BeLight (2008, September)

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Kalamazoo College
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2008-09-01
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Features: Come Home (As the summer winds down, my thoughts inevitably turn to the crisp fall weather, the changing leaves, the excitement of a new school year at Kalamazoo College and, of course, Homecoming. This year's Homecoming, October 24-26, is going to be particularly significant for a number of reasons) / by Chris Bussert -- The Play’s the Thing (Whether it's baseball or theatre, for Theatre Department Director Ed Menta... ...the play's the thing / wherein we catch ... If Ed Menta had been able to hit a curve ball, someone else would be teaching in the Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts effort today) / by Jeff Palmer -- Kaizen and Kalamazoo (All alumni should be mindful of the College's performance on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA). Many experts consider that assessment instrument to be the best direct measure of students' development of critical thinking) / by Jim Van Sweden -- Green Mansion (How green is our Hicks? Let me count the ways. By Homecoming, when the College dedicates it, the Weimer K. Hicks Student Center is expected to have received certification at the silver level in the "New Construction" category of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED))/ by Jim Van Sweden -- A Web of Bridges (When Jim Heath '78 addresses the next Kalamazoo College Guilds Summit he will weave together history (his major at "K"), athletics (he coached here), education (he taught here, too), and business) / by Jim Van Sweden -- Posse Rides to Kalamazoo (In keeping with its goal to create a diverse campus community, Kalamazoo College has announced that 50 students from Los Angeles public schools will enroll in the College through a partnership with the Posse Foundation. These "Posse Scholars" are public high school students) / by Jeff Palmer -- Endowment Power Serves an Ace (Kalamazoo College coaches teach and mentor "K" student athletes, a group that includes 25 percent of the entire student population. Ideally, each coach would be a full-time employee, a significant factor not only on the coach-athlete relationship, but also on a team's success) / by Steve Wideen -- Pardon Our Virtual Dust (For a Luddite like me, the word "foundation" connotes the concrete walls of the basement of my house. And if that foundation became cracked and outdated, I'd need to undertake its renovation or replacement so that my house could continue to stand. That sounds like a major project) / by Jim Van Sweden.
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