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Kalamazoo College\u2019s faculty and staff are dedicated to developing the strengths of every student, preparing them for lifelong learning, career readiness, intercultural understanding, social responsibility and leadership. Here are their top news stories of 2023 as determined by your clicks.\u202fIf you missed it, you can find our top 10 stories of students at our website<\/a>. Watch in the coming days for our top 10 alumni stories and stories from the College itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Faculty Member\u2019s Grant to Provide Students with Intros to Accessible Design<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor of Computer Science Pam Cutter will introduce the fundamental concepts and skills of accessible design and development to her Kalamazoo College courses thanks to the Teach Access Faculty Grants program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bringing together industry, education and disability advocacy organizations, the mission of Teach Access is to address the digital accessibility skills gap by equipping learners to build toward an inclusive world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Associate Professor of Computer Science Pam Cutter will develop assignments, discussions and activities that promote accessibility skills for students in her first-year seminar, Exploring Technology for Accessibility.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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9. Admission Staffer Targets Favorite Chef Title<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teresa Fiocchi had collected praise in the past as an award-winning chef. Yet a prospective Favorite Chef title provided her with bigger fish to fry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By reaching the competition\u2019s quarterfinals, Fiocchi reached the top 1% of the thousands of nationwide entrants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Office of Admission Operations Manager Teresa Fiocchi reached the quarterfinals of the Favorite Chef competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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8. Prison Concert a \u2018Quintessential Experience\u2019 for College Singers<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the College Singers director, Assistant Professor of Music Chris Ludwa has sought more performances in the community in recent years, and on March 2, the 30-student group had the opportunity to perform at the Ionia Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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College Singers Director and Assistant Professor of Music Chris Ludwa has made it a goal to perform at more sites in the community.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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7. \u2018Tandem\u2019 Tussels with Hit-and-Run Cover-Up<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professor of English Andy Mozina just couldn\u2019t turn his attention away from a tragedy he first heard about seven years ago. Although the inescapable images were dreadful, they also seeded the plot that grew into Mozina\u2019s latest work of fiction, Tandem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book centers on Mike Kovacs, an economics professor from Kalamazoo living in the West Main Hill neighborhood, who kills two college-age tandem bicyclists in an inebriated hit-and-run at the parking lot of Saugatuck Dunes State Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kalamazoo College Professor of English Andy Mozina has authored a new book titled “Tandem,” which was released October 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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6. Fulbright Enables English Professor to Spend Year in Australia<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor of English Amelia Katanski \u201992 is working with faculty at the University of Wollongong to develop curriculum that will better prepare K students for study abroad there. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Professor of English Amelia Katanski \u201992 has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award sent her to Australia during the 2023\u201324 academic year.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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5. K Announces Lucasse, Ambrose Recipients<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One faculty member and one staff member earned two of the highest awards the College bestows on its employees in September. Rosemary K. Brown Professor of Computer Science Alyce Brady received the 2023\u201324 Florence J. Lucasse Lectureship for Excellence in Teaching, and Custodian Laura Weber was named the recipient of the W. Haydn Ambrose Prize for Extraordinary Service. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Weber, a 10-year staff member in Facilities Management, received the Ambrose Prize, named after W. Haydn Ambrose from President Jorge G. Gonzalez.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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4. Partnership Benefits K, WMU Business Students<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

K embarked on an exciting new partnership with Western Michigan University that allowed students from both institutions to gain powerful experiences in leadership and business strategy this year with Amy MacMillan, K\u2019s L. Lee Stryker Associate Professor of Business Management, playing a key role. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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L. Lee Stryker Associate Professor of Business Management Amy MacMillan helped manage a partnership allowing K and WMU students to collaborate through an immersive consulting experience at Sleeping Giant Capital\u2019s downtown office.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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3. Three Faculty Members Earn Promotion, Tenure<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three faculty members from the music, German studies and French studies departments\u2014Chris Ludwa, Kathryn Sederberg and Aur\u00e9lie Chatton respectively\u2014were awarded tenure along with a promotion to associate professor. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Then-Assistant Professor of French Aur\u00e9lie Chatton was one of three K faculty members to earn tenure this year and a promotion to associate professor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2. A Bippy on Their Radar Helps Scientists Find K Students<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Daniela Arias-Rotondo used a K version of a Squishmallow she named Bippy as her lab\u2019s mascot, and he helped her students gain opportunities in their field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arias-Rotondo\u2019s reach on Twitter allowed chemists from all over the world to see Bippy\u2019s pictures and learn about her and her students\u2019 accomplishments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor of Chemistry Daniela Arias-Rotondo, known affectionately to her students as Dr. DAR with her lab students called DARlings, uses a K version of a Squishmallow named Bippy as her lab\u2019s mascot.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1.  Star Wars Class Fills with Hyperspace-Like Speed<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some students learned about religion through the ways of the Force this fall in a new Star Wars-themed class offered by Assistant Professor of Religion Sohini Pillai. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paige Anderson ’25 wore Jedi robes and wielded a lightsaber for an Epic Epics presentation on “Revenge of the Sith.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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