Faculty Senate elects board members
Three new officers and seven directors comprise the senate's new leadership team. Most of the members will serve two-year terms, through 2018.
Eight WMU softball players named to Academic All-MAC team
Each student athlete has earned at least a 3.2 grade point average and has participated in at least 50 percent of the season's games.
17th annual Juneteenth Celebration to honor Kalamazoo shooting victim
The 17th annual Juneteenth Celebration, set for Sunday, June 19, also will feature the staging of a multi-faceted production and dramatic reading.
Irish Fest has new location in Kalamazoo
Live bands and dancers will be featured at this year's Irish Fest on Friday and Saturday, June 17-18, at Old Dog Tavern, 402 E. Kalamazoo Ave., in downtown Kalamazoo.
New play festival returns for second year
The Activate: Midwest New Play Festival is set for Thursday through Saturday, June 16-18, in WMU's Gilmore Theatre Complex. All events are free and no reservations are necessary.
WMU researcher spends fellowship period on education research registry
Dr. Jessaca Spybrook, associate professor of educational leadership, research and technology, is completing a fellowship with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness.
Diversity celebrated at annual Pride event
The 2016 Kalamazoo Pride event is set for Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, in the Arcadia Creek Festival Site in downtown Kalamazoo.
WMU music student lands professional opera role
Clare Regan, a vocal performance and music education student in WMU's School of Music, will perform the role of Princess Margaret in Opera Grand Rapids' production of "The Student Prince."
Public welcome to sing together at WMU’s Summer Sing
The event, an evening of music making that requires no auditions and no rehearsals, will feature the Mozart Requiem Thursday, June 9, and the Fauré Requiem Wednesday, July 27.
Longtime faculty member, civic leader Charles Warfield dies at 77
Warfield was a faculty member in the College of Education for 41 years, retiring in 2013 as associate professor emeritus of educational leadership, research and technology.
Twenty incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships
Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. They constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education.
WMU Trustee Ronald Hall of Detroit dies at 72
Hall, a 1965 alumnus of WMU, died Wednesday, June 1, after an extended illness. A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11, in Detroit.