Compassionate | Culturally Competent | Aware
Kalamazoo College aspires to be among the very best colleges in the US for providing an inclusive STEM education in which all students have engaging educational experiences, ample opportunities to develop necessary skills and knowledge, and intentionally designed support structures that will allow them to excel in science. From our overall culture, to our physical spaces, to the content of our courses and pedagogical approaches we will be open, welcoming, and attentive to students from a wide variety of educational, racial/ethnic, socioeconomic and gender backgrounds.
Inclusive Excellence at Kalamazoo starts with compassionate, culturally competent faculty who are aware of their implicit biases rooted in systemic oppression and racism, and who actively engage in inner work to mitigate these biases.
KCIE Priorities
CARE
Committing to Anti-Racist Education
INTRO
Inclusive Teaching and Revised On-Campus Ramps
REWARD
Rewarding Anti-Racism Faculty Development
KCIE Announcements
ARRK – May 2022 Discussion
Join Anne Dueweke for a discussion of her book, Reckoning: Kalamazoo College Uncovers its Racial and Colonial Past on Tuesday, May 17th.
19: This Month in Black History – Accepting Tom Wiggins and #autisticblackpride
With April marking Autism Acceptance month, this 19 story is about Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, a renowned Black, blind autistic musical mastermind of the mid-19th century.
Continue Reading 19: This Month in Black History – Accepting Tom Wiggins and #autisticblackpride
ARRK – April 2022 Discussion
Join Lisa Murphy and Robin Rank for the April 2022 ARRK discussion on blackface, both K’s past and in the present-day in the form of digital blackface.
19: This Month in Black History – All Eyes on SCOTUS & the Dred Scott decision of 1857
All eyes are turned towards the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) because of upcoming challenges to laws that have set the legal precedents, standards and customs by which we live.
ARRK – March 2022 Discussion
Join Amelia Katanski for this month’s ARRK discussion surrounding the concept of how settler colonialism interacts with and adds complexity to the way we think of antiracism work.
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