Celebrating your 45th Reunion!
Come back to campus on October 18-20, 2024 to celebrate
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend.
Registration is now closed, but we would still love to have you on campus!
Please come to the registration desk in the Weimer K. Hicks Center starting on Friday, October 18 at 3 p.m. for walk up registrations. We will do our best to accommodate events which require a fee. In the meantime, please feel free to review the schedule.
1979 Yearbook
Gathering & Photo Details
- Friday, October 18 from 4-5 p.m. – Developing Dialogues: Exploring Definitions and Methods of Feminism in Dewing 103. Please join Elle Waldron ’23 as she discusses the highlights of her Sherbin Fellowship year abroad in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Costa Rica, and Spain.
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. - Friday, Oct 18 at 7 p.m. – Reunion Gathering at the Garden Grill & Bar at the Hilton Garden Inn. Food and beverages will be available to purchase.
- The Garden Grille will be offering a buffet dinner for $17.95.
- The buffet includes a chicken dish as well as rice, potatoes, vegetables, stuffed peppers and a salad bar.
- Saturday, Oct 19 at 9:40 a.m. – Reunion Photo at Stetson Chapel.
- Saturday, Oct 19 at 6:30 p.m. – Reunion Celebration in the Stone Room in Hicks.
- Sunday, October 20 from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. – K’79 Homecoming Sunday Brunch at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, 100 W. Michigan Ave. (Downtown Kalamazoo). Cost is $26.00 per person which includes tax and tip. Individual payments will be made at the event.
Many thanks to Mary King for getting this set up for us.
Please RSVP to Mary (kingmarys107@gmail.com) by October 11 if you plan to join us for brunch.
General Information
Need more details for attending Homecoming and Reunion Weekend? Review the following pages for more information.
- The 2024 schedule of events
- Book your stay – There are room blocks for K’s 45th reunion at The Hilton Garden Inn and Home2 Suites.
- Parking
- Accessibility Information
- Frequently Asked Questions
Additional Information for the Class of 1979
Class of 1979 Letter
45th Reunion Class Letter
Sent: July 2024
Dear Friends,
Our Kalamazoo College 45th class reunion is scheduled for October 18-20, 2024. Plans are underway for a weekend that will give us a chance to reconnect with each other and our K community.
We have room blocks available at both the Hilton Garden Inn and the Home2Suites hotels in downtown Kalamazoo. The two hotels are connected. Approximately one third of those rooms have already been reserved…we hope you’ll join us and make your reservation soon.
Friday evening, we have reserved a space at the Garden Grille beginning at 7:00 pm for a gathering of the Class of ‘79. Drinks and food will be available for purchase. The Garden Grille is located on the first floor of the Hilton Garden Inn.
Saturday’s schedule will include our class photo at Stetson Chapel, the football game and dinner in the Stone Room at 6:30 pm. Other events will be announced in August.
If you are a Facebook user, please join our Kalamazoo College Class of 1979 group. Our class Facebook group is a great way to connect with each other by sharing reunion updates, posting photos of our time at K and discussing our reunion plans.
In addition to coming back yourself, please consider asking your friends to do the same. Personal outreach is the most effective way to ensure we get the Class of 1979 back on campus.
Please check your email and the homecoming website for reunion updates in the months to come. Online registration opens at the beginning of September, and you will receive an email and postcard in the mail when registration is open.
We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fun and exciting weekend for our class!
Barb and Chris
See Who’s Coming from the Class of 1979!
- Cindy (Ratliff) Ambrose ’79
- Marty Ambrose ’79
- Pamela (Price) Baker ’79, Steven Baker ’79
- Lee Bendekgey ’79
- Donald Bennett ’79
- Dave Blackburn ’79
- David Blessing ’80, Tracey (Corryn) Blessing ’79
- Christina Bodurow ’79
- Adrienne Brockway ’79, Ruth Garwood
- Heather (Gilchrist) Campbell ’79
- Tom Campbell ’79
- John Cavacece ’79
- Liz Cohen ’79
- Mark Davis ’79, Janet Davis
- Barbara (Turner) DeRose ’79, Chris DeRose ’79
- Anne Dickinson ’79
- Mary (Whittaker) Duncan ’79, Daniel Duncan ’79
- Janis (Nelson) Exner ’79, Greg Exner
- Norma-Jean (Stremich) Forshey ’79
- David Galindo ’79
- Gary Gilleran ’79, Susie Gilleran
- Tom Glenn ’79
- Geoffrey Hohol ’79
- Liz (Moehle) Johnson ’79
- Mary (Seaberg) King ’79, Ken King ’79
- Jay Kirkman ’79, Mindy Kirkman
- Jean Kuipers ’79
- Ken Lampar ’79, Deborah Lampar
- Mark Langer ’79, Lavardo Wilkins
- Mark Laning ’79
- Rollin Marquis ’79, Karen Juday
- Steven Maughan ’79
- Christopher Morris ’79, Jeannine Morris
- David Nelson ’79
- Joe Nuyen ’79
- John OBrien ’79, Kim (Kronzer) OBrien
- Janet (Pogue) Palmgren ’79
- Janet (pogue) Palmgren ’79
- Tris Palmgren ’79
- Todd Piper ’79, Mary Jo Piper
- Andre Rachmaninoff ’79
- Ruth (Reutter) Sadasivan ’79
- Gail (Schultheiss) Scherer ’79, Walter Scherer
- Bonnie Taylor ’79
- Maureen (Perry) Willett ’79
- Tony Woods ’79, Kay Woods
- Jeffrey Yourick ’79
Reunion Giving and New Class Fund!
A gift to K during this reunion milestone honors your past and supports the future. In celebration of your 45th reunion, an anonymous member of the Class of 1979 has provided start-up funding to establish an endowment for study abroad! The fund will help make the transformative study abroad experience accessible to more students. Join your classmates in making a special gift during this reunion season to the new Class of 1979 Foreign Study Endowment.
If you have questions or would like more information, contact Lindsay O’Donohue at 269.337.7299 or lindsay.odonohue@kzoo.edu.
Please note: A contribution to K can be made during the reunion registration process! These gifts are designated to the Kalamazoo College Fund. Contact Lindsay to redirect part or all of your gift to the Class of 1979 Foreign Study Endowment.
Reunion Committee
Please email derosemom@hotmail.com or chris_derose@outlook.com if you would like to connect with your 1979 Class Agents, Barb (Turner) DeRose and Chris DeRose.
