Kalamazoo College has FOUR stops on tonight’s monthly Art Hop around downtown Kalamazoo. William Morris & Kelmscott: Works by the 19thCentury British Artist, writer, textile designer, and founder of Kelmscott Press. In the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room, Upjohn Library – 3rd Floor, on the K campus, 5-8 pm. Fear into Fire: Reclaiming Black Male […]

Marquise Griffin ’15 has been selected to attend the 2012 National Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2-4. Convened by members of Congress, the Forum brings together college students from the United States and abroad to interact with fellow students, recent graduates, young professionals, and established adults from the political, […]

The average student debt with which some K students graduate “is comparable to a new Ford Focus,” Kalamazoo College President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran said today. “That Focus depreciates the minute you drive out of the dealer,” she added. “But that degree continues to appreciate over time.” Wilson-Oyelaran spoke as a member of a panel discussion on higher […]

“Honors Day Convocation” was the Week 7 (Oct. 26) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. The event is a time to present special awards to Kalamazoo College students for their accomplishments. Most awards are based on outstanding performance in a particular area during the previous academic year. Chaplain Liz Candido ’00 greeted the audience of more […]

Rose Bundy, Japanese, was chair and organizer of a panel discussion at the Japan Study 50th Anniversary Conference: The Future of East Asian Studies at Liberal Arts Colleges. The conference took place at Earlham College in early October. The name of the panel presentation was “Passages to Asia: The Japanese Studies Curriculum–From Intro to Senior […]

Julia Anderle de Sylor ’09 has posted a letter to Fulbright applicants that offers encouragement, advice, and an assessment of the value of the rigorous application process, regardless of whether one is ultimately accepted. Julia received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant fellowship in Germany after she graduated from K, and she writes how it changed […]

Virginia “Jinny” (Taylor) Hilf ’44 was the first editor of The Index, the student newspaper of Kalamazoo College. Today, at age 90, Jinny is making news for her lifetime of accomplishments in northwest Indiana and elsewhere.

“Politics and Public Service: K-Plans and Career Paths” was the theme of the Week Six (Oct. 19) Community Reflection in Stetson Chapel. Co-sponsored by the Center for Career and Professional Development and Alumni Relations, the reflection hosted a panel of Kalamazoo College alumni working in the areas of politics or public service. College Republicans Co-Leader […]

Kalamazoo College Video Specialist and Instructor Dhera Strauss will show a new cut of her documentary “Kitchen Conversations” this Sunday Nov. 4 at 4 PM and 7 PM at WMU’s Little Theater, located on the corner of Oakland Dr. and Oliver Lane. “Kitchen Conversations” includes 13 separate segments, each profiling a Kalamazoo-area woman in her kitchen preparing a recipe […]

Steven Yeun ’05 is an actor who plays Glenn Rhee, a pizza delivery guy turned survivalist in “The Walking Dead,” the wildly popular apocalyptic zombie drama on AMC. In a recent New York Times interview, Steve gives a shoutout to Kalamazoo College professor Andy Mozina and his book “The Women Were Leaving the Men.”

Claire Riggs ’11 received a pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation, a prestigious award that allows her to continue research on killifish embryos as she works on her doctorate at Portland State University. Her research was the subject of an article (“Life in the Extreme”) by Maya Seaman that appeared in the publication, Vanguard. […]

The following students received awards during the Honors Day ceremony on October 26, 2012. Brian Gougeon Prize in Art McKenna Kring Corinne MacInnes Kira Sandiford Lillian Pringle Baldauf Prize in Music Bret Linvill Hannah Shaughnessy-Mogill Margaret Upton Prize in Music Morgan Walker Cooper Award Amy Jimenez Arshia Will Theatre Arts First-Year Student Award Katelyn Anderson […]