<p>Thanks, GBAM. The little storefront bank in the same shopping strip a few blocks from where we live and where my son has his job at a video store is a branch of Mid America Bank. Coincidentally, a few months ago National City announced plans to acquire Mid America Bank in order to expand into the Chicago and Milwaukee markets. So I’m crossing my fingers that the changeover happens yet this summer so he can establish an account there and be good to go in K’zoo. That would be very convenient.</p>
<p>Once my son gets his dorm assignment I will be eager to try to get some additional information about the dorm he’s been placed in.</p>
<p>Do you know how many kids bring bikes to campus, and where they store them once the snow flies? He’s got an old bike he’d like to bring along (perfect for college because it works well but isn’t really worth anything).</p>
<p>By the way, I encouraged him to participate in the class of '11 message board on the K College “moodle” website. I thought it would be a good way for him to learn about some of his classmates, and them him, since he isn’t from Michigan and doesn’t know another soul going to K. In response he gently pointed out that, independently, he had long since located and been participating in the K class of '11 Facebook site. To which, of course, my response was something along the lines of “What’s Facebook?”</p>
<p>These kids can really make you feel old sometimes. :)</p>