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Foreign Study at K Sparks Alumna’s Passion for Travel

Foreign Study at K Sparks Alumna’s Passion for Travel

Jennifer Zeoli’s foreign study has never stopped. Fortunately, she has a great job for travel and the perfect avocation (photography) to freeze and savor its moments. After the psychology major (Kalamazoo College Class of 1996) graduated, she returned home (Clinton Township, Mich.) and took a temporary job through Kelly Services. She was assigned a two-week […]

Endowed Professorships Mark the Quality of Pedagogy at K

Endowed Professorships Mark the Quality of Pedagogy at K

Kalamazoo College recently appointed four faculty as endowed professors. Endowed professorships are positions funded by the annual earnings from an endowed gift or gifts to the College; therefore they are a direct reflection of 1) the value donors attribute to the excellent teaching and mentorship that occurs at K, and 2) the desire of donors […]

K Students Excel in a Japanese Speech Contest

K Students Excel in a Japanese Speech Contest

The heritages of sophomore YoungHoon (Richard) Kim and senior Jie Xu are rooted in Korea and China, respectively. Both students are also fluent in English. And both recently excelled in a competition featuring the language of fourth country–Japan. YoungHoon won the Consul General Special Prize in the annual Michigan Japanese Speech Contest, held at Wayne […]

An Opportunity to Express Gratitude

An Opportunity to Express Gratitude

Kalamazoo College invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and others to celebrate “Grateful for K Day” on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Sponsored by the Kalamazoo College Fund, and formerly called “Tuition Freedom Day,” the April 5 event educates students about the important role philanthropy plays in sustaining and enhancing Kalamazoo College and (hopefully) inspires them to […]

Greening Away Violence

Greening Away Violence

This spring Kalamazoo College is beginning to turn green from Green Dot, and that “greening” will create a campus where the likelihood of dating and domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault decreases significantly because everybody does their part. Just last week some 29 K faculty, staff and administrators completed four days of Green Dot “College […]

Travel Site Names K Michigan’s Most Beautiful Campus

Travel Site Names K Michigan’s Most Beautiful Campus

Travel + Leisure Magazine  — a Time Inc. publication offering tips, news and information about destinations around the world — has named Kalamazoo College the most beautiful campus among colleges and universities in Michigan. The article describes college campuses in each state as picturesque resources appreciated by nearly everyone in each college town, and not […]

Eyewitness to History

Eyewitness to History

Gail Raiman ’73 was interviewed for and appears in the documentary “Feeling Good About America: the 1976 Presidential Election.” The documentary, produced by the Center of Politics at the University of Virginia, has been airing across the country since October. The election of 1976 was momentous in several ways. It was the first national election […]

Arts Academy’s K Connections

Arts Academy’s K Connections

Julie Mehretu ’92 is one of 14 new members voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Mehretu is among the most celebrated of contemporary painters in the world. She works from studios in New York City and Berlin. She has exhibited in several important group exhibitions including “Poetic Justice”, 8th Istanbul Biennial (2003); […]

Love of Excellence

Love of Excellence

At Kalamazoo College the bridge between love and excellence is often a planned gift. Within the past two weeks, K has received two such gifts—one that supports excellence in the faculty; the other excellence among students. In both cases the donor made careful plans for the gift some twenty years ago. Thomas Kreilick ’60 made […]

Why Neibuhr? Why Now?

Why Neibuhr? Why Now?

Several students from Visiting Instructor of Art Danny Kim‘s videography classes had the opportunity to interview Jeremy Sabella, author of the companion book  of the new documentary, “An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story.” The K students asked the questions and did all of the sound and camera work required for the interview. They focused […]

K Student Group Aids Refugees

K Student Group Aids Refugees

As refugees face ostracism and persecution in fleeing from natural disasters, violence, war and other hardships, a Kalamazoo College student organization is reaching out with a helping hand. Refugee Outreach Kalamazoo (ROK) raises awareness of refugees and their struggles, while connecting volunteers with nonprofit organizations that offer displaced people the resources they need. Many Americans […]

3 Music Groups Offer Concerts This Week

3 Music Groups Offer Concerts This Week

Three must-see concerts are scheduled for this week at Kalamazoo College. K’s Jazz Band features contemporary and classic jazz arrangements to provide the students participating and the audience an enjoyable experience. Attend this concert from 8 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Dalton Theatre in the Light Fine Arts Building. The Kalamazoo Philharmonia brings together […]