Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez headlines the 2014 Food Marketing Conference at WMU. Other featured speakers include Meijer President J.K. Symancyk and WMU head football coach P.J. Fleck. 

Kirstin Scott and Katie Peterson will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in 208-209 Bernhard Center. Both authors have had their work published by WMU's New Issues Poetry and Prose.

Executives from Meijer, Stryker Corp., Dow Chemical Co. and Ernst & Young will evaluate students competing in the first WMU MBA Strategic Management Case Competition Saturday, March 29, in Schneider Hall.

A keynote talk and a panel made up of Kalamazoo area sustainability champions will highlight the free public Sustainability Leadership Summit, set for 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27, in WMU's Fetzer Center.

Wayne C. Mann, retired WMU archivist and co-founder of the Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, died March 19. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Portage, Mich.

Two prominent figures in the fight to promote environmental justice in Africa come to the area Wednesday, March 26, to speak as part of the WMU School of Social Work's 2014 Whitney Young Jr. Scholars Program.

Heather D. Schild, a WMU doctoral student in sociology will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in 2500 Knauss Hall on "Anorexia/Bulimia, Transcendence and the Potential Impact of Romanticized/Sexualized Death Imagery."

WMU President John M. Dunn has been elected to serve as a member of the board of directors for the American Council on Education. He will serve a three-year term expiring in March 2017.

This year's Respecting Differences program features sociologist and performance artist Kimberly Dark's "Complicated Courtesies" at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, and again at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 26.

Reservations for southwest Michigan's 2014 César Chávez fundraising dinner and awards program are being accepted until Monday, March 24. WMU's Mark Delorey will be receiving one of this year's awards.

The Francophone Film Festival of Kalamazoo celebrates its 13th year March 21-23 and 28-30 with two weekends of movies and visits by directors Anais Barbeau-Lavalette and Haminiaina Ratovoarivony.

Michigan Office Solutions, a provider of leading-edge office technology solutions for business, has become the newest corporate partner at WMU's Business Technology and Research Park.

Three talented alumni of the WMU creative writing program will serve the next course in the Spring 2014 Gwen Frostic Reading Series at 8 p.m. Friday, March 21.

WMU's trustees followed their positive December evaluation of President John M. Dunn with a 2.5 percent increase to his base salary; Dunn will continue to donate the cumulative total of his pay increases toward scholarships.

The WMU Jazz Orchestra recently won perfect scores from all five judges and pocketed Outstanding Band and four Outstanding Soloist awards at the 56th annual University of Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival.

WMU officials announced today they will not purchase 10 homes on Bellevue Street and Oakland Drive that are immediately adjacent to the north edge of the University's East Campus.

WMU men's basketball Coach Hawkins, 2013-14 MAC Coach of the Year, will lead his team to the NCAA Tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20. Tickets go on sale March 18.

Activist and education reform advocate Dr. William Ayers will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the Fetzer Center's Kirsch Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.

Dr. John M. Dunn, president of WMU, and Lawrence P. Nolan, chair of the Cooley board, will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, March 28, in 2150 Schneider Hall as part of the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series.

The WMU Board of Trustees will convene for a special meeting to discuss compensation for President John M. Dunn at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in 157 Bernhard Center.

Enjoy the music, dance, food and fashions of 15 of the cultures represented on campus by attending the 25th annual International Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23, in the Bernhard Center.

Forty-seven students from a senior class of 6,313 members will be recognized as the University's top seniors for 2014 during the 34th annual Presidential Scholars Convocation Thursday, March 20.

For a second year, both dances submitted by the WMU Department of Dance were selected for performance at the Gala Concert at the American College Dance Festival Association East-Central Conference.

"One Night of Queen," featuring Gary Mullen and The Works, is coming to Miller Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21. The show has been rescheduled from its original March 17 date.

Students from across campus are invited to share their business pitches for cash prizes totaling $2,500 at the second annual Pitch Competition. Applications are due online by Sunday, March 30.

Magician and illusionist Joel Meyers will bring his comedic show to WMU's campus at 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the Bernhard Center's North Ballroom.

Area seniors are invited to join WMU students and employees for a night of music and dancing Thursday, March 27, during WMU's 26th annual Senior Prom. Activities will start at 5 p.m. and dancing runs from 7 to 10 p.m.

Health, wellness and fitness authority Jillian Michaels will bring her show, part of the Maximize Your Life Tour, to Miller Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27.

A team of four WMU students has won the 2014 National Grocers Association University Case Competition, earning $8,000 for the food and consumer package goods marketing program.

Dr. Homer Stryker was an orthopedic surgeon, inventor, and businessman, best known for his inventions, which revolutionized orthopedic care and brought comfort to patients and convenience to doctors and hospital staff.