Registration is under way for summer sessions offering teachers classroom-tested strategies to help teach writing as well as provide young writers with a popular summer camp opportunity. 

Registration runs through March 27 for the Excellence in Diversity Awards, to be held at 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, in the East Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. Appetizers from around the world will be served at this free event.

WMU has been named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction, which recognizes educational institutions acheiving meaningful outcomes in their communities through service.

Renowned new music collective International Contemporary Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall as part of the New Sounds Festival.

Dr. Seema Jayachandran, associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Study of Development Economics at Northwestern University, will speak at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in 2028 Brown Hall.

This year's Food Marketing Conference will focus on "Moving the Metrics on Performance" and is scheduled for March 25-26 at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo.

Asia will bring his energetic poetry slam show to campus at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22, in 157-159 Bernhard Center. Admission is $1 with a valid student Bronco Card, $2 without.

Students will come to campus Saturday, March 16, from Allegan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties for the annual competition designed to promote scientific literacy.

Gilda Jacobs is the keynote speaker for the School of Social Work's 2013 Whitney Young Jr. Scholars Program. She will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in 4010 College of Health and Human Services building. 

The Rev. Naim Ateek, a Palestinian Christian and founder and head of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, will speak at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16, in 1060 Fetzer Center.

Graduating students can enjoy a 20 percent discount on regalia and more during the Grad Fair sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19-20, in Textbook Alley.

Dr. Monica Nalepa, Notre Dame professor of political science and a faculty fellow at the Nanovic, Kroc and Kellogg institutes, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium.

WMU faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants are invited to the Assessment in Action Days conference, which runs March 20-22. The conference is free of charge and no registration is required.

Some 900 high school juniors and their parents are expected to visit campus Saturday, March 23, and Saturday, April 6, for the annual WMU Spotlight, one of the University's largest on-campus recruiting events.

The festival, held March 20-24 in the Little Theatre, will present subtitled films from French-speaking countries across the world and feature visits by two award-winning directors.

Five WMU instructors will share their poetry, fiction and other creative works during "Talent Unveiled: A Festival of WMU Adjuncts' Creative Work" from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in 2500 Knauss Hall.

Dr. Alyce Dickinson, WMU professor of psychology, has been honored for fundamentally advanced understanding and application of behavioral principles in organizational settings.

This year's 44 Presidential Scholars will be recognized during a by-invitation-only convocation Thursday, March 21, in the Fetzer Center. They were selected from a senior class of more than 6,000 members.

All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the online LibQUAL+ survey being conducted this month by University Libraries. Those who complete the 10-minute survey can enter to win prizes.

This year's Respecting Differences program will feature the spoken-word duo Kinetic Affect at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, and again at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, in Kalamazoo's Chenery Auditorium.

Broncos will have a five-game home football schedule this fall, highlighted by Homecoming Oct. 12 against Buffalo and the home season finale Nov. 16 against rival Central Michigan University.

Traditional foods, cultural performances, a fashion show and display tables will all be featured during WMU's 24th annual International Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in the Bernhard Center's East Ballroom.

The five-part Japanese Studies Speaker and Workshop Series kicks off Tuesday, March 12. The free talks range from readings of Japanese poetry to academic presentations on Japanese theater, religion, literature and culture.

Dr. Michitoshi Soga, professor emeritus of physics and a leading figure in the expansion of Japanese studies at WMU, died March 3 at age 86. A public memorial service is set for 1 p.m. Sunday, April 21, in 1910 Sangren Hall.

WMU's School of Social Work will host a dinner and silent auction to raise funds for student scholarships and field stipends from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 15, in the atrium of the College of Health and Human Services.

A WMU team of integrated supply management students was the top-placing undergraduate team in a field of 24 at the recent Great Lakes Region APICS—the Association for Operations Management case competition.

Dr. Jonathan Schaffer, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will examine the causal thinking infusing the law at noon Friday, March 15, in 1115 Moore Hall.

Dr. Susan Linz, an economist who has studied employment in Russia and other countries in the former Soviet Union, will speak at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in Brown Hall.

Grants received in November, December and January push the University's year-to-date total past $16 million.

Soldiers in the 507th Engineer Battalion of the Michigan Army National Guard, including several WMU ROTC alumni, will return from Afghanistan Saturday, March 9. Greet them at 3:30 p.m. at Portage Central High School.