Experience, Opportunity Intersect for City, K
“Win-win.” That’s the phrase Kalamazoo city government officials and Kalamazoo College faculty and staff frequently use to describe a burgeoning partnership in which K students are gaining invaluable hands-on experience conducting research that is providing the city much-needed data to focus unprecedented community improvement efforts. Though having students work with the city is not a […]
Cirque du K Performs Friday and Saturday
Cirque du K, the official circus club for students at Kalamazoo College, will conduct its annual spring performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Dalton Theater at Light Fine Arts. The organization launched in 2006 as a few friends playing together with circus equipment and has grown and evolved each year along with […]
K Senior Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowship
It’s a high achievement to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Just 16 percent of those who submitted proposals this year were chosen for the prestigious program. Megan Hoinville ’18 is part of an even more exclusive group. Though Kalamazoo College alumni are regular recipients of the fellowship, she is the first […]
Free Concerts Slated for Tuesday, Thursday
The general public is invited to two free concerts this week at Kalamazoo College. The Grand Valley String Trio — consisting of Megan Crawford, violin; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello; and Paul Swantek, viola — will perform Beethoven’s Serenade, Op. 8 and the Intermezzo by Kodaly at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Recital Hall at Light Fine Arts. The trio […]
K Spanish Major Becomes Colonel in Civil Air Patrol
The next time you see Sarah Kleppe ’19 around the Kalamazoo College campus, you might want to come to attention and deliver a sharp salute. The Spanish major from Colorado is now a cadet colonel in the Civil Air Patrol after a ceremony at the CAP Michigan Wing’s 2018 Conference in Bay City. Kleppe is […]
First-Year Student Gets Grant for Chicago Anti-Violence Project
Every year since 2008, Kalamazoo College students have won grants from the Davis Projects for Peace program to carry out efforts to address the root causes of conflict. Still, this year’s winner stands out for her anti-violence project. Aisat (pronounced I-ee-sha) Oladokun’s grant marks the first time that a first-year student at K has received […]
K Student Wins Alpha Lambda Delta Graduate Fellowship
Alpha Lambda Delta, the National Honor Society for top first-year students, is awarding Kalamazoo College’s Guillermo Dominguez-Garcia ’18 a Dr. Helen Clarke Graduate Fellowship to continue his studies next school year. The $3,000 grant will help defray Dominguez-Garcia’s expenses as he seeks an advanced degree in public policy. Admitted to Alpha Lambda Delta in 2015, […]
Library Week Spotlights Rare Book Room Holdings
It’s National Library Week and Kalamazoo College is celebrating with a look at some of the treasures and oddities in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at Upjohn Library Commons. During National Library Week, you can see: a postage stamp-sized New Testament (above left) presented to Augusta Todd, wife of Rare Book Room namesake Albert […]
Grateful for K Day Slated for Wednesday
Students, faculty, staff and alumni will celebrate a day honoring Kalamazoo College’s philanthropic donors from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Hicks Student Center. Sponsored by the Kalamazoo College Fund, Grateful for K Day – conducted twice a year – calls on students to honor the importance of philanthropy in sustaining and enhancing […]
K Professor Featured in Mormon Gay Marriage Documentary
A Kalamazoo College professor has a featured role in a documentary, premiering Sunday, about the improbable toppling of Utah’s gay marriage ban. Taylor Petrey, associate professor of religion, says he gave an extensive interview to the makers of “Church and State” about the role of the Salt Lake City-based Church of Latter-day Saints in the […]
Five Faculty Members Receive Tenure
With specialties ranging from the psychology of adolescents to Victorian literature, five Kalamazoo College professors have achieved tenure. The milestone recognizes the scholarship and teaching they have completed to the point of tenure, and it is also a sign of confidence in the contributions they will make during their entire careers. The College’s Board of […]
Thailand Institute Honors Late Associate Provost
The International Sustainable Development Studies Institute (ISDSI) in Thailand, a study abroad site for Kalamazoo College students, has named its newly finished library after late K Associate Provost and Center for International Programs Director Joe Brockington. Brockington’s wife, Cathy, donated funds to ISDSI in his name after he died Aug. 10, 2015. The institute […]