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Kim Aldrich (middle) pictured with Alumni Engagement colleagues at Homecoming in 2018, was recognized Friday as the recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence. The honor is awarded annually as Kalamazoo College marks Founders Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

YouTube video: President Gonzalez surprises honorees with news of their awards<\/p>\n

Kim Aldrich \u201980, Kalamazoo College’s director of alumni engagement<\/a>, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence. The award, announced Friday to celebrate Founders Day marking the College\u2019s 187th year, recognizes an employee who has served the institution for at least 26 years and has a record of stewardship and innovation.<\/p>\n

The recipient\u2014chosen by a committee with student, faculty and staff representatives\u2014is an employee who exemplifies the spirit of Kalamazoo College through excellent leadership, selfless dedication and goodwill.<\/p>\n

President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> credited Aldrich for her wide-reaching collaborations in the K community, her networking skills and being an embodiment of the guidelines for the award. He also noted that nominees said Aldrich \u201cbrings general brightness and passion to her work, both in her everyday interactions on campus as well as with our alumni and friends of the College.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Founders
Counseling Center Director Kenlana Ferguson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Brittany
Associate Professor of Psychology Brittany Liu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In accordance with Founders Day traditions, two other employees also received individual awards. Associate Professor of Psychology<\/a> Brittany Liu was given the Outstanding Advisor Award, and Counseling Center<\/a> Director Kenlana Ferguson was named the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award honoree.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez complimented Liu as an empathic listener who easily builds relationships with students while building on advisees’ successes and their opportunities for improvement.<\/p>\n

He said Liu “takes time to learn of her advisees’ passions, interests and goals, and understands that those often evolve with the student throughout their time at K.”<\/p>\n

In honoring Ferguson, Gonzalez recognized her work in first-year forums, the JED Set-to-Go program<\/a> for students transitioning from high school to college, and the Steve Fund crisis text line that supports students of color.<\/p>\n

“The confidential nature of her work allows some of her impact with individual students to fly under the radar,” Gonzalez said. \u201cEven so, we have witnessed many occasions when first-year students turned the corner due to her involvement in their lives.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YouTube video: President Gonzalez surprises honorees with news of their awards Kim Aldrich \u201980, Kalamazoo College’s director of alumni engagement, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence. 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The honor is awarded annually as Kalamazoo College marks Founders Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>YouTube video: President Gonzalez surprises honorees with news of their awards<\/p>\n<p>Kim Aldrich \u201980, Kalamazoo College’s director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/\">alumni engagement<\/a>, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence. The award, announced Friday to celebrate Founders Day marking the College\u2019s 187th year, recognizes an employee who has served the institution for at least 26 years and has a record of stewardship and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The recipient\u2014chosen by a committee with student, faculty and staff representatives\u2014is an employee who exemplifies the spirit of Kalamazoo College through excellent leadership, selfless dedication and goodwill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> credited Aldrich for her wide-reaching collaborations in the K community, her networking skills and being an embodiment of the guidelines for the award. He also noted that nominees said Aldrich \u201cbrings general brightness and passion to her work, both in her everyday interactions on campus as well as with our alumni and friends of the College.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13348\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13348\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/Founders-Day-Kenlana-Ferguson.jpg\" alt=\"Founders Day Kenlana Ferguson\" width=\"245\" height=\"331\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Counseling Center Director Kenlana Ferguson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13349\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13349\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/Brittany-Liu.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Liu\" width=\"248\" height=\"331\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate Professor of Psychology Brittany Liu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In accordance with Founders Day traditions, two other employees also received individual awards. Associate Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/psychology\/\">Psychology<\/a> Brittany Liu was given the Outstanding Advisor Award, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/student-life\/student-counseling-services\/\">Counseling Center<\/a> Director Kenlana Ferguson was named the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award honoree.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez complimented Liu as an empathic listener who easily builds relationships with students while building on advisees’ successes and their opportunities for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>He said Liu “takes time to learn of her advisees’ passions, interests and goals, and understands that those often evolve with the student throughout their time at K.”<\/p>\n<p>In honoring Ferguson, Gonzalez recognized her work in first-year forums, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.settogo.org\/\">JED Set-to-Go program<\/a> for students transitioning from high school to college, and the Steve Fund crisis text line that supports students of color.<\/p>\n<p>“The confidential nature of her work allows some of her impact with individual students to fly under the radar,” Gonzalez said. \u201cEven so, we have witnessed many occasions when first-year students turned the corner due to her involvement in their lives.”<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13340"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23163,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13340\/revisions\/23163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13340"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=13340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}