Our New Home: Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo

The Kalamazoo Promise is a wonderful gift given to all the graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools. The Kalamazoo Promise promises to pay tuition for the graduates. It will cover up to 100% of tuition as long as the student qualifies. The students qualify for tuition depending on how many years they have attended Kalamazoo Public Schools; they can only receive the tuition if they graduate from a KPS high school. Personally, I have benefited from the Promise a lot. I don’t know how I would have paid for everything had it not been for the Promise. We are all very grateful to the anonymous group of people who donated the money and made it possible for many of us to attend college. Thank you all for giving us this wonderful opportunity.

Although, Kalamazoo is a small city we have a lot of things for all types of people. Whether you like to read a good book, hang out with friends, or party like a rock star there is always something for you to do in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Public Library has an enormous amount of books to choose from. I’m sure you will never get bored and it is very easy to obtain a library card. For those who like to hang out with friends we have a variety of coffee shops downtown as well as all over town. So, no matter where you’re at there will always be a place to just hang out. Monaco Bay, Wild Bull, Wayside West, Cheek to Cheek, The Wine Loft, and many more are all places for the party people. These great places have a variety of dancing, music, and great food. No matter what you feel like doing-Kalamazoo will always have what you’re looking for.

~View of Kalamazoo Downtown~

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Western Michigan University

There is a public university in Kalamazoo which is Western Michigan University (WMU). Western Michigan University is a public university established in 1903. It is the fourth public university since 1957. Its history is more than hundred years. This university has roughly 150 buildings which are divided into five campuses in and near Kalamazoo. Furthermore, WMU offers 237 degree programs which include 29 of the doctoral level, through seven academic college, WMU’s degree-granting colleges which are The College of Arts and Science, The College of Aviation, the Haworth College of business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Fine Arts and the College of Health and Human Service.

Metro Station in Kalamazoo Downtown

There are three quite famous movie theatres in Kalamazoo which are Rave Motion, Kalamazoo 10 and Kalamazoo Celebration that release the latest movies around the world. Crossroad Mall is a mall in downtown. You can buy anything you want or need there. You will have a wonderful shopping time there because there are many shops in the mall. Besides that, there many all-departments stores around Kalamazoo such as Wal-Mart and Meijer. Some of them open for 24/7. It is very convenient for the people who live around here. Another attraction of Kalamazoo is the public transportation. The public transportations include Metro Transit, Train, and airplane. Metro transit is the bus service which runs around Kalamazoo. WMU’s student has the privilege for getting a free ride with their student identification card. In addition, the train service which provide convenient options to get around Wolverine State, which links to 450 cities in United States. The nearest and famous city from Kalamazoo is Chicago. You can reach there with train or bus within three hours.

International Students from Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia

For the international students, they like Kalamazoo because it is a quiet and peaceful town which is good for study. However, they dissatisfied with the weather here which is too cold.