8/7/12

Kalamazoo Valley Receives National Strengths Award!

Mark your calendars for 11:30 a.m. on August 14th to be on-hand when President Schlack is presented with this prestigious Gallup award in recognition of the institution's efforts to focus on the talents and strengths of our students and employees.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College is the 2012 recipient of the Gallup Clifton Compass Award. The Clifton Compass Award is designed to honor institutions that best represent a Strengths-based campus, as evidenced by their strategic commitment to student, staff and faculty engagement and wellbeing through Strengths-based development.


“Kalamazoo Valley has displayed great leadership and a strong vision for how a college can impact an entire community with strategic strengths-based development” said Kyle Robinson, Director of Campus Engagement at Gallup, Inc., “We are proud of Kalamazoo Valley’s accomplishment and value their ongoing partnership to engage their students, staff and faculty.”

A formal presentation of the award will be made on the Kalamazoo Valley campus on August 14th at 11:30 am. by Mark Pogue, Gallup Vice President of the Education Practice.

For more information on Kalamazoo Valley's journey to become a talent-based organization, see TBO Journey Timeline under Related Links on this page.