Zhang Financial Contribution to Help Students
Zhang Financial, one of the nation’s top fee-only financial advisory firms, will help Kalamazoo College support key initiatives in its strategic plan, Advancing Kalamazoo College: A Strategic Vision for 2023. Their generous contribution will help to better position K students for their first jobs after graduation. Zhang Financial, based in Portage, Michigan, is establishing the […]
Winter 2019 Dean’s List
Congratulations to the following Kalamazoo College students, who achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or better for a full-time course load of at least three units, without failing or withdrawing from any course, during the winter 2019 academic term. Students who elected to take a letter-graded course on a credit/no credit basis (CR/NC) are not […]
Career Summit 2019 Slated for April 12, 13
A distinguished group of Kalamazoo College alumni will provide students with two days of practical workforce preparation April 12 and 13 during Career Summit 2019. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend this special event targeting positive employment outcomes through the Center for Career and Professional Development. Through interactive break-out sessions, themed panel discussions […]
Influential Professor Noah Feldman to Deliver K’s Flesche Lecture
A respected law professor called “one of the stars of his generation” by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and one of the “most influential people of the 21st century” by Esquire magazine will deliver the Donald C. Flesche Visiting Scholar Lecture at Kalamazoo College. Noah R. Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard […]
Chemistry Symposium Bids Farewell to 40-Year Professor
UPDATE: The venue for the chemistry symposium has been changed to Dewing Hall, Room 103. Kalamazoo College department symposiums typically kick off student presentations of senior individualized projects. This year’s chemistry symposium has added significance, serving as the official sendoff for Dorothy H. Heyl Professor of Chemistry Tom Smith, who is retiring after 40 years […]
K Student’s Fellowship Targets Cyber Threats
As global cyber threats target U.S. businesses and the government, organizations such as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace respond, and so will Natalie Thompson ’19. Thompson, a math and political science double major from West Olive, Michigan, is the first Kalamazoo College student to earn a James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship. Each year, Carnegie […]
Outdoor Leadership Conference Provides Adventure
Adventures are common for Kalamazoo College student organizations, and one February adventure was notable for stirring Outing Club’s devotions to pursuing outdoor activities and professions. The student group of 18 traveled to the eighth annual Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, where they affirmed K’s standing among its peers as a […]
Kalamazoo College Trustees Elect New Board Chair
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Si Johnson ’78 to become chair of the Board effective July 1, 2019. A retired Stryker executive, Johnson follows Charlotte Hall ’66 as chairperson. Johnson has served on Kalamazoo College’s Board of Trustees since 1996, and has been vice chair since 2010. Johnson […]
K Nets Two Place-Winners in Japanese Language Speech Contest
Out of dozens of college and university students who applied this year, four Kalamazoo College students were invited to participate in the 23rd Michigan Japanese Language Speech Contest, a record for any college or university in the competition’s recent history, with two finishing among the top three competitors. The contest, organized by Detroit’s Consulate General […]
Luce Fellowship Fuels K Student’s Health-Career Goals
Anthony Diep Rosas ’19 has accomplished an impressive first for a Kalamazoo College student, earning a prestigious Luce Fellowship that will enable him to live and work in Asia, furthering personal and professional aspirations to improve public health. Launched by the Henry Luce Foundation, the nationally competitive Luce Scholars Program offers funds, language education and […]
Percussion Ensemble Kicks Off Week of Concerts
Samuel Nalangira, a world-touring musician famous for his performances on instruments such as the adungu from northern Uganda and the akogo from eastern Uganda, will perform with the Kalamazoo College International Percussion Ensemble in one of four winter concerts coming soon through K’s Music Department. The International Percussion Ensemble will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, […]
Panel to Address School Discipline, Mass Incarceration Reform
Kalamazoo College will host a panel discussion to examine the impact of mass incarceration on communities, explore how to reduce incarceration rates and increase successful re-entry through a collaborative call to action. This event is free and open to the public. WHEN: 4:15-7 p.m., Thursday, March 7 WHERE: Hornets Suite, Kalamazoo College Field House, 1600 […]