The Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning

Malik Yakini of Detroit Black Community Food Security Network to Speak May 10

The Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning and Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services present Detroit Food Justice with Malik Yakini of Detroit Black Community Food Security Network on Thursday, May 10 at 7pm in the Olmsted Room, Mandelle Hall, 1200 Academy St.

MALIK YAKINI is an educator, community builder, business owner and activist who is committed to freedom and justice for humanity in general, and African people in particular. More...

Shakespeare Behind Bars

We will host the documentary screening of Shakespeare Behind Bars and talk back with Curt Tofteland on Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00 pm, Dewing Hall Room 103, Kalamazoo College.

Tofteland and the prisoners he directed in the Tempest are the subjects of the film. This event is free and open to the public, so please share with colleagues and other who might be interested in attending. More...

CES Applications Now Available!

Applications for Institute for Service-Learning Civic Engagement Scholar (CES) positions are now available! Applications are due Monday, April 2 (Week 2) by 5pm. The application process consists of an online application and group interview.

CESs work on reproductive health, education, racial justice, access to arts, empowerment, the environment, housing, local food and food justice, HIV/AIDS awareness and testing, nutrition and wellness, immigration, juvenile justice, health and more social justice issues affecting our communities.  More...

Students as Colleagues: CESs, Community Partner and Service-Learning Staff Present

The Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning (MJUSISL) at Kalamazoo College gathered a team of students, staff, and a community partner to give a panel presentation, “Students as Colleagues:  A Fellowship in Learning,” at the Michigan Campus Compact Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Institute 2012 on January 30 in East Lansing. More...

Partners in Art Respond to Community Reflection

On Friday, October 7, 2011, Partners in Art Civic Engagement Scholars Angela Frakes and Taylor Stamm, both seniors, facilitated an artistic response following Dr. Gail Griffin's talk at Community Reflection. More...

11-12 Civic Engagement Scholars

In academic year 2011-12, some 28 Civic Engagement Scholars (CES) are leading 20 different service-learning programs in collaboration with some 17 community partners. According to Breigh Montgomery, Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning, Institute programming this year will focus on food justice – with CES for MiRA (Migrant Rights Action), Farms to K, El Sol Elementary School Garden, Community Garden/Nutrition Liaison, and Club Grub at Woodward Elementary School.  Other programs use creative expression for empowerment among incarcerated youth and returning citizens; promote health (including provision of Spanish interpreter services in clinical settings and reproductive health education to young women); educate public school children about nutrition and gardening; encourage critical dialogue about access to arts; advocate for fair and local food; foster adult literacy; and reduce educational disparities and promote college access by working with hundreds of Kalamazoo Public School students in schools, community-based organizations, and on our campus. Read more...

Ten Years of Service-Learning 

Click here for statistics, facts and other interesting information about the past decade of service-learning at K!

"K" Makes Honor Roll

Kalamazoo College is one of only 11 colleges and universities nationwide selected as a finalist in the annual President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to community service. Read more...

CAPS Wins Haenicke Award from CIS

Community Advocates for Parents and Students (CAPS) was awarded the “Diether Haenicke Promise of Excellence Award” at the annual Communities In Schools (CIS) of Kalamazoo “Champs Banquet” on May 25 at the Kalamazoo Radisson. More...

Changing the World, For and Through

It’s 2011, and the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning celebrates 10 years of engaging students, faculty, and community members in partnerships that foster collaborative learning and civic participation. Happy Birthday, “Mary Jane!” Read more...

"K" Students STAR Again

For the third year in a row and eighth time overall, “K” students have received a STAR (Sharing Time and Resources) Award, given annually by the Kalamazoo Gazette and the Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo to honor community volunteers. More...