2 K Alumni Among 40 Under 40 Honorees
Crain’s Detroit Business last week honored its 40 Under 40 honorees, and they include two Kalamazoo College alumni. They are: Ed Mamou ’00, 39, who is the owner of the Root and Mabel Gray restaurants, vice president of GFL Environmental Recycling Services Inc., and vice president of Royal Oak Recycling. Mamou earned a degree in […]
3 with K Connections Compete in ArtPrize
If you visit ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, be sure to check out three entries from artists with Kalamazoo College connections. Help Desk Administrator Russell Cooper ’89, Web Services Director Carolyn Zinn ’82 and Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Firth MacMillan all are participating. Cooper is competing for a sixth time at ArtPrize, the event touted […]
Economics and Business Instructor Receives Lucasse Award
Kalamazoo College announced today that Senior Instructor of Economics and Business Chuck Stull will receive the 2018 Florence J. Lucasse Lectureship for Excellence in Teaching, awarded to a K faculty member in recognition of outstanding classroom teaching. Stull joined the Business and Economics department in 1996, and has taught courses such as principles of economics, […]
Documentary Featuring K Psychology Professor Coming to Portage
Mark your calendars today. “SCORE: A Film Music Documentary,” featuring Kalamazoo College Psychology Professor Siu-Lan Tan among its interviewees, is coming Sept. 22-28 to Celebration! Cinema Crossroads in Portage. Two showings, one at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and one at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 24, will include question-and-answer sessions with Dr. Tan. Kalamazoo Film Society President […]
National Honors Are Music to Math Professor’s Ears
Two national honors, thanks in part to Kalamazoo College mathematics professor Eric Barth, are providing a local children’s music program with recognition and funds for expansion. Barth has served as the curriculum director and conductor of Kalamazoo Kids in Tune (KKIT), an afterschool orchestra immersion program available to first- through eighth-graders, since its inception in […]
Actresses Tomlin, Fonda Visit K, Raise Minimum-Wage Awareness
Two legendary, award-winning actresses – Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin – visited Kalamazoo College and the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) on Tuesday to heighten awareness about an initiative to raise the minimum wage of Michigan residents. ROC United, a restaurant workers and workers’ rights group, brought Fonda and Tomlin to K for […]
Students Welcome to Audition for ‘Fun Home’
Students are welcome to try out for “Fun Home,” a Tony-award winning musical that will be the first Festival Playhouse production of the year. Auditions are scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, and Wednesday, Sept. 13. Callbacks are Thursday, Sept. 14. Find more information on what to expect with auditioning and the […]
K President Signs GLCA Statement Regarding DACA
Kalamazoo College President Jorge G. Gonzalez has joined 10 other Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) presidents in a joint statement titled “Pathways for Childhood Arrivals” regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last Tuesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals order would end in six months. […]
Kalamazoo’s 3 College Presidents Address DACA
A message about DACA developments from the presidents of Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Western Michigan University. To our campus communities: Our hearts go out to all DACA students, and we stand committed to the idea that their success as students and members of our community enhances the success of each of our […]
Convocation Launches New Academic Year
UPDATE: A chance of rain is pushing Convocation indoors this afternoon, Sept. 6. Join us in the gymnasium at Anderson Athletics Center. Kalamazoo College will begin the 2017-18 academic year at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, with its annual Convocation ceremony for new students. K will welcome 455 first-year students including 13 transfer students and […]
Learn the Ropes of Change Ringing at K
Michiganders’ lone opportunity to participate in an international event and learn the ropes of change ringing will be at Kalamazoo College. K will welcome the public into Stetson Chapel to see a demonstration of English change ringing on tower and hand bells by members of the Kalamazoo College Guild of Change Ringers at 2 p.m. […]
Initial Wait Leads K Student to Boren Scholarship
“Pleasant surprise” and “final exams” rarely are uttered in the same breath even at Kalamazoo College. Yet Kimberly Yang ’19, of Grand Rapids, Mich., received welcome news around finals time this past spring. Yang first was placed on a waiting list in mid-April after applying for a Boren Scholarship, a prestigious grant that allows students […]