KALAMAZOO, MI -- In the first year after The Kalamazoo Promise launched, district enrollment increased by 1,000 students. The increase didn’t stop there. The Promise program gives free tuition to ...

KALAMAZOO, MI-- Mia Orlando really, really wants to go to Kalamazoo College. But with a sticker price of almost $50,000 for tuition, room and board, "it seemed out of the realm of possibility" unless ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Another organization in Kalamazoo is cutting ties with Southwest Michigan First over the hiring of its new CEO, citing diversity and inclusion concerns. The Kalamazoo Promise ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Forty-eight Kalamazoo Promise scholars are graduating from Western Michigan University (WMU) this Saturday. According to campus officials, this is the largest number of promise ...

The Kalamazoo Wings announced the return of Joel Martin’s ‘Game On’ Street Hockey camps for Summer 2025, powered by NHL STREET™, along with partnerships with The Kalamazoo Promise and Kzoo Parks. The ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. ( June 10, 2014) — An exciting day as the program that allows Kalamazoo Public School students to achieve the dream of higher education, gets even bigger. The Kalamazoo Promise was ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Promise announced a partnership between Kalamazoo universities and businesses that would make it easier for Promise scholarship students to get a paid summer ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Despite 10 years of impressive statistics during the decade since the Kalamazoo Promise was announced, more work still needs to be done. Even among the now dozens of Promise ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Woodward School held its Kalamazoo Public Schools Kindergarten Signing Day on Monday. The annual celebration allows representatives from the school district and scholarship program ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Students from the event management program at Western Michigan University played a vital role in the success of The Kalamazoo Promise's Post Secondary Signing Day event on May 12. All ...

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Completing post-high school education increases lifetime earnings, reduces the chances of relying on public benefits, and makes you less likely to be laid off when the economy takes a downturn. And ...