The role technology plays in communication and information sharing will be explored during 10th annual IT Forum at the Fetzer Center Friday, Nov. 2, from 7:15 a.m. to 4:50 p.m.

The award-winning play "8" will be the focus of a staged reading at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3, in Western Michigan University's York Arena Theatre.

The Department of Mathematics will be host of a large, four-day conference that will draw together mathematics educators from across North America Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 1-4.

The ensemble, featuring WMU faculty members and graduate students, will give the debut performance of an original work by School of Music Director David Colson Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Lee, honorary WMU alumna and longtime supporter of the Lee Honors College, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, at age 92. A funeral service is set for 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26.

Directed by Jay Berkow, an all-student cast will deliver numerous performances of "Spring Awakening" through Nov. 4 in Williams Theatre at the Gilmore Theatre Complex.

Doctoral student David Sellers is the second student in University history and the first from the Department of Chemistry to win a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Pianist Kari Johnson will perform a free concert of electro-acoustic and multimedia compositions at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Dalton Center Lecture Hall.

Jeremy Siskind, assistant professor of music, has won the 2012 Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition. Siskind is the second pianist with WMU ties to win the competition.

Diana Hernández has been named Educator of the Year by two prominent statewide Hispanic organizations and the Capital Area César E. Chávez Commission.

Paul E. Czuchna, assistant professor emeritus of speech pathology and audiology, died Oct. 12 at age 80. Memories can be shared on mlive.com or via email.

Responsive design is revolutionizing the Web, and Western Michigan University is among the first schools in the country to have a system for providing responsive design across its entire website.

The choral showcase, which will include performances from University Chorale, Collegiate Singers and Cantus Femina, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, with a repeat performance at 5 p.m.

“Rhetoric & Reality: a Journey from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Dakar, Senegal in Metals and Photography,” will be on display Monday, Oct. 29 through Friday, Nov. 2.

Several candidates for local, state and federal public office will appear at a forum from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in 157 Bernhard Center. Non-partisan voting information will also be available.

WMU students and employees are encouraged to become Western Heroes by learning how to safely intervene when they see potentially harmful behavior, lessening the "bystander effect."

Students will be handing out candy in their decorated residence hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. The event, hosted by Eicher/LeFevre Hall, is open to children in grades K-8.

WMU's precision flight team took third place in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region III competition, qualifying the team for next spring's national competition.

Dr. Janice M. Brown, executive director of the Kalamazoo Promise, will give a talk as part of the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26.

Buster's Family Weekend Adventure, set for Oct. 26-28, is a fun way for parents and family members of students to experience what college life is like at WMU.

On-campus open houses for high school students and their families are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26, Nov. 9 and Nov. 30 in the Bernhard Center.

Dr. Mark Embree, professor of computational applied mathematics at Rice, will speak at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in 1110 Rood Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.

The speaker series, sponsored by the University Center for the Humanities, will bring several speakers to campus to discuss the 2012-13 theme of "Power and Publics."

The Euclid Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. A 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Dan Jacobson, WMU professor of music, will precede the concert.

Chris Wallace will open the show for Grammer at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Bernhard Center Ballroom. Admission is $1 with a valid student Bronco Card and $2 without.

WMU partners with Open Doors Kalamazoo and the Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services to provide non-credit history, literature, philosophy and writing courses free of charge to area residents.

Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, for sponsored programs and activities for the 2013 campus celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Free tickets are available to hear Olympic runner and World War II hero Louis Zamperini speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the Bernhard Center's North Ballroom.

The film "Mooz-lum" will be shown at the Little Theatre at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23. A Skype discussion with the film's director, Qasim "Q" Basir, will follow the film screening.

Kirk D. Arnold, a staff member in building custodial and support services, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, at age 58. A private memorial service is planned at a later date; memorial guestbook entries may be made online.