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From award-winning filmmakers and scientists tracking migratory birds to alumni shaping public policy, professional sports and global education, Kalamazoo College graduates made headlines in 2025 for work that reflects the breadth of a K education and its impact on the world. This year\u2019s top alumni stories highlight achievements rooted in creativity, curiosity and service, demonstrating how K alumni continue to lead, innovate and open doors for others long after Commencement. Here are the top 10 features as determined by your clicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Alumnus Honored for Innovative Opera Grand Rapids Film<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cody Colvin \u201918 was honored in February with the Michigan Association of Broadcasters\u2019 Best Independent Producer award, which recognizes the best public television program in the state by an independent producer. Colvin shares the honor with fellow producers Emilee Syrewicze and Phil Lane for their work on Stinney: An American Execution<\/em><\/a>, a cinematic capture of Opera Grand Rapids\u2019 groundbreaking world premiere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colvin served as director, producer and co-executive producer on the project, which tells the harrowing true story of George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old Black boy who, in 1944, became the youngest person ever legally executed in the U.S. after being wrongfully convicted of the murder of two white girls in South Carolina. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9. Alumni Tout Digital Release of <\/strong>Grassland<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Kalamazoo College alumni with ties to the film Grassland<\/em> celebrated the drama\u2019s digital release on Apple TV+ in 2025. The movie stars Quincy Isaiah \u201917, best known for his role as Magic Johnson in HBO Max\u2019s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty<\/em>, with Adam Edery \u201919 contributing as a producer and Shon Powell \u201918 as consulting producer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grassland<\/em> aims to shed light on modern marijuana incarceration issues. After festival premieres and a private screening at K\u2019s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, the project continues to spark conversation and advocacy, with its team partnering with organizations such as the Last Prisoner Project to drive real-world policy changes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Actor Quincy Isaiah ’17 (left) and Producer Adam Edery ’19 returned to Kalamazoo College to screen their independent film titled “Grassland” in 2023. The film was released digitally this past January.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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8. Alumnus Wants Study Abroad to Change Lives in Oklahoma<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A growing study abroad program at Southeastern Oklahoma State University is drawing rave reviews from students thanks in part to K alumnus Kyle Lincoln \u201910, who serves as an associate professor of history and study abroad director at the institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincoln, influenced by his own study abroad experience in Rome through K, has helped develop opportunities for full-semester, half-semester and summer-term programs offered through exchange partnerships, federally-funded programs, special fellowships offered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and competitive programs for foreign language study. He said he brings to SEOSU the same belief that was instilled in him at K: that immersive, global experiences should be encouraged and accessible to all students, not just a privileged few. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kyle Lincoln ’10 (third from right) is a study abroad director and associate professor at Southeast Oklahoma State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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7. Fulbright, Language Fellows Draw Global Spotlight<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleven recent K graduates are pursuing their passions around the world as Fulbright scholars and teaching assistants, while continuing a rich tradition of post-grad international learning and service. Erik Danielson \u201925, Alex Nam \u201925, Leo McGreevy \u201925, Stacy Escobar \u201921 and Joseph Horsfield \u201925 are Fulbright scholars in the U.S. Student Program. Fuzail Ahmed \u201925, Maya Hester \u201925, Sierra Hieshetter \u201925 and Alexa Wonacott \u201925 are serving the Spanish government through teaching assistantships and the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program (NALCAP) of Spain. Madeline Hollander \u201925 and McKenna Lee Wasmer \u201925 are fulfilling government teaching assistantships through NALCAP in France. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Nam ’25 is one of five Kalamazoo College alumni abroad in the 2025-26 academic year while serving the Fulbright U.S. Student Program as an English teaching assistant in Austria. He is pictured during his study abroad experience in Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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6. Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Rockwell \u201902\u2014a senior research biologist with the Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) in Ashland, Oregon\u2014followed the incredible journeys of two varieties of migratory birds including one that was found through her research to fly from Oregon to Brazil and back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockwell joined collaborators from the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and Cape Arago Audubon to work after dusk with purple martin bird colonies along the Oregon coast and at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Separately, she worked with KBO Director of Conservation Jaime Stephens to study Oregon vesper sparrows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With both species, Rockwell and her collaborators made harnesses equipped with GPS tags that the birds could comfortably wear like a backpack with loops going around their legs. Rockwell then waited almost a year for the birds to complete their round-trip migrations so GPS devices could be collected for data retrieval. Their efforts to protect the birds by finding what threats they might face during their migrations have proven successful. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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KBO Senior Research Biologist Sarah Rockwell ’02 (left) works with birds alongside Field Technician Sam Webb on a boat at the Fern Ridge Reservoir.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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5. Alumna Equips the Fight Against Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicole Polinski \u201912 is among the people playing important roles in the fight against Parkinson\u2019s disease at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson\u2019s Research (MJFF), headquartered in New York City.\u202fShe ensures that industry and academic researchers have access to the biology tools\u2014called reagents\u2014and preclinical models that they need for performing biology and chemistry experiments that could provide more methods for the condition\u2019s diagnosis and treatment.\u202f <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicole Polinski ’12 is a director of research resources at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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4. Chance Encounter with Alumni Opens Student\u2019s Doors to K<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A chance meeting at Kalamazoo House in September 2023 between the Hesslers (Nancy \u201968 and Jan \u201965) and Lily Toohey \u201926 started like many K stories as the proud alumni were praising their alma mater, encouraging the unsure student to apply.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They exchanged numbers, and when Toohey let the Hesslers know that she had been accepted and offered an excellent scholarship, the couple promised per-term financial support that would cover the rest of her tuition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toohey arrived at K with an associate\u2019s degree in business and went on to pair her business major with an art minor. Through study away in the New York Arts Program, she completed two photography internships, including behind-the-scenes work at New York Fashion Week, coming away with a new focus on fashion marketing photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know, my parents took a chance on me,\u201d Nancy said. \u201cI asked my dad once, when I wanted to thank my parents, \u2018What can I do?\u2019 He said, \u2018Pay it forward.\u2019 …Lily is doing amazing things and making the most of the opportunity. If I can be part of that, as far as I\u2019m concerned, that\u2019s the very least I could do. It\u2019s up to those of us who can and who have benefited from K\u2019s education to support young people in experiencing it, too.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3. K Honors Alumni, Friends During Homecoming<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, K recognizes alumni whose accomplishments, service and achievements bring honor and distinction to the College and represent the lasting value of a K education. In 2025, David Strauss received the Weimer K. Hicks Award, Susan Stuck Thoms \u201970 and David Thoms \u201970 received the Distinguished Service Award, Quincy Isaiah earned the Young Alumni Award, and Lila Lazarus \u201984 received the Distinguished Achievement Award.\u202f <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2. Alumnus Conquers Curveball to Work in Major League Baseball<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re familiar with the 2011 movie Moneyball<\/em>, starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, you might have a ballpark idea of what Thomas Bentley \u201925 now does as an analyst for the Minnesota Twins. Although Hill\u2019s character is fictional, he represents an amalgamation of everyone who serves a Major League Baseball team in pro personnel. Bentley performs similar work by evaluating statistics to determine how the Twins might improve their organization by making trades with other teams.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last spring, Bentley joined alumni such as Jordan Wiley \u201919<\/a> and Samantha Moss \u201923<\/a> by working in Major League Baseball roles within two years of Commencement. Another young alum, Jack Clark \u201917, is the manager of MLB draft operations and has worked in professional baseball since 2020. And like theirs, Bentley\u2019s position is ideal for someone who has been a baseball fan since childhood. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Bentley ’25 joined alumni such as Jordan Wiley \u201919 and Samantha Moss \u201923 by working in Major League Baseball roles within two years of their Commencement. Bentley was hired as an analyst in Baseball Operations, making his input vital in the trades the Minnesota Twins pursue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1. Local Roots, Dream Job Grow from Civic Engagement Internship<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Olivia DiGiulio \u201925 arrived at K, Michigan was new to her. She was a Portland, Oregon, native with a budding interest in civic engagement and a curiosity regarding how policy could shape communities. Just four years later, she is growing local roots and works in what has become an ideal full-time role in youth advocacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bridge between those two points was a Community Building Internship (CBI) through the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement (CCE). In summer 2024, DiGiulio was placed with the Kalamazoo Youth Development Network (KYD), a nonprofit that supports after-school and summer programs across the city. And today, she works as a policy and advocacy coordinator at the Michigan After-School Partnership (MASP), a statewide organization that does for Michigan what KYD does for Kalamazoo by supporting out-of-school programs, advocating for funding and pushing for systemic change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTruly, this is my dream job,\u201d DiGiulio said. \u201cI have to pinch myself that I get to do this work. And it all started with that summer internship.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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