• The Hungry Hornets Meals has a fridge stocked with “to go” meals – made fresh daily and utilize food otherwise destined for compost. Available in the kitchenette in Hicks 110, these meals are designed to support students who can benefit from some extra help with their daily meals.
• The Hungry Hornets Meal Swipe program allows students with a meal plan to donate meals they won’t use so they can be reallocated to students who could use help with food.
• The Hungry Hornets Pantry, located in Hicks 110, is a community-based pantry that collects and distributes food.

Anyone who has periods deserves access to period products. Period Products for All People is an initiative to expand access to period products for individuals who have periods and contribute to the end of period poverty.

Individuals can find period products inside the stalls of all bathrooms in Hicks Student Center.

Transportation to Kalamazoo Airport, Train Station, or Grand Rapids Airport

Student Development coordinates shuttle transportation for students leaving for and returning from breaks. We coordinate rides from and to the Kalamazoo airport, Kalamazoo train station, or Grand Rapids airport. An email is sent out to students between week 6 and 7 of each term to organize rides. As these are shuttles, we try our best to accommodate all riders but cannot always promise a ride.

Flights

The College maintains a small bank of flights to assist students with transportation for a number of different circumstances. The Assistant Director of Student Success for Wellness (Haley Mangette, Haley.Mangette@kzoo.edu) awards flights on a case-by-case basis. 

The process for considering eligibility for receiving flights:

1. Request is made to Student Development.
   • Requests for flights will be reviewed no earlier than a month prior to travel.
2. Financial Aid team is consulted.
   • The team reviews the student’s financial information to evaluate financial need.
3. If student demonstrates financial need, Student Development then reviews reasoning for transportation.
   • Priority will be made for requests for unplanned emergency situations, but will consider travel home for long breaks, and travel home for religious/spiritual holidays.
   • If financial need is demonstrated, students are able to receive 2 one-way flights per academic year. Flights requested past this threshold will be reviewed with more scrutiny and the decision will be made based on need and already received resources.
   • Flights cannot be used for:
     • Vacation (a flight should be used to return home or to campus, not to another destination)
     • Flight for school sponsored event
     • Flights for study abroad/study away.
       • Please contact the Center for International Programs – | Kalamazoo College for information on assistance for travel.
     • For internships
4. Student will be contacted with the decision.

For any questions, please contact the Assistant Director of Student Success for Wellness, 269.337.7460.

Updated as of 6.9.25