“Walking Dead” Star Plugs Kalamazoo Prof
Steven Yeun ’05 is an actor who plays Glenn Rhee, a pizza delivery guy turned survivalist in “The Walking Dead,” the wildly popular apocalyptic zombie drama on AMC. In a recent New York Times interview, Steve gives a shoutout to Kalamazoo College professor Andy Mozina and his book “The Women Were Leaving the Men.”
K Grad Studies Desert Fish With a Far Eye Cast to Cancer
Claire Riggs ’11 received a pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation, a prestigious award that allows her to continue research on killifish embryos as she works on her doctorate at Portland State University. Her research was the subject of an article (“Life in the Extreme”) by Maya Seaman that appeared in the publication, Vanguard. […]
Honors Day October 2012
The following students received awards during the Honors Day ceremony on October 26, 2012. Brian Gougeon Prize in Art McKenna Kring Corinne MacInnes Kira Sandiford Lillian Pringle Baldauf Prize in Music Bret Linvill Hannah Shaughnessy-Mogill Margaret Upton Prize in Music Morgan Walker Cooper Award Amy Jimenez Arshia Will Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award Katelyn Anderson […]
“I Went to Kalamazoo College!”
Dan Blustein, Joel Haas, and Tess Killpack have a great deal in common. They’re classmates (2006); they’re working on their doctorates; and they’re finalists in a video contest! “Dan entered us in an NSF fellows video contest (of course he did…),” wrote Tess to Professor of Biology Paul Sotherland, “and we made it to the […]
Kalamazoo College To Stage Shakespeare’s TITUS ANDRONICUS
The Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College’s production of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus opens on Thursday November 1, in the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse on the Kalamazoo College campus and continues Nov. 2, 3, and 4. Thursday’s performance begins at 7:30 P.M.; Friday and Saturday’s performances begin at 8 P.M.; Sunday’s is 2 P.M. matinee. Thursday […]
Kalamazoo College Political Science Lecture Features Joan Mandle
Joan Mandle, executive director of Democracy Matters and professor emeritus of sociology, Colgate University will deliver the 2012 William Weber Lecture in Political Science at Kalamazoo College on October 24 at 8 P.M. The event will take place in the Mandelle Hall Olmsted Room; it is free and open to the public. The title of […]
Arcus Center Names 2012-13 Visiting Fellows
The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership has announced Sonia Baez-Hernandez, MFA, and Karika Phillips, MA, as Visiting Fellows for the 2012-2013 academic year. Baez-Hernandez is a visual artist, filmmaker, scholar, human rights advocate and most recent artist-in-residence for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from Miami, FL. She most recently produced an award-winning film, […]
Once Upon a Book, Now on Video
K’s Summer Common Reading program joins new students, faculty, and staff in a conversation about a novel they’ve read during the summer. The author of the chosen novel visits campus during orientation each fall to join the conversation. It’s an important first step for new K students and part of the College’s nationally recognized […]
Confronting Terrible Stories
“Remembering Maggie Wardle” was the theme of the Week 4 (Oct. 5) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Featuring an annual speech by Ann V. and Donald R. Parfet Distinguished Professor of English Gail Griffin, the reflection remembered those in our community who face daily violence as well as the history of K’s own struggle to […]
K Economics Professor Publishes Third Edition of Textbook
Professor of Economics Ahmed Hussen has published the third edition of his textbook–Principles of Environmental Economics and Sustainability: An Integrated Economic and Ecological Approach (Routledge, September 20, 2012). New chapters in the book cover the economics of climate change, the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services, “green” accounting and alternative economic and social indicators of […]
An Internship Becomes a Career for Bruce Timmons ’64
Bruce Timmons ’64 was so intrigued by his Kalamazoo College professor’s explanation of a local annexation dispute between two municipalities, that when he spotted an opening for a legislative internship with the Michigan House Judiciary Committee a few years later, he applied and was one of eight hired. He’s still there more than four decades later, and […]
Temporary Shelter
“Perspectives on Sukkot: Celebrating a Quest for Solace and Community” was the theme of the Week Three (Sept. 28) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Student Organization, the reflection educated the audience about the Jewish holiday Sukkot and the metaphors it provides in a pilgrimage towards maturity and self-awareness. JSO President Craig […]