Kalamazoo College

03/19/2025

Congratulations to the five faculty members who officially have earned tenure at Kalamazoo College! Learn more about Anne Marie Butler, Marilyn Evans, Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, Rochelle Rojas and Blakely Tresca: https://ow.ly/rkQg50VkUBI.

03/18/2025

Clip No. 2: Social Media Ambassador Bernice Mike '26 asks Davis Henderson '25 what he wants audiences to take away from his Senior Integrated Project, a documentary titled "BODEWADMI NDAW" or "I AM POTAWATOMI." The film focuses on the preservation of Bodwéwadmimwen, which is the language of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish band of the Potawatomi tribe. Click the links below for:

☑️ The full interview on YouTube: https://ow.ly/9v2Y50Vk3vw.
☑️ Davis' documentary: https://ow.ly/Q1ue50Vk3vx.
☑️ Davis' YouTube channel: https://ow.ly/xKNj50Vk3vF.
☑️ Our news feature: https://ow.ly/MwZM50Vk3vy.

03/18/2025

Social Media Ambassador Bernice Mike '26 interviewed Davis Henderson '25 about his Senior Integrated Project, a documentary titled "BODEWADMI NDAW" or "I AM POTAWATOMI." The film focuses on the preservation of Bodwéwadmimwen, which is the language of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish band of the Potawatomi tribe. Click the links below for:

☑️ The full interview on YouTube: https://ow.ly/9v2Y50Vk3vw.
☑️ Davis' documentary: https://ow.ly/Q1ue50Vk3vx.
☑️ Davis' YouTube channel: https://ow.ly/xKNj50Vk3vF.
☑️ Our news feature: https://ow.ly/MwZM50Vk3vy.

03/17/2025

The Outdoor Leadership Training Center at Kalamazoo College is expanding its workshops this spring to help the public build skills in the great outdoors. Learn how to sign up for workshops in backpacking, climbing, mountain biking and more.

The Outdoor Leadership Training Center at Kalamazoo College is expanding its workshops to help the public build skills in the great outdoors.

03/17/2025

For her Senior Integrated Project, Brooke Dolhay ’25 traveled last summer to the Philippines, learned to scuba dive and investigated how climate change is killing coral reef there. At our website, find out what she did to help find potential solutions: https://ow.ly/Oiv450Vj3lu.

03/14/2025

From Social Media Ambassador Bernice Mike '26: The last Community Reflection of the trimester offered students a chance to get together for a fun sing-along before finals! 🎶 It was exactly what we needed during a stressful Week 10. If you missed it, maybe take some time to bop to some of your favorite songs. It's a great way to get rid of some tension!

03/14/2025

From Social Media Ambassador Bernice Mike '26: As the tradition holds for every trimester, Tea with Nelda took place Thursday at the Nelda K. Balch Festival Playhouse, where students and professors from the theatre department got together for constructive conversations, good food, and of course, tea! Thursday's event was extra special because we had Veronica Tjioe, the writer of “String’s the Thing,” join us in conversation. Their play is a world premiere taking place at K's Festival Playhouse at 6 tonight and at 4 p.m. Saturday as a part of the SIP for May Moe Tun '25, so check it out!

Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College

03/13/2025

Kalamazoo College students worked together this week to sell secondhand items including clothing, jewelry and décor to foster student interaction and strengthen community on campus.

03/12/2025

Kalamazoo College alumna Sophie Hill ’20 designed a Native American Heritage Month jersey that reflects her Anishinaabe background for the National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche. Check out a Q-and-A with her through the team. Congratulations, Sophie!

Sophie Hill Created Native American Heritage Avalanche Jersey

03/11/2025

If you’ve ever believed that you’re just not good at your least-favorite subject, Senchen S***a ’25 and his Senior Integrated Project (SIP) might convince you otherwise. S***a is the creator of The Senchy Review, a blog with a series of self-contained essays that allow him to analyze complex subjects while providing an approach that he says mirrors the exploratory nature of real-world learning. Learn more about his work.

Writing for The Senchy Review allows Senchen S***a ’25 to analyze complex subjects, providing an approach that mirrors real-world learning.

03/10/2025

Social Media Ambassador Bernice Mike ’26 attended a Community Reflection on Friday presented by the student organization DREAM, which stands for Disability-Illness Rights, Education, Activism and Mentoring. The group provides a space for disabled students and allies to form community, educate, and advocate on campus: “Thank you to all the students who shared stories about their own experiences with disability, while also raising awareness to the areas where our campus could be more accessible. In times when the world feels divided, it is crucial that our community comes together by hearing and helping each other out.”

03/10/2025

Social Media Ambassador Bernice Mike '26 attended a musical Senior Integrated Project (SIP) presentation this weekend: "Congratulations to Silvia Gaete Lagos '25 for her phenomenal performance of her SIP this past Friday! Silvia shared the history of the authoritarian regime in Chile, using the power of music. She performed 11 folk songs written as a form of protest during that period. To add even more to her already spectacular work, she made a video collage of other K students reading heartfelt letters written by survivors of the regime. Her project serves as a good reminder of how important art is during turbulent times."

03/10/2025

Kalamazoo Language and Intercultural Partners (KLIP) and the Language Acquisition: Skills-Based English Language Learning (LANG 121) class participated in their annual winter literacy campaign throughout the month of February. They attended Literacy Night festivities at local schools, made "celebrity" READ posters, and invited Kalamazoo Public Schools specialists to Kalamazoo College for a reading strategies workshop. KLIP is a civic engagement program that includes students in LANG 121, taught by Learning Support Specialist Candace Bailey Combs. The Newcomers Newsletter and more READ photography can be found at klip.kzoo.edu.

03/10/2025

We enjoyed seeing many of our fall 2025 admitted students and families on campus during Visit the Zoo on March 1! If you couldn’t join us, your next opportunity to Visit the Zoo is Saturday, April 12. In this event, you can:

➡️ Take a tour of the campus community
➡️ Meet with faculty members
➡️ Interact with K students and other prospective students
➡️ Learn about campus resources like First-Year Experience, LandSea and study abroad!

Ready for your adventure? Register at our website: https://ow.ly/rAma50VeVcn.

03/10/2025

Engagement with Spanish language and cultures is clearly strong at Kalamazoo College, and a new fund in honor of a beloved former professor will support students who carry that torch forward. Learn more about the Margarita Costero Campos Student Travel Fund.

The Margarita Costero Campos Student Travel Award will help students with costs for research, presentations, internships and study abroad.

03/07/2025

With International Women’s Day approaching on Saturday, leaders of Kalamazoo College’s Professional Women’s Club are reflecting on a successful term of empowering female-identifying students to explore their future career goals. Hear from Alexa Wonacott ’25, Bailey Callaway ’25 and Grace Westerhuis ’26 about their work!

The Professional Women’s Club unites women who want to succeed in a variety of spaces, especially those where women remain underrepresented.

03/07/2025

Two longstanding music ensembles associated with Kalamazoo College will perform in a concert titled "War and Peace" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Chenery Auditorium. Hear from Kalamazoo Philharmonia Conductor Andrew Koehler and Kalamazoo Choral Arts Director Chris Ludwa.

A conversation with Andrew Koehler and Chris Ludwa

03/07/2025

“Resisting Harm: Building the Future” is open to the public, and will feature talks by international and local scholars and activists this weekend. Read more about what the Kalamazoo College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership has planned.

The event, "Resisting Harm, Building the Future," will examine topics like fascism, labor movements, and AI through a feminist lens.