Western Michigan University freshman Mario Matasovic made his first visit to the United States as a member of the Croatian National Team participating in the Adidas Nations Global Experience in Los Angeles in 2011, which was a great honor considering he started playing the game just two years earlier.

A Profile of Akol Abol, A WMU student from Sudan who overcame the hardships of the Sudanese Civil War. 

WMU will honor two faculty members in the School of Communication next month for being exceptional educators and mentors and demonstrating outstanding dedication in their work.

Area students and residents may explore options for advanced studies during the 2014 Graduate and Professional School Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the Bernhard Center Ballroom at WMU.

Western Michigan University's fall 2014 student body is more diverse and substantially more international, and it includes more transfer students, more honors students and more graduate students working on doctoral degrees.

Brooklyn-based artist, writer, translator and professor Paul D'Agostino will visit WMU Sept. 25 to take part in the Frostic School of Art's Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series.

Longtime faculty member Dr. Carolyn J. Harris, professor of Spanish, died suddenly Sept. 20 at age 65. Memorial gifts in Harris's name may be made to the Spanish department's Emeriti Scholarship.

The public is invited to help the College of Aviation celebrate 75 years of aviation education at WMU during a pancake breakfast fly-in from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the college's facilities at the W.K. Kellogg Airport.

Edisher Savitski will perform exhilarating works by Schumann, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

"Jekyll & Hyde," the acclaimed musical based on the classic story of good versus evil by Robert Louis Stevenson, will open Miller Auditorium's 2014-15 PNC Broadway Series with a performance on Oct. 3 and 4.

Alessandra Santos-Pye's work grapples with the questions of identity, patriotism and other issues brings. She brings her inner struggle to life in an exhibit at Western Michigan University, now through Oct. 17.

A production based on the popular PBS television show, Sid the Science Kid, is coming to Miller Auditorium for one performance at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.

President John M. Dunn joined six college and university presidents in Grand Rapids to sign the "To College, Through College" initiative aimed at doubling the rate at which the city's public school graduates earn degress.

Western Michigan University has received a 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the nation's oldest and largest publication that focuses on diversity in higher education.

An all-star lineup of autism researchers will make presentations as part of the Second Annual Michigan Autism Conference Thursday and Friday, Sept. 25-26, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel and Suites.

WMU School of Music's Western Brass Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Dan Jacobson.

Dr. Susan Dorr Goold, founder and first director of the U-M Bioethics Program, will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium as part of the Fourth Annual Medical Humanities Conference.

Beginning this week, students are selling T-shirts featuring the face of WMU President John M. Dunn for $10. All proceeds will go to the Student Emergency Relief Fund.

Senior integrated supply management major Sean Perkins is awarded the 2014 Transportation Club of Detroit scholarship for outstanding achievement in supply chain management.

Psychotherapist and artist Alessandra Santos-Pye of Kalamazoo will provide an interactive dialogue on acculturation surrounding her art exhibit in the Multicultural Center in the Adrian Trimpe Building.

The grant to Dr. Timothy McGrew will be used to assemble a digital library and interactive web portal of historical religious philosophical writings in partnership with University of Oxford.

Hiromi Itō, a radical iconoclast known for her bold explorations of the feminine body, sexuality and motherhood, will read from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in Room 3025 of Brown Hall.

A Western Michigan University professor and two instructors are slated to take part in a "Town vs. Gown" competitive poetry reading Tuesday, Sept. 23 at the Kalamazoo Public Library.

Helen J. Healy, associate professor emerita of University Libraries, died July 26 at age 76. Healy retired from University Libraries in 2000 after 36 years of service.

Installation of a new iconic feature has required construction fencing to be installed inside the turnaround on the West Campus. The Bernhard Center bus stops will remain in their new locations until the fencing is removed.

The two forums will allow voters to meet and learn more about candidates in the 60th and 61st House Districts and in the 20th Senate District. They are set for Sept. 17 and 24.

The fall series is bringing eight artists from across the country to campus through December. All of the lectures are at 5:30 p.m. in the Richmond Center for Visual Arts.

The 5k run and walk event is set for Saturday, Sept. 27. Day-of-race registration begins at 8 a.m. at Kanley Track. Sign-up prior to the day of the race is available online.

The School of Music will present its fifth annual WMUsic Showcase Spectacular at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept 28, in Miller Auditorium. Tickets are available from Miller Auditorium.

Except for the immediate past president, nine faculty members will serve for the next two years as elected officers and directors on the Faculty Senate Executive Board.