{"id":8851,"date":"2017-06-05T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=8851"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:53:35","slug":"2017-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/2017-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Commencement Scheduled for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College\u2019s 2017 Commencement will take place at 1 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/commencement\/\">Sunday, June 11,<\/a> on the campus Quad. A total of 418 members of the class of 2017 will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/commencement\/\">livestream<\/a> will be available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8852\" style=\"width: 174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8852\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Speaker-Kevin-Lobo-Stryker-Chairman-and-CEO-300x498.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College 2017 Commencement Speaker Kevin Lobo - Stryker Chairman and CEO\" width=\"174\" height=\"284\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stryker Corporation Chairman and CEO Kevin Lobo will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and serve as the 2017 Commencement keynote speaker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> will welcome graduates \u2013 along with about 2,500 family members and friends, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community members \u2013 in what will be his first commencement as president. This year\u2019s class includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>263 Michiganders;<\/li>\n<li>students from 33 states and 14 countries; and<\/li>\n<li>116 double majors and three triple majors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The College departments graduating the most students are biology, business, chemistry and psychology.<\/p>\n<p>Stryker Corporation Chairman and CEO Kevin Lobo, the 2017 Commencement keynote speaker, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.<\/p>\n<p>Lobo joined Stryker in April 2011 and was named its chief executive officer Oct. 1, 2012. He was appointed chairman of the board July 22, 2014, and serves on the Board of Directors for Parker Hannifin Corp., a global leader in motion and control technologies.\u00a0 He is also a board member of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Business Leaders for Michigan and United Way for Kalamazoo\/Battle Creek regions, and is a member of the Business Roundtable.<\/p>\n<p>Lobo has a broad business career that includes executive positions in general management and finance with organizations such as KPMG, Unilever and Kraft Canada. He spent eight years with Rhone-Poulenc, with roles based in Europe as worldwide corporate controller of the chemical spin-out Rhodia and general manager of Specialty Phosphates EMEA.\u00a0 He then spent eight years at Johnson &amp; Johnson, where he was the chief financial officer of McNeil Consumer Healthcare and Ortho Women\u2019s Health &amp; Urology, the president of J&amp;J Medical Products Canada and president of Ethicon Endo Surgery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8853\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8853\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Student-Speaker-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College 2017 Commencement Student Speaker\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Student-Speaker-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Student-Speaker-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Student-Speaker-358x300.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Student-Speaker.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College 2017 Student Commencement speaker Mireya Guzm\u00e1n-Ort\u00edz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Graduating senior Mireya Guzm\u00e1n-Ort\u00edz, of Salem, Ore., will receive a B.A. degree in critical ethnic studies and serve as the student speaker. While at Kalamazoo College, Guzm\u00e1n-Ort\u00edz served as an Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership student fellow and served other students in the College\u2019s Writing Center.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating seniors Melissa Erikson, Alyse Guenther and Chido Chigwedere will speak at Baccalaureate at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at Stetson Chapel. The Baccalaureate is a nondenominational service with student and faculty speakers and musical performances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College\u2019s 2017 Commencement will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 11, on the campus Quad. A total of 418 members of the class of 2017 will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees. A livestream will be available. Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. 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A total of 418 members of the class of 2017 will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/alumni\/events\/commencement\/\">livestream<\/a> will be available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8852\" style=\"width: 174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8852\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Speaker-Kevin-Lobo-Stryker-Chairman-and-CEO-300x498.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College 2017 Commencement Speaker Kevin Lobo - Stryker Chairman and CEO\" width=\"174\" height=\"284\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stryker Corporation Chairman and CEO Kevin Lobo will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and serve as the 2017 Commencement keynote speaker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> will welcome graduates \u2013 along with about 2,500 family members and friends, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and community members \u2013 in what will be his first commencement as president. This year\u2019s class includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>263 Michiganders;<\/li>\n<li>students from 33 states and 14 countries; and<\/li>\n<li>116 double majors and three triple majors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The College departments graduating the most students are biology, business, chemistry and psychology.<\/p>\n<p>Stryker Corporation Chairman and CEO Kevin Lobo, the 2017 Commencement keynote speaker, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.<\/p>\n<p>Lobo joined Stryker in April 2011 and was named its chief executive officer Oct. 1, 2012. He was appointed chairman of the board July 22, 2014, and serves on the Board of Directors for Parker Hannifin Corp., a global leader in motion and control technologies.\u00a0 He is also a board member of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Business Leaders for Michigan and United Way for Kalamazoo\/Battle Creek regions, and is a member of the Business Roundtable.<\/p>\n<p>Lobo has a broad business career that includes executive positions in general management and finance with organizations such as KPMG, Unilever and Kraft Canada. He spent eight years with Rhone-Poulenc, with roles based in Europe as worldwide corporate controller of the chemical spin-out Rhodia and general manager of Specialty Phosphates EMEA.\u00a0 He then spent eight years at Johnson &amp; Johnson, where he was the chief financial officer of McNeil Consumer Healthcare and Ortho Women\u2019s Health &amp; Urology, the president of J&amp;J Medical Products Canada and president of Ethicon Endo Surgery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8853\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8853\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/06\/Kalamazoo-College-2017-Commencement-Student-Speaker-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College 2017 Commencement Student Speaker\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College 2017 Student Commencement speaker Mireya Guzm\u00e1n-Ort\u00edz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Graduating senior Mireya Guzm\u00e1n-Ort\u00edz, of Salem, Ore., will receive a B.A. degree in critical ethnic studies and serve as the student speaker. While at Kalamazoo College, Guzm\u00e1n-Ort\u00edz served as an Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership student fellow and served other students in the College\u2019s Writing Center.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating seniors Melissa Erikson, Alyse Guenther and Chido Chigwedere will speak at Baccalaureate at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at Stetson Chapel. The Baccalaureate is a nondenominational service with student and faculty speakers and musical performances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851","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=8851"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18149,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851\/revisions\/18149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8851"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=8851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}