The Kalamazoo College Employer Connection Fair is coming up next week, with employers from across the Kalamazoo area and beyond coming to campus to meet K students. You don’t need to be actively looking for a job or internship to attend. The Fair is a chance to explore career paths, learn about organizations you may […]
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Career Studio Opens Monday!
The Career Studio is open again this fall! Drop by starting today with your “Life After K” questions, no appointment needed. Students describe it as “such a nice, friendly place,” somewhere they’ve “gotten so much out of” and left with “all of their questions answered, plus questions they didn’t even know they had.” Need your […]
Lessons from a Startup Internship
What happens when an internship teaches you something you weren’t expecting to learn? For Alex Fleming ’27, a summer internship with ScholarRoam offered hands-on experience in marketing, design, outreach, and the day-to-day work of a growing startup. Along the way, Alex also learned something about the kind of work environment, leader, and entrepreneur he hopes […]
See What We Built Together: CCPD’s 2025–26 Impact Report
The CCPD’s 2025–26 Impact Report is now available, highlighting a year of new programs, growing partnerships, and more ways for students to explore what might come after K. This was the first year of our three-year strategic plan, focused on building a career ecosystem at Kalamazoo College. That meant working with people across campus and […]
Inside a Photographic Archive in Rome
What can a summer internship tell you about a career you’re considering? For Asha Dawson ’27, a summer at the American Academy in Rome offered the chance to find out. Working with historic collections, Asha gained hands-on experience with digitization and cataloguing while exploring a possible future in museum or gallery work. Asha recieved funding […]
Learning Beyond the Classroom: A Student-Led Day in Lansing
As we wrap up this year’s CCPD Impact Report, I realized I had never written about one of my favorite experiences of the year. Five months later, what stays with me is how one student’s vision grew into a truly collaborative experience involving student leaders, K Votes, the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), the CCPD, […]
What our Alumni Tell Us
Insights from the National Alumni Career Mobility Survey Understanding the Long-Term Value of a Kalamazoo College Education Every year, Kalamazoo College tracks the first destinations of its graduates: where they work, attend graduate school, or pursue other opportunities immediately after commencement. While these data are valuable, they tell only part of the story. To better understand the long-term […]
Reflection to Direction: Supporting Sophomores as They Explore What Comes Next
Sophomore year can feel like an in-between moment at K. Research on undergraduate development often identifies it as a pivotal stage in the college experience, as students begin figuring out what interests, energizes, and challenges them, while many still see questions about life after college as something to think about “later.” As a result, students […]
Graduate School Fair Recap
We had 68 students come through Dewing Commons for the Graduate School Fair last month. A wide range of programs were represented, including: Note: Unfortunately, MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations had to cancel due to inclement weather. We look forward to hosting them at some point in the future. If you’re interested […]
What Career Advisors Gain from the Work
“I have been working as a Career Advisor since the beginning of my Senior year, and I honestly wish I would have had more time in the Career Studio. As a Psychology student, I am passionate about helping people achieve their goals and become the version of themselves that they want to be. It has been extremely rewarding working […]