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The Wedding Planner

Weddings, weddings, and no end in sight... It's hard to keep track at this speed: recent 'goners' include Natalie Pernas, Yukiko Yoshida, Pati Romo, Steph Wilks, and Kamila Demkiewicz. Upcoming: Mandie Feifer and Rhea Young. Did I miss someone?

Dr. phil. R. Llopis!!!

Aachen. What a great title for a thesis: "Gramática Cognitiva e Instrucción de Procesamiento para la enseñanza de la selección modal: un estudio con aprendientes alemanes de español como lengua extranjera" ...

¡Felicitaciones, Pao & Alessio!

... quite late, but congrats to Ronald and his family too! That makes 2 babies and 6 missed weddings ...

Where to sleep and eat in Japan?

Nara. After the success of Anzai-san's Nara Cafe, there is no need to crush on her couch anymore... The new Nara Tree guest house just opened in October!

But who is this mysterious Bob/Rob guy...?

And who else popped out from nowhere? Yukiko! Not yet married, but allowed to... whatever. And back to school for some medical degree! Those crazy Japanese...

Here comes the bride... Pt. II Blahoprianie k svadbe!

Komárno. Same occasion, different couple – this is becoming a wedding journal... Best wishes to Zuzana, who has started the lovely month of June with a wedding vow!

Thousands of men are devastated, but one... News from Slovakia reached us via the former biatch club members (these days are over!) Reyes and Raluca.

Here comes the bride... Pt. I ¡Felicitaciones!

Luxembourg. It is true: Paola scored big time (Ecuador's soccer team didn't in the end...)! First one to get married of the Kalamazoo's international students: "and it was not easy for an Ecuadorian girl to marry a French guy of Italian nationality in Luxembourg."

The happy groom Alessio seems

just one head taller than Paola, that's pretty decent for an Ecuadorian-European couple.

A small wedding ceremony and party was held in Luxembourg on June 3, 2006. Even with the couple's families present --where's Diana?!-- the couple kept a loop hole open... We will have time to celebrate this event in Europe, where Paola will stay for at least two years.

Best wished from the Kalamatzo Gazette's editors!

There goes number one of the crazy K crowd... Number 2: Ronald!

Actually, Alex Rupp and Irena have been faster... and in 2008: Elizabeth aka 'Biz' Eule!

You An: New café now open!

Nara. If you ever pass through Nara, Japan, stop for some traditional food in the You An, Miss Mayumi Anzai will serve you something special, I guess.

Kanpai!

You might convince her to be your guide through the city as well...

K Reunion Brussels 2005

Brussels. "Long time no see!" Some for the first time since those glory days in Kalamazoo.

Six dwarfs managed to gather around Snow White Zuzana in Brussels, slept in her bed, ate from her plates... With Paola studying in Leuven, Reyes in Aachen, and Sonia in London many were close enough to visit Europe's capital (not speaking of the Germans).

Photos by Reyes, Lars, Karina and Frank are online!

Oops, they did it again: Biatch Club Reunion in Brussels!

Brussels. The infamous Biatch Club members Zuzana, Raluca and Reyes were seen again in Brussels. Complaints reached us from Mappa Mundo and other places... Read the true confessions of a princess and visit our glamour photo section..

From Japan: Rhea's pics

Oita. Short, but strong? If that ain't no Japanese! But, no, this is Rhea Young, who had been working in Japan from 2003 to 2006 and has returned to Michigan now. Look at some of her photos and look for some other crazy Japanese girls...

Kalamazoo College Virtual Tour

Kalamazoo. Take a trip down memory lane... or a walk at Google StreetView:

Bigger Map

Back in Michigan: Jorge Luna

Ann Arbor. More news from Jorge, who moved back to Michigan in 2007 in the Kalamatzo section of the frankenschulz.de/blog/

Update: Obviously, Jorge was also the only one of us int'ls, who attended the official Kzoo homecoming 2008 — look around for pictures on facebook!

Photo with kind permission by Sonya Chapa Luna (!)

Office hours: Thursdays 10-12am

Passau. Dipl.-Kffr. Verena Schuck might be first choice to consult in the current global financial crisis.

Not dead (sorry for the b/w photo), only long lost in Bavaria...

 

News from the States: Special Report by Stephanie Wilks

New York. I saw Noah Dillard a few months ago. He was in Palestine for awhile, then Colombia, and was off to Mexico when I saw him. Scott Masson's band is doing really well - he lives in Chicago now but is on tour and was in NYC over the weekend. Laura Hayes is teaching English in South Korea, and has been there off and on for about 3 years now. Uto lives in Lansing, doing lots of photography. I saw Gabe about 2 years ago in New York, but haven't been in touch with him since. Jamie Harper is married now.

I think that's all I know about people on your webpage... I live in NYC and am working for an organization called World Culture Open.

Update 2008: Steph is heading to Brazil!

One night in Berlin: Meeting Lars on a business trip

Berlin. The editor took the chance to meet the associate director, Lars Zimmermann, on a business trip in Berlin. That's what business means to former K-students...

Life after school?

Well, for some people school never ends. Some try to get a life, some just hang around, I guess...
Recent research on the web brought up this:

Karina's has written a thesis on bestsellers (or look here!), finished her studies with a a second (!) thesis and moved to Munich, Sonia is teaching in Spain, Alejandro passed the competetives and is a teacher in Spain (and now on his way to the Big Apple),
Denise is teaching in México and manages a restaurant,
Frank, el alemán is done with his Christian Indians and is working,
José is teaching Spanish and French in West Yorkshire, England, bought a house with his fiancee, and his working on a master in education,
Lars has finished his thesis as well (though visiting the States und running a marathon), has moved and is now an 'Associate Director' (!) at the Academy for International Education (AIB) in Düsseldorf,
Natalie (candidate for Miss Ecuador 2004!) got an MA and lives in Miami,
Paola finished a masters program in Luxembourg and Leuven, Belgium (photos), and is looking for a job in Europe, Patricia has been working for the past 3 years for Kraft Foods - no soup, but marketing - in Ecuador,
Raluca (funny hat!) has finished a thesis on
Socialism and Gender (In)Equality , and is busy publishing and talking, and getting a PhD in Comparative Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary,
Reyes teaches in Aachen (Until 2008, can't get rid of her!), Germany and works on her PhD on the subjunctive (ist mir langweilig...) and is online now ,
Ronald, long lost in Africa (2004), back in 2006,
Zuzana is done too, and seemed to work here, but no, she moved to Brussels meanwhile !

Remember these guys?

Emiko Oonk here and her blog (always a funny read), now working in Japan. As was Rhea Young in Oita. Martina Forgwe here, Scott Masson here & there, and there, Corinna Verdugo here. Noah Dillard here and there. Meanwhile, back on the farm... Gabriel Caplett.

Listen to Scott Masson's Office: here.

Last, but not least, Prof. David Barclay here, "entering the brains of the dead"

Aurélie back at the Zoo!

Paris. Trying to fix the messed up French-
American relations? Extraordinary embassador, Aurélie Trur-Nicli went on a mission - to Kalamazoo! Actually invited to a wedding, she took the chance to visit famous and infamous historical sights in Michigan and Illinois. >>> her photo trip report

After two internships in Washington, Aurélie graduated with a MA in management in the aerospace field in 2006!