stephanie Vibbert, activist, scholar, artist, poet and feminist, by creating programs that promote equality and social justice.
- Angela M. Frakes
- Meredith Loomis Quinlan
- Taylor Stamm
THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION AWARD, is awarded to students who have provided key elements of leadership in their organizations, athletic teams, academic departments, employment, and the wider Kalamazoo community. Students were nominated by faculty and staff members in January. Seniors eligible for this award also had to meet a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average requirement and be in good academic and social standing at the College.
- Jacob Christopher Arnett
- Zena S. Blake-Mark
- Dion Bullock
- Leonidas M. Caldwell
- Rachel Meria Cohan
- Mark J. Denenfeld
- Benjamin Gawel Ensroth
- LaShawn M. Etheridge
- Katherine A. Grue
- Kelsey Meredith Hassevoort
- Joanne A. Heppert
- Jennifer Michelle Fiandaca McCutcheon
- Tanjanequa F. McMeans
- Anna Marie Miller
- Ellen Curtin Murphy
- Obineche S. Nnebedum
- David H. Pimentel
- Daniel Pohanka
- Jacob R. Price
- Meredith Loomis Quinlan
- Hannah Hindman Reischl
- Heather Rae Russon
- Melba N. Sales-Griffin
- William A. Schlaack
- Paula Alana Silverman
- Dalton S. Simancek
- Kathleen W. Sly
- Caitlyn W. VanGelderen
- Molly Christine Waytes
- Max A. Wedding
- Sandrine Zilikana
Farewells and Inaugurations
By Elaine Ezekiel ’13
Student Commission presented its annual awards during the Week Ten (June 1) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. The annual event recognizes outstanding Kalamazoo College staff, students, and faculty, and passes the torch to the elected members of next year’s Student Commission.
Mike Ignagi ’12, Tommy Jackson ’15, Colin Smith ’15 and Brad Stech ’15 from K’s improvisational jazz class opened the ceremony. Lucas Kushner ’14 read a short history of the Student Commission Awards. Kari Paine ’14 presented the William Crockett Award for outstanding contribution to the community by an administrator or staff member to Mail Center Coordinator Carol Cowper. Mara Richman ’15 presented the Francis Diebold Award, which acknowledges a faculty member who shows interest and participation in student life, to Associate Provost and Associate Professor of English Amy Smith. Douglas Colton ’12 presented the Amy Trenkle Award, which goes to the student who exemplifies involvement and leadership on campus, to Ian Powell ’12.
President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran celebrated the leadership of 2011-12 Student Commission President Meredith Quinlan ‘12.
“I, for one, am looking for an opportunity to vote for you as governor, and better still as president of the United States,” said Wilson-Oyelaran, “because you are the type of leader that our country needs.”
Quinlan offered a farewell address in which she imagined returning to campus as an alumna.
“No matter what,” she said, “the people at K will always keep it what it is.”
She then administered the oath of office to 2012-13 Student Commission Executive Committee members.
Incoming president Bianca Rasho ’13 outlined her strategy of “teamwork, efficiency, and transparency” for next year’s administration. Candido asked the audience to “go in peace,” for a final time this school year.
Photographed (l-r) are outgoing and incoming StuComm board members: back row—Doug Colton ’12, Ian Flanagan ’13, Tendai Mudyiwa ’14, Darrin Camilleri ’14, Daniel Pohanka ’14, Milo Madole ’12; middle row—Hagop Mouradian ’14, Cameron Goodall ’15, Lucas Kushner ’14, Jacob Morden ’13, Ellen Murphy ’12, Alex Werder ’15, Sam Keene ’13, Darwin Rodriguez ’13; front row—Mara Richman ’15, Kari Paine’14, Katherine Stevenson ’15, Meredith Quinlan ’12, Bianca Rasho ’13, Asia Morales ’15, Martin Bergstrom ’13, and Shadae Sutherland ’14.
Open to the public, Community Reflections offer a unique forum for discussion, worship, performance, and community expression in Stetson Chapel. The next Community Reflection will be held during Week One (Sept 14) of Fall Quarter at 10:50 AM.)
Heyl Scholars 2012
The 2012 Heyl Scholars were honored with a dinner on the Kalamazoo College campus.
The F.W. and Elsie L. Heyl Scholarship awards full-tuition scholarships to graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools or the Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC) for the study of nursing at Western Michigan University or science and math at Kalamazoo College. Benefits also include room and board and a book allowance. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years.
Since 1972, the Heyl Scholarship Fund has awarded more than 400 scholarships worth some $30 million.
The Heyl Scholars of 2012 are (l-r): front row—Kelsey Lankford, Kalamazoo Central High School; Yu-Chyn Chiang, Kalamazoo Central High School; Aya Abe, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix High School; second row—Riley Lundquist, Portage Northern High School/KAMSC;Sarah Manski, Vicksburg High School/KAMSC; Kyle Sunden, Gull Lake High School/KAMSC; back row—Paige Maguire, Kalamazoo Central High School/KAMSC;Robert Hudson, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix High School; and Reid Blanchett, Vicksburg High School/KAMSC. Chiang, Abe, Lundquist, Manski, Sunden, Maguire, Hudson, and Blanchett will attend Kalamazoo College. Lankford will attend the WMU School of Nursing. Photo by Anthony Dugal Photography.
The Magnificent Five
Majors Sandrine Zilikana ’12 and Mara Livezey ’13 and biology major Lindsey Gaston ’12 joined chemistry department faculty members Regina Stevens-Truss and Laura Lowe Furge at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting in San Diego in late April. The students presented results of their summer research experiences (part of the Senior Individualized Projects for Sandrine and Lindsey) as part of both the Annual Undergraduate Poster Competition and the regular scientific sessions of the meeting.
More than 200 students from schools across the country were part of the undergraduate poster competition. Zilikana’s research measured differences in reducing the potential of cancer cell types to affect drug delivery. She conducted this scientific work at the University of Michigan with Professor Kyung-Dall Lee. Gaston’s showed that a specific hormone prevented nerve cell death after brain injury. Her research, conducted with Professor Vishal Bansal at the University of California-San Diego, will be included in a manuscript just accepted to the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. Livezey presented the results of a study she has worked on for the past two years in Furge’s lab modeling the interactions of inhibitors with human cytochrome P450 enzymes. That study was recently published in Drug Metabolism Letters. While in San Diego, Stevens-Truss directed a teaching workshop for middle school and high school science teachers in the San Diego area. Her innovation in development of the workshop has drawn increasing numbers of teachers to the workshop and provided a new platform for scientists to collaborate with and mentor the nation’s secondary school science teachers.
The workshop was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Next year’s meeting will be in Boston, and Stevens-Truss and Furge plan to attend with another group of students. Stevens-Truss will also lead another teaching workshop there.
Interference Implications
The peer-reviewed publication Drug Metabolism Letters has accepted for publication the manuscript “Molecular Analysis and Modeling of Inactivation of Human CYP2D6 by Four Mechanism Based Inactivators.”
In addition to Associate Professor of Chemistry Laura Furge, the senior and corresponding author, the manuscript has six student co-authors: Mara Livezey ’13, Leslie Nagy ’09, Laura Diffenderfer ’11,Evan Arthur ’09, David Hsi ’10, and Jeffery Holton ’13.
Their work described in this paper contributes to the understanding of how some drugs can halt the activity of an enzyme. In this case, the enzyme studied is one that is important for the body’s processing of about 20 percent of medicines, particularly treatments for arrhythmia and other heart diseases, depression, and other maladies. Such understanding is vital because many people’s health depends on daily regimens of multiple medicines. Sometimes one drug can interfere with the very enzymes responsible for the processing and clearance of other co-administered drugs. This and other unwanted side effects are the number one cause of hospitalization in America.
The paper’s contribution to the understanding of how certain classes of drugs cause this interference with key enzymes will hopefully lead to more effective prevention of the phenomenon in the future.
The K research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and by the Department of Chemistry Hutchcroft Fund. The latter was established by a gift from alumni Alan ’63 and Elaine (Goff) Hutchcroft ’63.
The final version of the study was presented at the San Diego meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Great Leaders
They are great teammates, adept at leading and following. They speak articulately and they listen justly. They are athletic captains, student organization officers and participants. They may see what others see but often dream what few others do. They are the kind of people who believe that a significant piece of what it means to be human is developing and using that part of our soul which exists in relationship to others. Kalamazoo College recognized 31 seniors with the 2012 Senior Leadership Recognition Award this month.
Pictured are (l-r): front row—Tanjanequa McMeans, Ellen Murphy, Caitlyn Van Gelderen, Rachel Cohan, Meredith Quinlan, Paula Silverman; second row—Melba Sales-Griffin, Katy Grue, LaShawn Etheridge, Sandrene Zilikana; third row—Ben Ensroth, Heather Russon, Molly Waytes, Jennifer McCutchen, Katy Sly, Joanne Heppert, Obineche Nnebedum; fourth row—Jacob Arnett, Dalton Simancek, William Schlaack, Hannah Reischl, Anna Miller; back row—Max Wedding, David Pimentel, Daniel Pohanka, Dion Bullock, Jacob Price, and Mark Denenfeld. Not pictured are Zena Blake-Mark, Leonidas Caldwell, and Kelsey Hassevoort.