{"id":7519,"date":"2016-05-09T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:17:35","slug":"2016-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/2016-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalamazoo College Commencement is June 12 at 1 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kalamazoo College\u2019s 2016 Commencement takes place Sunday June 12 at 1:00 p.m. on the campus Quad. Speakers include international human rights lawyer, activist and scholar Gay McDougall, Award-winning author Bonnie Jo Campbell, and graduating K senior Mindze Mbala-Nkanga.<\/p>\n

Approximately 300 members of the K class of 2016 will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees.<\/p>\n

K President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran will welcome the graduates \u2013 along with approximately 2,500 family members and friends, K faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community members \u2013 in what will be her final commencement as K president. She retires from her post on June 30 after 11 years.<\/p>\n

\"ichard<\/a>Gay McDougall<\/strong> will be the 2016 commencement keynote speaker. She is Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, Fordham University, New York City. Her long and noteworthy career has been dedicated to fighting racial oppression both in the United States and abroad. She is former United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues, former Executive Director of Global Rights at Partners for Justice, and former Director of the Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.<\/p>\n

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Gay McDougall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1999, McDougall was a recipient of the coveted MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Award. She has also received the Butcher Medal of the American Society of International Law for outstanding contributions to human rights law and the Thurgood Marshall Award of the District of Columbia Bar Association among numerous other national and international awards.<\/p>\n

McDougall received a J.D. degree from Yale Law School and an LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has Honorary Doctors of Law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center, the School of Law of the City University of New York, and Agnes Scott College.<\/p>\n

McDougall will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from K during commencement.<\/p>\n

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Bonnie Jo Campbell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bonnie Jo Campbell<\/strong> will also speak at commencement. Campbell is the author of Once Upon a River, Women and Other Animals, Q Road, the just-released Mothers, Tell Your Daughters, and the National Book Award nominated American Salvage. In 2012, Once Upon a River was the Summer Common Reading book for the incoming class of 2016. Campbell spent two days on campus meeting with class members as part of their new student orientation program. Per K tradition, she returns to address this same class of students at their commencement.<\/p>\n

Campbell is a Michigan native and resident of Kalamazoo who has served as a visiting professor of English at K. She received her B.A. degree from University of Chicago and both a M.A. degree in mathematics and M.F.A. degree in writing from Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n

During Commencement, Bonnie Jo Campbell will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from K.<\/p>\n

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Mindze Mbala-Nkanga \u201916<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graduating K senior Mindze Mbala-Nkanga<\/strong> will be this year\u2019s student graduation day speaker. Mbala-Nkanga is from Ypsilanti, Mich., and will receive a B.A. degree in biology. Her Senior Independent Project (a K graduation requirement) was \u201cMother Anopheles: Of Malaria and Other Infections,\u201d a play in two acts, for which she received honors. During her four years at K she completed an internship at Monroe Carell Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt University and second at a hospital in Libreville, Gabon. She also served as president of the student organization Kalama-Africa, member of the Student of Color Coalition, and President\u2019s Student Ambassador.<\/p>\n

Graduating K seniors Sarah Wallace<\/strong>, Dylan Polcyn <\/strong>and Kaeli Peach<\/strong> will speak at Baccalaureate on Saturday June 11, at 8:00 p.m., in Stetson Chapel. K Baccalaureate is a nondenominational service with student and faculty speakers and musical performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Speakers include international human rights lawyer, activist and scholar Gay McDougall, Award-winning author Bonnie Jo Campbell, and graduating K senior Mindze Mbala-Nkanga.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 300 members of the K class of 2016 will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees.<\/p>\n<p>K President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran will welcome the graduates \u2013 along with approximately 2,500 family members and friends, K faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community members \u2013 in what will be her final commencement as K president. She retires from her post on June 30 after 11 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/ichard-Koenig-74.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/ichard-Koenig-74-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"ichard Koenig 74\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>Gay McDougall<\/strong> will be the 2016 commencement keynote speaker. She is Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, Fordham University, New York City. Her long and noteworthy career has been dedicated to fighting racial oppression both in the United States and abroad. She is former United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues, former Executive Director of Global Rights at Partners for Justice, and former Director of the Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7526\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/ayMcDougall_WP.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7526\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7526 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/ayMcDougall_WP-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"ayMcDougall_WP\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gay McDougall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1999, McDougall was a recipient of the coveted MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Award. She has also received the Butcher Medal of the American Society of International Law for outstanding contributions to human rights law and the Thurgood Marshall Award of the District of Columbia Bar Association among numerous other national and international awards.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall received a J.D. degree from Yale Law School and an LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has Honorary Doctors of Law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center, the School of Law of the City University of New York, and Agnes Scott College.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from K during commencement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7527\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/AMPBELLBONNIEJO_198.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7527\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/AMPBELLBONNIEJO_198.jpg\" alt=\"Bonnie Jo Campbell\" width=\"198\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonnie Jo Campbell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Bonnie Jo Campbell<\/strong> will also speak at commencement. Campbell is the author of Once Upon a River, Women and Other Animals, Q Road, the just-released Mothers, Tell Your Daughters, and the National Book Award nominated American Salvage. In 2012, Once Upon a River was the Summer Common Reading book for the incoming class of 2016. Campbell spent two days on campus meeting with class members as part of their new student orientation program. Per K tradition, she returns to address this same class of students at their commencement.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell is a Michigan native and resident of Kalamazoo who has served as a visiting professor of English at K. She received her B.A. degree from University of Chicago and both a M.A. degree in mathematics and M.F.A. degree in writing from Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>During Commencement, Bonnie Jo Campbell will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from K.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7556\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/indze-Mbala-Nkanga-8410_DugalPhoto.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/indze-Mbala-Nkanga-8410_DugalPhoto-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-2016 President\u2019\u2019s Student Ambassadors, Kalamazoo College, Erin Butler \u201918; Francisco \u201cFranky\u201d Cabrera \u201916; Bianca Delgado \u201917; Alexis Fiebernitz \u201916; George Fishback \u201917; Immanuel \u201cManny\u201d Greene \u201916; Madeline \u201cMaddie\u201d Hume \u201916; Elyse Kaplan \u201918; Mindze Mbala-Nkanga \u201916; Nirmita \u201cMira\u201d Palakodaty \u201918; Brian Raetz \u201916\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mindze Mbala-Nkanga \u201916<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Graduating K senior <strong>Mindze Mbala-Nkanga<\/strong> will be this year\u2019s student graduation day speaker. Mbala-Nkanga is from Ypsilanti, Mich., and will receive a B.A. degree in biology. Her Senior Independent Project (a K graduation requirement) was \u201cMother Anopheles: Of Malaria and Other Infections,\u201d a play in two acts, for which she received honors. During her four years at K she completed an internship at Monroe Carell Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt University and second at a hospital in Libreville, Gabon. She also served as president of the student organization Kalama-Africa, member of the Student of Color Coalition, and President\u2019s Student Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating K seniors <strong>Sarah Wallace<\/strong>,<strong> Dylan Polcyn <\/strong>and<strong> Kaeli Peach<\/strong> will speak at Baccalaureate on Saturday June 11, at 8:00 p.m., in Stetson Chapel. K Baccalaureate is a nondenominational service with student and faculty speakers and musical performances.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519","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=7519"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15218,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519\/revisions\/15218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7519"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=7519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}