It’s not dirt, it’s SOIL: Reflections from a K summer internship
Monica Cooper ′14says she is “really excited about pursuing a masters and/or Ph.D. after I graduate.” A big reason for her enthusiasm is taking place right now–her summer internship working on the Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research experiment, or KBS LTER, part of Michigan State University’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the […]
Cool Frustration
During the second summer of research on her Senior Independent Project (SIP), chemistry major Virginia Greenberger (pictured at left) is spending more time in method development than data collection. Here’s the thing about that: “We’ve never done this work before,” says Greenberger. (The other member of “we” is her SIP supervisor, Professor of Chemistry Regina […]
K Grads Receive “Preferred” Admissions Status to New WMU Medical School
The new Western Michigan University School of Medicine (WMed) has announced a “preferred” relationship with Kalamazoo College, Western Michigan University (WMU), and WMU’s Lee Honors College. Prospective students from these institutions may apply to WMed through the American Medical College Application Service, a centralized application processing service available to applicants to first-year entering classes at […]
K alumni (and one long ago faculty member) in the news
Roy Yewah ’13 is among 33 young adults who recently learned they were selected from 700 applicants to spend the next two years of their life living and working in Detroit. Roy is among the “Year Two” class of Challenge Detroit, an organization dedicated to recruiting young talent to the Motor City to work for […]
Freshly Filtered Fertilizer
Samantha Jolly ’15 is building a bike that will help save the world. As you know, the Kalamazoo College campus is covered with gardens large and small. But did you know that the College produces some its very own compost to fertilize these gardens? It does. And it intends to produce even more this coming […]
K-Plan Cultivation
Kalamazoo College students may not be in class during the summer, but they are busy cultivating their K-Plans, across the country and around the world, in externships and internships supported by the Center for Career and Professional Development. This summer 109 students are taking part in the CCPD’s summer career development programs. The Discovery Externship […]
Britta Seifert ′12 Reports from the Kyrgyz Republic
Britta Seifert ′12 is about three months into a two-year Peace Corps commitment in the Kyrgyz Republic, a small mountainous country in the center of Asia. Her job is helping improve the health outcomes of residents around Toktogul, a town she says is “located about five hours by taxi and two mountain passes south of […]
A First-Class Large Class
The Kalamazoo College class of 2017 is coming this fall and it is the most numerous class the College has ever seen: 463 strong! And no member of the class has changed his or her mind about coming so far—a phenomenon known as “summer melt,” which is usually in process by this time of the […]
Odds and Ends With a K Connection
Matters of T-shirts, essays, and scholarships meant good news for three people who share a Kalamazoo College connection. Writer and college instructor Chris Tower ’85 shows off his Kalamazoo College pride on his T-Shirt blog, “I would not be the person I am today if I had not attended and ultimately graduated from Kalamazoo College.” […]
Good Chemistry
It’s summertime at K; the weather is hot, and so is the chemistry on the second floor of the Dow Science Center. In the first of a series of articles, we focus on chemistry research underway on campus during summer 2013. Three students are advancing ongoing research projects in the inorganic chemistry laboratory of Professor […]
K Civic Engagement Director Honored With Health Award
Alison Geist, director of the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement, received the 2013 Spirit of Health Equity Award from Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services. The award recognizes her “ongoing commitment and dedication to health equity in the Kalamazoo community.” In addition to her work with the CCE (formerly the Mary Jane […]
Building Baldwin
When he was invited to Kalamazoo College′s campus in 1960, African-American writer James Baldwin knew he would be looking out at a mostly white audience. Kalamazoo College Professor of English Bruce Mills led a class this past year called “Building the Archive: Baldwin and His Legacy.” In the effort of rediscovering Baldwin’s visit to campus, […]