Kalamazoo, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Education == [[File:WMUCampus2.jpg|thumb|Waldo Library and the University Computing Center, joined by the Stewart Clocktower, on Western Michigan University's campus.]] [[File:Hoben Hall.jpg|thumb|The campus of Kalamazoo College.]] Kalamazoo is home to [[Western Michigan University]]. The college has four campuses in Kalamazoo, ([[Western Michigan University#West Campus|West Campus]], [[East Campus (Western Michigan University)|East Campus]], [[Western Michigan University#Parkview Campus|Parkview Campus]] and [[Oakland Drive Campus]]) as well as several regional locations throughout Michigan and two in Florida. West Campus, located just west of downtown, has the largest concentration of university students, programs and school services. In 2005, Western Michigan ranked as the no. 2 wireless campus in the United States, per a national survey done by the [[Intel]] Corporation.<ref name="Intel">{{cite press release |title = Intel Most Unwired College Challenge |url = http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2005/20051011corp.htm |access-date = June 13, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017112013/http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2005/20051011corp.htm |archive-date = October 17, 2012 }}</ref> In 2014, the [[Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine|WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine (WMed)]] opened, welcoming an inaugural class of 54 students.<ref>{{cite news |last = Mah |first = Linda |date = September 18, 2014 |title = WMU medical school grand opening celebrates community collaboration |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/09/wmu_medical_school_grand_openi.html |newspaper = MLive.com |publisher = Booth Newspapers |access-date = December 1, 2014 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150904055538/http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/09/wmu_medical_school_grand_openi.html |archive-date = September 4, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18129 |title = WMU Stryker School of Medicine welcomes inaugural class |last1 = Roland |first1 = Cheryl |date = August 20, 2014 |publisher = Western Michigan University |access-date = December 1, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141002030429/http://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18129 |archive-date = October 2, 2014 }}</ref> Each May, WMU hosts the [[International Congress on Medieval Studies]]. Organized by the Medieval Institute's faculty and graduate students, the Congress brings some 3,000 professors and students from around the globe to present and discuss a variety of topics related to the [[Middle Ages]]. [[Kalamazoo College]], a private liberal arts college founded in 1833, is located on a hill opposite WMU's original campus. Kalamazoo is home to [[Kalamazoo Valley Community College]], [[Davenport University]], and Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC). Construction of the new Kalamazoo Valley Community College Culinary and Allied Health campus began in August 2014.<ref>{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = November 26, 2014 |title = Kalamazoo Valley Community College to reinvent culinary education |url = http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20141126/News/141129317 |newspaper = Holland Sentinel |access-date = January 10, 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141209004254/http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20141126/News/141129317 |archive-date = December 9, 2014 }}</ref> It had also been the home of [[Nazareth College (Michigan)|Nazareth College]], which closed in 1992. ===K-12 education=== The public schools for the vast majority of Kalamazoo are managed by [[Kalamazoo Public Schools]].<ref name=CensusSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26077_kalamazoo/DC20SD_C26077.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kalamazoo County, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-18}}</ref> Every resident graduate of the Kalamazoo Public Schools is provided with a scholarship for up to 100% of tuition and mandatory fee costs for four years at any public university or community college in Michigan, starting with the class of 2006. This program is known as the [[Kalamazoo Promise]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Fishman |first = Ted C. |date = September 13, 2012 |title = Why These Kids Get a Free Ride to College |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/kalamazoo-mich-the-city-that-pays-for-college.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |newspaper = The New York Times |access-date = February 17, 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150218003420/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/kalamazoo-mich-the-city-that-pays-for-college.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-date = February 18, 2015 }}</ref> Small sections of Kalamazoo are in other school districts: [[Parchment School District]]<!--27420-->, [[Comstock Public Schools]]<!--10590--> and [[Portage Public Schools]]<!--28950-->.<ref name=CensusSDmap2020/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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