Busting Myths
In 2012, “Redefining Asian” (aka Asiafest) received the “Program of the Year” award at the Black and Orange Awards Ceremony. In 2013 the Asian and Pacific Islander Student Association (APISA), formerly known as Asian Student Association (ASA), produced another spectacular Asiafest: “Mythbusters.” The show took place in a Dalton Theatre packed with by campus and […]
Public Art and Artistic Truth Lecturer at K
Kalamazoo College will host two public lectures on “Artistic Truth” and “Public Art” by Lambert Zuidervaart, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto and a member of the graduate faculties in theology and philosophy at the University of Toronto. He was recently appointed Director of ICS’s Centre for Philosophy, Religion, […]
Many Happy Returns: Recyclemania 2013
Recycling an old tradition, Kalamazoo College is off to a good start in Recyclemania 2013, the friendly annual competition and benchmarking tool that allows college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. “We still maintain our dynasty and I am happy with it!” said longtime K Recycling Coordinator Rob […]
K Honors Extraordinary Student Leaders
Leadership development is part of the mission of Kalamazoo College, and gains in leadership capability for every student is one of K’s goals. Each year the College recognizes extraordinary leadership–leaders’ leaders, so to speak–with the annual Senior Leadership Recognition Award. The 30 seniors honored this year serve as student organization leaders, athletic team captains, student […]
K senior builds her future with help from K’s past
Eeva Stout-Sharp ’13 is reaching into Kalamazoo College’s past in order to forge her own future after K. As part of her Senior Individualized Project (SIP) in Art History, the Petoskey, Mich. native has curated an exhibit of portraits from the College’s art collection that depicts K faculty and administrators from the 19th and early […]
K Declares!
It almost eclipsed Valentine’s Day! And one could think of it as an academic love story. Tuesday, February 12, was the long-awaited Declaration of Majors (DOM) day held in the Fine Arts Building. Three hundred and thirty seven sophomores gathered to declare and celebrate an academic track of their choosing for the next two and […]
K alumna is both medical student and medical detective
Sarah Allexan ’11 is the lead author of a research paper published in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics that looks into the cause of blindness in Mary Ingalls, older sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the popular “Little House” book series. Ingalls Wilder wrote that Scarlet Fever caused her sister to […]
K’s Chem Club Sieves Out Victorious
Kalamazoo College’s American Chemical Society (ACS) student group brought home to the chemistry department the coveted ‘Silver Sep Funnel’ Trophy from Michigan State University this winter. The students pipette-ed, read spectra, analyzed, and even danced their way to victory, and as the safest team (“which is the most important part for us,” says Regina Stevens-Truss, […]
Into the Next Fable
Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College continues its season of “Fables and Fairy Tales” with the Southwest Michigan premier of Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning comedy In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play). The play opens Thursday, February 28, in the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse and plays through Sunday, March 3. Thursday’s performance begins at 7:30 PM, […]
Why We Play
“Why We Play” was the topic of the Winter Quarter Week Six (Feb. 15) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Co-sponsored by the Kalamazoo College Department of Athletics, the annual Reflection offers a space for K student and alumni athletes to share in the collective stories and songs that capture the spirit of sport, recreation, and […]
Kalamazoo alumna Patricia Webb ’78 searches for Amelia Earhart
Patricia Webb ’78 is part of an international effort that may have found the final resting place of famed aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared near the end of a historic around-the-world flying trip in 1937. Listen to Patricia talk about her experience in a recent interview with WMUK (102.1 FM) radio, the NPR station at Western Michigan […]
Kalamazoo College President Named NAICU Chair
Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, Ph.D., has been named chair of the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) for 2013-14. NAICU represents more than 1,000 member colleges, associations, and other institutions nationwide, including Kalamazoo College. As chair, Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran will lead the NAICU board in setting the […]