Friday, October 23, 2026 until Sunday, October 25, 2026 Eastern Daylight Time UTC -04:00
Kalamazoo College’s Lillian Anderson Arboretum comprises 140 acres of marsh, meadow, pine plantation and second-growth deciduous forest in Oshtemo Township that is stewarded by the Larry J. Bell ’80 Environmental Stewardship Center staff. Not only is it a site for active research and ecological monitoring, it’s a grand place for a stroll. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the Arb, and visit the off-the-grid education pavilion named after Dr. H. Lewis Batts, Jr. ’43 and Jean M. Batts ’43. Trail maps are posted throughout the Arboretum or you can download one at arboretum.kzoo.edu/visit/trail-maps/. Parking in the main lot at the Arboretum is limited and overflow parking is available at the Oshtemo Township Park (7275 W. Main Street), just east of the property.
You are invited to view art created by Kalamazoo College Art and Art History alumni and Post Baccalaureate Fellows who have been part of the Kalamazoo Institute of Art (KIA) residency program. This event is the second in a planned series of alumni exhibitions during future Homecoming weekends, each focused on a different theme or career path in the arts. Presented by the Kalamazoo College Department of Art and Art History.
Join staff members of the Writing Center to reflect on your relationship to your own writing and the role that a compassionate listening ear can play in bringing you closer to it. Sponsored by the Writing Center. This event is sponsored by The Writing Center.
Please join Akinyi Okero ’25 as she discusses the highlights of her Sherbin Fellowship year abroad in Malaysia, Uganda, South Africa, and Morocco. The Jerry Sherbin Fellowship, established by Robert Sherbin ’79, provides one K senior with a stipend to pursue an academic year post-graduation, independently exploring a subject of deep personal interest outside the United States. This event is sponsored by the department for Health Careers, Fellowships, and Undergraduate Research.
Presentation Abstract:
When we talk about migration, we often focus on numbers, policies, and borders. Through my Sherbin Fellowship, I wanted to look beyond these narratives and better understand the human experiences behind migration: how people find belonging, how they navigate new identities, and how they continue to hold onto their aspirations while adapting to new environments. Over the course of my fellowship, I travelled through Malaysia, Uganda, South Africa, and Morocco, where I engaged with various migrants such as refugees, expatriates, organisations. I also met community members and researchers working within migration spaces. Through these experiences, I explored the different factors that shape migration, from economic opportunity and displacement to questions of identity, acceptance, belonging, and the future. In this presentation, I will share stories, observations, and reflections from my journey, while exploring the ways migration shapes both those who move and the communities they enter. I will also reflect on how this experience challenged and expanded my own understanding of migration, reminding me that migration is not only about movement across borders, but also about the search for connection, dignity, belonging, and opportunities to grow.
Please join biology faculty, alumni and current students for their annual Reflections and Connections gathering, established in honor of Professor Paul R. Sotherland during his 30th year at the College. We will share recent highlights and happenings within the Biology Department and hear presentations by biology alumni as they reflect on how their trajectories have been shaped by their K experiences. The two alumni speakers for 2026 are Dr. Keith Garber ’16, vascular surgeon and Sandra Lizarraga ’21, PhD candidate in entomology, Cornell University.
Following this event, we will adjourn to join the Student and Alumni Connection Reception in Hicks where you can rekindle old connections and forge new ones across generations of biologists. For additional information, please contact Professor Santiago Salinas at Santiago.Salinas@kzoo.edu or visit biology.kzoo.edu.
Get together with alumni and current students who are involved with the Hoop House to share stories and snacks or help with weekly gardening tasks! The Hoop House is a passive solar greenhouse that was built in 2018 and is stewarded by the Larry J. Bell ’80 Environmental Stewardship Center and the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement.
Featuring eight competition lanes, three additional leisure lanes, and a dedicated diving well, this 29,000 square-foot building honors K’s tradition of excellence in the pool and celebrates future Hornets. With expanded locker rooms, pool deck and meeting space the new natatorium improves upon the student-athlete experience, recruiting and team competitiveness.
Light appetizers and drinks will be served however BYOB is encouraged! There will be non-alcoholic drinks as well as vegetarian hors d’oeuvres. Ample street parking is available. Please reach out to Jenn Vince at 312.593.4470 with questions.
All volleyball alumni are invited to attend an open practice to watch the current team. For additional information, please contact Coach Andi Phelps at andelyn.simkins@kzoo.edu.
All former K swimmers and divers are invited to meet at the natatorium for an alumni swim and dive meet. For additional information, please contact Brie Powers at Brie.Powers@kzoo.edu or Kyle Oberhill at kyle.oberhill@kzoo.edu.
Please join students, alumni professionals, faculty and staff at an informal networking gathering. Come prepared to share the story of your own career path, listen and learn from others’ work experiences, and explore professional possibilities both local and global. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served and all are welcome. Attendees over 21 may enjoy an alcoholic beverage with proper identification. All students and alumni are welcome to attend. Co-sponsored by the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) and the Office of Alumni Engagement.
Please join the Delmega Society for a gathering at the University Roadhouse. Food and beverages will be available to purchase.
Photo: A Delmega Society group photo will be taken around 7 p.m. at the University Roadhouse.
Join us for an opportunity to meet and network with current K students and alumni of color. Learn about initiatives of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL), the Intercultural Center and the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD). Appetizers and refreshments will be served. Attendees over 21 may enjoy an alcoholic beverage with proper identification. All students and alumni are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, the Intercultural Center, the Office of Alumni Engagement and the Center for Career and Professional Development.
Please join us for an open studio gathering in the Kalamazoo College Community Studio at the Park Trades Center. This space is home to the art senior studio workspace and seniors will be at the very beginning of the SIP journeys. Sponsored by the Kalamazoo College Department of Art and Art History.
Calling all Hornet Lacrosse alumni! Come back to MacKenzie Field for a night of lacrosse, laughs, and catching up with the Kzoo family! Whether you played last year or were part of the very first team, we want to see YOU back on the field! For additional information, please contact Coach Graison Ringlever at Graison.Ringlever@kzoo.edu.
Please join members of the Psychology Department for an informal gathering in the back room at Bell’s. The back room is reserved for K, but space is available on a first come, first served basis. Beverages will be available to purchase.
Please join the current LandSea program directors for an informal gathering in the back room loft at Bell’s. The back room is reserved for K, but space is available on a first come, first served basis. Beverages will be available to purchase.
Go Orange! Go Black! Join your fellow Hornets at Bell’s for a K gathering in the back room. The back room is reserved for K, but space is available on a first come, first served basis. Beverages will be available to purchase.
We call it the Superstar Super Show. It’s an improv show that celebrates the people who make Kalamazoo amazing. The show starts with a late-night-show-style interview of K Emeriti Professor of English, Andy Mozina, and then improv comedians use the interview as inspiration for hilarious, unscripted improv scenes. It’s part talk show, part improv comedy, and all entertainment! The intention is to celebrate the special guest, their life, and career. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $15/person. Tickets can be purchased at crawlspacecomedy.com/events.
Join us to honor the award recipients for 2026!
Calling all Hornet Lacrosse alumni! Come back to MacKenzie Field for a night of lacrosse, laughs, and catching up with the Kzoo family! Whether you played last year or were part of the very first team, we want to see YOU back on the field! For additional information, please contact Coach Tony Quinn at Anthony.Quinn@kzoo.edu.
Join your classmates at the Hornet Hospitality Table! Complimentary coffee, hot chocolate and breakfast bars will be available for guests by the Weimer K. Hicks Center. Enjoy Sweetwater's donut holes at 10 a.m. Please note that food and beverage will not be adjusted based on dietary preferences and restrictions.
Accessibility Note: The tour will require climbing stairs.
Visit a mix of nostalgic and new highlights of campus with our Office of Admission student tour guides. The tour will include the Dow Science Center, Weimer K. Hicks Center, Hoben Residence Hall, Upjohn Library Commons and the Light Fine Arts Building.
Please note that the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Fitness and Wellness Center and Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement have open houses to tour on your own.
All men’s basketball alumni and families are invited to join us for a continental breakfast and gathering on the side court to meet the current team, get updates on the program, and celebrate Mark Ghafari’s ’14 induction into the athletic hall of fame. For additional information, please contact Coach Nick Giard at nicholas.giard@kzoo.edu.
The staff and student leaders of the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement invite alumni to join us for snacks and a conversation about how K students and faculty work alongside community residents and organizations in Kalamazoo to contribute to social change, equity, democracy, and sustainability. We invite you to visit our new space to learn how civic engagement helps students find a sense of purpose, gain the ability to “cross borders,” and explore pathways to meaningful careers. Our Open House is especially significant this year as we celebrate 25 years of providing transformative experiences for K students through meaningful community engagement.
Visit with current faculty, staff and your favorite professors from days-gone-by.
Please join us for a meet and greet with the alumni artists. Presented by the Kalamazoo College Department of Art and Art History.
$31/person Doors open at 11:15 a.m. with lunch starting at 11:30 a.m.
Emeriti alumni are invited to attend a luncheon that honors class years prior to 1976. After lunch, we will honor the 2026 Citation of Merit Award recipients, Donna Lambert ’64 (posthumously) and Donna Odom ’67.
Shuttle and Parking: Off campus parking and a shuttle service will be available at 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. from St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish (lower level), 421 Monroe Street to the Weimer K. Hicks Center. Please note that this shuttle service is for the luncheon only and K is permitted to use the lower parking lot of the Parish. Cars will need to be removed from the parking lot by 3 p.m. to allow church members space to park for their evening service.
Accessibility Note: Stairs are involved to access the shuttles and a wheelchair lift is not available.
Ride the K shuttle vans to the Kalamazoo College Athletic Field Complex to cheer on your Hornets. The shuttles will run every twenty minutes and will loop back to Red Square on Academy Street. Please look for the shuttle signs for pick up and drop off in front of Red Square on Academy and in front of the Field House. Students, alumni, faculty and staff are all welcome!
Kalamazoo College vs. Albion College. Please visit the Kalamazoo College Home Women’s Soccer Game Day page for information on admission/tickets, parking and more. Wear your orange and black to the game.
Kalamazoo College vs. Montcalm Community College Free admission. Wear your orange and black to the game.
Kalamazoo College vs. The University of OlivetFor game day information please visit hornets.kzoo.edu/tickets. Wear your orange and black to the game.
Accessibility Note: The tour will require climbing stairs around the Quad.
Join K’s Archivist, Lisa Murphy ’98, on a historical building tour of campus supplemented with fun facts about the College and stories of student escapades. Learn about K’s campus planning and architecture focusing on the 1920s and 1930s, and architects such as NYC’s Aymar Embury II (Hoben Hall, Harmon Hall, and Stetson Chapel) and Detroit’s Albert Kahn (Trowbridge Hall), as well as Chicago-based Howard Van Doren Shaw (Humphrey House).
Change Ringing is a team sport, a musical performance, an ancient art and a demanding pattern-based exercise all at once! A band of ringers will be on hand to illustrate some of the skills involved in making music with these swinging bells.
About the Stetson Chapel Bells: The bells of Stetson Chapel were cast in London’s Whitechapel foundry and shipped to Kalamazoo in 1984. It was Mathematics Professor T. Jefferson Smith who initiated the project nearly a decade earlier, oversaw its completion, and trained the first generation of ringers. This year is the fortieth anniversary of their installation. Since then they have served as the voice of the Chapel, marking weddings, memorial services, and other important events in the life of the community.
Stetson Chapel is one of only a handful of towers in the United States where ringing like this can be heard. Ranging in size from 350 to 1000 pounds, the eight bells hang midway up the tower and are rung by means of ropes which extend to the ringing chamber below.
You may have seen the ringers pulling these ropes when you attended a chapel event as a student, or maybe on the day of your graduation. Each sequence of pulls, one for each bell, is called a “change.” It is in moving from one change to the next that the band produces the distinctive cascade of sound you hear from the tower.
5 — 6:30 p.m.Home of Pat Sage '86, 905 Inkster Avenue
Please use the Westchester Lane entrance.
Light appetizers and drinks will be served-however BYOB is encouraged! There will be non-alcoholic drinks as well as vegetarian hors d’oeuvres. Ample street parking is available. Please reach out to Jenn Vince at 312.593.4470 with questions.
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