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WMU students celebrate partnership with county juvenile home

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… Males First-Year Experience seminar celebrated their service-learning partnership with the Kalamazoo County … positive behaviors and encourages critical thinking. Walter T. Malone Instructor Walter T. Malone , Alpha Program manager in WMU's Center for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36750

Ellis E. Rathburn obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Aug. 16 . He was 87. Rathburn joined the WMU staff in 1969 and retired in 1993 after 24 years of service to the University. He was a locksmith. Make a memorial guestbook entry. Memorial …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48500

Timothy Earl Kahler obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died April 7 . He was 69. Kahler was a material handler with landscape services in the Department of Facilities Management. He …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31563

Nominations sought for three prestigious campuswide awards

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… Nominations sought for three prestigious campuswide awards Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … staff members for three of WMU's most prestigious annual awards. Friday, April 1, is the deadline to make nominations … for the 2016-17 Emerging Scholar Award, Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Teaching Award. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30626

June Mochizuki obituary

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… at Western Michigan University, died Oct. 29 . She was 92. Mochizuki, of Denver, Colorado, joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1988 after 22 years of service to the University. She is survived by her husband, … to make a memorial guestbook entry. Memorial service A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 11 , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43682

Robert L. Blefko obituary

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… faculty member, died Nov. 1 at his home in Kalamazoo. He was 82. Blefko, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in 1968 and retired in 1997 after 29 years of service to the University. He was hired as an assistant professor of mathematics and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20293

WMU researchers receive grant to study fatal fungus in bats

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… bats. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded two Western Michigan University researchers more than … bats in eastern North America. The $223,602 grant was part of an overall $1.8 million awarded recently …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17292

WMU garners more than $1.6 million in grants in months of April, May

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… passed the $1.6 million mark in externally funded awards in April and May, pushing the year-to-date total above … June 29 meeting. Research grants Research grants led the way, falling just short of $1 million, followed by grants for instruction at $334,316. Grants for public service came in at $297,102. Notable research awards …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33493

Two longtime staff members retire from University Libraries

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… by Angela Brcka on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After decades of service to the University Libraries, Vicki Carter , … items.   Now heading into retirement, Carter looks forward to traveling and helping others by offering counseling … Libraries’ expansive online collections. Stowers looks forward to traveling with her husband, Greg, who she met at …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2024/12/longtime-staff-members-retire

National Guardsman, a WMU alum, helps lead effort to feed thousands of Michigan families

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… distributed boxes to hundreds of people in their cars. “It was really nice to be out in public and actually see the … boxes. “We’re helping thousands of people.” A TRADITION OF SERVICE Aerial photo of cars at a drive-up distribution event at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59294