Stolen years ago, the victory bell has been recovered and restored by WMU employees, and was unveiled during Saturday's CommUniverCity football game against Eastern Illinois.

Flags on all campuses of WMU will be lowered Monday, Sept. 10, in honor of Army Pfc. Shane Cantu, of Corunna, Mich., who died while serving in Afghanistan.

WMU's United Way campaign charges employees, retiress and students with the goal of raising $300,000. A kickoff rally will take place at noon Thursday, Sept. 13, in front of the Bernhard Center.

Dr. Carola Jungwirth will give her perspective on gender equality at German Universities on Tuesday, Sept. 18, kicking off the fall season of the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society lecture series.

Walk-on tryouts to be held Thursday, Sept. 27, at 8 a.m. in University Arena. Only current, full-time WMU students may try out for varsity athletic teams.

Farmers market luncheons will be offered Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Bernhard Café and Market as well as all residence hall dining rooms, featuring locally grown or produced food.

Gerry Pagano, former Interlochen Arts Camp instructor and member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, will perform in a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.

Kalamazoo and campus communities invited to the second annual Campus and Community Breakfast, to be held Friday, Sept. 28, from 8 to 10 a.m. Registration is required by Sept. 20.

The Kalamazoo Film Society will present eight showings of the dramatic comedy "Your Sister's Sister" Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14-16, at the Little Theatre. Admission is $5.

Trio Solari will perform a free concert Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The concert is sponsored by the WMU School of Music.

Six clinics, scheduled throughout the fall semester, will administer vaccinations to students, employees and their dependents, and retirees. Vaccines are also available at Sindecuse Health Center on a walk-in basis.

Students interested in living in the Western View housing complex for the 2013-14 academic year should begin the application process now. Room assignments will begin in January 2013.

Graduate students and their families are invited to campus during two days of activities Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6-7, held to provide information and fun.

Dr. Raj Sisodia will present a lecture, "The new realities for business in the age of conscious capitalism," Friday, Sept. 14, as part of the Global Business Lecture Series.

Innovative percussion ensemble Iktus Percussion will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. Dr. Dan Jacobson will host a pre-concert discussion at 7 p.m.

The meeting, planned for Sept. 5, is required for all students planning to try out for the Bronco baseball team. The walk-on tryout session will be held Friday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m.

The musical, "Enough," will be presented via a staged reading Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 8 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. A discussion with the director and authors will follow the performance.

The McGinnis Reading Center and Clinic's literacy tutoring program, open to kindergarten through eighth grade students, runs weekly from Sept. 27 through Dec. 6.

Fall Fab Fest to welcome lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered college students and their allies to Kalamazoo Sunday, Sept. 9 at the WMU intramural fields. The free event starts at 1 p.m.

Flags on all campuses of WMU will be lowered Thursday, Aug. 30, in honor of Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 2nd Class David J. Warsen, of Kentwood, Mich., who died while serving in Afghanistan.

WMU recruits biochemist and cell biologist Dr. Dale Vandré from Ohio State’s medical college to serve as founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Kalamazoo bands Corn Fed Girls and Red Sea Pedestrians join forces to perform the full album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Saturday, Sept. 1, at Bell's Eccentric Cafe.

The exhibit, "An Exercise in Numbness and Other Tales" by Nayda Collazo-Llorens, is on display in the Monroe-Brown Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, through Friday, Oct. 5.

University Theatre opens its 2012-13 season with "Fuddy Meers," a zany comedy about the steps an amnesic woman takes to regain her memory. Performances run Sept. 27 through Oct. 7.

WMU fourth of five Michigan universities to make the list of colleges that are both effective and inexpensive, produce cutting-edge research, and encourage students to give back to the nation.

CommUniverCity Night, Saturday, Sept. 8, is an evening of football, fun and fireworks featuring the Broncos' first home game of the season versus Eastern Illinois.

The 32nd annual Bronco Bash is set to welcome 25,000 students back to campus on Friday, Sept. 7, from 3 to 7 p.m. with live music, a food court, games and prizes.

Except for essential and emergency services, WMU offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 3, in observance of U.S. Labor Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, Sept. 4.

The closing of West Michigan Avenue in front of Sangren Hall, relocation of Rood Hall bus depot and new Western View construction are among the changes awaiting students returning to campus.

The 2012 Financial Planning Series includes three workshops, all to be held in the Bernhard Center. Workshops are free and open to all faculty and staff members as well as spouses.