Several summer programs are planned to help graduate assistants and full- and part-time faculty members keep moving forward in their careers as well as their teaching.

This semester's 10 Semiannual Make a Difference Award recipients will be recognized during a reception at 2 p.m. Monday, April 17, in 157 Bernhard Center.

Patrick Mixis, founder of Feed the World Café, will be the next speaker in the Entrepreneurship Forum speaker series at 8 a.m. Friday, April 14, in 2150 Schneider Hall.

This year's recipients of APA's three annual awards—Derek Andree, Lindsey S. Palar and Teri Schrimpf—will be feted April 18. Registrations are due by April 13.

Teresa Turner, of Kalamazoo, was one of 27 students statewide to win a competitive scholarship from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation.

As part of Michigan's Financial Literacy Awareness Month, Financial Flings will be held April 6 and 12, providing helpful information as well as prizes and giveaways.

Enjoy games and giveaways at a campus event Wednesday, April 12, while learning about prescription drug abuse and how to properly dispose of medications.

The Thursday, April 6, lecture will feature Dr. Beverly Greene, who will touch on issues facing people of color who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning.

Dao Strom reads at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 6; New Issues Press authors Carol Zoref and Myronn Hardy read at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 13; and graduate students read at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 22.

WMU will seek input Monday, April 10, on an idea that would create a new integrated learning and activity hub centered on Waldo Library.

Actor and storyteller Scott Turner Schofield will present "Gender Inclusion" twice on April 12 for Kalamazoo County's 2017 Respecting Differences program.

The WMU hockey team finished third in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference this past season, a program best, and earned home ice in the NCHC Quarterfinals for the first time in program history.

Poetry readings, music, faculty talks, dance set to poetry, poetry translations, new books, choral works and more will be highlighted at WMU Libraries April 1-21.

The Wednesday, April 12, screening will be followed by a panel discussion and reception with WMU faculty and community education leaders including local public school superintendents.

Rachel Larson, an integrated supply management student, will receive her award Friday, April 14, at the Industrial Supply Association's national convention in Denver.

The School of Music Spring Conference on Wind and Percussion Music will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in Miller Auditorium and the Dalton Center Recital Hall.

For the 10th straight year, just over 100 young geography buffs from across the state will visit campus for the Michigan State Geographic Bee. This year's bee is set for Friday, March 31.

Noted political scientists to address "How Ambiguous Phrases Create Foreign Threats," "Roman Catholic African-American Politics" and "Micro-finance and Social Inclusion" March 30, March 31 and April 3.

WMU is looking to fill 150 volunteer spots for the Color Run 5K race in Kalamazoo Saturday, April 22. Volunteer at bit.ly/kzoocolorrun17.

Highlights include the 28th annual International Festival, Japanese language courses for teens and a wide scope of globally focused lectures.

University Theatre will stage the Tony Award-winning musical "The Wiz" April 7-22 in Williams Theatre at the Gilmore Theatre Complex.

Some 700 people are expected to participate in Kalamazoo's 23rd annual César Chávez March. The event, set for March 30, starts at Bronson Park and ends on the WMU campus.

Fifty students out of a senior class of more than 5,941 students will be recognized during the 37th annual Presidential Scholars Convocation March 28.

The WMU School of Music will present a version of Mozart's opera, "The Marriage of Figaro," free and open to the public, at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 3-4, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.

Spring University Percussion Ensemble concert will feature Cristobal Pineda Flores at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion.

Dr. Alexander Guerrero, assistant professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will deliver the annual Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture, at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in 213 Bernhard Center.

More than 110 employers will be at the Education Career Fair April 5 and more than 30 at Aviation Outlook Day April 7. Both fairs are free and open to the public.

The Collegium Musicum concert, free and open to the public, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.

WMU alumnua Dr. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes will address the consequences of a piecemeal approach to immigration at noon Wednesday, April 5, in 2028 Brown Hall.

In a country that has 11 official languages, relating culture to math may lead to better learning outcomes for students.