In 2012, Forbes rated it sixty fifth of America’s Finest Faculties,[2][3] the very best ranked non-public school in Michigan. It was traditionally often known as a number one producer of Peace Corps volunteers amongst small liberal arts faculties. Kalamazoo College is a member of the Nice Lakes Faculties Affiliation.
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Historical past[edit]
On January 3, 2006, Kalamazoo College opened the brand new Upjohn Library Commons which incorporates the utterly renovated skeleton of the older library, and an extension which provides to its quantity capability.
Lecturers[edit]
The CCPD’s mission is to create significant connections to the world of labor, empowering Kalamazoo College college students to discover, determine and pursue their various pursuits, values and passions, and to develop a framework of expertise, networks and data for profitable lifelong profession planning {and professional} improvement. In 2009, the Heart Profession Improvement merged with the Guilds of Kalamazoo College[24] to create the Heart for Profession and Skilled Improvement. Distinctive alternatives by means of the CCPD embrace the Discovery Externship Program[25] and the Subject Expertise Program[26]
Athletics[edit]
The phrases to the school fight-song, “All Hail to Kazoo,” have been written by A. G. Walton (1911) with music by D. R. Belcher (1909), organized by Burton Edward Fischer.[38]
Scholar life and traditions[edit]
Kalamazoo College signed the President’s Local weather Dedication in 2007 and has accomplished a greenhouse fuel emission stock.[44] The school’s Hicks Scholar Heart is partially powered by wind and photo voltaic vitality,[45] and the scholar group D.I.R.T. (Digging in Renewable Turf) maintains an natural backyard on campus.[46] The spring 2009 Vitality Sting competitors inspired college students to cut back their vitality consumption.[47] Kalamazoo acquired a B on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card.[48]
Presidents of Kalamazoo College[edit]
In 2005, Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran grew to become Kalamazoo College’s seventeenth president and first feminine president, in addition to the primary African-American president of the varsity. Her rapid predecessors are Bernard Palchick, who served as interim president and returned to the administration; and James F. Jones, who departed to change into president of Trinity College in Connecticut. She is the twenty second president total, together with interim and performing presidents.
Notable individuals[edit]
Alumni[edit]