Search results

Celia Yonkers obituary

News

… Michigan University staff member, died Aug. 29 . She was 93. Yonkers, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1969 and retired in 1988 after nearly 19 years of service to the University. She was a clerk in the School of Music. Services The family will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42356

Nearly $3M grant will help WMU increase ESL-endorsed teacher workforce

College of Education and Human Development

… of Special Education and Literacy Studies , have been awarded a $2.96 million National Professional Development … a comprehensive professional development program to 75 in-service teachers and 60 pre-service teachers who will earn … of the 2022 National Professional Development grant award. The NPD grants awarded to WMU have been instrumental …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69606

Wayne C. Mann obituary

News

Wayne C. Mann obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mann Wayne C. Mann , former Western Michigan University archivist … history collections at the end of 1995 after 32 years of service to the University. Wayne C. Mann A Berrien County, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14521

Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60

News

… Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies … than 125 University Theatre productions, died Feb. 25. He was 60. Roehrick joined the WMU faculty in 1978 and taught … Roehrick also won the 1994 College of Fine Arts Outstanding Service Award and the 2008 College of Fine Arts Dean's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13843

Studying with Dalai Lama caps off global studies degree program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… by Emory University. Half of the program’s curriculum was focused on the mind, medicine and healing and half on … quickly learned what it is like to live where electric and water service are sporadic and air conditioning is …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/02/studying-dalai-lama

Dance emerita honored for advocacy

News

… of this year's Partners in Dance Community Dance Advocacy Award. The award, presented at a reception Feb. 2, celebrates an … and awarded her with the College of Fine Arts Outstanding Service Award in 1995, the WMU Alumni Association's Teaching …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45267

New WMU enrollment management leader aims to drive student recruitment growth, success

News

… associate vice president for enrollment management, which was effective  Jan. 21. Salomonson brings 17 years of … having most recently served as the dean of enrollment services at Ferris State University. Her journey in higher … values and the University’s commitment to student success was a key factor in her decision to join WMU. “Western sets …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/01/url-kristen-salomonson-new-associate-vice-president-enrollment-management

Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club

News

… All but two of this year's 25 inductees began their service to WMU in 1992. The two have prior service credit because they began working at WMU earlier … Brown , network administrator, College of Health and Human Services Dr. Barbara J. Cockrell , associate dean of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43454

Mary J. Bullock obituary

News

… at Western Michigan University, died Saturday June 22. She was 76. Bullock received a bachelor's degree in education … United Methodist Church, 212 S. Park St., where a memorial service will be at held 11 a.m. Monday, July 1. Charitable …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7817

Fotoula 'Tulla Kaz' Kazanowski obituary

News

… assistant at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 7 . She was 89. Kazanowski, of Findlay, Ohio, joined the staff in 1959 and retired in 1990 after 31 years of service to the University. She spent her first decade at WMU … to the College of Arts and Sciences in 1969, where she was promoted to senior administrative assistant in 1976 and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30233