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Management professor Keenan dies
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… Department of Management died July 28 in Kalamazoo. He was 82. J. Michael Keenan Keenan first joined the WMU faculty in 1962, the year his department was established at the University. Over the next three … returning to WMU. He retired in 1999 after 31 years of service to the University, earning professor emeritus …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/17921
State group elects WMU executive to vice presidential post
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… executive director of professional and career development, was elected to the two-year position during the alliance's … oversees WMU's Career and Student Employment Services . That comprehensive office empowers students to … as coordinator of professional practice services. She was promoted to acting associate director of the Career …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17565
Owner of family company to speak at next Entrepreneurship Series
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… been providing high-quality products and excellent customer service since 1919. Established originally as a manufacturer of casket hardware and cookie die stamps by Neal Proos, the family-owned … sheet metal operations were expanded and a new facility was leased to open a sister company, Proos Fabrication. By …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13993
WMU celebrates graduation of its 100th Seita Scholar
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… the Miller Auditorium stage to receive her degree, she was one of more than 1,700 students recognized during three … that day. Students' names are announced as they step forward to accept the diploma they've earned from WMU President … to inform teaching, research, learning and public service as they relate to the topic of foster care and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/37026
Nobel Peace Prize winner gives public talk Friday
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… Tum Tum received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her work toward justice and reconciliation based on respect for the … Indian and one of only a handful of women to receive the award. While in Kalamazoo, she will be headlining the annual … in the program worldwide and more than 300,000 community service and peace projects have been developed and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/344
Film students capture top prize in national CNN contest
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… Freedom Day. The pair created an original video public service announcement to enter in the "For Press Freedom" … finalists in the contest. The judges' final decision was shared with the WMU students in an April 24 phone call … Price Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi Bashana Abeywardane of Sri Lanka's Journalists for Democracy Bahraini …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/361
Dr. Leroy R. Ray Jr. obituary
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… Studies program, died Tuesday, Feb. 12 in Kalamazoo. He was 82. Ray joined the faculty in 1973 as the Black … his entire WMU career. He retired in 1996 after 23 years of service to the University. Leroy R. Ray Jr. While at WMU, … in the Hands-On Science Training program. In addition, he was one of the founders of the annual Michigan Family Farms …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4919
Former Africana studies director serves as consultant on film
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… work contributed to a documentary film narrated by Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson that will air at 8 p.m. … , on WGVU/WGVK TV, West Michigan's Public Broadcasting Service station. Dr. Benjamin C. Wilson , professor emeritus … to the prosperous, industrial north during and after World War II. The film features Tyson's voice guiding viewers …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/110
WMU EV infrastructure most extensive on campuses nationwide
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… solar array are meant to serve as a visual symbol of the way forward for a clean transportation future. "Electric vehicles … WMU to acquire five all-electric Ford Transit Connect service vehicles as well as a large electric …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/191
Medieval prayer book newly available online
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… The manuscript, part of the Cistercian Studies Collection, was digitized by the WMU Libraries Digitization Center and a descriptive metadata structure was designed by the Technical Services Department. The images are now available online as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7091