Messages are listed below in descending order by date of release. Click on the headline for the full story.
Welcome back to what will be a packed and high-energy semester. We’re off and running this week. As I look ahead, I am excited about the number of opportunities we’ll have to come together as a campus to focus on important issues and strategic campus initiatives.
This has been a fall rife with scandal and underlying tragedy for individuals connected with two of our sister institutions—Penn State and Syracuse. I write to share my views and opinions about the shortcomings illustrated in those situations.
As we move toward the Thanksgiving holiday, I again want you to know this University is grateful for what you do every day to make our campus the special place it is and for consistently demonstrating what is right about Western Michigan University.
With only a few weeks left in Western Michigan University’s 2011 United Way campaign, we are making excellent progress, but still are about 43 percent shy of our $300,000 goal.
Greetings and welcome to a new academic year! The sights and sounds of the opening of the fall term are clearly evident, with the “rah-rah” sound of the football season and the music of the Bronco Marching Band.
Western Michigan University is a research institution that provides a vibrant environment in which to learn and work. The University is full of purpose, energy, discovery and the opportunity to shape the future. It is also a place built around the idea of lifelong learning.
On June 9, shortly after the state of Michigan finalized its budget for the upcoming year, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees moved to counteract a $16 million cut to our state appropriation by raising tuition by 6.6 percent, effective fall 2011.
Greetings! The past few weeks have been exciting and productive. Commencement, as always, was very special, with graduates and families enjoying the fruits and benefits of a great education at an outstanding institution.
Our spring semester is rapidly drawing to a close, and there are some important pieces of information I need to share with you as we move into the next period of University history.
In the past month, there has been a great deal of discussion about Sangren Hall and the exclusion of the project from state funding in the capital appropriation bill passed in December.
I want to take this time to thank you for your support, hard work, and commitment to Western Michigan University. This is the season for giving thanks and there is much for which we as a community have to be thankful.
With only a few weeks left in Western Michigan University’s 2010 United Way campaign, we are still far shy of our $275,000 goal.
Our community and state has suffered an enormous loss, and our University has lost a passionate friend and advocate.
Once again this year, our University is participating in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For Program, an initiative designed to recognize institutions that have built great work places.
Happy New Year! And welcome back to campus for what I’m sure will be another highly productive and exciting semester.
Many of you are now making your holiday plans. As you set the schedule around your final day at work before holiday closure, please plan on an extra half-day to spend with family and friends.
As we move toward the Thanksgiving holiday, I want you to know this University is grateful for what you do every day to make our campus the special place it is.
With only a few days left in Western Michigan University’s 2009 United Way campaign, we are making excellent progress, but still are about 15 percent shy of our $240,000 goal.
You have probably seen reports of widespread public school closings in Kalamazoo County and elsewhere. We have also seen a modest, but significant increase in the number of probable H1N1 [swine flu] cases on our Kalamazoo campus.
Greetings and welcome to the beginning of another exciting academic year. As I write this letter, the campus is already abuzz with the arrival of new freshmen and transfer students.
We are closing the 2008-09 fiscal year at the end of this month, and our focus is now squarely on Western Michigan University's budget outlook for the 2009-10 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Last night, state health officials confirmed that one of our students who was tested last week for the H1N1 virus has been confirmed positive and is infected with that virus.
We’re beginning the Summer I session under unusual circumstances, as our nation addresses the possibility of a pandemic.
Our institution is participating in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For Program, an initiative designed to recognize institutions that have built great work places.
The greatest gift we give our students is the opportunity to experience and understand the value of living and working in a diverse society.
Since this is a community of learners, it is imperative that we create and allow opportunities for the expression of ideas, even those with which we disagree.
The inaugural WMU Day at the Capitol this past spring drew more than 700 participants and featured more than two dozen WMU programs and projects.
It is with deep sadness that I report to you that we have lost one of this University's greatest treasures. President Emeritus Diether H. Haenicke died this morning at Bronson Methodist Hospital. He was 73.
Last night, speaking to the Faculty Senate, I shared the results of a detailed assessment on the feasibility of launching a medical school in Kalamazoo under the aegis of WMU, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare Group.
Complete text of President Dunn's State of the University address.
Voting is one of the great privileges of U.S. citizenship, and we urge you to exercise that privilege responsibly. Learn about the candidates and their positions. Talk with your friends about who they are supporting and why.
The fundamental role of a great university is to prepare its students for their role as active and engaged citizens. We do that through education and by setting an example of how best to make our voices heard.
I am very pleased to report that the negotiation teams for the WMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors and the University successfully reached a tentative agreement last night.
There is a great deal of hustle and bustle on the University campus as we prepare for a new academic year. For many of us, the start of a new year is routine. We've done it before. We know what needs to be done and how to navigate the system.
