{"id":13770,"date":"2020-09-04T08:41:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=13770"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:57:09","slug":"convocation-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/convocation-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation 2020: Bronson Healthcare VP to Deliver Keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13772 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington-300x416.jpg\" alt=\"Convocation 2020 Keynote Speaker Beth Washington\" width=\"300\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington-300x416.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington-577x800.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington.jpg 873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College trustee Beth Washington, the vice president of community health, equity and inclusion at Bronson Healthcare, will be the keynote speaker at Convocation 2020 on Thursday, September 10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kalamazoo College will open the 2020-21 academic year at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 10. That\u2019s when the College will welcome 393 first-year students to the K family through a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/convocation\/\">virtual Convocation<\/a>, formally launching their undergraduate years.<\/p>\n<p>Convocation is the first of two bookends to the K experience with the other being Commencement. The event will feature addresses from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> and Provost Danette Ifert Johnson, an invocation from Chaplain Elizabeth Candido \u201800 and a keynote speech from College Trustee Beth Washington \u201994.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, a Kalamazoo native, has been the vice president of community health, equity and inclusion for Bronson Healthcare since 2015. Before that she worked as an educator and as the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/turn-2-foundation\/jeters-leaders\">Jeter\u2019s Leaders<\/a>, a high school leadership program sponsored by Derek Jeter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/turn-2-foundation\/\">Turn 2 Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a K trustee, Washington\u2019s community work extends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvcc.edu\/\">Kalamazoo Valley Community College<\/a>, where she serves on the Career and Community Training Advisory Board. She is also involved with the Southwest Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition and serves on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/cradlekalamazoo.com\/\">Cradle Kalamazoo<\/a>, which aims to reduce infant death rates.<\/p>\n<p>As a student at K, Washington earned a degree in human resources and relations, and a secondary teaching certificate in social studies and English, while representing the College on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hornets.kzoo.edu\/sports\/wbkb\/index\">women\u2019s basketball<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hornets.kzoo.edu\/sports\/sball\/index\">softball<\/a> teams.<\/p>\n<p>All students, faculty and staff are invited to view the Convocation ceremony. For more information and a video of the feed on the day of Convocation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/convocation\/\">kzoo.edu\/convocation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College will open the 2020-21 academic year at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 10. That\u2019s when the College will welcome 393 first-year students to the K family through a virtual Convocation, formally launching their undergraduate years. Convocation is the first of two bookends to the K experience with the other being Commencement. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/convocation-2020\/\" class=\"pl-linkedin-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>","wordExcerpt_info":"<figure id=\"attachment_13772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13772 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/09\/Convocation-2020-Keynote-Speaker-Beth-Washington-300x416.jpg\" alt=\"Convocation 2020 Keynote Speaker Beth Washington\" width=\"300\" height=\"416\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College trustee Beth Washington, the vice president of community health, equity and inclusion at Bronson Healthcare, will be the keynote speaker at Convocation 2020 on Thursday, September 10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kalamazoo College will open the 2020-21 academic year at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 10. That\u2019s when the College will welcome 393 first-year students to the K family through a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/convocation\/\">virtual Convocation<\/a>, formally launching their undergraduate years.<\/p>\n<p>Convocation is the first of two bookends to the K experience with the other being Commencement. The event will feature addresses from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> and Provost Danette Ifert Johnson, an invocation from Chaplain Elizabeth Candido \u201800 and a keynote speech from College Trustee Beth Washington \u201994.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, a Kalamazoo native, has been the vice president of community health, equity and inclusion for Bronson Healthcare since 2015. Before that she worked as an educator and as the director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/turn-2-foundation\/jeters-leaders\">Jeter\u2019s Leaders<\/a>, a high school leadership program sponsored by Derek Jeter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/turn-2-foundation\/\">Turn 2 Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a K trustee, Washington\u2019s community work extends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvcc.edu\/\">Kalamazoo Valley Community College<\/a>, where she serves on the Career and Community Training Advisory Board. She is also involved with the Southwest Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Coalition and serves on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/cradlekalamazoo.com\/\">Cradle Kalamazoo<\/a>, which aims to reduce infant death rates.<\/p>\n<p>As a student at K, Washington earned a degree in human resources and relations, and a secondary teaching certificate in social studies and English, while representing the College on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hornets.kzoo.edu\/sports\/wbkb\/index\">women\u2019s basketball<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hornets.kzoo.edu\/sports\/sball\/index\">softball<\/a> teams.<\/p>\n<p>All students, faculty and staff are invited to view the Convocation ceremony. For more information and a video of the feed on the day of Convocation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/convocation\/\">kzoo.edu\/convocation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13770","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=13770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19157,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13770\/revisions\/19157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13770"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=13770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}