{"id":18747,"date":"2022-12-22T13:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T17:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=18747"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:15:25","slug":"top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College’s Top 10 Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2022, national publications continued to recognize Kalamazoo College as an outstanding institution of higher education. That reputation was furthered through the achievements of faculty, staff and academic departments, and donors funding K\u2019s strategic plan, Advancing Kalamazoo College: A Strategic Vision for 2023<\/em><\/a>. Here are the institution\u2019s top 10 stories this year as determined by your clicks. Find the top stories from our students<\/a>, faculty and staff<\/a>, and alumni<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

10. K Confers Lucasse, Ambrose Honors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K awarded one faculty member and one staff member with two of the highest awards it bestows on its employees with Professor of Psychology Bob Batsell earning the Lucasse Fellowship for Excellence in Scholarship, and Student Health and Counseling Centers Office Coordinator Jen Combes granted the W. Haydn Ambrose Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Lucasse
Professor of Psychology Bob Batsell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"Ambrose
Student Health and Counseling Centers Office Coordinator Jen Combes receives the Ambrose Prize from Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. Gonzalez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

9. Gift Benefits History Projects, Honors Emeriti Professors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to a lead anonymous gift, and the philanthropy of other donors, a new endowed fund is supporting exemplary seniors and their Senior Integrated Projects in the Department of History while honoring two of the department\u2019s emeriti professors, David Strauss and John Wickstrom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Emeriti
Emeriti History Professors John Wickstrom, David Barclay and David Strauss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

8. Money Magazine Credits K for Quality, Affordability, Outcomes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K is gaining global repute among some of the top institutions in higher education with Money magazine ranking K 19th<\/sup> among the country\u2019s liberal arts and sciences colleges and 50th<\/sup> in the Midwest regardless of public or private status.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Money<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

7. German Studies Program Receives National Honor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u2019s Department of German Studies was one of just three programs in the country this year honored by the American Association of Teachers of German<\/a> with a German Center of Excellence award. The designation is presented to well-established and growing programs with demonstrated excellence in instruction, and strong support from administration, professional colleagues, alumni and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The faculty members in K\u2019s German department include Co-Chair and Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Assistant Professor of German Kathryn Sederberg, Co-Chair and Professor of Classics Elizabeth Manwell, Instructor of German Stefania Malacrida and Assistant Professor of German Petra Watzke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Kathryn
Kathryn Sederberg is the Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Assistant Professor of German and co-chair of the Department of German Studies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"Petra
Assistant Professor of German Petra Watzke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

6. K Announces $250,000 Gift to Support Faculty-Led Student Research, Creative Works<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students participating in faculty-advised research or creative projects now have access to dedicated funding thanks to a $250,000 gift from a couple who previously served as members of the K\u2019s faculty and administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Richard J. Cook and Teresa M. Lahti Endowment for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity was established to facilitate faculty-student collaborative work. The fund provides stipends, materials and essential project-related travel assistance to students engaged in such research or creative activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Faculty-Student
Richard J. Cook and Teresa M. Lahti <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

5. Princeton Review: K Offers Value, a Chance to Make an Impact<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An independent study from the Princeton Review shows that K provides one of the most outstanding returns on investment in higher education. The education-services company profiles and recommends K in the 2022 edition of The Best Value Colleges<\/em>, an annual guide to undergraduate schools, and again in The Best 388 Colleges<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Princeton Review doesn\u2019t rank the Best Value Colleges. However, K received a separate honor in The Best Value Colleges<\/em> guide as the College was ranked No. 18 on a list of the Top 20 Private Colleges Where Students Are Making an Impact. This means K students said through surveys that their student-government opportunities, the College\u2019s sustainability efforts and K\u2019s on-campus student engagement are providing students with opportunities to make a difference in their community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Stetson
The Princeton Review examined more than 650 institutions for this year\u2019s list.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

4. Fulbright Again Honors K as a Top Producer of Scholarship Recipients<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K had six representatives from the class of 2021 in Fulbright\u2019s U.S. Student Program, leading to the College receiving top producer status for the fourth time in five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u2019s representatives in 2021-22 and their host countries were Helen Pelak \u201921, Australia; Katherine Miller-Purrenhage \u201921, Germany; Sophia Goebel \u201921, Spain; Molly Roberts \u201921, France; Margaret Totten \u201921, Thailand; Nina Szalkiewicz \u201921, Austria; and Evelyn Rosero \u201913, South Korea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Katherine
Katherine Miller-Purrenhage ’21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

3. Forbes Praises K for Successful Student Outcomes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a student who wants an excellent education at a great price, K will provide it, according to Forbes magazine. Forbes also says choosing K means you\u2019ll follow in the footsteps of successful entrepreneurs and countless influential leaders in their fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The magazine chose K as the top private college in Michigan, ranking it third in the state overall and No. 183 in the country among its picks of the top 500 schools<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Students<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

2. K Parents Geoffrey and Kathleen Fieger Create Endowed Scholarship<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A generous $1 million gift from Geoffrey N. Fieger and Kathleen J. Fieger will support current and future students by funding the Keenie and Julian Fieger Endowed Scholarship, named for Kathleen and the couple\u2019s son Julian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Geoffrey
Geoffrey N. Fieger and Kathleen J. Fieger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

1. City Approves 2022 Campus Master Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K received approval from the city\u2019s commissioners in October to move forward with a master plan that focuses on enhancing and expanding the on-campus living experience while strengthening the connection between K\u2019s campus and the surrounding community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Kalamazoo
City commissioners have approved Kalamazoo College’s 2022 Campus Master Plan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":17774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,5],"tags":[43,39,40],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-18747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional-announcements","category-news-releases","tag-community","tag-faculty","tag-staff"],"yoast_head":"\r\nTop 10 in 2022: Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Stories<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Top 10 Stories\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-22T17:04:24+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-10T15:15:25+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1499\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"843\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Brown\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Top 10 Stories\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Brown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 in 2022: Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Stories\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T17:04:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-10T15:15:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166\"},\"description\":\"In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg\",\"width\":1499,\"height\":843,\"caption\":\"Forbes Rankings_fb\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College’s Top 10 Stories\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News and Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166\",\"name\":\"Andy Brown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andy Brown\"},\"description\":\"As the Director of News and Social Media, Andy shares the stories that distinguish Kalamazoo College through social media, the Web and the news media. Contact him at abrown@kzoo.edu.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/contact-us\/\"]}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top 10 in 2022: Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Stories","description":"In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Top 10 Stories","og_description":"In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/","og_site_name":"News and Events","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege","article_published_time":"2022-12-22T17:04:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-10T15:15:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1499,"height":843,"url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Brown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Top 10 Stories","twitter_creator":"@kcollege","twitter_site":"@kcollege","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Brown","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/","name":"Top 10 in 2022: Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College's Stories","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-22T17:04:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-10T15:15:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166"},"description":"In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg","width":1499,"height":843,"caption":"Forbes Rankings_fb"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Honors, Philanthropy Prompt College’s Top 10 Stories"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/","name":"News and Events","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166","name":"Andy Brown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andy Brown"},"description":"As the Director of News and Social Media, Andy shares the stories that distinguish Kalamazoo College through social media, the Web and the news media. Contact him at abrown@kzoo.edu.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/contact-us\/"]}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Andy Brown","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/author\/abrown\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1499,843,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",150,84,false],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",300,169,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1499,843,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1499,843,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1499,843,false],"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"ab-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"pl-blogpost-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"pl-blogpost-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1200,675,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1200,675,false],"guten_post_layout_square_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",1200,675,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"guten_post_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false],"campus-posts-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",300,169,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",300,169,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",400,225,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/Forbes-Rankings_fb.jpg",600,337,false]},"category_info":"<a aria-label=\"archive of category Institutional Announcements\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/institutional-announcements\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Institutional Announcements<\/a><a aria-label=\"archive of category News Releases\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/news-releases\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Releases<\/a>","tags_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/community\/\" rel=\"tag\">community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/faculty\/\" rel=\"tag\">faculty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/staff\/\" rel=\"tag\">staff<\/a>","social_share_info":"<a data-share=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\" class=\"pl-facebook-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\" class=\"pl-twiiter-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/top-10\/\" 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":"<p>In 2022, K\u2019s reputation grew through its faculty and staff, academic departments and donors. Here are K\u2019s top 10 stories as determined by your clicks.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18747","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=18747"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24267,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18747\/revisions\/24267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18747"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=18747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}