{"id":2265,"date":"2013-04-08T19:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T23:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:54:21","slug":"k-trustee-rhonda-stryker-receives-ywca-lifetime-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/k-trustee-rhonda-stryker-receives-ywca-lifetime-award\/","title":{"rendered":"K Trustee Ronda Stryker Receives YWCA Lifetime Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2266\" style=\"width: 155px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/honda-Stryker1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2266 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/honda-Stryker1.jpg\" alt=\"Ronda Stryker\" width=\"155\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/honda-Stryker1.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/honda-Stryker1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronda Stryker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kalamazoo College Trustee and Kalamazoo-area philanthropist\u00a0<strong>Ronda Stryker\u00a0<\/strong>will receive the 2013 YWCA Lifetime Woman of Achievement Award\u00a0at an award celebration\u00a0May 21 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>The YWCA Award is given to an area\u00a0person who has demonstrated a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the well-being of the community, state or nation, and has a record of accomplishment, leadership and positive role modeling as a volunteer and\/or in a career.<\/p>\n<p>Stryker has volunteered in various capacities with numerous organizations including Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Women\u2019s Education Coalition Fund, Pathfinder International, Girl Scouts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, United Way, Communities in Schools, Spelman College, University of Northern Colorado, Western Michigan University, Lakeside for Children, Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Foundation, and YWCA of Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>She has\u00a0served as\u00a0a Kalamazoo College\u00a0trustee for more than 20 years. In 2001, she helped establish\u00a0the College\u2019s Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning, named for her grandmother.\u00a0Through the\u00a0Institute,\u00a0K students contribute more than 30,000 hours of community service-learning and civic engagement each year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Ronda Stryker and the YWCA award in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/kalamazoo\/index.ssf\/2013\/04\/ronda_stryker_to_be_receive_yw.html\">a recent Kalamazoo Gazette\/MLive article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College Trustee and Kalamazoo-area philanthropist\u00a0Ronda Stryker\u00a0will receive the 2013 YWCA Lifetime Woman of Achievement Award\u00a0at an award celebration\u00a0May 21 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo. 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