In 2012, Forbes rated it sixty fifth of America’s Finest Schools,[2][3] the best ranked non-public faculty in Michigan. It was traditionally referred to as a number one producer of Peace Corps volunteers amongst small liberal arts faculties. Kalamazoo College is a member of the Nice Lakes Schools Affiliation.
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Historical past[edit]
On January 3, 2006, Kalamazoo College opened the brand new Upjohn Library Commons which incorporates the fully 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 numerous 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 Growth merged with the Guilds of Kalamazoo College[24] to create the Heart for Profession and Skilled Growth. Distinctive alternatives via the CCPD embody 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]
Pupil life and traditions[edit]
Kalamazoo College signed the President’s Local weather Dedication in 2007 and has accomplished a greenhouse gasoline emission stock.[44] The faculty’s Hicks Pupil Heart is partially powered by wind and photo voltaic power,[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 power consumption.[47] Kalamazoo obtained a B on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card.[48]
Presidents of Kalamazoo College[edit]
In 2005, Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran turned Kalamazoo College’s seventeenth president and first feminine president, in addition to the primary African-American president of the varsity. Her quick 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 general, together with interim and appearing presidents.
Notable individuals[edit]
Alumni[edit]