K Biennial Social Justice Prize Debuts in Spring; Apply Now
The first Kalamazoo College Global Prize for Collaborative Social Justice Leadership will be awarded the weekend of May 10-11 on the Kalamazoo College campus. Entries for the prizes are due by March 8. Jurors include human rights activist Angela Davis and Cary Alan Johnson, former executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights […]
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
“What’s Love got to do with it? Anti-Racist Activism in the Creation of Beloved Communities” was the topic of the Winter Quarter Week Four (Feb. 1) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel, co-sponsored by the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) and the Black Student Organization (BSO). The Reflection centered around love as an underlying […]
K Jazz Band Performs in Ann Arbor Concert Series
The Kalamazoo College Jazz Band swings into Ann Arbor as part of a concert series at the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor. The Jazz Band performs at 7:30 PM on March 1, and the performance is free and open to public. First Baptist is a beautiful historic church located at 517 East Washington Street. […]
Liberal Arts and Christian faith prepare K student “to achieve things that will last.”
President Barack Obama, members of Congress, other world leaders, and 80 college students from across the United States—including Kalamazoo College student Marquise Griffin ’15—attended the National Prayer Breakfast today (Feb. 7) in Washington, D.C. “It was a complete surprise when I got the email saying I got selected,” Marquise said. He attended the National […]
K Community Responds to Death of Sophomore Emily Stillman
The Kalamazoo College community continues to grieve the death of sophomore Emily Stillman, who died Sunday, February 3 due to complications from bacterial meningitis. Emily, 19, was taken to Bronson Hospital in the early morning hours of February 1 from her residence hall. K administration and the Student Health Center learned the diagnosis later that […]
Alumna Selected to United Nations Commission Session
Marlene Guerrero Chavez ’08 was selected to serve as a youth delegate for the 51st session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development. The priority theme of the 10-day conference is “Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration, and full employment and decent work for all.” The session takes place in […]
A Child’s Struggle With Autism Consumes K Alumni Family
In 2004, Antonie Boessenkool ’99 wrote a LuxEsto article (“Homeward Bound”) that appeared in the fall issue that year about Matt ’94 and Kelli ’95 (Johnson) Stapleton. Their daughter Isabelle (Issy), at that time 5 years old, had recently been diagnosed with autism. The Stapletons currently live in Elberta, Michigan. Matt serves as principal of […]
Community Responds to Meningitis Case
Kalamazoo College sophomore Emily Stillman, 19, died this morning (Sunday, February 3) due to complications from bacterial meningitis. Emily was taken to Bronson Hospital around 2 AM Friday morning, February 1. K administration and the Student Health Center learned the diagnosis later that morning and immediately began to work in close collaboration with the Kalamazoo […]
Weathering Winter
“Cold Weather Catharsis” was the topic of Winter Quarter 2013 Week Three (Jan. 25) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Co-sponsored by the Adventure Living Learning House , several speakers shared ideas on how to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), spice up the season, stay active, and release the pent-up energy of winter. Chaplain Liz Candido […]
K Grad at Work on Basketball Musical
Ben Harpe ’09 is a cast member of “The Lockout: An NBA Musical,” written by Jason Gallagher and Ben Fort and to be produced by their company Six Hours Short. And Ben is also part of a the KickStarter project to record an album of the musical’s songs. You can see Ben (on left) belting […]
K Hoops Halftime Event To Benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Jessie Wagner ’04, a career development specialist in the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University, will be a special guest speaker at halftime of the Kalamazoo College men’s basketball game against Adrian College on February 13. (Tip off is 8 PM in the Anderson Athletic Center.) Jessie’s halftime appearance is part of a […]
K Undergraduate Poet is Up and Going
Winter term 2013 finds sophomore Kate Belew working as an intern at the Poet’s House in lower Manhattan. Another stop on the creative journey of this English major. As a first-year student Kate received the Nature in Words Fellowship at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute for Environmental Education (Hastings, Mich.). “It is an extraordinarily competitive fellowship,” […]