Experiential Education Committee (EEC)

Responsibilities of Faculty on Experiential Education Committee (revised October 9, 2023)

The Experiential Education Committee (EEC) shall promote experiential education at Kalamazoo College.  This involves informing the faculty of the relationship between experiential education and academic programs, encouraging and supporting integration of experiential education into the general academic program, and fostering faculty engagement in community-based learning beyond the campus.  

To these ends, members of EEC will endeavor to accomplish the following: 

1.    Review and make recommendations related to the College’s on- and off-campus experiential programs currently administered by centers such as the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD), Center for International Programs (CIP), Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), and Larry J. Bell (’80) Environmental Stewardship Center (ESC). 

2.    Communicate the results of program reviews and other assessment activities from these centers. 

3.    Facilitate faculty grant applications to the various centers.  

4.    Bring to the faculty regular reports, and items or proposals related to experiential education that require faculty action. 

Composition of Experiential Education Committee

Five (5) faculty will be appointed for service on EEC by FEC. In addition, FEC recommends that the Director of the CIP, the Director of the CCPD, and the Director of the MJUSISL serve (ex officio) on EEC. FEC also recommends that, when possible, two students – selected by the Student Commission – serve on EEC.