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Senior Leadership Awards Recognize Invaluable Contributions to K

Senior Leadership Awards Recognize Invaluable Contributions to K

Thirty students known for their invaluable contributions to the Kalamazoo College community were honored Friday at the 16th annual Senior Leadership Recognition Awards. The recipients represent talented athletes, outstanding academic performers, members of the President’s Student Ambassadors and student-organization standouts. Here are the honorees along with brief statements from their nominators: Kristen Amyx-Sherer nominated by […]

Pianist to Perform Music Inspired by Chopin, Ocean

Pianist to Perform Music Inspired by Chopin, Ocean

A classical and contemporary pianist known for her concerts around the world will provide a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Kalamazoo College’s Dalton Theater. Lucy Yao began studying piano at age 4 and has performed as a solo pianist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and collaborative pianist. She is one half of […]

Election Question? K Votes Has Your Answer

Election Question? K Votes Has Your Answer

The election is important, and if you have questions about the voting process, Kalamazoo College has a place for you to get answers regarding voter registration, voting deadlines, voting rights and the candidates. K Votes is a non-partisan coalition through the Center for Civic Engagement that informs K students, faculty and staff about the voting […]

K Students Inspire Girls to Explore STEM Through Sisters in Science

K Students Inspire Girls to Explore STEM Through Sisters in Science

When the world celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb. 11, a Kalamazoo College student organization will be doing what it can to inspire local fourth- and fifth-graders. Each Tuesday and Thursday, K’s Sisters in Science (SIS) visits Northglade Montessori Magnet School to encourage girls to seek an education and […]

Princeton Review Picks K Among Best Value Colleges

Princeton Review Picks K Among Best Value Colleges

A Kalamazoo College education provides one of the most outstanding returns on investment, according to the Princeton Review. The education-services company profiles and recommends K in the 2020 edition of The Best Value Colleges, its annual guide to undergraduate schools. The Princeton Review examined 656 institutions for this year’s list and selected K among the […]

Theatre Kalamazoo New PlayFest Spotlights K Talent

Theatre Kalamazoo New PlayFest Spotlights K Talent

Theatre Kalamazoo’s 10th annual New PlayFest will highlight Kalamazoo College talent thanks to playwrights Rebecca Chan ’22 and Emma Fergusson ’22, and Director Trevor Loduem-Jackson ’21. Their plays, Record, Harold and Taco, and Old Friends respectively, will premier during the event, along with five other plays written by local playwrights and performed by local actors […]

Bags to Benches Targets Plastic, Unites K

Bags to Benches Targets Plastic, Unites K

The Kalamazoo College Council of Student Representatives (KCCSR) and the Eco Club are offering a creative way for you to deal with your plastic waste—including that supply of plastic bags that seems to grow every time you shop. From now until July, the organizations are collecting clean, dry and residue-free produce bags, closeable food-storage bags, […]

Theatre Festival Welcomes 12, Honors Two From K

Theatre Festival Welcomes 12, Honors Two From K

Two Kalamazoo College students were honored last week with new recognitions given at the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region 3 in Madison, Wisconsin. The festival is a chance for college students in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin to share their skills and learn from others through workshops; collaborate as actors, directors, designers, […]

K Professor Addresses Forums in South Africa

K Professor Addresses Forums in South Africa

Péter Érdi, the Luce Professor of Complex Systems Studies at Kalamazoo College, recently visited Johannesburg, South Africa, where he served as the keynote speaker at the sixth International Conference on Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (ISCMI) and spoke at the Biomath Forum at the University of Pretoria. The annual ISCMI conference Nov. 19 and 20, […]

Author’s Keynote Highlights Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events

Author’s Keynote Highlights Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events

A historian, writer and longtime political activist will headline the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation with a keynote speech at 11 a.m. Monday in Dalton Theater. The event is open to the public. Barbara Ransby has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues, and is most notably the author of […]

Afrofuturism Artist Offers Talk, Workshop at K

Afrofuturism Artist Offers Talk, Workshop at K

A University of Illinois assistant graphic design professor spending the year at Harvard University as a Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellow will visit Kalamazoo College for two events next week. Stacey Robinson’s multimedia work centers on Afrofuturism, which is a movement in literature, music and art that features futuristic or science fiction themes incorporating elements of […]

Infrastructure Improvements Reduce K’s Carbon Footprint, Improve Reliability

Infrastructure Improvements Reduce K’s Carbon Footprint, Improve Reliability

During the past year, Kalamazoo College has been carrying out a number of projects behind the scenes to strengthen the reliability and sustainability of our campus infrastructure. Last winter, K contracted with Andy J. Egan Co., Inc. to replace the central chiller plant and the chiller plant in the Dow Science Center. This work provides […]