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Convocation 2015 Live Stream

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Convocation 2015

Convocation 2015

Kalamazoo College kicks off the 2015-16 academic year on Wednesday Sept. 9 at 3:00 p.m. with its annual opening convocation ceremony for new students. The ceremony will take place on the campus Quad and be available via live streaming. In case of rain, the ceremony will move into Stetson Chapel. President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran, Provost […]

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Our Community Is Our Campaign

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Our Community Is Our Campaign

Kalamazoo College has announced the ten finalists for its 2015 Global Prize for Transformative Social Justice Leadership, a juried competition hosted by the College’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Finalists will present during a Prize Weekend, Oct. 9-11, and one project will receive a $25,000 prize. Below is one in a series of profiles […]

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: The Icarus Project

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: The Icarus Project

Kalamazoo College has announced the ten finalists for its 2015 Global Prize for Transformative Social Justice Leadership, a juried competition hosted by the College’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Finalists will present during a Prize Weekend, Oct. 9-11, and one project will receive a $25,000 prize. Below is one in a series of profiles […]

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Bavubuka Foundation

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Bavubuka Foundation

Kalamazoo College has announced the ten finalists for its 2015 Global Prize for Transformative Social Justice Leadership, a juried competition hosted by the College’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Finalists will present during a Prize Weekend, Oct. 9-11, and one project will receive a $25,000 prize. Below is one in a series of profiles […]

Beyond the Box

Beyond the Box

The Humans Beyond Boxes Block Party builds builds off of Civic Engagement work done by Willina Cain ’16, Allison Kennedy ’15 and others through the Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative. That work has evolved into a summer-long creative writing workshop where people craft their personal stories around their experiences with incarceration and reentry. Workshop participants have […]

Some Dust and Then a Pony!

Some Dust and Then a Pony!

A stall full of horse manure is a litmus test for optimism. One person may see only a thankless chore; but a second rejoices in the likelihood of a pony. Well, pardon our dust,and then get ready for a metaphorical pony. From midnight on Thursday, August 20, until midnight on Sunday, August 23, two parking […]

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Black on Both Sides

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Black on Both Sides

Kalamazoo College has announced the ten finalists for its 2015 Global Prize for Transformative Social Justice Leadership, a juried competition hosted by the College’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Finalists will present during a Prize Weekend, Oct. 9-11, and one project will receive a $25,000 prize. Below is one in a series of profiles […]

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Association of Injured Workers & Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores

Kalamazoo College 2015 Global Prize Finalist: Association of Injured Workers & Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores

Kalamazoo College has announced the ten finalists for its 2015 Global Prize for Transformative Social Justice Leadership, a juried competition hosted by the College’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Finalists will present during a Prize Weekend, Oct. 9-11, and one project will receive a $25,000 prize. Below is one in a series of profiles […]

They’re Everywhere!

They’re Everywhere!

“It was during spring break of this year that I understood what made Kalamazoo College truly unique.” So spoke newly-minted alumnus Vageesha Liyana-Gunawardana ’15 during his Baccalaureate address this past June. “I was in Colorado visiting a friend whom I had met during my study abroad in Japan,” he added. “Upon mentioning that I was […]

WE Instead of THEY

WE Instead of THEY

Joe Brockington, Ph.D., associate provost for international programs at Kalamazoo College, died on August 10, 2015. In addition to his post in the Center for International Programs, Brockington also served as professor of German language and literature. [NOTE: The memorial service for Joe Brockington will occur Monday, August 17, at 2 p.m. at the First […]